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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Barre , Antoine Le Fevre De La , (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Bradstreet , John , 1711 -1774 (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Clinton , James 1736 -1812 (search)
Clinton, James 1736-1812
Military officer; born in Ulster (now Orange) county, N. Y., Aug. 9, 1736; son of Charles Clinton; was well educated, but he had a strong inclination for military life.
Before the beginning of the Revolutionary War he was lieutenant-colonel of the militia of Ulster county.
He was a captain under Bradstreet in the capture of Fort Frontenac in 1758; and he afterwards was placed in command of four regiments for the protection of the frontiers of Ulster and Orange counties — a position of difficulty and danger.
When the war for independence broke out, he was appointed colonel of the 3d New York Regiment (June 30, 1775), and accompanied Montgomery to Quebec.
Made a brigadier-general in August, 1776, he was active in the service; and was in command of Fort Clinton, in the Hudson Highlands, when it was attacked in October, 1777.
James Clinton. In 1779 he joined Sullivan's expedition against the Senecas with 1,500 men. He was stationed at Albany during a g
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Courcelles , Daniel De remi , Seigneur De (search)
Courcelles, Daniel De remi, Seigneur De
French governor of Canada; arrived there in 1665 with a regiment of soldiers and many families, with horses (the first ever seen in Canada), cattle, and sheep.
To prevent the irruptions of the Five Nations by way of Lake Champlain, he projected a series of forts between that lake and the mouth of the Richelieu, or Sorel, its outlet.
Forced by ill-health to return to France in 1672, his plans were carried out by his successor, Frontenac.
De Nonville, Marquis,
Military officer; after reaching the rank of colonel in the French army was appointed (1685) governor of Canada, with instructions to humble the pride of the Iroquois, who were the friends of the English and had rejected overtures from the French.
He took post at Fort Frontenac, on the site of Kingston, Canada, and there prepared for an expedition against a portion of the Five Nations.
He declared to his sovereign that the Indians sustained themselves only by the aid of the English, who were the chief promoters of the insolence and arrogance of the Iroquois.
He tried to induce them to meet him in council, to seduce them from the influence of the English, and a few went to Frontenac; but when Dongan heard of the designs of the French he invited representatives of the Five Nations to a council in New York City.
They came, and Dongan told them the King of England would be their loving father, and conjured them not to listen to the persuasions of the French.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Du Lhut , or Duluth , Daniel Greysolon 1678 - (search)
Du Lhut, or Duluth, Daniel Greysolon 1678-
Explorer; born in Lyons, France; carried on a traffic in furs under the protection of Count Frontenac; explored the upper Mississippi in 1678-80, at which time he joined Father Hennepin and his companions.
He took part in the campaign against the Seneca Indians in 1687 and brought with him a large number of Indians from the upper lakes.
In 1695 he was placed in command of Fort Frontenac and in 1697 was promoted to the command of a company of infantry.
He died near Lake Superior in 1709.
The city of Duluth was named after him.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), French and Indian War. (search)
Frontenac, Fort
A fortification built by Frontenac in 1673 at the foot of Lake Ontario, at the present Kingston.
After the repulse of the English at Ticonderoga (July 8, 1758), Col. John Bradstreet urged Abercrombie to send an expedition against this fort.
He detached 3,000 men for the purpose, and gave Colonel Bradstreet command of the expedition.
He went by the way of Oswego, and crossed the lake in bateaux, having with him 300 bateau-men.
His troops were chiefly provincials, and were furnished with eight pieces of cannon and two mortars.
They landed within a mile of the fort on the evening of Aug. 25, constructed batteries, and opened them upon the fort at short range two days afterwards Finding the works untenable, the garrison surrendered (Aug. 27) without much resistance.
The Indians having previously deserted, there were only 110 prisoners. The spoils were sixty cannon, sixteen mortars, a large quantity of small arms, provisions and military stores, and nine armed v