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A half-century of conflict. France and England in North America. Part ...

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APPENDIX. 337Circumstances as that it could not possibly subsist longer<strong>in</strong> the Country than they could do it without fresh Provisions,Wood & other Materials & Supplies from thence;from all which they would be wholly cut o£f, when theInhabitants were drove away ; And as to such <strong>of</strong> the Inhabitants,who should go with their Families to Canada, itmust be expectedthat a very large Body <strong>of</strong> the Men wouldreturn arm'd next Spr<strong>in</strong>g with some Canadeans toIndians; from all which it seems justly tojo<strong>in</strong> thebe apprehendedthat an Attempt to drive all the french Inhabitants fromtheir Settlements, should it succeed, would <strong>in</strong> Effect bedriv<strong>in</strong>g 5 or 6000 Men to take up Arms aga<strong>in</strong>st hisMajesty's Government there every Year dur<strong>in</strong>g the War;make the reclaim<strong>in</strong>g <strong>of</strong> the Indians <strong>of</strong> Nova Scotia impracticable,& render it impossible for his Majesty's Garrisonthere to subsist long <strong>in</strong> the Country <strong>in</strong> time <strong>of</strong> War evenwith the Indians only; Besides, the Addition <strong>of</strong> about6000 fight<strong>in</strong>g Men with their Families to Canada, whichwould greatly strengthen the French upon this Cont<strong>in</strong>ent,<strong>and</strong> would entail upon the Posterity <strong>of</strong> those who are thusexpell'd (for several Generations at least) a Desire <strong>of</strong> recover<strong>in</strong>gtheir former Possessions <strong>in</strong> N"ova Scotia, seems tobe no <strong>in</strong>considerable Matter, but what next to the Loss <strong>of</strong>the Country itself should be avoided on the <strong>Part</strong> <strong>of</strong> hisMajesty, & is I dare say an Event, which the French nextto their Acquisition <strong>of</strong> this Colony would desire: It is<strong>in</strong>deed now to be wish'd that General Nicholson had uponthe first Reduction <strong>of</strong> the Colony to the Obedience to theCrown <strong>of</strong> Great Brita<strong>in</strong>, remov'd the french Inhabitants,when they were but a few, out <strong>of</strong> the Country, as was doneat Louisbourg; <strong>and</strong> that dur<strong>in</strong>g the Interval <strong>of</strong> Peace theColony had been planted with Protestant Subjects; Butafter their hav<strong>in</strong>g rema<strong>in</strong> 'd so long <strong>in</strong> the Country uponthe foot <strong>of</strong> British Subjects under the Sanction <strong>of</strong> the treatyVOL. II. — 22

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