Jonquière
Americannoun
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De la Jonquière became enormously wealthy, but his grasping disposition so annoyed the people of Quebec and Montreal, that complaints against him were loudly made, and he was recalled.
From The Rise of Canada, from Barbarism to Wealth and Civilisation Volume 1 by Charles Roger
A fleet of French men-of-war under one La Jonquière, an able commander, was ordered to go and retake Louisbourg,—that, at least, among other things.
From Greenwich Village by Allan G. (Allan Gilbert) Cram
De la Jonquière was exceedingly active and able.
From The Rise of Canada, from Barbarism to Wealth and Civilisation Volume 1 by Charles Roger
La Jonquière answered with bitter complaints against Céloron, and then begged to be recalled.
From Montcalm and Wolfe by Francis Parkman
La Jonquière, too, had done his best, even to the point of departing from his original policy of allowing no soldier or Acadian to take part with them.
From Montcalm and Wolfe by Francis Parkman
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