Westward Expansion: A History of the American FrontierMacmillan, 1949 - 873 pages |
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Page 67
... authorities remained firm ; the Hudson River , they insisted , was theirs rather than Holland's . Although this venture languished , a Boston firm made another attempt to tap the Iroquois trade in 1659 when it sent William Hawthorne and ...
... authorities remained firm ; the Hudson River , they insisted , was theirs rather than Holland's . Although this venture languished , a Boston firm made another attempt to tap the Iroquois trade in 1659 when it sent William Hawthorne and ...
Page 74
... authorities re- mained firm . A humiliating treaty which warned Philip that " if he went on in his refractory way he must expect to smart for it , " left him so angry that he spent the next three years trying to arrange alliances with ...
... authorities re- mained firm . A humiliating treaty which warned Philip that " if he went on in his refractory way he must expect to smart for it , " left him so angry that he spent the next three years trying to arrange alliances with ...
Page 78
... authorities finally consented to employ " Praying Indians " as scouts to protect their troops from the ambushes that had taken such a heavy toll in the past . For the first time the English armies were able to win some engagements . The ...
... authorities finally consented to employ " Praying Indians " as scouts to protect their troops from the ambushes that had taken such a heavy toll in the past . For the first time the English armies were able to win some engagements . The ...
Contents
SECTION I | 13 |
Europes First Frontier 14921615 | 15 |
The Spanish in Eastern North America 15131590 | 19 |
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