. A larger history of the United States of America, to the close of President Jackson's administration . ,, •/«. HE RESTED HIS MUSKET. he first revealed to them the terriblepower of fire-arms. He it was, of allmen, who began for them that seriesof lessons in the military art bywhich the Frenchmen doubled theterrors of Indian warfare. Cham-plain has portrayed vividly for uswith pen and pencil the early stagesof that alliance which in later yearsmade the phrase French and In-dian the symbol of all that wasmost to be dreaded in the way ofconflict. He describes picturesquely, for instance, an occa
. A larger history of the United States of America, to the close of President Jackson's administration . ,, •/«. HE RESTED HIS MUSKET. he first revealed to them the terriblepower of fire-arms. He it was, of allmen, who began for them that seriesof lessons in the military art bywhich the Frenchmen doubled theterrors of Indian warfare. Cham-plain has portrayed vividly for uswith pen and pencil the early stagesof that alliance which in later yearsmade the phrase French and In-dian the symbol of all that wasmost to be dreaded in the way ofconflict. He describes picturesquely, for instance, an occasionwhen he and his Algonquin allies marched together againstthe Iroquois; and his Indians told him if he could only killthree particular chiefs for them they should win the a promontory which Mr. Slafter believes to havebeen Ticonderoga, they saw the Iroquois approaching, withthe three chiefs in front, wearing plumes. Champlain thentold his own allies that he^ was very sorry they could notunderstand his , for he could teach them suchorder and method in attacking their enemies t
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