CHAPTER XI. 



1690. 

 THE THREE WAR-PARTIES. 



Measures of Frontenac. — Expedition against Schenectady. — 

 The March. — The Dutch Village. — The Surprise. — The 

 Massacre. — Prisoners spared. — Retreat. — The English and 

 their Iroquois Friends. — The Abenaki War. — Revolution at 

 Boston. — Capture of Pemaquid. — Capture of Salmon Falls. 

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

 The Canadians encouraged. 



While striving to reclaim his allies, Frontenac 

 had not forgotten his enemies. It was of the last 

 necessity to revive the clashed spirits of the Cana- 

 dians and the troops ; and action, prompt and bold, 

 was the only means of doing so. He resolved, 

 therefore, to take the offensive, not against the 

 Iroquois, who seemed invulnerable as ghosts, but 

 against the English ; and by striking a few sharp 

 and rapid blows to teach both friends and foes that 

 Onontio was still alive. The effect of his return 

 had already begun to appear, and the energy and 

 fire of the undaunted veteran had shot new life 

 into the dejected population. He formed three 

 war-parties of picked men, one at Montreal, 

 one at Three Rivers, and one at Quebec ; the 

 first to strike at Albany, the second at the 



