The Struggle for a ContinentLittle, Brown,, 1902 - 542 sider |
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Side viii
... INDIANS 256 1694-1704 . DEtroit ( with Map ) . 265 1704. THE ATTACK ON Deerfield 1724. LOVEWELL'S FIGHT . · 1726-1750 . THE CHAIN OF POSTS . 1745-1755 . AMERICA AND THE SEVEN YEARS WAR ( WITH 272 287 297 MAP ) . • 301 1745-1755 . THE ...
... INDIANS 256 1694-1704 . DEtroit ( with Map ) . 265 1704. THE ATTACK ON Deerfield 1724. LOVEWELL'S FIGHT . · 1726-1750 . THE CHAIN OF POSTS . 1745-1755 . AMERICA AND THE SEVEN YEARS WAR ( WITH 272 287 297 MAP ) . • 301 1745-1755 . THE ...
Side ix
... INDIANS 460 1760. PONTIAC'S CONSPIRACY 473 · 1763. INDIAN PREPARATION 479 · 1763. THE THREATENED ATTACK AGAINST DETROIT 486 1763. THE TREACHERY OF PONTIAC 488 1763. FIGHT OF BLOODY BRIDGE 492 1763-1764 . THE CLOSING EVENTS OF THE INDIAN ...
... INDIANS 460 1760. PONTIAC'S CONSPIRACY 473 · 1763. INDIAN PREPARATION 479 · 1763. THE THREATENED ATTACK AGAINST DETROIT 486 1763. THE TREACHERY OF PONTIAC 488 1763. FIGHT OF BLOODY BRIDGE 492 1763-1764 . THE CLOSING EVENTS OF THE INDIAN ...
Side 6
... Indians of Cuba and Hispaniola , that on the island of Bimini , said to be one of the Bahamas , there was a fountain of such virtue , that , bathing in its waters , old men resumed their youth . It was said , moreover , that on a ...
... Indians of Cuba and Hispaniola , that on the island of Bimini , said to be one of the Bahamas , there was a fountain of such virtue , that , bathing in its waters , old men resumed their youth . It was said , moreover , that on a ...
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... Indians whom they had come to plunder ; and besides fetters to bind , and bloodhounds to hunt them , they brought priests and monks for the saving of their souls . The adventurers traversed great portions of Georgia , Alabama , and ...
... Indians whom they had come to plunder ; and besides fetters to bind , and bloodhounds to hunt them , they brought priests and monks for the saving of their souls . The adventurers traversed great portions of Georgia , Alabama , and ...
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... Indians were running along the beach , and out upon the sand - bars , beckon- ing them to land . They pushed their boats ashore and disem- barked , sailors , soldiers , and eager young nobles . Corselet and morion , arquebuse and ...
... Indians were running along the beach , and out upon the sand - bars , beckon- ing them to land . They pushed their boats ashore and disem- barked , sailors , soldiers , and eager young nobles . Corselet and morion , arquebuse and ...
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Adelantado Algonquin allies arms army assailants attack band Beauport boats Bougainville British called camp Canada Canadians cannon canoes Cap-Rouge Cartier Champlain chief colony command Conspiracy of Pontiac coureurs de bois crossed danger Detroit enemy England English enterprise fell fight fire fleet Florida followed force forest Fort Caroline France French Frenchmen Frontenac garrison Gourgues governor guns hand hatchets heights Hochelaga Huguenots hundred Huron Indians intrenchments Iroquois Jesuits killed king Lake Lake Ontario land Lawrence Lévis Louis Menendez miles Mississippi Montcalm Montmorenci Montreal morning mouth neighboring night officers palisade party passed Pioneers of France Point Levi Pontiac priests prisoners Quebec reached Ribaut river sailed Salle Samuel de Champlain savage says scalp sent ships shore side soldiers soon Spaniards stood Tadoussac thousand told town trees tribes troops Vaudreuil vessels village voyage warriors wild wilderness Wolfe woods wounded
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Side 445 - Henderson, a volunteer in the same company, and a private soldier, aided by an officer of artillery who ran to join them, carried him in their arms to the rear. He begged them to lay him down. They did so and asked if he would have a surgeon. "There's no need," he answered: "it's all over with me.
Side 212 - In the name of the most high, mighty, invincible, and victorious Prince, Louis the Great, by the Grace of God King of France and of Navarre, Fourteenth of that name...
Side 209 - Again they embarked; and, with every stage of their adventurous progress, the mystery of this vast New World was more and more unveiled. More and more they entered the realms of spring. The hazy sunlight, the warm and drowsy air, the tender foliage, the opening flowers, betokened the reviving life of Nature.
Side 236 - I, the aforesaid William Phipps, Knight, do hereby in the name and on behalf of their most excellent Majesties, William and Mary, King and Queen of England, Scotland, France, and Ireland, Defenders of the Faith, and by order of their said Majesties...
Side 22 - Serve God daily, love one another, preserve your victuals, beware of fire, and keepe good companie.
Side 140 - They kneeled in reverent silence as the Host was raised aloft, and when the rite was over the priest turned and addressed them: "You are a grain of mustard seed, that shall rise and grow till its branches overshadow the earth. You are few, but your work is the work of God. His smile is on you, and your children shall fill the land.
Side 213 - Palms, upon the assurance we have had from the natives of these countries that we are the first Europeans who have descended or ascended the said river Colbert...
Side 3 - The French dominion is a memory of the past ; and when we evoke its departed shades, they rise upon us from their graves in strange, romantic guise. Again their ghostly camp-fires seem to burn, and the fitful light is cast around on lord and vassal and black-robed priest, mingled with wild forms of savage warriors, knit in close fellowship on the same stern errand.
Side 104 - As day approached, he and his two followers put on the light armor of the time. Champlain wore the doublet and long hose then in vogue. Over the doublet he buckled on a breastplate, and probably a back-piece, while his thighs were protected by cuisses of steel, and his head by a plumed casque. Across his shoulder hung the strap of his bandoleer, or...
Side 140 - Maisonneuve sprang ashore, and fell on his knees. His followers imitated his example ; and all joined their voices in enthusiastic songs of thanksgiving. Tents, baggage, arms, and stores were landed. An altar was raised on a pleasant spot near at hand ; and Mademoiselle Mance, with Madame de la Peltrie, aided by her servant, Charlotte Barre, decorated it with a taste which was the admiration of the beholders.