To hunt Indians with an endless forest behind them was like chasing shadows. The Acadians were surer game.Our special project presenting the
Table of Contents of Francis Parkman's books on French Canada published on this site.
Parkman Part 6 v1, Chapter 6
New England in peace or war had a lion's share of the Acadian fisheries.Our special project presenting the definitive account of France in
Parkman Part 6 v1, Chapter 5
The conflict is in the main a weary detail of the murder of one, two, three, or more men, women, or children waylaid in fields, woods, and lonely
Parkman Part 6-1, Chapter 4
About midwinter the governor of Canada sent another large war-party against the New England border.Our special project presenting the definitive
Parkman Part 6-1, Chapter 3
Detroit lingered on in a weak and troubled infancy, disturbed, as we shall see, by startling incidents.Our special project presenting the
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