The Rulers of the Lakes. Joseph A. Altsheler

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       Joseph A. Altsheler

      The Rulers of the Lakes

      A Story of George and Champlain

      Published by Good Press, 2019

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      EAN 4064066243296

Table of Contents

       FOREWORD

       CHARACTERS IN THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR SERIES

       CHAPTER I

       CHAPTER II

       CHAPTER III

       CHAPTER IV

       CHAPTER V

       CHAPTER VI

       CHAPTER VII

       CHAPTER VIII

       CHAPTER IX

       CHAPTER X

       CHAPTER XI

       CHAPTER XII

       CHAPTER XIII

       CHAPTER XIV

       CHAPTER XV

FOREWORD

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      "The Rulers of the Lakes" is a complete story, but it is also the third volume of the French and Indian War Series, following "The Hunters of the Hills" and "The Shadow of the North." Robert Lennox, Tayoga, Willet, and all the important characters in the earlier romances reappear.

CHARACTERS IN THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR SERIES

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      ROBERT LENNOX A lad of unknown origin

       TAYOGA A young Onondaga warrior

       DAVID WILLET A hunter

       RAYMOND LOUIS DE ST. LUC A brilliant French officer

       AGUSTE DE COURCELLES A French officer

       FRANÇOIS DE JUMONVILLE A French officer

       LOUIS DE GALISONNIÈRE A young French officer

       JEAN DE MÉZY A corrupt Frenchman

       ARMAND GLANDELET A young Frenchman

       PIERRE BOUCHER A bully and bravo

       PHILIBERT DROUILLARD A French priest

       THE MARQUIS DUQUESNE Governor-General of Canada

       MARQUIS DE VAUDREUIL Governor-General of Canada

       FRANÇOIS BIGOT Intendant of Canada

       MARQUIS DE MONTCALM French commander-in-chief

       DE LEVIS A French general

       BOURLAMAQUE A French general

       BOUGAINVILLE A French general

       ARMAND DUBOIS A follower of St. Luc

       M. DE CHATILLARD An old French Seigneur

       CHARLES LANGLADE A French partisan

       THE DOVE The Indian wife of Langlade

       TANDAKORA An Ojibway chief

       DAGANOWEDA A young Mohawk chief

       HENDRICK An old Mohawk chief

       BRADDOCK A British general

       ABERCROMBIE A British general

       WOLFE A British general

       COL. WILLIAM JOHNSON Anglo-American leader

       MOLLY BRANT Col. Wm. Johnson's Indian wife

       JOSEPH BRANT Young brother of Molly Brant,

       afterward the great Mohawk

       chief, Thayendanegea

       ROBERT DINWIDDIE Lieutenant-Governor of Virginia

       WILLIAM SHIRLEY Governor of Massachusetts

       BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Famous American patriot

       JAMES COLDEN A young Philadelphia captain

       WILLIAMWILTON A young Philadelphia lieutenant

       HUGH CARSON A young Philadelphia lieutenant

       JACOBUS HUYSMAN An Albany burgher

       CATERINA Jacobus Huysman's cook

       ALEXANDER MCLEAN An Albany schoolmaster

       BENJAMIN HARDY A New York merchant

       JOHNATHAN PILLSBURY Clerk to Benjamin Hardy

       ADRIAN VAN ZOON A New York merchant

       THE SLAVER A nameless rover

       ACHILLE GARAY A French spy

       ALFRED GROSVENOR A young English officer

       JAMES CABELL A young Virginian

       WALTER STUART A young Virginian

       BLACK RIFLE A famous "Indian fighter"

       ELIHU STRONG A Massachusetts colonel

       ALAN HERVEY A New York financier

       STUART WHYTE Captain of the British sloop,

       Hawk JOHN LATHAM Lieutenant of the British sloop, Hawk EDWARD CHARTERIS A young officer of the Royal Americans ZEBEDEE CRANE A young scout and forest runner ROBERT ROGERS Famous Captain of American Rangers

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      I. THE HERALDS OF PERIL 1

      II. THE KINDLY BRIDGE 22

      III. THE FLIGHT 42

      IV. A FOREST CONCERT 64

      V. GATHERING FORCES 88

      VI. THE DARK STRANGER 112

      VII. ON THE GREAT TRAIL 136

      VIII. ARESKOUI'S FAVOR 154

      IX. ON ANDIATAROCTE 178

      X. THE NAVAL COMBAT 198

      XI.