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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... 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 raids , however annoying and distressing they were , had not yet proved ...
... 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 raids , however annoying and distressing they were , had not yet proved ...
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... colony's situation . Members of the King's Council were appointed as special commissioners for the affairs of New France . The new regulations much displeased the leading families who so far had controlled the colony's trade and affairs ...
... colony's situation . Members of the King's Council were appointed as special commissioners for the affairs of New France . The new regulations much displeased the leading families who so far had controlled the colony's trade and affairs ...
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... colonists were thus ambushed and killed by invisible enemies . The colony , short of defenders , could do nothing but offer a stout resistance , with un- flinching courage , though losing , at each new raid , what it could least afford ...
... colonists were thus ambushed and killed by invisible enemies . The colony , short of defenders , could do nothing but offer a stout resistance , with un- flinching courage , though losing , at each new raid , what it could least afford ...
Contents
CHAPTER I | 1 |
Cabot John voyages 1718 120 123 Campbell Sir Alexander 352 479 491 | 6 |
The Cordillera | 7 |
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