The Chronicles of America Series, Volume 10Yale University Press, 1918 |
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... village a few miles above Montreal . On the night of August 4 , 1689 , fourteen hundred Iroquois burst in on the village and a wild orgy of massacre fol- lowed . All Canada was in a panic . Some weeks later Frontenac arrived at Quebec ...
... village a few miles above Montreal . On the night of August 4 , 1689 , fourteen hundred Iroquois burst in on the village and a wild orgy of massacre fol- lowed . All Canada was in a panic . Some weeks later Frontenac arrived at Quebec ...
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... village , for it was hardly more than this , contained , as the French believed , only some two hundred houses and four hundred fighting men and it was thought that a month would suffice to complete this whole work of conquest . Once ...
... village , for it was hardly more than this , contained , as the French believed , only some two hundred houses and four hundred fighting men and it was thought that a month would suffice to complete this whole work of conquest . Once ...
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... village . The signal is given and the village is awakened by the terrible war - whoop . Doors are smashed by axes and hatchets , and women and children are killed as they lie in bed , or kneel , shrieking for mercy . Houses are set on ...
... village . The signal is given and the village is awakened by the terrible war - whoop . Doors are smashed by axes and hatchets , and women and children are killed as they lie in bed , or kneel , shrieking for mercy . Houses are set on ...
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... villages of the Onondaga and the Oneida tribes of the Iroquois . On the journey from the south shore of Lake Ontario ... village and taught them a new respect for the power of the French . It was the last great effort of the old warrior ...
... villages of the Onondaga and the Oneida tribes of the Iroquois . On the journey from the south shore of Lake Ontario ... village and taught them a new respect for the power of the French . It was the last great effort of the old warrior ...
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... village on fire and killed or carried off some twoscore prisoners , chiefly women and children . The village of Deerfield , on the northwestern frontier of Massachusetts , consisted of a wooden meeting - house and a number of rough ...
... village on fire and killed or carried off some twoscore prisoners , chiefly women and children . The village of Deerfield , on the northwestern frontier of Massachusetts , consisted of a wooden meeting - house and a number of rough ...
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