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quility, which the people so much needed and 

 ^desired. 



Peace with tlie savas^cs however could not 

 be of long duration. The English were con- 

 stantly extending their settlements to the east- 

 ward. The Indians claimed t^ie lands, and an 

 •opposition of interests was constant!}- producing 

 jealousies and complaints on both sides : the 

 governor of Canada availed himself of so favor- 

 ;able an opportunity to encourage and assist the 

 Indian animosity, without appearing to take any 

 avowed part in the business. Insults and rava- 

 ges soon succeeded, which terminated in burn- 

 ing the property, and captivating the inhabitants 

 in the advanced settlements : And from 1720 

 to 1725, a war was carried on with great vio- 

 lence between the Indians in the eastern parts of 

 Canada, and the provinces of Massachusetts and 

 New Hampshire, Few wars have ever been 

 more bloody or destructive. But as the crov/ns 

 of Great Britain and France were then at peace,- 

 this war could not be carried on with the open 

 assistance of tlic French government, and of 

 course did not become general among the In- 

 dian tribes. To prevent such a calamity there 

 was a congress of the Ensclish e-ovcrnors and 

 ceanmissioncrs, to renew the ancient friendship 

 v/fth the Indians at Albany ; and Mr. Burnet, 

 governor of New York, prevailed upon them to 

 send a mcscagc to the eastern Indians, threaten- 

 ing them vv'ilh ^^■ar, unless tliey concluded 'Jl 

 peace v.ith the Engiisli. 'I'he Indian war be- 

 came of course confined to the eastern jxirts, 

 and did not extend to the province of Newyork, 

 or to any of the setilenients in the vicinity of 



