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King William’s War The First Contest For North America, 1689–1697 MICHAEL G. LARAMIE WESTHOLME Yardley ©2017 Michael G. Laramie Map by Tracy Dungan ©2017 Westholme Publishing All rights reserved under International and Pan- American Copyright Conventions. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval systems, without permission in writing from the publisher, except by a reviewer who may quote brief passages in a review. Westholme Publishing, LLC 904 Edgewood Road Yardley, Pennsylvania 19067 Visit our Web site at www.westholmepublishing.com ISBN: 978-1-59416-632-5 Also available in hardcover. Printed in the United States of America. ISBN-13: 978-1-59416-623-5 (electronic) For my mother, Priscilla Boissoneault, and my grandmother Althea Decato. Contents LIST OF MAPS PREFACE PART ONE New Worlds, 1604–1688 1. The Beaver Wars 2. New France and New Netherland 3. The King’s Hand 4. The French and the Five Nations 5. Rivals to the North 6. Denonville’s Expedition 7. Acadia and New England PART TWO Grand Alliance, 1689–1691 8. The Glorious Revolution 9. The Wabanaki and the Iroquois 10. Three Wars, One Name 11. The Reduction of Canada 12. Winthrop’s Folly 13. The Battles of La Prairie 14. A Shifting Tide PART THREE Attrition, 1692–1695 15. Disunity and Discord 16. The Mohawk Expedition 17. Missed Opportunities 18. Stalemate in the East 19. The Peace Offensive 20. Frontenac and the Onondaga PART FOUR Uncertain Peace, 1696–1697 21. The Fall of Pemaquid 22. Iberville 23. The War at the Top of the World 24. The Treaty of Ryswick CONCLUSION: KING WILLIAM’S WAR AND THE FUTURE OF NORTH AMERICA NOTES BIBLIOGRAPHY ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ILLUSTRATION CREDITS INDEX LIST OF MAPS Northeastern North America, 1690 The location of Fort Orange, c. 1639 New Netherlands, New England, New France, and the colony of Virginia in 1647 The route of Tracy’s expedition in 1666 Pais des Illinois, 1718 Montreal to Fort St. Louis, 1688 Eastern portion of Lake Ontario, c. 1690 Hudsons Straits and Bay in 1662 Montreal and Three Rivers north to James Bay, 1688 French and English forts along the Nelson and Hayes Rivers, 1682 Lake Ontario, 1688 French and English coastal settlements from Boston to Canso, Nova Scotia The Wabanaki Confederacy and nearby tribes Area around Montreal, 1744 Falmouth Neck, 1770
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