France and England in North America, Part V: Count Frontenac, New France, Louis XIV

CHAPTER XVII. 1690-1697.

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NEW FRANCE AND NEW ENGLAND.

The Frontier of New England • Border Warfare • Motives of the French • Needless Barbarity • Who were answerable? • Father Thury • The Abenakis waver • Treachery at Pemaquid • Capture of Pemaquid • Projected Attack on Boston • Disappointment • Miseries of the Frontier • A Captive Amazon.