The St. LawrenceOxford University Press, 1959 - 296 sider History of the St. Lawrence, Gananoque, Brockville, Morristown, Clayton, Kingston, Wolfe Island, Cape Vincent and Cornelia. |
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Side 47
... took place one of the shortest battles in history , for the Iroquois had never seen a white man before , to say nothing of a firearm : Our Indians began to call to me with loud cries ; and to make way for me they divided into two groups ...
... took place one of the shortest battles in history , for the Iroquois had never seen a white man before , to say nothing of a firearm : Our Indians began to call to me with loud cries ; and to make way for me they divided into two groups ...
Side 261
... took one on Saturday to suit themselves . We did all we could to prevent them , but it was literally and emphatically no use . We could not get them to stick to business , and had to give it up . We shall do the best we can for the rest ...
... took one on Saturday to suit themselves . We did all we could to prevent them , but it was literally and emphatically no use . We could not get them to stick to business , and had to give it up . We shall do the best we can for the rest ...
Side 267
... took place . ' Nothing will be broken . ' And nothing inside was . Some plaster was knocked down in one room , and two window panes were broken , but a stucco house did not receive a crack . Holes were cut in the foundation of the house ...
... took place . ' Nothing will be broken . ' And nothing inside was . Some plaster was knocked down in one room , and two window panes were broken , but a stucco house did not receive a crack . Holes were cut in the foundation of the house ...
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Algonquins arrived attack began boats bridge British building built called Canadian Canal cannon canoes captain Cartier Champlain CHAMPLAIN-Volume Château church cliff colony cove Donnacona English farms Father Le Jeune feet fire fleet floated forest France French Frenchmen Frontenac fur-trade furs governor guns habitants HERVEY SMYTH Hochelaga houses hundred Hurons Indians Iroquois Island Jesuit Jesuit Relations-Volume Kingdom of Saguenay Lachine Lake Ontario Lake St land later lived logs Long Sault Lower Town Marie miles Mohawks Montreal morning night Ottawa Ottawa River paddle passed Pointe-Lévy priest prisoners Quebec raft rapids reached Richelieu Richelieu River rock round Royal rushed sail seigneur seigniory settlement ship shot shouted side sight snow soldiers south shore St Charles St Lawrence steamer stood streets Tadoussac Three Rivers timber took trade trees turned Upper Canada Upper Town upriver vessels villages wind winter Wolfe's Cove woods wrote