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A Philosophical and Political History of the British Settlements and Trade in North America. From the Fr. 2 Vols. [in 1].
A Philosophical and Political History of the British Settlements and Trade in North America From the Fr 2 Vols - in 1 Author:Guillaume Thomas F. Raynal General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1779 Original Publisher: Printed and sold by J. Boyle Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com ... more »where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: CHAP II. Wars of the Indians. The Colonifts embroil them- felves therein. I ""HE character of the North Americans, fuch as i we have deferibed it, had fingularly difplayed Stfelf in the war between the Iroquois and the Algon- quins. Thefe two nations, the largefr. in Canada, had iormed a kind of confederacy. The former, who tilled the ground, imparted their productions to their "allies ;' who, in return, fhared with them the produce -of their chace. Connected as they both were by their reciprocal wants, they mutually defended each othert During the ieafon, when the fnow interrupted all the labours of the field, they lived together The Algonquins went out a hunting ; and the Iroquois ftaid at hons to ikia the beafts, cure the flefh, and drefs the hides- It happened ore year, that a party of AlglMiquins, who were not very fkilful or well verfed in the cbace, proved unfuccefsful. The Iroquois who attended them delued leave to try whether they fhould be more fortunate. This cnniplaifarce, which had lometiir. rs been fhcwn them,' was denied. Irritated at this un- "feafonable refufal, they ftole away in the night, and brought home a plentiful capture. The Algonquins were greatly mortified ; and to blot out the very re- "membrance of their difgrace, they waited till the Iro- qOois huntfmen were afleep, and flew them all. This mafiacre occafioned a great alarm. The offended nation demanded juftice, which was haughtily refufed; and they were given to underftand that they mull not expect even the finalleil iatisfaction. The The Iroquois, enraged at this conte...« less