Les guerres frontalières de la Nouvelle-Angleterre, communément appelées guerres du roi William et de la reine Anne . Les Français et un Indien, avant qu'ils ne puissent s'échapper de leur fortune, de qui, les menaces les plus iniques de la torture, l'Eglise a obtenu des informations fiables sur les nombres et les positions de l'ennemi dans ce trimestre.Il a ensuite prétendé à se relater. En reconnaissance des ravages de leur vie épargnés, deux des prisonniers pilotent Churchto plusieurs petites habitations des Français dans la baie de Penob-scot, celle de Saint Castiu parmi les autres. St Castin, 1 MiTisicus se trouve dans l'océan ouvert, à dix-sept milles au sud-est de Owls Head ; thelonely o

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The border wars of New England, commonly called King William's and Queen Anne's wars . Frenchmen and an Indian, before they could makegood their escape, from whom, inider threats of torture, Church obtained some reliable information as to thenumbers and positions of the enemy in this quarter.He then pretended to relent. In gratitude for havingtheir lives spared, two of the prisoners piloted Churchto several small habitations of the French in Penob-scot Bay, that of St. Castiu among the rest. St. Castin, 1 MiTisicus lies out in the open ocean, seventeen miles southeast of Owls Head ; thelonely outpost of Penobscot Bay. * Gbeen Islands of the Fox Islands group are probably meant. 1704] CHURCHS LAST KXPEDITION 197 himself, was luckily j^oik to France, but his wife audchihlreu fell iuto Churchs hauds. All of the enemy metwith here, whether French or Indians, were either killedor taken, though the actual numbers are unknown. Mount Desert was next visited. On the way thereevery nook and corner of the coast was thoroughly ex-plored, every possible precaution taken to waylay any. ENTRANCE TO MOUNT DESEIIT IIAKBOK. of the enemj-s war - parties who might be comingwestward on one of their destructive raids, and forwhom Church was now so sharply on the lookout. Fail-ing to make any discoveries of this nature. Churchsflotilla rowed on into wliat is now the Southwest Harborof Mount Desert, a primeval solitude of wild sublimity, suddenly turned into a scene of unwonted activity bythe presence of the ships-of-war and transports, lyingthere at anchor. V.)S TUE nORDER WARS OV NKW ENGLAND [1704 Tbo exi)tHliti()n had now tiaviTseil sometliiiig likefifty leagues of coast without ctlcoting auything of con-sequence, while the labor involved in making these

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