CHAPTER XXX

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MONTREAL PROWESS AT HOME AND ABROAD

FRONTENAC'S SECOND TERM OF GOVERNMENT

FRONTENAC RETURNS--REVIEW AT MONTREAL--INDIANS FROM THE GALLEYS SENT WITH PEACE OVERTURES--NEW ENGLAND TO BE ATTACKED--THE MONTREAL LEADERS--THREE SUCCESSFUL EXPEDITIONS--RETALIATION MEDITATED BY THE ENGLISH--TRADE FLOWING BACK TO MONTREAL--THE GRAND COUNCIL IN THE MARKET--FRONTENAC LEADS THE WAR DANCE--JOHN SCHUYLER'S PARTY AGAINST MONTREAL RETIRES--SIR WILLIAM PHIPPS SEIZES QUEBEC--THE MONTREAL CONTINGENT--PETER SCHUYLER DEFEATED AT LA PRAIRIE--THE COLONY IN DIRE DANGER--MADELEINE DE VERCHERES, HER DEED OF ARMES--THE EXPEDITION VIA CHAMBLY--ARRIVAL OF FURS FROM MICHILLIMACKINAC--FRONTENAC, THE SAVIOUR OF THE COUNTRY--MONTREAL PROWESS EAST AND WEST--A PLEIAD OF MONTREAL NAMES--THE LE MOYNE FAMILY--NEWFOUNDLAND--HUDSON'S BAY--FORT FRONTENAC AGAIN--THE DEATH OF FRONTENAC 293