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Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1870, by

FRANCIS PARKMAN,

19874

In the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington.

UNIVERSITY PRESS: JOHN WILSON & SON,
CAMBRIDGE.

CONTENTS OF VOL. II.

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CHAPTER XVIII.

1763.

FRONTIER FORTS AND SETTLEMENTS.

Extent of British Settlements in 1763.- Forts and Military Routes.
- Fort Pitt. The Pennsylvania Frontier. - Alarms at Fort

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Escape of Calhoun.

Pitt.

Ligonier. Fort Bedford. ·

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Fort

Slaughter of Traders.
Situation of Fort Pitt. - Indian

Advice. Reply of Ecuyer. News from Presqu' Isle. - Fate

of Le Bœuf. - Fate of Venango. - Danger of Fort Pitt. -

Council with the Delawares.-Threats of the Commandant. -

General Attack

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CHAPTER XIX.

1763.

THE WAR ON THE BORders.

Panic among the Settlers. - Embarrassments of Amherst. - Colonel

Bouquet. His Correspondence with the Commander-in-Chief.

-Proposal to infect the hostile Indians with Small-pox.

Captain Ourry. - Lieutenant Blane. - Frontier War. - Alarm

- Scouting Parties. - Ambuscade on the Tusca-
rora. The Dying Borderer. - Scenes at Carlisle

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CHAPTER XX.

1763.

THE BATTLE OF BUSHY RUN.

The Army of Bouquet. - Dangers of his Enterprise. - Fort Ligo-

- Rout of the Indians. - Bouquet reaches Fort

Pitt. Effects of the Victory