History of the Conspiracy of Pontiac: And the War of the North American Tribes Against the English Colonies After the Conquest of CanadaLittle, 1868 - 632 էջ |
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... ENGLISH . OF SIR WILLIAM JOHNSON . - 569 571 571 POLICY PUR- MEASURES 1. Territory of the Iroquois • 2. French and English Policy towards the Iroquois . Measures of Sir William Johnson - B. CAUSES OF THE INDIAN War . 1. Views of Sir ...
... ENGLISH . OF SIR WILLIAM JOHNSON . - 569 571 571 POLICY PUR- MEASURES 1. Territory of the Iroquois • 2. French and English Policy towards the Iroquois . Measures of Sir William Johnson - B. CAUSES OF THE INDIAN War . 1. Views of Sir ...
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... English . In all things they approved them- selves the stanch and steadfast auxiliaries of the imperial power ; and the Marquis du Quesne observed of the missionary Picquet , that in his single person he was worth ten regiments.1 Among ...
... English . In all things they approved them- selves the stanch and steadfast auxiliaries of the imperial power ; and the Marquis du Quesne observed of the missionary Picquet , that in his single person he was worth ten regiments.1 Among ...
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... ENGLISH , AND THE INDIANS . THE French colonists of Canada held , from the beginning , a peculiar intimacy of relation with the Indian tribes . With the English colonists it was far otherwise ; and the difference sprang from several ...
... ENGLISH , AND THE INDIANS . THE French colonists of Canada held , from the beginning , a peculiar intimacy of relation with the Indian tribes . With the English colonists it was far otherwise ; and the difference sprang from several ...
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... English colonists opposed but feeble rivalry to that of their hereditary foes . At an early period , favored by the ... English fur - trade languished , until the year 1725 , when Governor Burnet , of New York , established a post on ...
... English colonists opposed but feeble rivalry to that of their hereditary foes . At an early period , favored by the ... English fur - trade languished , until the year 1725 , when Governor Burnet , of New York , established a post on ...
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... English colonies , broken into separate governments , were incapable of exercising a vigorous and consist- ent Indian policy ; and the measures of one govern- ment often clashed with those of another . Even in the separate provinces ...
... English colonies , broken into separate governments , were incapable of exercising a vigorous and consist- ent Indian policy ; and the measures of one govern- ment often clashed with those of another . Even in the separate provinces ...
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History of the Conspiracy of Pontiac: And the War of the North ..., Հատոր 1 Francis Parkman Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1851 |
History of the Conspiracy of Pontiac, and the War of North American Tribes ... Francis Parkman Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1855 |
History of the Conspiracy of Pontiac: And the War of the North American ... Francis Parkman Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1851 |
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Էջ 124 - So much the better," he said; "I am happy that I shall not live to see the surrender of Quebec." Officers from the garrison came to his bedside to ask his orders and instructions. "I will give no more orders," replied the defeated soldier; "I have much business that must be attended to, of greater moment than your ruined garrison and this wretched country. My time is very short; therefore, pray leave me.
Էջ 77 - Reasons we charge you to remove instantly; we don't give you the Liberty to think about it. You are Women. Take the Advice of a wise Man, and remove immediately.
Էջ 76 - Then turning to the Delawares, holding a belt of wampum in his hand, he spoke to them as follows : — Cousins, — Let the belt of wampum serve to chastise you. You ought to be taken by the hair of the head, and shaken severely till you recover your senses and become sober.
Էջ 301 - Through an aperture which afforded me a view of the area of the fort, I beheld, in shapes the foulest and most terrible, the ferocious triumphs of barbarian conquerors. The dead were scalped and mangled; the dying were writhing and shrieking under the unsatiated knife and tomahawk, and, from the bodies of some ripped open, their butchers were drinking the blood, scooped up in the hollow of joined hands and quaffed amid shouts of rage and victory.
Էջ 288 - Englishman ! — We are informed that our father, the king of France, is old and infirm ; and that being fatigued with making war upon your nation, he is fallen asleep. During his sleep, you have taken advantage of him, and possessed yourselves of Canada. But his nap is almost at an end. I think I hear him already stirring, and inquiring for his children the Indians ; — and, when he does awake, what must be come of you ? He will destroy you utterly ! " Englishman ! — Although you have conquered...
Էջ 300 - ... the scene of blood before them. I addressed myself immediately to M. Langlade, begging that he would put me into some place of safety, until the heat of the affair should be over; an act of charity by which he might perhaps preserve me from the general massacre; but, while I uttered my petition, M. Langlade, who had looked for a moment at me, turned again to the window, shrugging his shoulders, and intimating that he could do nothing for me: — "Que voudriez-vous que j'en ferais?
Էջ 619 - Majesty's Forces in the Southern Department of America. The Address of the Representatives of the Freemen of the Province of Pennsylvania, in General Assembly met.
Էջ 304 - I arose from the bed, and presented myself full in view to the Indians who were entering the room. They were all in a state of intoxication, and entirely naked, except about the middle. One of them, named Wenniway, whom I had previously known, and who was upward of six feet in height, had his entire...
Էջ 301 - I was shaken not only with horror, but with fear. The sufferings which I witnessed I seemed on the point of experiencing. No long time elapsed before, every one being destroyed who could be found, there was a general cry of
Էջ 289 - France; but for you we have taken into consideration that you have ventured your life among us in the expectation that we should not molest you. You do not come armed with an intention to make war; you come in peace to trade with us and supply us with necessaries of which we are in much want.