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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)
n enemy who disappeared the moment a blow was struck, and who was ever present where a garrison or a family ceased its vigilance. In 1708, at a war-council at Montreal, a grand ex- 1708. pedition was resolved on by the French Indians against Mirick's Haverhill, 117, 133. New England, to be led by French officers, and assist- Whittier. ed by a hundred picked Canadians. The party of the Hutchinson. French Mohawks and the Hurons failed; but the Charlevoix. Ms. French under Des Chaillons anAugust, the evening prayers had been said in each family, and the whole village fearlessly resigned itself to sleep. That night, Aug 29. the band of invaders slept quietly in the near forest. At daybreak, they assumed the order of battle; Rou Mirick. ville addressed the soldiers, who, after their orisons, marched against the fort, raised the shrill yell, and dispersed themselves through the village to their work of blood. The rifle rang; the cry of the dying rose. Benjamin Rolfe, the minis