. 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. theloss of sixty men from Indians who had hung upon his rear. In theautumn a second expedition was more successful, the villages of theMohawks were destroyed and their stores of food carried away orburned. These retaliatory expeditions were not only creditable toFrench bravery and endurance but, owing to the immense regionstraversed, made the Iroquo
. 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. theloss of sixty men from Indians who had hung upon his rear. In theautumn a second expedition was more successful, the villages of theMohawks were destroyed and their stores of food carried away orburned. These retaliatory expeditions were not only creditable toFrench bravery and endurance but, owing to the immense regionstraversed, made the Iroquois feel an increasing respect for the longarm of his now traditionary enemy. During the next eighty years the history of the Indians, so faras New France is concerned, was one of attack and counter-attack, ofplot and counter-plot. Always and everywhere the Iroquois had beenthe deadly enemies of the Frenchmen, and now, with savage thoughvery natural sense, they became also the more and more frequentallies of the English. To hold the balance of power between the twogreat rivals, to enable the one to kill off the other, and to contributein the promotion of the latter process, was to the savage statesmen a H ^ >^Z v; O ^ O. D H C. n P n P G 2 C- Cfl ?1 W 0 K
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