excerpt from ''America and West Indies: August 1693' Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies: Volume 14, 1693-1696' pp. 136-154 (174 words)
excerpt from ''America and West Indies: August 1693' Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies: Volume 14, 1693-1696' pp. 136-154 (174 words)
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[The listening experience concludes a series of meetings and exchanges of goods between the governor of New York, Colonel Benjamin Fletcher, and the Five Nations, tribes of Native American Indians (Sachems), upon whom the British depended in skirmishes with France in the frontier colony of New York] In the evening [of July 4th] the Governor asked several of the leading Sachems on board H.M.S. Aldborough, when at their desire he told them of the past victory of the English fleet over the French last summer, and of the battle on land […] when many men were slain on both sides. He also encouraged them to renew their ancient valour, reminded them to drive Milet for driving them, and bade them be faithful to the alliance; after which five of the Aldborough's guns were fired. It was noticed that the Indian most suspected and known to be a particular friend of Milet sang a warsong of threats against the French, and promised that all letters for Canada should be sent down to New York. |
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