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... Canadian historian , Garneau : " Le 17 Mai ( 1754 ) , au soir M. de Jumonville s'était retiré dans une vallon profond et obscur , lorsque des sauvages qui rôdaient le découvrirent et en informèrent le Colonel Wash- ington , qui arrivait ...
... Canadian historian , Garneau : " Le 17 Mai ( 1754 ) , au soir M. de Jumonville s'était retiré dans une vallon profond et obscur , lorsque des sauvages qui rôdaient le découvrirent et en informèrent le Colonel Wash- ington , qui arrivait ...
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... Canadian set- tlements , where the facility of transport by water , and their proximity to his resources , offered him every advantage . However , no alternative remained , and he obeyed . At the same time , Shirley's and Pepperel's ...
... Canadian set- tlements , where the facility of transport by water , and their proximity to his resources , offered him every advantage . However , no alternative remained , and he obeyed . At the same time , Shirley's and Pepperel's ...
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... Canadian people , who fondly hoped to enjoy , under the rule of the son of their favorite , the same prosper- ity and peace which had characterized his father's adminis- tration . The new governor , who arrived in M. de la Mothe's fleet ...
... Canadian people , who fondly hoped to enjoy , under the rule of the son of their favorite , the same prosper- ity and peace which had characterized his father's adminis- tration . The new governor , who arrived in M. de la Mothe's fleet ...
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... Canadian ports in safety . On the news of this attack reaching Paris , M. de Mirepoix , the embassador , was ... Canadians in Virginia justified the act of hostility . † On the 8th of May General Braddock joined the head- quarters of the ...
... Canadian ports in safety . On the news of this attack reaching Paris , M. de Mirepoix , the embassador , was ... Canadians in Virginia justified the act of hostility . † On the 8th of May General Braddock joined the head- quarters of the ...
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... Canadians and Indians . The English chief was apprized of this movement , but could form no estimate of the enemy's strength , his savage informants being alto- gether ignorant of the science of numbers : he nevertheless made every ...
... Canadians and Indians . The English chief was apprized of this movement , but could form no estimate of the enemy's strength , his savage informants being alto- gether ignorant of the science of numbers : he nevertheless made every ...
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