The Modern Part of an Universal History,: From the Earliest Account of TimeS. Richardson, T. Osborne, C. Hitch, A. Millar, John Rivington, S. Crowder, P. Davey and B. Law, T. Longman, and C. Ware., 1763 - World history |
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... force of New France , on the 15th of August ; and from thence to proceed to make a vigorous war upon all the Iroquois nations , parti- cularly the Tonnonthouans . This fummons , however , had very little effect , though thefe favages ...
... force of New France , on the 15th of August ; and from thence to proceed to make a vigorous war upon all the Iroquois nations , parti- cularly the Tonnonthouans . This fummons , however , had very little effect , though thefe favages ...
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... force of arms . Denonville was perhaps not a little encouraged in this refolution by his being a bigot to popery ; the progress of which , amongst the Indians , he attributed entirely to the oppofition it met with from the Iroquois ...
... force of arms . Denonville was perhaps not a little encouraged in this refolution by his being a bigot to popery ; the progress of which , amongst the Indians , he attributed entirely to the oppofition it met with from the Iroquois ...
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... forces of the province , he found he could muffer no more than eight hundred men , and that he could have very little dependence on the regulars , who were entire frangers to the Indian way of making war . All he could do was to gain ...
... forces of the province , he found he could muffer no more than eight hundred men , and that he could have very little dependence on the regulars , who were entire frangers to the Indian way of making war . All he could do was to gain ...
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... force he could , and to proceed to Niagara ; but in his march , go harrafs the Indians who were enemies to the French , only taking care to make prifoners of as many of the Onnanta- surfe as he could , not only because they were the ...
... force he could , and to proceed to Niagara ; but in his march , go harrafs the Indians who were enemies to the French , only taking care to make prifoners of as many of the Onnanta- surfe as he could , not only because they were the ...
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... force he could raife ; and coming up with the favages at lake Sacrament , he killed feveral of the Mahingans , and took prifoners fome Agniers , who , according to Charlevoix , had been prevailed upon by colonel Dongan , who had ...
... force he could raife ; and coming up with the favages at lake Sacrament , he killed feveral of the Mahingans , and took prifoners fome Agniers , who , according to Charlevoix , had been prevailed upon by colonel Dongan , who had ...
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Page 249 - King cedes and makes over the whole to the said King, and to the Crown of Great Britain, and that in the most ample manner and form, without restriction, and without any liberty to depart from the said cession, and guaranty under any pretence, or to disturb Great Britain in the possessions above mentioned.
Page 360 - America ; it is agreed, that for the future, the confines between the dominions of His Britannic Majesty, and those of His Most Christian Majesty, in that part of the world, shall be fixed irrevocably by a line drawn along the middle of the river Mississippi, from its source to the river Iberville, and from thence, by a line drawn along the middle of this river, and the lakes Maurepas and Pontchartrain, to the sea...
Page 250 - Majesty, and bring away their effects as well as their persons, without being restrained in their emigration, under any pretence whatsoever, except that of debts or of criminal prosecutions : The term limited for this emigration shall be fixed to the space of eighteen months, to be computed from the day of the exchange of the ratifications of the present treaty.
Page 360 - France, in its whole breadth and length, from its source to the sea, and expressly that part, which is between the said island of New Orleans, and the right bank of that River, as well as the passage both in and out of its mouth...
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Page 447 - Trustees' cattle. The river is pretty wide, the water fresh, and from the key of the town you see its whole course to the sea, with the island of...
Page 232 - I am able, for the honor of His Majesty and the interest of the nation, in which I am sure of being well seconded by the Admiral and by the generals ; happy if our efforts here can contribute to the success of His Majesty's arms in any other parts of America.
Page 426 - Majesty's most dutiful subjects, having thus humbly presented our opinion of these acts ; we beseech your Majesty to use the most effectual methods to deliver the said province from the arbitrary oppressions under which it now lies, and to order the authors thereof to be prosecuted according to law.
Page 232 - By the list of disabled officers, many of whom are of rank, you may perceive, Sir, that the army is much weakened. By the nature of the river, the most formidable part of this armament is deprived of the power of acting : yet we have almost the whole force of Canada to oppose. In this situation there is such a choice of difficulties that I own myself at a loss how to determine.
Page 249 - His Most Christian Majesty renounces all pretensions which he has heretofore formed or might have formed to Nova Scotia or Acadia in all its parts, and guaranties the whole of it, and with all its dependencies...