Francis Parkman’s Works.


NEW LIBRARY EDITION.

Vol. VII.

Illustration: Sir William Pepperrell

Copyright 1897 by Little, Brown, & Co.
Goupil & Co. Paris.

Sir William Pepperrell.
From the painting by John Smibert.
A Half Century of Conflict, II., Frontispiece

A HALF-CENTURY OF
CONFLICT.

FRANCE AND ENGLAND IN
NORTH AMERICA.

Part Sixth.

BY

FRANCIS PARKMAN.

IN TWO VOLUMES.

VOL. II.

BOSTON:

LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY.

1898.

Copyright, 1892,

By Francis Parkman.

Copyright, 1897,

By Little, Brown, and Company.

University Press:

John Wilson and Son, Cambridge, U. S. A.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER XVI.
1716-1761.
SEARCH FOR THE PACIFIC.
Page
The Western Sea.—Schemes for reaching it.—Journey ofCharlevoix.—The Sioux Mission.—Varennes de la Vérendrye: hisEnterprise; his Disasters; visits the Mandans; his Sons; theirSearch for the Western Sea; their Adventures.—The SnakeIndians.—A Great War-party.—The Rocky Mountains.—APanic.—Return of the Brothers; their Wrongs and their Fate3
CHAPTER XVII.
1700-1750.
THE CHAIN OF POSTS.
Opposing Claims.—Attitude of the Rival Nations.—America aFrench Continent.—England a Usurper.—FrenchDemands.—Magnanimous Proposals.—WarlikePreparation.—Niagara.—Oswego.—Crown Point.—The Passes of theWest secured44
CHAPTER XVIII.
1744, 1745.
A MAD SCHEME.
War of the Austrian Succession.—The French seize Canseau andattack Annapolis.—Plan of Reprisal.—William Vaughan.—GovernorShirley: he advis
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