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JULY 25: 1871 Old Fort Garry Manitoba Lt. Governor Adams G. Archibald 1814-1892 negotiates Treaty #1 in Southern Manitoba with Swampy Cree and Chippewa (Ojibway); 26,875 sq km; $3 per Indian, acreage. 1759 Youngstown New York William Johnson and Brigadier General John Prideaux get surrender of Fort Niagara from outnumbered and outgunned French Commander Pouchot; he insists upon a solemn promise that Sir William Johnson will protect them from his Iroquois allies. 1722 Maine Beginning of Three Years War along Maine and Massachusetts border; mostly guerrilla raids by Indians along the Kennebec River. 1534 Quebec Jacques Cartier 1491-1557 leaves
Gaspé with Domagaya and Taignoagny, two sons of Iroquois Chief Donnacona;
promises to return them the following year.
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