The border wars of New England, commonly called King William's and Queen Anne's wars . d vessels of the royal navy,and one sailing under the province flag, were to act asa convoy to Churchs fleet of transports. Queens arms. 1 -• In short, the expedition in all respects wasas well, if not better, equipped as any that had beensent out on the same errand. One step in advance maybe noted here. A certain number of improved muskets,recently imported, were distributed among the newlevies, and thus came to be known as Queens had certainly acted with vigor, and Churchhad seconded his superi
The border wars of New England, commonly called King William's and Queen Anne's wars . d vessels of the royal navy,and one sailing under the province flag, were to act asa convoy to Churchs fleet of transports. Queens arms. 1 -• In short, the expedition in all respects wasas well, if not better, equipped as any that had beensent out on the same errand. One step in advance maybe noted here. A certain number of improved muskets,recently imported, were distributed among the newlevies, and thus came to be known as Queens had certainly acted with vigor, and Churchhad seconded his superior to the best of his ability. A SINGLE number, of a similar sheet, had been issued nearly fourteen years before(September 25, 1690), under the title of Public Occttrrence», but summarily suppressedfor circulating doubtful and uncertain reports. The matter is largely made up ofnews of the war then raging. 170i] LAST HXPEDITION 195 In the main, the same ohT programme was markedout for this expedition. Church was too old a cam- Oiffeens\ \7£/irer , Monsieuj- CscjtfenS. ANCIENT CBABT OP PENOBSCOT BAT. paigner not to know that the prospect of coming upoiBthe hostile Indians unawares was poor indeed. Burn-ing their deserted wigwams might be compared witb TOO THE BORDER WARS OF NEW ENGLAND [1704 burniiif^ so iiuich olJ brushwood. Tlicy were almost aseasily lobuilt as destroyed; and it was too early in theseason to lay waste the Indian cornticlds. Churchtherefore had proposed to himself the rooting out of asmany of the French trading and fishing stations ofKova Scotia as ho should have the time to visit, satis-fied in his own mind, as he was, that it was there hecould do the enemy the most harm. It being imjjracti-cable to reach Canada, he argued that the next bestthing to do was to strike where the enemy was mostvulnerable—that is through Nova Scotia. This wasrude strategy, to be sure, but it was the only means leftof making reprisals for such murderous raids as that
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