Detroit lingered on in a weak and troubled infancy, disturbed, as we shall see, by startling incidents.Our special project presenting the
Table of Contents of Francis Parkman's books on French Canada published on this site.
Parkman Part 6-1, Chapter 2
In the few years of doubtful peace that preceded Queen Anne's War, an enterprise was begun, which, nowise in accord with the wishes and expectations
Parkman Vol. 6-1, Chapter 1
Their American parts the 18th. Century conflicts between France and Great Britain were incidental and apparently subordinate, yet it involved
Parkman Vol. 5, Chapter 21
Peace with the Iroquois was made. "I bury the hatchet," said Callières, "in a deep hole, and over the hole I place a great rock, and over the rock I
Parkman Vol. 5, Chapter 20
He was greatly beloved by the humbler classes, who, days before his death, beset the château, praising and lamenting him. Many of higher station
Parkman Vol. 5, Chapter 19
A successful campaign was now doubly necessary to the governor, for by this alone could he hope to avert the consequences of his audacity.Our
Parkman Vol. 5, Chapter 18
No Canadian, under the French rule, stands in a more conspicuous or more deserved eminence than Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville.Our special project
Parkman Vol. 5, Chapter 17
A hundred and four persons, chiefly women and children half naked from their beds, were tomahawked, shot, or killed by slower and more painful
Parkman Vol. 5, Chapter 16
The contest for territorial mastery was fourfold: first, for the control of the west; secondly, for that of Hudson's Bay; thirdly, for that of