Story told by: Billy Two-Rivers, Edited by: Kassidy Jacobs – Local Journalism Initiative Reporter,\ Interview conducted by: Leslie McConnell, Translated by: Karonhí:io Delaronde Jacques Cartier started sailing down south of the Saint Lawrence River, but he wouldn’t come near the South Shore around Longueuil because it was surrounded by shallow mud banks. So naturally, their harbour led right to the shore near the old port of Montreal. When they arrived at the shore, they realized there was already a population residing on the land. Jacques Cartier instructed his men that they must come in peace since they were outnumbered. The only way that the Europeans knew how to represent peace was by a handshake. They would extend their sword hand to shake hands. Now you can’t draw your sword and…
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