XIV CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER XL 



1690. 



THE THREE WAR-PARTIES. 



Measures of Frontenac. — Expedition against Schenectady. — The 

 March.— The Dutch Village. — The Surprise. — The Massa- 

 cre. — Prisoners spared. — Retreat. — The English and their 

 Iroquois Friends. — The Abenaki War. — Revolution at Bos- 

 ton. — Capture of Pemaquid. — Capture of Salmon Falls. — 

 Capture of Fort Loyal. — Frontenac and his Prisoner. — The 

 Canadians encouraged 208 



CHAPTER XIL 



1690. 



MASSACHUSETTS ATTACKS QUEBEC. 



English Schemes. — Capture of Port Royal. — Acadia reduced. — 

 Conduct of Phips. — His History and Character. — Boston in 

 Arms. — A Puritan Crusade. — The March from Albany. — 

 Frontenac and the Council. — Frontenac at Montreal. — His 

 War Dance. — An Abortive Expedition. — An English Raid. — 

 Frontenac at Quebec. — Defences of the Town. — The Enemy 

 arrives 235 



CHAPTER XIII. 

 1690. 



DEFENCE OF QUEBEC. 



Phips on the St. Lawrence. — Phips at Quebec. — A Flag of Truce. 



— Scene at the Chateau. — The Summons and the Answer. — 

 Plan of Attack. — Landing of the English. — The Cannonade. 



— The Ships repulsed. — The Land Attack. — Retreat of Phips. 



— Condition of Quebec. — Rejoicings of the French. — Distress 



at Boston 262 



CHAPTER XIV. 

 1690-1694. 



THE SCOURGE OP CANADA. 



Iroquois Inroads. — Death of Bienville. — English Attack. — A 

 Desperate Fight. — Miseries of the Colony. — Alarms. — A 

 Winter Expedition. — La Chesnaye burned. — The Heroine of 

 Vercheres. — Mission Indians. — The Mohawk Expedition. — 

 Retreat and Pursuit. — Relief arrives. — Frontenac Triumphant. 286 



