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Events from the year 1724 in Canada.

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New York benefits politically and in trade from its law prohibiting sale to French of any goods wanted by Indigenous people[4]

New York should not send forces to "farther country of Indians" as it might provoke French, and trade has increased by "gentle means"[5]

British merchants say New York law against trading with French has reduced supply of furs imported and manufactures exported[6]

Report of peace delegation sent to Canada[7]

Six Nations ask "Eastern Indians" to end war against New England, but they answer "evasively" and Six Nations decline fighting them[8]

"Greatest slaughter we have made upon them" - New Hampshire leader reports killing of 100 men, women and children at Nanrantsouak[9]

"Victim of his own love and[...]zeal to maintain the Faith" - Death of Fr. Sébastien Rasles at Nanrantsouak (Note: "savage" used)[10]

Lt. Gov. Dummer of Massachusetts gets Nova Scotia Council to list terms it wants in treaty to end war with Indigenous people[11]

Gov. Philipps says Nova Scotia "upon so precarious a footing" that it can't be settled "till such time as fortresses shall be built"[12]

"Indian Prisoners here were treated with all Humanity," but Nova Scotia Council would kill one Indigenous hostage to repay recent attacks[13]

Witnesses testify that scores of Indigenous men, some from Saint John River, decided to come from Minas to attack Annapolis Royal[14]

Acadian deputies "prevaricate" when questioned about Annapolis attack, but Council too weak to risk uprising if they are punished[15]

To encourage compliance, Nova Scotia Council allows Catholic priest to move into province because he asked permission[16]

Canso fishers suspect "a neighbouring Coloney" wants to end their exemption from duty on fish to preempt or ruin them[17]

When Indigenous people gather "oker," Newfoundland settler kills one and wants "to keep the country always clear of the Indians."[18]

References

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  1. ^ Guéganic (2008), p. 13.
  2. ^ Gibbs, G. C. (September 2004; online edn, January 2006) "George I (1660–1727)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/10538. Retrieved 30 July 2007 (subscription required).
  3. ^ Hébert, Léo-Paul (1979). "La Brosse, Jean-Baptiste de". In Halpenny, Francess G (ed.). Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Vol. IV (1771–1800) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press.
  4. ^ "315 Governor Burnet to the Council of Trade and Plantations" (August 9, 1724), Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies: Volume 34, 1724-1725. Accessed 15 March 2021
  5. ^ "409 Governor Burnet to the Council of Trade and Plantations" (November 21, 1724), Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies: Volume 34, 1724-1725. Accessed 15 March 2021 https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-state-papers/colonial/america-west-indies/vol34/pp265-276 (scroll down in entry 409 to "forces")
  6. ^ "263 Council of Trade and Plantations to the King" (July 14, 1724), Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies: Volume 34, 1724-1725. Accessed 15 March 2021; New York governor's denials: "392 Governor Burnet to the Council of Trade and Plantations" (November 7, 1724), and "410 Governor Burnet to the Duke of Newcastle" (November 21, 1724), Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies: Volume 34, 1724-1725. Accessed 15 March 2021 (Also see: Papers Relating to an Act of the Assembly of the Province of New-York, for Encouragement of the Indian Trade, etc. and for Prohibiting the Selling of Indian Goods to the French, viz. of Canada (1724))
  7. ^ Letter of Col. John Schuyler (copy; Albany, August 17, 1724). Accessed 11 March 2021
  8. ^ "392 Governor Burnet to the Council of Trade and Plantations" (November 7, 1724), Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies: Volume 34, 1724-1725; Governor Burnet elaborates: "410 Governor Burnet to the Duke of Newcastle" (November 21, 1724), Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies: Volume 34, 1724-1725. Accessed 15 March 2021
  9. ^ "360 Lt. Governor Wentworth to the Council of Trade and Plantations" (September 12, 1724), Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies: Volume 34, 1724-1725. Accessed 15 March 2021
  10. ^ Letter of Pierre Joseph de la Chasse (translation; Quebec, October 29, 1724), The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents[...]; Vol. LXVII.; Lower Canada, Abenakis, Louisiana; 1716-1727, pgs. 229-47. Accessed 23 December 2020 http://moses.creighton.edu/kripke/jesuitrelations/relations_67.html (scroll down to "Page 229")
  11. ^ "At a Council held(...)on Tewsday the 3d of November 1724" Nova Scotia Archives; Minutes of H.M. Council, 1720-1742, pgs. 78-80. Accessed 11 March 2021
  12. ^ "86 Governor Philipps to the Council of Trade and Plantations" (received March 12, 1723/4), Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies: Volume 34, 1724-1725. Accessed 12 March 2021
  13. ^ "At a Council held(...)on Wednesday the 8th of July 1724" Nova Scotia Archives; Minutes of H.M. Council, 1720-1742, pgs. 56-7. Accessed 11 March 2021
  14. ^ "At a Council held(...)on Thursday the 16th of July 1724" Nova Scotia Archives; Minutes of H.M. Council, 1720-1742, pgs. 57-9. Accessed 11 March 2021
  15. ^ "At a Council held(...)on Wednesday the 12th of August 1724" Nova Scotia Archives; Minutes of H.M. Council, 1720-1742, pgs. 69-72. Accessed 11 March 2021
  16. ^ "At a Council held(...)on Wednesday the 5th of February 1723/4" Nova Scotia Archives; Minutes of H.M. Council, 1720-1742, pg. 52. Accessed 11 March 2021
  17. ^ "401 ii Memorial of the principal and greatest part of those concerned in the Fishery at Canso to Governor Philipps" (received November 17, 1724), Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies: Volume 34, 1724-1725. Accessed 15 March 2021
  18. ^ "373 (...)Answers to Heads of Enquiry relating to the Fishery at Newfoundland, 1724" Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies: Volume 34, 1724-1725. Accessed 15 March 2021
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