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... formed themselves into a company , and monopolized nearly all the commerce of the country , to the great indignation of the colonists . M. de la Jonquière and his secretary , St. Sauveur , also kept exclusively to themselves the ...
... formed themselves into a company , and monopolized nearly all the commerce of the country , to the great indignation of the colonists . M. de la Jonquière and his secretary , St. Sauveur , also kept exclusively to themselves the ...
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... formed a regiment of militia for the purpose . A small detachment , raised by the Ohio Com- pany , was immediately sent to protect the traders , and take possession of the Forks of the Ohio and Monongahela , the precise spot where the ...
... formed a regiment of militia for the purpose . A small detachment , raised by the Ohio Com- pany , was immediately sent to protect the traders , and take possession of the Forks of the Ohio and Monongahela , the precise spot where the ...
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... formed rapidly on the opposite side , and , not having been interrupted in the difficult passage , recommenced their march in presumptuous security . Three guides and six light horsemen led the way toward Fort du Quesne , through an ...
... formed rapidly on the opposite side , and , not having been interrupted in the difficult passage , recommenced their march in presumptuous security . Three guides and six light horsemen led the way toward Fort du Quesne , through an ...
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... formation . The 44th staggered and hes- itated . Sir Peter Halket and his son , * a lieutenant in the * " After the successful expedition against Fort du Quesne in 1758 , General Forbes resolved to search for the relics of Braddock's ...
... formation . The 44th staggered and hes- itated . Sir Peter Halket and his son , * a lieutenant in the * " After the successful expedition against Fort du Quesne in 1758 , General Forbes resolved to search for the relics of Braddock's ...
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... formed the advance now fell back upon the disordered line , and threw it into utter confusion . they frequently found skeletons lying across the trunks of fallen trees : a mournful proof to their imaginations that the men who sat there ...
... formed the advance now fell back upon the disordered line , and threw it into utter confusion . they frequently found skeletons lying across the trunks of fallen trees : a mournful proof to their imaginations that the men who sat there ...
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Abercromby Admiral advance America Amherst arms army arrived artillery attack autres avoit banks battalions bien boats body Bougainville brave brigade British c'est campaign Canada Canadian Captain Charlevoix chief Colonel colony command Crown Point danger defense detachment embarked enemy enemy's England English étoit expedition fait favorable fell fire fleet force forest formed Fort Edward Fort Frontenac Fort William Henry France French gallant garrison governor Grenadiers Guanches guns honor Indians Infantry inhabitants island Jesuits Lake George Lake Ontario land Lawrence Lord Louisburg Marquis de Montcalm ment miles military militia Montcalm Montmorency Montreal nations Niagara night North officers orders Oswego parties Pitt Point Levi position possession Provincial qu'il qu'on Quebec Quesne regiment River St sailed savages scalped sent settlements ships shore Sir William Johnson soldiers spirit success Ticonderoga tion tout town trees tribes Vaudreuil vessels Wolfe Wolfe's woods wounded