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Author: Francis Parkman (1823-1893).
THE

CONSPIRACY OF PONTIAC

AND THE

INDIAN WAR

AFTER

THE CONQUEST OF CANADA.

Vol. I.
TO

JARED SPARKS, LL.D.,

PRESIDENT OF HARVARD UNIVERSITY,

THESE VOLUMES ARE DEDICATED

AS A TESTIMONIAL OF HIGH PERSONAL REGARD,

AND A TRIBUTE OF RESPECT

FOR HIS DISTINGUISHED SERVICES TO

AMERICAN HISTORY.
1
Preface

TO THE SIXTH EDITION.
Ichose the subject of this book as affording better opportunities thanany other portion of American history for portraying forest life and theIndian character; and I have never seen reason to change this opinion. Inthe nineteen years that have passed since the first edition was published,a considerable amount of additional material has come to light. This hasbeen carefully collected, and is incorporated in the present edition. Themost interesting portion of this new material has been supplied by theBouquet and Haldimand Papers, added some years ago to the manuscriptcollections of the British Museum. Among them are several hundred lettersfrom officers engaged in the Pontiac war, some official, others personaland familiar, affording very curious illustrations of the events of theday and of the characters of those engaged in them. Among the facts whichthey bring to light, some are sufficiently startling; as, for example, theproposal of the Commander-in-Chief to infect the hostile tribes with thesmall-pox, and that of a distinguished subordinate officer to take revengeon the Indians by permitting an unrestricted sale of rum.
The two volumes of the present edition have been made uniform with thoseof the series “France and England in North America.” I hope to continuethat series to the period of the extinction of French power on thiscontinent. “The Conspiracy of Pontiac” will then form a sequel; and itsintroductory chapters will be, in a certain sense, a summary of what haspreceded. This will involve some repetition in the beginning of the book,but I have nevertheless thought it best to let it remain as originallywritten.
Boston, 16 September, 1870.
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Preface

TO THE FIRST EDITION.
Theconquest of Canada was an event of momentous consequence in Americanhistory. It changed the political aspect of the continent, prepared a wayfor the independence of the British colonies, rescued the vast tracts ofthe interior from the rule of military despotism, and gave them,eventually, to the keeping of an ordered democracy. Yet to the red nativesof the soil its results were wholly disastrous. Could the French havemaintained their ground, the ruin of the Indian tribes might long havebeen postponed; but the victory of Quebec was the signal of their swiftdecline. Thenceforth they were destined to melt and vanish before theadvancing wav                        
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