CONTENTS. XV 



CHAPTER XV. 



1691-1695. 



AX INTERLUDE. 



Appeal of Frontenac. — His Opponents. — His Services. — Rivalry 

 and Strife. — Bishop Saint- Vallier. — Society at the Chateau. 



— Private Theatricals. — Alarm of the Clergy. — Tartuffe. — 

 A Singular Bargain. — Mareuil and the Bishop. — Mareuil on 

 Trial. — Zeal of Saint- Vallier. — Scandals at Montreal. — Ap- 

 peal to the King. — The Strife composed. — Lihel against Fron- 

 tenac 317 



CHAPTER XVI. 



1690-1691. 



THE WAR IN ACADIA. 



State of that Colony. — The Abenakis. — Acadia and New Eng- 

 land. — Pirates. — Baron de Saint-Castin. — Pentegoet. — The 

 English Frontier. — The French and the Abenakis. — Plan of 

 the War. — Capture of York. — Villebon. — Grand War-party. 



— Attack of Wells. — Pemaquid rebuilt. — John Nelson. — A 

 Broken Treaty. — Villieu and Thury. — Another War-party. — 

 Massacre at Oyster River 335 



CHAPTER XVII. 



1690-1697. 



NEW FRANCE AND NEW ENGLAND. 



The Frontier of New England. — Border Warfare. — Motives of the 

 French. — Needless Barbarity. — Who were answerable? — 

 Father Thury. — The Abenakis waver. — Treachery at Pema- 

 quid. — Capture of Pemaquid. — Projected Attack on Boston. — 

 Disappointment. — Miseries of the Frontier. — A Captive Am- 

 azon 370 



CHAPTER XVIII. 



1693-1697. 



FRENCH AND ENGLISH RIVALRY. 



Le Moyne dTberville. — His Exploits in Newfoundland. — In Hud- 

 son's Bay. — The Great Prize. — The Competitors. — Fatal 

 Policy of the King. — The Iroquois Question. — Negotiation. — 

 Firmness of Frontenac. — English Intervention. — War renewed. 



— State of the West. — Indian Diplomacy. — Cruel Measures. 



— A Perilous Crisis. — Audacity of Frontenac 388 



