ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI 
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Öne night in February, 1690, a band of Frenchmen and Indians 
rushed in upon this frontier town at an hour when everybody 
was asleep, and began the work of destruction. Buildings were 
Set on fire, men were shot as they ran out of their houses, and 
women and children were either burned to death or were mur- 
dered as they lay in their beds, Sixty persons were killed out- 
right, and nearly a hundred were captured and carried away. 
These outrages on the part of the French of course stirred 
the people of New England to resistance. In 1690 Sir William 
Phipps of Massachusetts led a fleet of thirty vessels against Port 
Royal, in Nova Scotia, and captured that place. He then sailed 
against Quebec, but the town was so strongly fortified that he 
thought it wise to turn back without striking a blow. The war 
dragged on until it was brought to an end by a treaty of peace 
signed at Ryswick, in Holland, in 1697. 
74. Queen Anne’s War.—A second clash between the French 
and English colonies came in 1702, when the King of France 
Placed his grandson on the throne of Spain and thus threatened 
to spread the Irench power over Spain. Of course this was 
distasteful to the English, and France and England went to war 
Over the matter. In America the war was known as Queen 
Anne’s War, Anne being then the Queen of England. Queen 
Anne’s War was simply King William’s War over again. The 
French and Indians rushed down from Canada and attacked 
the unpratected settlements of the English. At Deerfield, in 
Massachusetts, there was a frightful slaughter of the inhabi- 
tants, "The people of New England attacked Nova Scotia, and 
In 1710 gained possession of that peninsula. Queen Anne’s 
War was brought to a close in 1713 by the treaty of Utrecht. 
The war had one important result: it took Nova Scotia from 
France and gave it to England. 
75, French Colonies and Forts in the Mississippi Valley.— 
While these wars were in progress, the French were all the time 
Strengthening their power in the Mississippi. valley. The deeds 
°f La Salle had caused France to take a greater interest in the 
affairs of America than she had ever shown before. Under 
the direction of the great king Louis XIV, plans were set on