. The story of the Dominion : four hundred years in the annals of half a continent ; a history of Canada from its early discovery and settlement to the present time ; embracing its growth, progress and achievements in the pursuits of peace and war. D H C. n P n P G 2 C- Cfl ?1 W 0 K. THE INDIANS OF EARL Y CANADA 59 most coneenlal task. The French had their allies also, in variousAlgonquin tribes and in a scattered remnant of the Hurons. And so the struggle went on. Governor Denonville, in 1687,with two or three thousand troops invaded the country of the Senecasand committed whatever ravages we
. The story of the Dominion : four hundred years in the annals of half a continent ; a history of Canada from its early discovery and settlement to the present time ; embracing its growth, progress and achievements in the pursuits of peace and war. D H C. n P n P G 2 C- Cfl ?1 W 0 K. THE INDIANS OF EARL Y CANADA 59 most coneenlal task. The French had their allies also, in variousAlgonquin tribes and in a scattered remnant of the Hurons. And so the struggle went on. Governor Denonville, in 1687,with two or three thousand troops invaded the country of the Senecasand committed whatever ravages were possible. His expedition wasrendered memorable by an act of treachery which was not only badin principle and character but disastrous in policy. A number ofchiefs were invited to a conference and to smoke the pipe of peace atFort Frontenac—an advanced port on the St. Lawrence. Theycame, were surprised, captured and sent to France to meet a fatewhich must have been one of slow and sustained agony as slaves inthe Kings galleys. The villages of the tribes were burned, theircattle and swine and stores of corn destroyed, and the people merci-lessly harried until scattered far and wide and their strength shatteredin a way from which they never recovered. It was a military triu
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