An Universal History, from the Earliest Account of Time, Volumen 40T. Osborne, 1763 |
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... garrison of that fort , where M. D'Orvil- liers , a very able officer , was commandant . He had , by la Sale's orders , in the fpring reconnoitered the enemy's country upon lake Ontario , and marked out the spot moft proper for making ...
... garrison of that fort , where M. D'Orvil- liers , a very able officer , was commandant . He had , by la Sale's orders , in the fpring reconnoitered the enemy's country upon lake Ontario , and marked out the spot moft proper for making ...
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... garrison of fort Niagara , and there was danger left the last refource of the colony , the negotiation with the Onnontaguefe , fhould be cut off by_the governor's entering into hoftilities with the favages . This negotiation was fo far ...
... garrison of fort Niagara , and there was danger left the last refource of the colony , the negotiation with the Onnontaguefe , fhould be cut off by_the governor's entering into hoftilities with the favages . This negotiation was fo far ...
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... garrison some time to breathe . Du Luth , and another officer , Mantet , having been fent out to reconnoitre , fell in with a party of twenty - two Iroquois , of whom they killed eighteen , and took three , who were refigned to the ...
... garrison some time to breathe . Du Luth , and another officer , Mantet , having been fent out to reconnoitre , fell in with a party of twenty - two Iroquois , of whom they killed eighteen , and took three , who were refigned to the ...
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... garrison , but by a great number of the neighbouring inhabitants , whom the commandant had ordered into the city , and who worked with fo much alacrity at the fortifications , that in five days they repaired them , fo as to be fecure ...
... garrison , but by a great number of the neighbouring inhabitants , whom the commandant had ordered into the city , and who worked with fo much alacrity at the fortifications , that in five days they repaired them , fo as to be fecure ...
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... moft tedious and dange- rous voyage , they returned to France , which they reached the 9th of October . La Ferret being left governor of fort Bour- Bourbon , with a garrison of fixty eight Canadians , 96 The Hiflory of America .
... moft tedious and dange- rous voyage , they returned to France , which they reached the 9th of October . La Ferret being left governor of fort Bour- Bourbon , with a garrison of fixty eight Canadians , 96 The Hiflory of America .
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Página 421 - But since the natives of that place, who will be concerned in our plantation, are utterly strangers to Christianity, whose idolatry, ignorance, or mistake, gives us no right to expel, or use them ill; and those who remove from other parts to plant there, will unavoidably be of different opinions concerning matters of religion, the liberty whereof they will expect to have allowed them...
Página 366 - Majesty, in that part of the world, shall be fixed irrevocably by a line drawn along the middle of the River Mississippi, from its source...
Página 366 - France, in its whole breadth and length, from its source to the sea, and expressly that part, which is between the said island of New Orleans, and the right bank of that River, as well as the passage both in and out of its mouth...
Página 249 - Majesty, in full right, Canada, with all its dependencies, as well as the island of Cape Breton, and all the other islands and coasts in the gulph and river of St.
Página 232 - By the list of disabled officers, many of whom are of rank, you may perceive, Sir, that the army is much weakened. By the nature of the river, the most formidable part of this armament is deprived of the power of acting : yet we have almost the whole force of Canada to oppose. In this situation there is such a choice of difficulties that I own myself at a loss how to determine. The affairs of Great Britain I know require the most...
Página 455 - Trustees' cattle. The river is pretty wide, the water fresh, and from the key of the town you see its whole course to the sea, with the island of...
Página 232 - Neither one nor other of these advantages can any where else be found. The Enemy were indeed posted upon a commanding Eminence - The beach upon which the troops were drawn up, was of deep mud, with holes, and cut by several...
Página 249 - King cedes and makes over the whole to the said King, and to the Crown of Great Britain, and that in the most ample manner and form, without restriction, and without any liberty to depart from the said cession, and guaranty under any pretence, or to disturb Great Britain in the possessions above mentioned.
Página 250 - Majesty, and bring away their effects as well as their persons, without being restrained in their emigration, under any pretence whatsoever, except that of debts or of criminal prosecutions : The term limited for this emigration shall be fixed to the space of eighteen months, to be computed from the day of the exchange of the ratifications of the present treaty.
Página 238 - Lordship the Bishop of Quebec, who, animated with zeal for religion, and charity for the people of his diocese, desires to reside...