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Decennium luctuosum An history of remarkable occurrences, in the long war, which New-England hath…
Decennium luctuosum An history of remarkable occurrences, in the long war, which New-England hath had with the Indian salvages, from the year, 1688. To the year 1698. Faithfully composed and improved. [One line of quotation in Latin]
printed by B. Green for Samuel Phillips, 1699
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Reader, since we can give no better an Account, of the Last English Expedition to Canada, why may we not for a Minute or Two, Refresh our selves, with a Story of an Old one.
REader, since we can give no better an Account, of the Last English Expedition to Canada, why may we not for a Minute or Two, Refresh our selves, with a Story of an Old one.
In the very year, when the Massachusett-Colony began, the English Attempted the Conquest of Canada, and though the First Attempt miscarried, the Second prospered. The Story of it, makes a Chapter, in Father Hennepin's Account of the Vast Country lately discovered, betwixt Canada, and Mexico: and this is the Sum of it.
In the very year, when the Massachusett-Colony began, the English Attempted the Conquest of Canada, and though the First Attempt miscarried, the Second prospered. The Story of it, makes a Chapter, in Father Hennepins Account of the Vast Country lately discovered, betwixt Canada, and Mexico: and this is the Sum of it.
While a Colony was forming it self at Canada, an English Fleet was Equipped, in the year, 1628. under the Command of Admiral Kirk, with a Design to take Possession of that Country. In their Voyage, having taken a French Ship, at the Isle Percee, they Sailed up the River, as far as Tadousac, where they found a Bark, in which they set ashore some Soldiers, to Seize on Cape Torment. And here a Couple of Salvages discovering them, ran away to advise the people of Quebec, that the English were approaching. When the Fleet arrived, the Admiral Summoned the Town to Surrender by a Letter to Monsieur Champelin, the Governor; But the Governor notwithstanding his being so Surprised with the Invasion, made such a Resolute Answer, that the English, (though as the Historian says, they are a People that will sooner Die than quit what they once undertake) did conclude the Fort Quebec, was in a much better Condition for Defence than it really was; and therefore desisting from any further Attempt at this Time, they returned into England, with Resolution further