Hochelaga: Or, England in the New World, Том 1Colburn and Company, 1851 |
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... Indians of Nova Scotia , and these red men , carried on a war of extermination against each other for cen- turies ; each landing , with destructive swoop , on the other's coasts , scalping the men and carrying the women into slavery ...
... Indians of Nova Scotia , and these red men , carried on a war of extermination against each other for cen- turies ; each landing , with destructive swoop , on the other's coasts , scalping the men and carrying the women into slavery ...
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... Indians hunt and fish , exchanging their furs with English traders at Chi- coutimi here this rude commerce has grouped together a number of houses , round a church built by the Jesuits two centuries ago . Great Bay is twelve miles lower ...
... Indians hunt and fish , exchanging their furs with English traders at Chi- coutimi here this rude commerce has grouped together a number of houses , round a church built by the Jesuits two centuries ago . Great Bay is twelve miles lower ...
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... Indians , taken in the former voyage , at the Bay of Chaleur , they conversed with the inhabitants , and overcame their terror . These simple people then received them with songs of joy , and dances , giving them freely of all the ...
... Indians , taken in the former voyage , at the Bay of Chaleur , they conversed with the inhabitants , and overcame their terror . These simple people then received them with songs of joy , and dances , giving them freely of all the ...
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... Indians , but adventurers poured in from the old world , and wars and fire - water thinned their foes . * A well - travelled friend has mentioned to the Editor that this name is derived from the Spanish Cañada — a defile between two ...
... Indians , but adventurers poured in from the old world , and wars and fire - water thinned their foes . * A well - travelled friend has mentioned to the Editor that this name is derived from the Spanish Cañada — a defile between two ...
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... Indian allies added unheard - of horrors to their wars . After many alternate successes , a British army of great force , under the command of General Amherst , invaded Canada in 1759. Ticonderoga fell into his power , and Niagara was ...
... Indian allies added unheard - of horrors to their wars . After many alternate successes , a British army of great force , under the command of General Amherst , invaded Canada in 1759. Ticonderoga fell into his power , and Niagara was ...
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