A pictorial school history of the United States; to which are added the Declaration of independence, and the Constitution of the United States . at his residence near Jobnstown, FultonCountv, New York, in m4. XII. Questions.—33. What should Johnson at once have done? 34. What didhe do instead? 35. How was he rewarded? 36. State why the reward was notjustly bestowed. 37. IIow is Fort William Henry situated? (See map, p. S5.) Events CF 1T5G.—1. 1. What changes took place in the commanders of the re-spective forces? II. 2. What is said of the declaration of war? III. 3. What is said of the plan o
A pictorial school history of the United States; to which are added the Declaration of independence, and the Constitution of the United States . at his residence near Jobnstown, FultonCountv, New York, in m4. XII. Questions.—33. What should Johnson at once have done? 34. What didhe do instead? 35. How was he rewarded? 36. State why the reward was notjustly bestowed. 37. IIow is Fort William Henry situated? (See map, p. S5.) Events CF 1T5G.—1. 1. What changes took place in the commanders of the re-spective forces? II. 2. What is said of the declaration of war? III. 3. What is said of the plan of operations for 1T56? 4. Was the plan carriedout or not ? 5. State the cause. 96 FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR. T7 56 ^^ ^^^ ^^ ^^^ French. In an expedition against Oswego, which was then defended by two forts, Mont-calm laid siege to the place, drove the garrison out of oneof the forts into the other, killedthe commander. Colonel Monroe,and compelled the English to sur-render. Fouiteen hundred prisonersand a large amount of stores andmoney fell into the hands of the vic-tors. After demolishing the forts,to allay the jealousy of the Indians,. OSWEGO. Montcalm left Oswego a solitude, and returned to Canada. V. The defeat of Braddock, in 1755, left the western fron-tier in a defenseless condition. Incited by French emissaries,the tribes of the Ohio commenced the work of desolation, andkilled or carried into captivity about a thousand of the inhab-itants. It was theref(.>re evident that the inroads of the sav-ages must be checked, or, in a short time, not a single whiteman, friendly to the English, would remain in that region. VI. A party of less than three hundred men, commandedby Colonel Armstrong, undertook to destroy Kittaning, thechief town of the perfidious tribes. The march through theforest was long and perilous, but the stronghold was reached,thirty or forty warriors were killed, and Kittaning was left asmoking ruin. EVENTS OF Loudons plan of operations for 1757 w
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