An illustrated history of the New world : containing a general history of all the various nations, states, and republics of the western continent ..and a complete history of the United States to the present time .. . orts were scattered at wide inter-vals ; but so weak and small, that two of them were taken and plundered by a single piratical vessel of no great force. In this situation, after the breaking out of the war consequentupon the Revolution of 1688, Acadia appeared an easy achievement was assigned to Massachusetts, the resources ofwhich were by no means ample ; but the co
An illustrated history of the New world : containing a general history of all the various nations, states, and republics of the western continent ..and a complete history of the United States to the present time .. . orts were scattered at wide inter-vals ; but so weak and small, that two of them were taken and plundered by a single piratical vessel of no great force. In this situation, after the breaking out of the war consequentupon the Revolution of 1688, Acadia appeared an easy achievement was assigned to Massachusetts, the resources ofwhich were by no means ample ; but the commander. Sir WilliamPhipps, contrived to equip an expedition of seven hundred men On the 20th of xMay, 1690, he appeared before Port Royal. Itsoon surrendered on advantageous terms, which Phipps, discoveringthat the place was weaker than he had supposed, did not faithfullyobserve. He merely dismantled the fortress, and left the country aprey to pirates, by whom it was unmercifully ravaged. The Che-valier VillabdU, therefore, who arrived soon after from France, re-conquered it, by simply pulling down the English and hoisting theFrench flag. The neighbouring Indians, always partial to his couu- NOVA SCOTIA. 169. MARLBOROUGH. trymeii, were easily induced to join them against the enemy, andaided in capturing the strong frontier fortress of Pemaquid, wherethese savage warriors were guilty of some of their usual acts ofcruelty. The Bostonians, thus roused, sent a body of five hundredmen under Colonel Church, who soon regained the country, with theexception of one fort on the St. John. He then called on the Aca-dians to join him against the Indians, their former allies, and ontheir refusal, plundered and burned many of their habitations. Thesituation of these colonists, while passing continually from hand tohand, was truly lamentable. They were naturally and strongly at-tached to France, their native country ; yet the English, after themost sHght and partial conquest, claimed of them
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