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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Canada (search)
d expedition against Montreal was abandoned. When Quebec fell, in the autumn of 1759, the French held Montreal, and were not dismayed. In the spring of 1760, Vaudreuil, the governor-general of Canada, sent M. Levi, the successor of Montcalm, to recover Quebec. He descended the St. Lawrence with six frigates and a powerful land siege (May 10), and fled to Montreal, after losing most of his shipping. Now came the final struggle. Three armies were soon in motion towards Montreal, where Vaudreuil had gathered all his forces. Amherst, with 10,000 English and provincial troops, and 1,000 Indians of the Six Nations, led by Johnson, embarked at Oswego, went troops from Crown Point, having taken possession of Isle aux Noix on the way. Resistance to such a crushing force would have been in vain, and, on Sept. 8, 1760, Vaudreuil signed a capitulation surrendering Montreal and all French posts in Canada and on the border of the Lakes to the English. General Gage was made military governo
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), French forts in America. (search)
m the junction of the Missouri and Mississippi rivers to Kaskaskia. The fort at the latter place was regarded as of great importance, because it was the pass and outlet of the convoys of Louisiana and of the traders and hunters of the post at Detroit, and that of the greater part of the savage nations. Another, on the banks of the Ohio, opposite the mouth of the Tennessee River, was considered the key of the colony of Louisiana, and would obstruct the designs of the English in alienating the Indians of the Ohio. It would also, Vaudreuil thought, restrain the incursions of the Cherokees on the Wabash and Mississippi rivers, check the Chickasaws, and by this means secure the navigation of the Mississippi and a free communication between Louisiana and Canada. There were at that time about sixty forts in Canada, most of which had around them fine self-supporting settlements; and the establishments, posts, and settlements in Louisiana at that time (1756) employed about 2,000 soldiers.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Haverhill, massacre at. (search)
they descended the Merrimac to Haverhill, a little cluster of thirty cottages and log cabins, in the centre of which was a new meetinghouse. On the night of Aug. 29, 1708, when every family was slumbering, this band of savages rested near, and at daylight the next morning fell with fury upon the startled sleepers of the village. The mid-day sun shone on a charred village, strewn with murdered men, women, and children. Hearing of these cruelties, Col. Peter Schuyler, of Albany, wrote to Vaudreuil, governor of Canada: I hold it my duty towards God and my neighbors to prevent, if possible, these barbarous and heathen cruelties. My heart swells with indignation when I think that a war between Christian provinces, bound to the exactest laws of honor and generosity, which their noble ancestors have illustrated by brilliant examples, is degenerating into a savage and boundless butchery. These are not the methods for terminating the war. Would that all the world thought with me on thi
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Quebec. (search)
etermined to abandon the expedition, and Nicholson, with his ships, returned to England, while the troops were sent to Boston. The arrogant Walker actually claimed credit for himself in retreating, falsely charging the disaster to the New England pilots, and saying: Had we arrived safe at Quebec, ten or twelve thousand men must have been left to perish with cold and hunger; by the loss of a part, Providence saved all the rest. His government did not reward him for helping Providence. Governor Vaudreuil, at Montreal, advised of the movement, had sent out Jesuit missionaries and other agents to gather Indian allies, and, hastening to Quebec, strengthened the fortifications there. So enthusi- Old town and ramparts, Quebec. astic were the people in preparing for defence that women worked on the forts. Another expedition for the capture of Quebec was fitted out in the spring of 1759, and placed under the command of Gen. James Wolfe, then only thirty-three years of age. He left Loui
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Louisiana, (search)
in an expedition against the Chickasaw Indians......May 26, 1736 Second expedition of Bienville against the Chickasaws, who sue for peace......1740 Marquis de Vaudreuil appointed governor; Bienville returns to France......May 10, 1743 Marquis de Vaudreuil marches against the Chickasaws; unable to take their towns, he gaMarquis de Vaudreuil marches against the Chickasaws; unable to take their towns, he garrisons the fort on the Tombigbee erected by Bienville, and returns to New Orleans......1753 Louis Billouart, Chevalier de Kerlerec, succeeds Vaudreuil, who was appointed governor of Canada......Feb. 9, 1754 First arrival of Acadians at New Orleans; they are sent to Attakapas and Opelousas......1756 M. Dubreuil erects a sVaudreuil, who was appointed governor of Canada......Feb. 9, 1754 First arrival of Acadians at New Orleans; they are sent to Attakapas and Opelousas......1756 M. Dubreuil erects a sugar-mill in New Orleans (cane-growing having been started by the Jesuits in 1751)......1758 Garrison of Fort Du Quesne flee towards New Orleans, evacuating and setting fire to the fort......Nov. 24, 1758 France cedes Louisiana to Spain, and to England all east of the Mississippi River except the island of New Orleans, and ma
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Vaudreuil, Louis Philippe de Rigaud 1698-1764 (search)
Vaudreuil, Louis Philippe de Rigaud 1698-1764 , Marquis de, naval officer; born near Castelnaudary, France, in 1640; had been tried as a soldier when, in 1689, he was named governor of Montreal, under Frontenac. He served in an expedition against the Iroquois, and also in defence of Quebec against the armament under Phipps, in 1690. Active and brave in military life, he was made governor of Canada in 1703, and remained so until his death, Oct. 11, 1725. During his administration he gaveas born in Quebec in 1698, and died in France, 1764. He, too, was a soldier in the French army; became governor of Three Rivers in 1733, and of Louisiana in 1743; was made governor of Canada in 1755, but was regarded with contempt by Montcalm, whose friends, after the surrender of Montreal and the return of Vaudreuil to France, made charges which caused the ex-governor's imprisonment in the Bastile. He was exonerated from all blame and released, but was stripped of nearly all his possessions.