The Works of Francis Parkman (Volume 11); A Half-Century of Conflict (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1897. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... 1713-1724 SEBASTIBN BALE. Boundary Disputes. -- Outposts Of Canada.--Thb Earlier And Latbr Jesuits. -- Religion And Politics. -- The NorRidgewocks And Their Missionary. -- A Hollow Peace.-- Disputed Land Claims. -- Council At Georgetown. -- AttiTude Of Rale. -- Minister And Jesuit. -- The Indians Waver. -- An Outbreak. -- Covert War. -- Indignation Against Rale.--War Declared. -- Governor And AssemBly. -- Speech Of Samuel Sewall. -- Penobscots Attack Fort St. George. -- Reprisal. -- Attack On Norridgewock. -- Death Of Rale. Before the Treaty of Utrecht, the present Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and a part of Maine were collectively called Acadia by the French; but after the treaty gave Acadia to England, they insisted that the name meant only Nova Scotia. The English on their part claimed that the cession of Acadia made them owners, not only of the Nova Scotian peninsula, but of all the country north of it to the St. Lawrence, or at least to the dividing ridge or height of land. This and other disputed questions of boundary were to be settled by commissioners of the two powers; but their meeting was put off for forty years, and then their discussions ended in the Seven Years' 1713-1720.] THE KENNEBEC. 213 War. The claims of the rival nations were in fact so discordant that any attempt to reconcile them must needs produce a fresh quarrel. The treaty had left a choice of evils. To discuss the boundary question meant to renew the war; to leave it unsettled was a source of constant irritation; and while delay staved off a great war, it quickly produced a small one. The river Kennebec, which was generally admitted by the French to be the dividing line between their possessions and New England,1 was regarded by them with the most watchful jealousy. Its headwaters approa...