A History of the French War: Ending in the Conquest of Canada, with a Preliminary Account of the Early Attempts at Colonization and Struggles for the Possession of the Continent |
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Acadia Albany America Amherst army arrived artillery attack attempt battery Bay of Fundy Biard boats Boston Braddock British called camp Canada Canadians cannon canoes Captain capture carried Cartier Castin Charnisay chief coast Colonel colonies command Crown Point defence detachment enemy England English expedition Father fell fire fleet force Fort Edward Fort William Henry fortified forts four France French French and Indians Frontenac garrison gave Governor guns Hurons inhabitants intrenchments Iroquois island Jesuits Johnson killed King Lake Champlain Lake George land Lawrence Loudoun Louisbourg miles militia Mohawk Mont Montcalm Montreal Niagara night Nova Scotia officers Ohio Oswego party peace Phips Port Royal possession prisoners province Quebec Quesne reached reënforcements regiments returned river sail savages sent settlements ships shore siege Sir William Johnson soldiers surrender taken thousand Ticonderoga took Tour town treaty troops Vaudreuil vessels victory William Wolfe woods wounded York
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Page 269 - Oh — yes — yes — to be sure — Annapolis must be defended — troops must be sent to Annapolis — Pray where is Annapolis ?" — " Cape Breton an island ! wonderful ! — show it me in the map. So it is, sure enough. My dear sir, you always bring us good news. I must go and tell the King that Cape Breton is an island.
Page 96 - I, the aforesaid William Phipps, Knight, do hereby in the name and on behalf of their most excellent Majesties, William and Mary, King and Queen of England, Scotland, France, and Ireland, Defenders of the Faith, and by order of their said Majesties...
Page 211 - Indians, who, by constant practice, are dexterous in laying and executing them ; and the slender line, near four miles long, which your army must make, may expose it to be attack'd by surprise in its flanks, and to be cut like a thread into several pieces, which, from their distance, can not come up in time to support each other.
Page 182 - ... both old men and young men, as well as all the lads of ten years of age, to attend at the church at Grand Pre, on Friday, the fifth instant, at three of the clock in the afternoon, that we may impart to them what we are ordered to communicate to them...
Page 183 - Majesty's orders and instructions, namely, that your lands and tenements, cattle of all kinds and live stock of all sorts are forfeited to the Crown, with all your other effects, saving your money and household goods, and you yourselves to be removed from this his Province.
Page 213 - that instead of pushing on with vigor, without regarding a little rough road, they were halting to level every molehill, and to erect bridges over every brook, by which means we were four days in getting twelve miles.
Page 246 - The supplicating tears of the women and moving petitions of the men melt me into such deadly sorrow, that I solemnly declare, if I know my own mind, I could offer myself a willing sacrifice to the butchering enemy, provided that would contribute to the people's ease.
Page 192 - King of France, we Celoron, commander of a detachment sent by Monsieur the Marquis de la Galissoniere, Governor General of New France, to reestablish...
Page 220 - He looked upon us as dogs, and would never hear any thing that was said to him. We often endeavored to advise him and to tell him of the danger he was in with his soldiers. But he never appeared pleased with us, and that was the reason that a great many of our warriors left him and would not be under his command.
Page 245 - I see their situation, know their danger, and participate their sufferings, without having it in my power to give them further relief, than uncertain promises. In short, I see inevitable destruction in so clear a light, that, unless vigorous measures are taken by the Assembly, and speedy assistance sent from below, the poor inhabitants that are now in forts, must unavoidably fall, while the remainder are flying before the barbarous foe.