THE

CONSPIRACY OF PONTIAC

AND THE INDIAN WAR

AFTER THE

CONQUEST OF CANADA.

BY

FRANCIS PARKMAN.

IN TWO VOLUMES.

VOL. I.

BOSTON:

LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY.

1910.

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

FRANCIS PARKMAN,

In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington

Copyright, 1897, 1898,

BY LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY.

Copyright, 1898,

BY GRACE P. COFFIN AND KATHERINE S. COOLIDGE

ΤΟ

JARED SPARKS, LL.D.,

President of Harvard University,

THESE VOLUMES ARE DEDICATED

AS A TESTIMONIAL OF HIGH PERSONAL REGARD

AND A TRIBUTE OF RESPECT

FOR HIS DISTINGUISHED SERVICES TO

AMERICAN HISTORY.