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 | | Longueuil, Charles le Moyne, sieur de[shArl lu mwAn, syOr du lONgO´yu] Pronunciation Key, 162685, French colonial leader in Canada, founder of a famous Canadian family, b. |
 | | Emigrating to Canada in 1641, he worked for the Jesuits among the Hurons, was a trader, soldier, and interpreter at Trois RiviEres (Three Rivers), and finally settled at Ville Marie (Montreal). |
 | | For his services to France, especially his dealings, both warlike and peaceful, with the Iroquois, Le Moyne was ennobled (1668) and granted the seigniory he named Longueuil. |
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