The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 6John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell The University Press, 1929 - Great Britain |
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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 .
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 .
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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 ...
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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 ...
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 ...
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Contents
CHAPTER I | 1 |
The Cordillera | 7 |
Relations of the Aborigines to the Settlers | 13 |
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| Title | The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 6 The Cambridge History of the British Empire, John Holland Rose |
| Editors | John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell |
| Publisher | The University Press, 1929 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 12 Jun 2008 |
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