Great Events in the History of North and South America — John Shaqi
Great Events in the History of North and South AmericaGoodrich, Charles A. (Charles Augustus)
History
Great Events in the History of North and South America
Goodrich, Charles A. (Charles Augustus)
North America -- History; South America -- History; United States -- History
Causes of Philip's War; Character of Philip; General Spirit of
Hostility among the Indians; Outbreak at Swansey; Expedition
under General Savage; Expedition under Captain Church;
Perilous Situation of this latter party; Timely Arrival of
Captain Hutchinson; Second Expedition of Captain Church;
Critical Situation of Philip; Effects his Escape; Annoys the
Back Settlements of Massachusetts; Treachery of the Nipmucks;
Attack on Brookfield; Bloody Affair at Muddy Brook; Attack on
Springfield; Attack on Hatfield; Outrages at Northampton;
Large Force raised by Massachusetts, Plymouth, and
Connecticut, against the Narragansets; Philip's Fortress at
Kingston, Rhode Island; Destruction of it; Lancaster
destroyed; other Towns burned; Fatal Affair at Pawtuxet river,
Rhode Island; Stratagem of Cape Cod Indians; Attacks on
Rehoboth, Chelmsford, Sudbury, &c.; Expedition of Connecticut
troops; Conanchet captured; Long Meadow attacked; Hadley;
Fortunes of Philip on the wane; Successful Expedition at
Connecticut-river Falls; Attack on Hatfield; on Hadley;
Remarkable Interposition of a Stranger at Hadley, supposed to
be Goffe; Decline of Philip's Power; Pursued by Captain
Church; Death of Philip; Disastrous Effects of the War;
Philip's Warriors; Annawon; Reflections, 161
VIII. WAR OF WILLIAM III.
Combination of French and Indians against the Americans; Burning
of Schenectady; Cause of it; Horrors attending it; Attack upon
Salmon Falls and upon Casco; Results of Expeditions fitted out
by New York and New England; Reduction of Port Royal;
Atrocities which marked the War; Attack on Haverhill,
Massachusetts; Heroic Conduct of Mrs. Dustan; Peace, 190
IX. QUEEN ANNE'S WAR.
Principal Scenes of this War in America; Attack upon Deerfield;
Captivity and Sufferings of Rev. Mr. Williams; Other Disasters
of the War; Peace; Death of Queen Anne; Accession of George
I.; Continued Sufferings of the Colonies of Massachusetts and
New Hampshire; Peace concluded with the Indians at Boston, 200
X. WAR OF GEORGE II.
War between England and France, 1744; French take Casco; Effect of
this Declaration of War upon the Indians; Attack upon the
Great Meadows (now Putney); also, upon Ashuelot (now Keene);
Expedition against Louisburg; Particulars of it; Surrender of
it; Continuance of the War; Various places assaulted; Savage
Barbarities following the surrender of Fort Massachusetts;
Peace declared, 208
XI. FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR.
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