. The natural and civil history of Vermont [microform]. Natural history; Sciences naturelles. |h he re- en hun- nadians. 'y an in- it, with necl but ce hun- rovince, nlyhy a »ntainii)g to eigJit -cdod to - CaJh'e- sent to cccd to Id have unt De himself ians, in at Que- -at con- hat the city of itants ; ^en up, state of lot un- it was uest of ti such up an much o the HISTORY OF VERMONT. 291 minds of military men, that whether Newyork or Canada were to be conquered, the passage of the army must be through lake Champlain* Mortified by the failure of the proposed expedition against Newyork, and a
. The natural and civil history of Vermont [microform]. Natural history; Sciences naturelles. |h he re- en hun- nadians. 'y an in- it, with necl but ce hun- rovince, nlyhy a »ntainii)g to eigJit -cdod to - CaJh'e- sent to cccd to Id have unt De himself ians, in at Que- -at con- hat the city of itants ; ^en up, state of lot un- it was uest of ti such up an much o the HISTORY OF VERMONT. 291 minds of military men, that whether Newyork or Canada were to be conquered, the passage of the army must be through lake Champlain* Mortified by the failure of the proposed expedition against Newyork, and alarmed by the distress«d state of Canada, the count found it to b« absolutely necessary to revive the hopes of the Canadians and Indians, by some attempt against the English colonies. With this view he projected two incursions ; one against the eastern frontiers of Massachusetts and New- Hampshire, and the other against the northerly settlements in the province of Newyork. The former was put under the command of Sieur Hertel, who set out from Trois Rivieres, and succeeded in the destruction of the fort at Salmon Falls in New-Hampshire, on March 18th, 1690. Thirty of the English were killed, and fifty four, chiefly women and children, were carried into captivity.* The other party designed against New- York, was put under the direction of D'Aille- bout, assisted by De Montel, and Le Moyn. Under their command, a detachment of about two hundred Frenchmen, and fifty Indians who were well acquainted with the country, set out from Montreal, in the beginning of January, and proceeded by the way of lake Champlain. By the advice of the Indians, instead of proceeding to Albany, they directed their march towards Schenectady, a village about seventeen miles northwest of Albany. After a march of twenty two days, they arrived in the vicinity of the * BcUspap's Uin, Ncw-H»inpslurC) Vol. z. p. 2;oi. ' > I !â 1 'in t â .I %â > H 1 -it. Please note that these images are extrac
Size: 805px × 3103px
Photo credit: © The Book Worm / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, booksubjectnaturalhistory, booksubjectsciencesn
