Was Samuel Champlain a good leader?

Answer 1

Samuel De Champlain is somewhat a good leader and somewhat bad if you look at this in a different perspective. Samuel De Champlain helped France gain more in wealth and helped them participate in the fur trade in Canada. He made allies with the Huron and the relationship was pretty strong too. A bad side of him is when he killed many Iroquois during a war. He shot two Iroquois chiefs and almost the third one. The Iroquois never forgave the French even now. During the war Samuel De Champlain was shot 2 times with arrows. One was on his knee and the second one was on his neck splitting his ear apart. Samuel de Champlain also married a 12 year old woman at the age of 48 just for money to go again on voyages to Canada and support the place where the French settle, Quebec. So you decide on that question base on this answer. These are the main events on what has occurred in Samuel De Champlain's life.