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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 3, 15th edition., Chapter XXI (search)
eceived at the treasury at five per cent. advance. Repulsed from Canada, the exhausted colonies at- 1691 to 1696. tempted little more than the defence of their frontiers. Their borders were full of terror and sorrow, of captivity and death; but no designs of conquest were formed. If Schuyler made an irruption into the 1691. French settlements on the Sorel, it was only to gain successes in a skirmish, and to effect a safe retreat. A French ship anchoring in Port Royal, the red cross Nov. 26. that floated over the town made way for the banner of France; and Acadia was once more a dependence on Canada. In January, 1692, a party of French and 1692. Indians, coming in snow-shoes from the east, burst upon the town of York, offering its inhabitants no choice but captivity or death. The fort which was rebuilt at Pemaquid was, at least, an assertion of English supremacy over the neighboring region. In England, the conquest of Canada was resolved on; but Chap. XXI.} the fleet des