France and England in North America, Part VII, Vol 1: A Half-Century of Conflict
CHAPTER I.
1700-1713.
EVE OF WAR.
The Spanish Succession.--Influence of Louis XIV. on History.--French Schemes of Conquest in America.--New York.--Unfitness of the Colonies for War.--The Five Nations.--Doubt and Vacillation.--The Western Indians.--Trade and Politics 3