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Succession. American Colonies of
France and England. Contrasted Systems and their Results. Canada. Its
Strong Military Position. French Claims to the Continent. British
Colonies. New England. Virginia. Pennsylvania. New York, Jealousies,
Divisions, Internal Disputes, Military Weakness.

CHAPTER 2
1749-1752 Céloron de Bienville
La Galissonière. English Encroachment. Mission of Céloron. The Great
West. Its European Claimants. Its Indian Population. English
Fur-Traders. Céloron on the Alleghany. His Reception. His Difficulties.
Descent of the Ohio. Covert Hostility. Ascent of the Miami. La
Demoiselle. Dark Prospects for France. Christopher Gist. George
Croghan. Their Western Mission. Pickawillany. English Ascendency.
English Dissension and Rivalry. The Key of the Great West.
CHAPTER 3
1749-1753 Conflict for the West
The Five Nations. Caughnawaga. Abbé Piquet. His Schemes. His
Journey. Fort Frontenac. Toronto. Niagara. Oswego. Success of Piquet.
Detroit. La Jonquiére. His Intrigues. His Trials. His Death. English
Intrigues. Critical State of the West Pickawillany Destroyed. Duquesne.
His Grand Enterprise.
CHAPTER 4
1710-1754 Conflict for Acadia
Acadia ceded to England. Acadians swear Fidelity. Halifax founded.
French Intrigue. Acadian Priests. Mildness of English Rule. Covert
Hostility of Acadians. The New Oath. Treachery of Versailles. Indians
incited to War. Clerical Agents of Revot. Abbé Le Loutre. Acadians
impelled to emigrate. Misery of the Emigrants. Humanity of Cornwallis
and Hopson. Fanaticism and Violence of Le Loutre. Capture of the "St.
Francois." The English at Beaubassin. Le Loutre drives out the
Inhabitants. Murder of Howe. Beauséjour. Insolence of Le Loutre. His
Harshness to the Acadians. The Boundary Commission. Its Failure.
Approaching War.

CHAPTER 5
1753, 1754 Washington
The French occupy the Sources of the Ohio. Their Sufferings. Fort Le
Boeuf. Legardeur de Saint-Pierre. Mission of Washington. Robert
Dinwiddie. He opposes the French. His Dispute with the Burgesses.
His Energy. His Appeals for Help. Fort Duquesne. Death of Jumonville.
Washington at the Great Meadows. Coulon de Villiers. Fort Necessity.
CHAPTER 6
1754, 1755 The Signal of Battle
Troubles of Dinwiddie. Gathering of the Burgesses. Virginian Society.
Refractory Legislators. The Quaker Assembly It refuses to resist the
French. Apathy of New York. Shirley and the General Court of
Massachusetts. Short-sighted Policy. Attitude of Royal Governors.
Indian Allies waver. Convention at Albany. Scheme of Union. It fails.
Dinwiddie and Glen. Dinwiddie calls on England for Help. The Duke
of Newcastle. Weakness of the British Cabinet. Attitude of France.
Mutual Dissimulation. Both Powers send Troops to America. Collision.
Capture of the "Alcide" and the "Lis."
CHAPTER 7
1755 Braddock
Arrival of Braddock. His Character. Council at Alexandria. Plan of the
Campaign. Apathy of the Colonists. Rage of Braddock. Franklin. Fort
Cumberland. Composition of the Army. Offended Friends. The March.
The French Fort. Savage Allies. The Captive. Beaujeu. He goes to meet
the English. Passage of the Monongahela. The Surprise. The Battle.
Rout of Braddock. His Death. Indian Ferocity. Reception of the Ill
News. Weakness of Dunbar. The Frontier abandoned.
CHAPTER 8

1755-1763 Removal of the Acadians
State of Acadia. Threatened Invasion. Peril of the English. Their Plans.
French Forts to be attacked. Beauséjour and its Occupants. French
Treatment of the Acadians. John Winslow. Siege and Capture of
Beauséjour. Attitude of Acadians. Influence of their Priests. They
refuse the Oath of Allegiance. Their Condition and Character.
Pretended Neutrals. Moderation of English Authorities. The Acadians
persist in their Refusal. Enemies or Subjects? Choice of the Acadians.
The Consequence. Their Removal determined. Winslow at Grand Pré.
Conference with Murray. Summons to the Inhabitants. Their Seizure.
Their Embarkation. Their Fate. Their Treatment in Canada.
Misapprehension concerning them.
CHAPTER 9
1755 Dieskau
Expedition against Crown Point. William Johnson. Vaudreuil. Dieskau.
Johnson and the Indians. The Provincial Army. Doubts and Delays.
March to Lake George. Sunday in Camp. Advance of Dieskau. He
changes Plan. Marches against Johnson. Ambush. Rout of Provincials.
Battle of Lake George. Rout of the French. Rage of the Mohawks. Peril
of Dieskau. Inaction of Johnson. The Homeward March. Laurels of
Victory.
CHAPTER 10
1755, 1756 Shirley. Border War
The Niagara Campaign. Albany. March to Oswego. Difficulties. The
Expedition abandoned. Shirley and Johnson. Results of the Campaign.
The Scourge of the Border. Trials of Washington. Misery of the
Settlers. Horror of their Situation. Philadelphia and the Quakers.
Disputes with the Penns. Democracy and Feudalism. Pennsylvanian
Population. Appeals from the Frontier. Quarrel of Governor and
Assembly. Help refused. Desperation of the Borderers. Fire and

Slaughter. The Assembly alarmed. They pass a mock Militia Law.
They are forced to yield.
CHAPTER 11
1712-1756 Montcalm
War declared. State of Europe. Pompadour and Maria Theresa.
Infatuation of the French Court. The European War. Montcalm to
command in America. His early Life. An intractable Pupil. His
Marriage. His Family. His Campaigns. Preparation for America. His
Associates. Lévis, Bourlamaque, Bougainville. Embarkation. The
Voyage. Arrival. Vaudreuil. Forces of Canada. Troops of the Line,
Colony Troops, Militia, Indians. The Military Situation. Capture of
Fort Bull. Montcalm at Ticonderoga.
CHAPTER 12
1756 Oswego