CHAPTER III.

1608-1763.

THE FRENCH, THE ENGLISH, AND THE INDIANS.

_Champlain defeats the Iroquois.--The Iroquois Wars.--Misery of Canada.--Expedition of Frontenac.--Success of the French.--French Influence in the West.--La Verandrye.--The English Fur-trade.-- Protestant and Romish Missions.--The English and the Iroquois.--Policy of the French.--The Frenchman in the Wigwam.--Coureurs des Bois.--The White Savage.--The English Fur-trader.--William Penn and his Eulogists.--The Indians and the Quakers.--Injustice of Penn's Successors.--The Walking Purchase.--Speech of Canassatego.--Removal of the Delawares.--Intrusion of Settlers.--Success of French Intrigues.-- Father Picquet.--Sir William Johnson.--Position of Parties._ 59