The History of Canada: From Its First Discovery to the Present TimeMcMullen & Company, 1868 - 613 pages |
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... compelled to surrender , 114 Measures of the British Government , 115 Marquis de Vaudreuil appointed Governor , 1755 , 116 Degraded condition of the Inhabitants , 117 Braddock marches to attack Fort du Quesne : is attacked by the French ...
... compelled to surrender , 114 Measures of the British Government , 115 Marquis de Vaudreuil appointed Governor , 1755 , 116 Degraded condition of the Inhabitants , 117 Braddock marches to attack Fort du Quesne : is attacked by the French ...
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... , 178 The British , under Murray , are defeated , 180 De Levi commences the siege ; the arrival of reinforcements to the British compel his retreat , 181 Amherst captures the French fort at Ogdensburg , Capitulation of Χ Contents .
... , 178 The British , under Murray , are defeated , 180 De Levi commences the siege ; the arrival of reinforcements to the British compel his retreat , 181 Amherst captures the French fort at Ogdensburg , Capitulation of Χ Contents .
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... compelled to resign , Mr John Galt requested to form another , but declines , A new Cabinet is formed by Mr Cartier , Intense bitterness of party - spirit on the subject , Death of Mr Robert Baldwin , the Nestor of Canadian reform ...
... compelled to resign , Mr John Galt requested to form another , but declines , A new Cabinet is formed by Mr Cartier , Intense bitterness of party - spirit on the subject , Death of Mr Robert Baldwin , the Nestor of Canadian reform ...
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... compelled his immediate return to Stadacona . The Indians expressed their regret at the shortness of the visit , and accompanied the French to their boats , which they followed for some time , making signs of farewell . The expedition ...
... compelled his immediate return to Stadacona . The Indians expressed their regret at the shortness of the visit , and accompanied the French to their boats , which they followed for some time , making signs of farewell . The expedition ...
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... compelled Donacona , with two other chiefs and eight warriors , to bear them company to France , and where the greater part of these unfortunate men died soon after their arrival . Disappointed in their expectations of discovering the ...
... compelled Donacona , with two other chiefs and eight warriors , to bear them company to France , and where the greater part of these unfortunate men died soon after their arrival . Disappointed in their expectations of discovering the ...
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