This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1904 edition. Excerpt: ...Frontenac, and there gathered his forces in July, 1696. They numbered two thousand two hundred men, regulars, Canadians, and Indians, and were well supplied with cannon. Frontenac was himself in chief command; Calli&res, who was to be his successor as governor of Canada, and De Vaudreuil, already noted in ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1904 edition. Excerpt: ...Frontenac, and there gathered his forces in July, 1696. They numbered two thousand two hundred men, regulars, Canadians, and Indians, and were well supplied with cannon. Frontenac was himself in chief command; Calli&res, who was to be his successor as governor of Canada, and De Vaudreuil, already noted in Indian warfare, also to become governor and the father of a governor, were his main lieutenants. They advanced by the Oswego River, and August 1st reached Onondaga Lake. The Onondagas retired before the invaders. Among the stragglers was a warrior of eighty years, who was burned at the stake, taunting his captors as dogs, and dogs of dogs. The castle of the Oneidas was also destroyed, and some hostages seized, while Frontenac gave as the conditions of peace that the whole tribe should emigrate to Canada. French valor exhausted itself on the growing crops, for no foe could be discovered. These were the results of this ostentatious invasion. The Onondagas and the Oneidas sacrificed their castles, which they were, powerless to defend, and in the winter depended for food largely upon the authorities of New York. Frontenac boasted in his despatches to the French king that no force withstood him in ambuscade or in the passes of the hills. The Iroquois strategy was more cunning and effective. The French force was compelled to retire without a fight, and the Indian warriors nestled unharmed in the wilderness. The peace of Ryswick in 1697, between France and England, ended hostilities with the Iroquois on the soil of New York, for the time. Controversy arose over the prisoners captured, and the recognition of the dependence of the Iroquois upon the British government. But the chapter of Frontenac's exploits was closed. New York had escaped from its...
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