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A Half Century of Conflict - Volume I France and England in North America By: Francis Parkman (1823-1893) |
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FRANCE AND ENGLAND IN
NORTH AMERICA. PART SIXTH. BY FRANCIS PARKMAN. IN TWO VOLUMES.
VOL. I.
BOSTON:
LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY.
1898.
Copyright, 1892 ,
By Francis Parkman. Copyright, 1897 ,
By Little, Brown, and Company.
University Press:
John Wilson and Son, Cambridge, U.S.A.
[Illustration]
PREFACE.
This book, forming Part VI. of the series called France and England in
North America, fills the gap between Part V., "Count Frontenac," and
Part VII., "Montcalm and Wolfe;" so that the series now forms a
continuous history of the efforts of France to occupy and control this
continent. In the present volumes the nature of the subject does not permit an
unbroken thread of narrative, and the unity of the book lies in its
being throughout, in one form or another, an illustration of the
singularly contrasted characters and methods of the rival claimants to
North America. Like the rest of the series, this work is founded on original documents.
The statements of secondary writers have been accepted only when found
to conform to the evidence of contemporaries, whose writings have been
sifted and collated with the greatest care. As extremists on each side
have charged me with favoring the other, I hope I have been unfair to
neither. The manuscript material collected for the preparation of the series now
complete forms about seventy volumes, most of them folios. These have
been given by me from time to time to the Massachusetts Historical
Society, in whose library they now are, open to the examination of those
interested in the subjects of which they treat. The collection was begun
forty five years ago, and its formation has been exceedingly slow,
having been retarded by difficulties which seemed insurmountable, and
for years were so in fact. Hence the completion of the series has
required twice the time that would have sufficed under less unfavorable
conditions. Boston, March 26, 1892.
CONTENTS.
PAGE CHAPTER I. 1700 1713. EVE OF WAR. The Spanish Succession. Influence of Louis XIV.
on History. French Schemes of Conquest in
America. New York. Unfitness of the Colonies for War. The
Five Nations. Doubt and Vacillation. The Western
Indians. Trade and Politics 3
CHAPTER II. 1694 1704. DETROIT. Michilimackinac. La Mothe Cadillac: his Disputes with the
Jesuits. Opposing Views. Plans of Cadillac: his Memorial
to the Court; his Opponents. Detroit founded. The
New Company. Detroit changes Hands. Strange
Act of the Five Nations 17
CHAPTER III. 1703 1713. QUEEN ANNE'S WAR. The Forest of Maine. A Treacherous Peace. A Frontier
Village. Wells and its People. Attack upon it. Border
Ravages. Beaubassin's War party. The "Woful Decade." A
Wedding Feast. A Captive Bridegroom 34
CHAPTER IV. 1704 1740. DEERFIELD. Hertel de Rouville. A Frontier Village. Rev. John
Williams. The Surprise. Defence of the Stebbins
House. Attempted Rescue. The Meadow Fight. The
Captives. The Northward March. Mrs. Williams killed. The
Minister's Journey. Kindness of Canadians. A Stubborn
Heretic. Eunice Williams. Converted Captives. John
Sheldon's Mission. Exchange of Prisoners. An English
Squaw. The Gill Family 55
CHAPTER V. 1704 1713. THE TORMENTED FRONTIER. Border Raids. Haverhill. Attack and Defence. War to
the Knife. Motives of the French. Proposed
Neutrality. Joseph Dudley. Town and Country 94
CHAPTER VI. 1700 1710. THE OLD RÉGIME IN ACADIA. The Fishery Question. Privateers and Pirates. Port
Royal. Official Gossip. Abuse of Brouillan. Complaints of
De Goutin. Subercase and his Officers. Church and
State. Paternal Government 110
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