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De Monts, SIEUR (PIERRE DE GAST), was a wealthy Huguenot, who was commissioned viceroy of New France, withfull powers to settle and rule in a region extending over six degrees of latitude, from Cape May to Quebec.
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The domain was named Cadie in the charter (see ACADIA). Vested with the monopoly of the furtrade in the region of the river and gulf of St. Lawrence, they attempted to make a settlement on the former. Making arrangements with Champlain as