The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 6John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell The University Press, 1930 - Great Britain |
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Page 36
Once more the country was in a state of war , with Iroquois bands roving through
the colony , waiting for an opportunity to kill and scalp isolated settlers . So far the
life of the little colony had run , on the whole , peaceably . The few Iroquois ...
Once more the country was in a state of war , with Iroquois bands roving through
the colony , waiting for an opportunity to kill and scalp isolated settlers . So far the
life of the little colony had run , on the whole , peaceably . The few Iroquois ...
Page 37
They were also obliged to take out twenty colonists a year and to pay the
Company one thousand beaver skins . ... But as the Company enjoying the
monopoly also received the financial and commercial administration of the
colony , the new ...
They were also obliged to take out twenty colonists a year and to pay the
Company one thousand beaver skins . ... But as the Company enjoying the
monopoly also received the financial and commercial administration of the
colony , the new ...
Page 44
Every year a certain number of colonists were thus ambushed and killed by
invisible enemies . The colony , short of defenders , could do nothing but offer a
stout resistance , with unflinching courage , though losing , at each new raid ,
what it ...
Every year a certain number of colonists were thus ambushed and killed by
invisible enemies . The colony , short of defenders , could do nothing but offer a
stout resistance , with unflinching courage , though losing , at each new raid ,
what it ...
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The Laurentian Region | 5 |
Customs of the Aborigines | 11 |
CHAPTER II | 17 |
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