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could be brought from Canada. On receiving' 

 this answer a few guns "were fired, and Debe- 

 line with his troops withdrew to Crown Point, 

 Sir Charles Knowles, a commodore in the Brit- 

 ish navy, was then in Boston harbor ; and so 

 inuch did he admire the bravery, and soldier 

 like conduct of Stevens in defending his fort, 

 that he presented him with a valuable and ele- 

 gant sword, as a testimony of respect. From 

 this circumstance it was that the town when in- 

 corporated by the government received the 

 name of Charlestown.* 



During the reniainder of this war the In- 

 dians were scattered around the frontiers in 

 small parties, and did much damage to the in- 

 habitants ; burning tlieir houses, destroying 

 their cattle, pillaging their property, killing 

 some of the inhabitants, and making captives of 

 others ; but there was not any regular expedi- 

 tion undertaken by the French till the treaty of 

 peace at Aix la Chapelle of October the seventh, 

 1748, put an end to the war, between the Eng- 

 lish and French colonies. But it was not till 

 the cext year, that the Indians ceased from theix' 

 hostilities. 



Belknap's Hist. New Han^p sliire. Vol. a. p. ijl. 



