The Conspiracy of Pontiac And the Indian War After the Conquest of Canada
The book The Conspiracy of Pontiac And the Indian War After the Conquest of Canada was written by author Parkman, Francis, 1823-1893 Here you can read free online of The Conspiracy of Pontiac And the Indian War After the Conquest of Canada book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is The Conspiracy of Pontiac And the Indian War After the Conquest of Canada a good or bad book?
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Went on horseback by the side of Wood Creek, 20 miles, to the Royal Blockhouse, a kind of wooden castle, proof against any Indian attacks. It is now abandoned by the troops, and a sutler lives there, who keeps rum, milk, rackoons, etc., which, though none of the most elegant, is comfortable to strangers passing that way. The Blockhouse is situated on the east end of the Oneida Lake, and is sur- rounded by the Oneida Indians, one of the Six Nations." Digitized byGoogk i760-1763.] THE FUR TRADEBS.... 153 be open before him, interrupted only by the difficult portage at the Cataract of Niagara. The chief thoroughfare from the middle colonies to the Indian country was from Philadelphia west- ward, across the AUeghanies, to the valley of the Ohio. Peace was no sooner concluded with the hostile tribes, than the adventurous fur-traders, careless of risk to life and property, hastened over the mountains, each eager to be foremost in the wilderness market. Their merchandise was sometimes earned in wagons as far as the site of Fort du Quesne, which the English rebuilt after its capture, changing its name to Fort Pitt.
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