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Concord, N. H. (New Hampshire, United States) (search for this): chapter 3
warmed by a sunbeam,—over the glaciers and mountains, the rivers and tradinghouses in Hudson's Bay. Exulting in their success, they returned to Quebec. In the east, blood was first shed at Cocheco, where, 1689. June 27. thirteen years before, an unsuspecting party of three hundred and fifty Indians had been taken prisoners, and shipped for Boston, to be sold into foreign slavery. The memory of the treachery was indelible; and the Indian emissaries of Castin easily excited the tribe of Penacook to revenge. On the evening of the twentyseventh of June, two squaws repaired to the house of Richard Waldron, and the octogenarian magistrate bade them lodge on the floor At night, they rise, unbar the gates, and summon their companions, who at once enter every apartment. What now? what now? shouted the brave old man; and, seizing his sword, he defended himself till he fell stunned by a blow from a hatchet. They then placed him in a chair on a table in his own hall: Judge Indians again
Dunkirk (New York, United States) (search for this): chapter 3
fraud upon humanity,—a restriction, by covenant, of national industry and prosperity. It was a pledge that Belgium would look beyond treaties, and grow familiar with natural rights; and it was possible that, even in the line of Austrian monarchs, a wise ruler might one day be penetrated with indignation at the outrage. With regard to France, one condition of the treaty Chap XXI.} was still worse. Jealous of the growth of the French navy, England extorted the covenant, that the port of Dunkirk should be not merely abandoned, but filled up. A treaty of peace contained a stipulation for the ruin of a harbor! On the opening of the contest with France, William though bearing the standard of freedom, was false to the principle of the liberty of the seas,—prohibiting all commerce with France,—and to the protest of Hol- 1689. Aug. 22. land gave no other reply than that it was his will, and Heeren, i 349. that he had power to make it good. To the tory ministry of Queen Anne belongs<
Biloxi (Mississippi, United States) (search for this): chapter 3
n Ship Island, and made the discovery of the River Pascagoula and the tribes of Biloxi. The next day, a party of Bayagoulas, from the Mississippi, passed by: they weh missionaries and forest rangers—was annexed to the command of the governor of Biloxi. During the absence of D'Iberville, it became apparent that England was jeale river. This had been published in London at the very moment when the fort at Biloxi was in progress; and, at once, an exploring expedition, 1699. under the auspicf spring, fill his boats with heaps of ore. Le Sueur had not yet returned to Biloxi, when 1701 May 30. news came from the impatient ministry of impoverished Franc. Early in 1702, the chief fortress of the French was 1702 transferred from Biloxi to the western bank of the Mobile River, the first settlement of Europeans in A no quiet agricultural industry. Of the lands that were occupied, the coast of Biloxi is as sandy as the deserts of Lybia; the soil on Dauphine Island is meagre: on
Le Sueur, Le Sueur County, Minnesota (Minnesota, United States) (search for this): chapter 3
unparalleled productiveness were discovered among the troublesome morasses; and St. Denys, with a motley group of Canadians and Indians, was sent to ramble for six months in the far west, that he might certainly find the land of gold. In April, Le Sueur led a company, in quest of mineral stores, to mountains in our northwestern territory. Passing beyond the Wisconsin, beyond the Chippewa, beyond the St. Croix, he sailed north till he reached the mouth of the St. Peter's, and La Harpe Ms. did ong's Second Ex. i. 316. confluence of the Blue Earth. There, in a fort among Iowas, he passed the winter, that he might take pos- Martin. Charlevoix. session of a copper mine, and, on the return of spring, fill his boats with heaps of ore. Le Sueur had not yet returned to Biloxi, when 1701 May 30. news came from the impatient ministry of impoverished France, that certainly there were gold mines on the Missouri. But bilious fevers sent death among the dreamers about veins of precious meta
Kingston (Canada) (search for this): chapter 3
vania or New England. But, on reaching the Gulf of St. Lawrence, Frontenac learned the capture of Sept. 25. Montreal. On the twenty-fiftctober. In the moment of consternation, Denonville had ordered Fort Frontenac, on Lake Ontario, to be evacuated and razed. From Three Riversvoir. and taken. But, in the night of the fourteenth of October, Frontenac reached Quebec. The inhabitants of the vicinity were assembled; In the west, after the hope of conquering Canada was abandoned, Frontenac had little strife but with the Five Nations, whom he alternately, immediate allies, made their last invasion of Western New York. Frontenac, then seventy-four years of age, himself conducted the army: from Fort Frontenac they passed over to Oswego, and occupied both sides of July 28. that river; at night, they reached the falls three leagues abt interruption, from the time when 1681 La Salle returned from Fort Frontenac. Joutel found a garrison at Fort St. Louis in 1687; in 1689, L
Boston Harbor (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): chapter 3
vice, twice that sum; but if men would, of themselves, without pay, make up parties, and patrol the forests in search of Indians, as of old the woods were scoured for wild beasts, the chase was invigorated by the promised encouragement of fifty pounds per scalp. Meantime, the English had repeatedly made of forts to gain the French fortress on Newfoundland, and New England had desired the reduction of Acadia, as essential to the security of its trade and fishery. In 1704, a fleet from Boston harbor had defied Port Royal; and, three years afterwards, under the influence of Dudley, Massachusetts attempted its conquest. The failure of that costly expedition, which was thwarted by the activity of Castin, created discontent in the colony, by increasing its paper money and its debts. But England was resolved on colonial acquistions; in 1709, a fleet and an army were to be sent from Europe: from Massachusetts and Rhode Island, twelve hundred men were to aid in the conquest of Quebec; fr
Preussen (search for this): chapter 3
erses; but the battle of Blenheim, fatal to the military reputation of 1704 France, revealed the exhaustion of the kingdom. The armies of Louis XIV. were opposed by troops collected from England, the Empire, Holland, Savoy, Portugal, Denmark, Prussia, and Lorraine, led on by Eugene and Marlborough, who, completing the triumvirate with the grand pensionary Heinsius, combined in their service money, numbers, forethought, and miliitary genius. In North America, the central colonies of our reh, if no existing na- Treaty of Commerce with Spain, § 21-25. tion would assume its guardianship, has power—such is God's providence — to call a nation into being, and live by the life it imparts. What Holland asserted, England kept alive, and Prussia received, till it was safe against any possible combination. The idea which Grotius promulgated, Bolingbroke fostered, till the great Frederic could become its champion, and all the continent of Europe invoke America to secure its triumph. Fre
Great River (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): chapter 3
en Protestants from France to make a republic of them in America; and D'Iberville returned from Dec. 7. Europe with projects far unlike the peaceful pursuits of agriculture. First came the occupation of the Mis- 1700 Jan. 17. sissippi, by a fortress built on its bank, on a point elevated above the marshes, not far from the sea, soon to he abandoned. In February, Tonti came down from the Illinois; and, under his guidance, the brothers Chap XXI.} D'Iberville and Bienville ascended the Great River, 1700. and made peace between the Oumas and the Bayagoulas. Among the Natchez, the Great Sun, followed by a large retinue of his people, welcomed the illustrious strangers. His country seemed best suited to a settlement; a bluff, now known as Natchez, was selected for a town, and, in honor of the countess of Pontchartrain, was called Rosalie. While D'Iberville descended to his ships, soon to em bark for France, his brother, in March, explored Western Louisiana, and, crossing the Red
Trajectum (Netherlands) (search for this): chapter 3
were soon followed by the uncertain peace of Utrecht. In 1706, the victories of Ramillies and oismissal. The treaty of peace concluded at Utrecht was mo- 713. April 11. mentous in its charac inconsistent with the policy of the peace of Utrecht, and were therefore, at a later day, effected at an end. And yet the treaty of peace at Utrecht scattered the seeds of war broadcast througho revolutions. First, then, by the peace of Utrecht, Spain lost all her European provinces, and rs implacable enemy. Again: by the peace of Utrecht, Belgium was compelled to forego the advantagternational law, as interpreted by England at Utrecht—Free ships shall also give a freedom to goods3. most weighty result of the negotiations at Utrecht. It was demanded by St. John, in 1711; and Le world. Finally, England, by the peace of Utrecht, obtained from France large concessions of te basin of the Mississippi. Did the treaty of Utrecht assent to such an extension of French territo
Carolina City (North Carolina, United States) (search for this): chapter 3
and legitimacy, on the other. Hence, also, in the first war of King William, the frontiers of Carolina, bordering on the possessions of Spain, were safe against invasion: Spain and England were alli sigh for the cool breezes of Hudson's Bay. Yet there were gleams of light: the white men from Carolina, allies of the Chickasas, invaded the neighboring tribes of Indians, making it easy for the Frelation of their trade and cash, issued bills of credit to the amount of six thousand pounds. To Carolina, the Ramsay, i. 129 first fruits of war were debt and paper money. This ill success diminisvictory over its allies. The Creeks, that dwelt between Appalache and Mobile, being friends to Carolina, interrupted the communication with the French. The English flag having been carried triumphans and lakes, at the back of all your majes- 1710. ty's plantations on this continent as far as Carolina; and in this large tract of country live several nations of Indians who are vastly numerous. A
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