. The natural and civil history of Vermont [microform]. Natural history; Sciences naturelles. »!STOftY OF VERMONT. 265 just compleated, and abandoned the fort ; leav» in^ a match to twenty ci^ht barrels of powder, disposed with a design to blow up the works. The troops went down the river widi such ra- pidity and fear, that one of their battoes, with her crew, was swaliowed up in one of the falls. The confedejates were in all the animation and insolence of victory : They seized the fort at Cadaraqui, with all the powder and stores ; they sent their scouts every where, to invade tlie frontier
. The natural and civil history of Vermont [microform]. Natural history; Sciences naturelles. »!STOftY OF VERMONT. 265 just compleated, and abandoned the fort ; leav» in^ a match to twenty ci^ht barrels of powder, disposed with a design to blow up the works. The troops went down the river widi such ra- pidity and fear, that one of their battoes, with her crew, was swaliowed up in one of the falls. The confedejates were in all the animation and insolence of victory : They seized the fort at Cadaraqui, with all the powder and stores ; they sent their scouts every where, to invade tlie frontiers, and break up the settlements iti Canada. The French were involved in every kind of difficulty and danger ; their borders were invested, inroads made on their oldest plantations, their new settlements breaking up ; it became difficult and dangerous to cultivate the lands, or to gather in the harvest : And to all the miseries and calamities of war, were now added the distresses of famine, to compleat their catalogue of woes. Their Indian friends and allies forsook them, and made peace with the Iroquoise and English. Two only of the In- dian tribes adhered to the French in their ca- lamity ; and these were too much dispirited, to attempt any thing in their favor ; and it was only in the cities of Quebec, Trois Rivieres and Montreal, that the inhabitants of the colony found any safety. The savages knew not how to approach, or to carry any fortified works ; and the French availed themselves of this cir- cumstance, till the affairs of the colony took a diiferent turn. While the Iroquoise had been Carrying on these measures against the French, a war had broke out between tl^ie Abenaquies and the VOL. i M a. h' 'I'' ,^1 I *' â¢â¢â i . m I I â ii i\ >â ! ⢠iJl. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the orig
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