Young folks' story of our country; a thrilling and accurate history of America, told in the simple language of childhood (1898) (14783815945)

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Title: Young folks' story of our country; a thrilling and accurate history of America, told in the simple language of childhood ..
Year: 1898 (1890s)
Authors: Hanson, John Wesley, Jr. (from old catalog)
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Publisher: Chicago, W. B. Conkey co.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation



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QUEBEC. men, and had then completed the work, naming it Fort du Quesne. Wash-ing-ton was sent in advance to reconnoitre, and fell in with a small body of Frenchunder Ju-mon-ville, at Great Mead-ows, about forty-five miles from Fort duQuesne. Wash-ing-ton surprised this party on the night of May 28, and in theattack Ju-mon-ville was slain, and nine of his men. This was the first bloodshed in the war. Frye died about this time, and Wash-ing-ton assumed thecommand. The rest of the troops soon joined him at Great Mead-ows, wherehe built a stockade, which he called Fort Ne-ces-si-ty.
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A, BRITISH SENTRY. THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR. 97 Here he was attacked in July by De Vil-liers with 1,500 French andIn-di-ans. At the end of ten hours hard fighting, Wash-ing-ton surrenderedthe tort on condition tliat his troops should be allowed the honors of war.This expedition under Wash-ing-ton was the commencement of the greatstruggle between the French and Eng-lish for the possession of the NorthA-meri-can continent. All the previous intercolonial wars sprang from dis-putes in Eu-rope, which involved the French, Eng-lish, and .Span-ish colonies.This began in A-mer-i-ca itself about territory. There was, as yet, no formaldeclaration of war between the two nations, nor was any made until nearly twoyears later. The Eng-lish government was anxious that their colonies should takethe most active part in the contest, and urged them to unite on some plan ofdefense. While Wash-ing-ton was fighting in the wilds of Vir-gin-i-a, a con-vention of delegates from seven of the colonies assembled