CHAPTER XI

FRENCH AGGRESSION

The colonies were not united--Dongan and Denonville--King William's war--The Albany Conference--Expedition against Quebec --The Abenaki Indians--Incapacity of the colonies--The Treaty of Ryswick--The War of the Spanish Succession--The horrors of Indian warfare--Samuel Vetch--Colonial jealousies--English indifference--The capture of Acadia--Colonial fear of English interference--The English view of the colonials--The Hill-Walker expedition--Walker's cowardice--The character of the expedition --The Treaty of Utrecht--A lost opportunity--Relations between Indians and Canadian Government--The French scheme--Crown Point --The War of the Austrian Succession--Louisburg--Character of forces--The capture of Louisburg--Shirley's plans--The Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle 224