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  OUTLINE. 
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  though 
  not 
  very 
  satisfactory 
  or 
  successful, 
  probably 
  in- 
  

   flicted 
  as 
  much 
  injury 
  as 
  a 
  more 
  direct 
  attack 
  would 
  

   have 
  done. 
  

  

  The 
  Choctaws 
  continued 
  their 
  hostilities 
  against 
  the 
  

   Chickasaws 
  during 
  many 
  years 
  with 
  constantly 
  increas- 
  

   ing 
  success, 
  and 
  the 
  latter 
  seemed 
  in 
  danger 
  of 
  sharing, 
  

   in 
  the 
  end, 
  the 
  fate 
  of 
  the 
  exterminated 
  Natchez. 
  

  

  Sorely 
  beset, 
  they 
  sued 
  for 
  peace 
  to 
  the 
  French, 
  but 
  

   were 
  left 
  to 
  the 
  mercy 
  of 
  their 
  vindictive 
  and 
  perse- 
  

   vering 
  foe. 
  

  

  The 
  Marquis 
  of 
  Vaudreuil 
  having 
  been 
  appointed 
  

   governor 
  of 
  Canada, 
  on 
  the 
  9th 
  of 
  February, 
  1753, 
  Ker- 
  

   lerec, 
  a 
  distinguished 
  officer 
  of 
  the 
  French 
  navy, 
  who 
  

   had 
  displayed 
  much 
  courage 
  and 
  ability, 
  and 
  received 
  

   several 
  wounds, 
  was 
  installed 
  governor 
  of 
  Louisiana. 
  

   He 
  adopted 
  a 
  liberal 
  policy 
  towards 
  the 
  Indians, 
  whom 
  

   he 
  endeavored 
  to 
  conciliate 
  by 
  dealing 
  more 
  justly 
  by 
  

   them, 
  and 
  providing 
  larger 
  and 
  better 
  supplies 
  of 
  goods 
  

   for 
  the 
  Indian 
  trade. 
  He 
  undertook 
  also 
  to 
  ransom 
  

   several 
  prisoners 
  who 
  had 
  long 
  been 
  detained 
  among 
  the 
  

   Indians. 
  

  

  Indulging 
  less 
  in 
  pomp 
  and 
  splendor 
  than 
  his 
  prede- 
  

   cessor, 
  he 
  was 
  less 
  popular 
  ; 
  and 
  however 
  faithful 
  and 
  

   energetic 
  he 
  might 
  have 
  been, 
  or 
  judicious 
  and 
  well 
  in- 
  

   tentioned 
  in 
  the 
  reforms 
  he 
  proposed, 
  his 
  administration 
  

   was 
  unfavorably 
  compared 
  with 
  tha! 
  of 
  Vaudreuil 
  by 
  

   the 
  disaffected 
  and 
  factious. 
  

  

  Although 
  menaced 
  by 
  the 
  English, 
  exposed 
  to 
  Indian 
  

   incursions, 
  and 
  distracted 
  by 
  internal 
  broils, 
  to 
  the 
  ag- 
  

   gravation 
  of 
  which 
  the 
  different 
  orders 
  of 
  priesthood 
  

   contributed, 
  the 
  French 
  government 
  not 
  only 
  failed 
  to 
  

   afford 
  the 
  necessary 
  aid 
  to 
  meet 
  the 
  emergencies 
  of 
  the 
  

   times, 
  but 
  also 
  withdrew 
  a 
  large 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  military 
  

   force 
  from 
  the 
  colony. 
  It 
  is 
  no 
  matter 
  of 
  surprise, 
  

  

  