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Parkman, Francis, 1823-1893

"Count Frontenac and New France under Louis XIV"

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War-party.--Massacre at Oyster River.
CHAPTER XVII.
1690-1697.
NEW FRANCE AND NEW ENGLAND.
The Frontier of New England.--Border Warfare.--Motives of the
French.--Needless Barbarity.--Who were answerable?--Father Thury.--
The Abenakis waver.--Treachery at Pemaquid.--Capture of Pemaquid.--
Projected Attack on Boston.--Disappointment.--Miseries of the
Frontier.--A Captive Amazon.
CHAPTER XVIII.
1693-1697.
FRENCH AND ENGLISH RIVALRY.
Le Moyne d'Iberville.--His Exploits in Newfoundland.--In Hudson's
Bay.--The Great Prize.--The Competitors.--Fatal Policy of the
King.--The Iroquois Question.--Negotiation.--Firmness of
Frontenac.--English Intervention.--War renewed.--State of the
West.--Indian Diplomacy.--Cruel Measures.--A Perilous Crisis.--
Audacity of Frontenac.
CHAPTER XIX.
1696-1698.
FRONTENAC ATTACKS THE ONONDAGAS.
March of Frontenac.--Flight of the Enemy.--An Iroquois Stoic.--Relief
for the Onondagas.--Boasts of Frontenac.--His Complaints.--His
Enemies.--Parties in Canada.--Views of Frontenac and the
King.--Frontenac prevails.--Peace of Ryswick.--Frontenac and
Bellomont.--Schuyler at Quebec.--Festivities.--A Last Defiance.
CHAPTER XX.
1698.
DEATH OF FEONTENAC.
His Last Hours.


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