The Conquest of Canada, Volume 2R. Bentley, 1849 - Canada The author traces the history of New France from 1534 until 1760. |
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... party of these fierce maraud- ers , at Saint Sulpice , and slew them without mercy . Twelve of the Iroquois escaped into a ruinous house , where they held out for a time with cou- rage and success ; but the French set fire to the ...
... party of these fierce maraud- ers , at Saint Sulpice , and slew them without mercy . Twelve of the Iroquois escaped into a ruinous house , where they held out for a time with cou- rage and success ; but the French set fire to the ...
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... parties poured upon the British settlements and destroyed them with horrid barbarity . A party of French and Indians even penetrated to Saratoga , within forty miles of Albany , attacked and burned the fort , 16 THE CONQUEST OF CANADA .
... parties poured upon the British settlements and destroyed them with horrid barbarity . A party of French and Indians even penetrated to Saratoga , within forty miles of Albany , attacked and burned the fort , 16 THE CONQUEST OF CANADA .
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... parties ; the soldiers made the first advances , but their commanders distrusted a generosity of which they themselves were incapable . It was firmly believed that the soldiers were only desirous of sallying out that they might have an ...
... parties ; the soldiers made the first advances , but their commanders distrusted a generosity of which they themselves were incapable . It was firmly believed that the soldiers were only desirous of sallying out that they might have an ...
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... party , and , as the French affirm , without the least provocation , either slew or took the whole detachment . De Villiers , incensed at these unprovoked hostilities . " - Smollett , vol . iii . , p . 421 . 3 " This skirmish , of small ...
... party , and , as the French affirm , without the least provocation , either slew or took the whole detachment . De Villiers , incensed at these unprovoked hostilities . " - Smollett , vol . iii . , p . 421 . 3 " This skirmish , of small ...
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... party understood that language , a foreigner was employed to read it to them in English . But instead of acting the part of a faithful interpreter , when he came to the word assassination , ' * employed in the capitulation to designate ...
... party understood that language , a foreigner was employed to read it to them in English . But instead of acting the part of a faithful interpreter , when he came to the word assassination , ' * employed in the capitulation to designate ...
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