A history of the American people . tly hadreason to know how able an enemy they had to fear,—a man of deep counsel, astute and masterful. InJune, 1763, the first blow was struck,—from end toend of the open border,—even the Senecas, one of theSix Nations, joining in the bitter work. Every frontierfort except Detroit, Niagara, and Pitt was in their handsat the first surprise: smoking ruins and the bodiesof white men slain marked all the borders where theFrench had been. The English rallied, stubborn andundaunted. Three forts at least were saved. Therewere men at hand like Colonel Bouquet, the ga
A history of the American people . tly hadreason to know how able an enemy they had to fear,—a man of deep counsel, astute and masterful. InJune, 1763, the first blow was struck,—from end toend of the open border,—even the Senecas, one of theSix Nations, joining in the bitter work. Every frontierfort except Detroit, Niagara, and Pitt was in their handsat the first surprise: smoking ruins and the bodiesof white men slain marked all the borders where theFrench had been. The English rallied, stubborn andundaunted. Three forts at least were saved. Therewere men at hand like Colonel Bouquet, the gallantofficer who went to the relief of Fort Pitt, who knewthe strategy of the forest as well as the redskins did,and used steadfast English, not fickle savages, in thefighting; and, though the work was infinitely hard[28 THE PARTING OK THE WAYS and perilous and slow in the doing, within two yearsit was done. Before the year 1765 was out, Pontiachad been brought to book, had acknowledged himselfbeaten, and had sued for PONTIAC, CHIEF OF THE OTTAWAS But by that time the English ministers knew thenature of the task which awaited them in was plain that they must strengthen the frontierposts and maintain a force of soldiers in the colonies,if English power was to be safe there, and 129 A HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE lives. Not fewer than twenty thousand men wouldbe needed; and it would be necessary to organizegovernment, civil as well as military, in a more effec-tive way. It might be necessary to pay the colonialjudges and even the colonial governors out of the gen-eral treasury of the empire, rather than leave themalways dependent upon the uncertain grants of thecolonial legislatures. The new plans would, taken alltogether, involve, it was reckoned, the expenditure of atleast £300,000 a year. Mr. Grenville, now at the headof the government in England, was a lawyer and aman of business. He took public business not as aduty which he was to fu
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