1903 Colonial History North America 1700-1750 , Indians

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France And England In North America A HALF CENTURY OF CONFLICT (1700-1750) By Francis Parkman Volume II [ Note: contains much on North American Indians ] Published By Little, Brown And Company Boston 1903 5.5" x 8" vii + 415 Pages. Appendixed and Indexed. Hardcover in Cloth Binding. **** 106 Years Old **** A Half Century of Conflict By Francis Parkman (1823-1893) [ see biographical information below ] This is Volume II only, of II. Colonial Period North American History ; this volume covers the period from 1700 until 1750. Includes Much Information on: North American Indians ( Native Americans ) Abenaki - Iroquois - Five Nations Caughnawaga - Outagamie ( Foxes ) - Sacs Comanches etc. Illustrated with Map Plates and Engravings 1. Parts of Montana and North Dakota showing the Route of Chevalier de la Verendrye in 1742-1743 This Map shows the location of various Indian Tribes including : Sioux Mandans Pawnee Snakes Blackfeet Assinniboins Omahas etc. 2. Map - Plan of Louisburg in the year 1745 3. Map - Siege of Louisburg , 1745 4. Sir William Pepperrell 5. Marquis Charles de Beaubarnois ** Please See Condition Details Below ** The Contents includes: SEARCH FOR THE PACIFIC 1716-1761 Journey of Charlevoix The Siuox Mission Varennes de la Verendrye Visit to the Mandans The Snake Indians A Great War Party The Rocky Mountains etc. THE CHAIN OF POSTS 1700-1750 Rival Nations Niagara Oswego Western Passes etc. A MAD SCHEME 1744-45 Soldiers Provincial Navy etc. LOUISBOURG BESEIGED 1745 Seth Pomeroy Taking of the Grand Battery French Cannon turned on the Town Sufferings Irregular Proceedings Ameteur Gunnery etc. LOUISBOURG Taken 1745 The Island Battery Volunteers The Attack Capture of the Vigilant Army and Navy State of the Fortress etc. DUC D'ANVILLE 1745-1747 Louisbourg after the Conquest Alarm in Canada Pestilence and Famine Suicide of the Vice Admiral etc. ACADIAN CONFLICTS 1745-1747 Efforts of France Dilemma of the Acadians Acadian Priests Defeat and Death of Noble No Protection by British Ministry etc. WAR AND POLITICS 1740-1747 Saratoga Destroyed William Johnson Military Movements Niverville's Attack Border Ravages etc. FORT MASSACHUSETTS 1745-1748 Frontier Defence Military Criticisms of Rev. Benjamin Doolittle Attack on Fort Massachusetts Sergeant Hawk and his Garrison A Gallant Defence etc. Appendixed and Indexed. ***** Offered With No Reserve ***** Biographical Information: Francis Parkman (1823-1893) American Historian Born in Boston on the 16th of September 1823. His great-grandfather, Ebenezer Parkman, a graduate of Harvard in 1721, was for nearly sixty years minister of the Congregational Church in Westborough, and was noted for his devotion to the study of history. One of this good clergyman’s sons, Samuel Parkman, became an eminent merchant in Boston, and exhibited, much skill in horticulture. Samuel’s son, Francis Parkman, a graduate of Harvard in 1807, was one of the most eminent of the Boston clergymen, a pupil and friend of Channing, and noted among Unitarians for a broadly tolerant disposition. This Dr Parkman, a man of rare sagacity and exquisite humour, was the father of Francis Parkman, the historian. His mother was a descendant of the celebrated John Cotton. She was the daughter of Nathaniel Hall of Medford, member of a family which was represented in the convention that framed the constitution of Massachusetts in 1780. Francis Parkman was the eldest of her six children. As a boy his health was delicate, so that it was thought best for him to spend much of his time at his grandfather Hall’s home in Medford rather than in the city. That home wa... read more

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