. A history of Canada and of the other British provinces of North America . d by Louis xiv,* andthe name Nova Scotia Breton was ceded to the Indian HoaUWies and Fepri-sals.—Tha Indians, who were fastfriends of the Frencli, waged a con-tinual predatory war against theEnglish settlements. They refusedto be bound by the treaty of Utrecht,as they had not been parties to i+.Vaudreuil, the Governor of NewLouis XJV. France, encouraged them in this , and adopted the Indian liabits. He had great influence with tha•borigines, and was looked upon as tlieir tutelary deity. *
. A history of Canada and of the other British provinces of North America . d by Louis xiv,* andthe name Nova Scotia Breton was ceded to the Indian HoaUWies and Fepri-sals.—Tha Indians, who were fastfriends of the Frencli, waged a con-tinual predatory war against theEnglish settlements. They refusedto be bound by the treaty of Utrecht,as they had not been parties to i+.Vaudreuil, the Governor of NewLouis XJV. France, encouraged them in this , and adopted the Indian liabits. He had great influence with tha•borigines, and was looked upon as tlieir tutelary deity. * Louis XIV (do Bourbon), King of France, was born in 1G38. He suc-tecded to the throne with his mother (Anne of Austria) as Queen regent,Jn 1643. His reign was long and memorable; and his court was noted forits galty and extravagance, lie died in 1715, aged 77 years. QtrE9TioN9.—Whatissaidof rcnobscot; Villebon; Col. Church; theTreaty of Ryswiok; Col. Marck; Gen. Nicholson; Queen Anne; Looia^^. Sketch his career; Treaty of Utrecht; Jndian hostilities and repris??*.. ] HISTORY OP AOADIE. 245 view, and declared tliat they were not mentioned in thetreaty, but that they were an independent people. In 1720,they attacked an English fishing station at Canseau, killedsome of the settlers, and destroyed property to the amount of$100,000. They also boarded ships and plundered them, andeven attacked the fort at Annapolis. At length an expeditionwas sent from Massachusetts up the Kennebec against theirprincipal village ai Nor-ridge-wo-ack. The village was destroyed,and many of the Indians were killed, as well as their missionary,father Rasles, or Rall^, who had been forty years among them, butwho had been accused of instigating them against the First Capture of Louishourg.—Cape Breton, called Isledu Cape by Verrazzani, and Isle Royale by the French, was,although frequented by French fishermen, not taken possessionof by the French government until 1714, w
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