Captivity Of Father Milet

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Excerpt from Captivity of Father Peter Milet, S. J. Among the Oneida Indians: His Own Narrative, With Supplementary Documents In 1689, at the instigation of Leisler, the Five Nations of Iroquois raised the largest force they had ever put in the in order to attack Canada. They invested Fort Frontenac, and, as the letter tells, induced Father Milet and a surgeon to come from the fort. To their camp to attend some sick people' and made them prisoners. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Captivity Among the Oneidas in 1690-91, of Father Pierre Milet of the Society of Jesus Father Milet, like his confreres, the fathers Jogues, Bressani and Poncet was taken captive by the Iroquois and conducted to the villages of this celebrated nation. His confreres, who were kept in captivity in the territory of the Agnieronons, had received from the Dutch, then in possession of the Hudson River, only kindness and generous treatment, while Father Milet, less fortunate, had been taken at a time when England and France were struggling against each other in an obstinate war, a war which had cast a gloomy presage upon the hostilities between the colonies of the two powers. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.