Charles St Etienne de La Tour had lived in Acadia since he was a teenager and had been working to build this nascent French colony when another man, Charles de Menou d'Aulnay Charnize came with ambitions and an ego. These rival ambitions would slowly grow into full antagonism and then violence.
The English had made progress with colonization in North America but they had eyes on Quebec too. In 1629 they made their move and things went terribly for the French colonists and Champlain over the next few years.
The Jesuits came to Quebec on a mission in 1625 to save souls and not to make friends.
Some familiar faces return to Acadia where they are welcomed back by the Mi'kmaq but new people join the colony and it does not go well.
When the Dutch arrived they sought out a trade relationship but so did the Mahican who also lived in the same area as some of the Mohawk.
Champlain is back and forth between France and Canada as he tries to find his way into the well established trade and kinship networks of the Wendat.
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