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1746 in Canada

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1746
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Events from the year 1746 in Canada.

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Kayakers in Hudson Strait paddle out (calling "Chima") to barter with ships searching for Northwest Passage (detailed description)[4]

On Northwest Passage expedition, Indigenous harpoon (but not its sealskin bladder) found in floating whale carcass[5]

"The Effect of Passion" - Ships seeking winter quarters on Northwest Passage expedition are mistaken for French warships at York Factory[6]

"French by kind offices and a liberality in dealing" have drawn Indigenous people away from Hudson's Bay Company's influence on Nelson River[7]

Summary of King George's War events in Nova Scotia and New York, including disastrous run of bad luck for French naval forces[8]

Nova Scotia Council suspects French force is near after communications with Minas are cut and French warships appear at Chebucto[9]

Fierce storm at Annapolis Royal that blows down barns, roofs etc. also drives privateer Shirley onto rocks, but masts are cut down and crew saved[10]

Council president Paul Mascarene orders Acadian deputies to get locals to supply extra firewood for 300 Massachusetts troops expected[11]

After French retreat from Annapolis, deputies are asked how they were treated and told that failed French naval strike could not be repeated[12]

With plans for New England militia to rout Canadians from Minas, Council lists punishments for Acadians there who in any way helped enemy[13]

As New York governor seeks war treaty with Six Nations, he ponders loyalty of Kanien’kéhà:ka, Oneida and Cayuga (Note: killing described)[14]

Kanien’kéhà:ka split over joining British in war with French (urged by William Johnson) or staying neutral (as advised by French)[15]

Proposed treaty reference to folly of defeated Scots who were swayed by French is rejected by Six Nations sachems as distracting[16]

At treaty talks, New Yorkers call on Six Nations to honour their promise to attack murderous French, and with British to invade Canada[17]

His Kahnawake allies refuse New France governor's order to threaten Six Nations, and ask SN not to join British to attack them[18]

Conquest had probably not been a goal of aborted 1746 expedition to Canada, but "misunderstanding" led to failure to destroy Crown Point fort[19]

"Krick Indians" near York Factory and their appearance, character, habits, materials (and wonderment at how much Europeans walk around)[20]

Detailed description of log house residence, "log tents" and brick stoves built for over-wintering ships' crews at York Factory[21]

References

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  1. ^ Guéganic (2008), p. 13.
  2. ^ "George I". Official web site of the British monarchy. 30 December 2015. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
  3. ^ "Louisbourg". The Canadian Encyclopedia. 7 February 2006. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
  4. ^ "In the afternoon it fell stark calm" (July 10, 1746), An Account of a Voyage for the Discovery of a North-West Passage[...]; Vol. I (1748), pgs. 24-33. Access 20 October 2021
  5. ^ "From the Harpoon which was in the Whale" (August 4, 1746), An Account of a Voyage for the Discovery of a North-West Passage[...]; Vol. I (1748), pg. 79. Access 20 October 2021
  6. ^ "The Pinnaces lay upon the Spot where the Ships were to anchor" (August 26, 1746), An Account of a Voyage for the Discovery of a North-West Passage[...]; Vol. I (1748), pgs. 114-16. (York Factory governor gives expedition ships unfriendly reception) Access 20 October 2021
  7. ^ Joseph Robson, "The linguists informed me" An Account of Six Years Residence in Hudson's Bay[....] (1752), pg. 63. Accessed 26 October 2021
  8. ^ "In August 1746" Memoirs of the Principal Transactions of the Last War between the English and French in North America (1757), pgs. 78-87. Accessed 22 October 2021
  9. ^ Council meeting (June 30, 1746), Nova Scotia Archives; Minutes of H.M. Council, 1736-1749, pg. 86. (See eyewitness reports of French warships, and Massachusetts governor's intelligence of large force of "Canadians and Indians" at Minas) Accessed 26 October 2021
  10. ^ Council meeting (September 10, 1746), Nova Scotia Archives; Minutes of H.M. Council, 1736-1749, pg. 87. Accessed 26 October 2021
  11. ^ Council meeting (September 22, 1746), Nova Scotia Archives; Minutes of H.M. Council, 1736-1749, pgs. 88, 89. Accessed 26 October 2021
  12. ^ Council meeting (October 27, 1746), Nova Scotia Archives; Minutes of H.M. Council, 1736-1749, pgs. 91-2. Accessed 26 October 2021
  13. ^ Council meeting (October 27, 1746), Nova Scotia Archives; Minutes of H.M. Council, 1736-1749, pgs. 92-3. Accessed 26 October 2021
  14. ^ Cadwallader Colden, Background to treaty (July 1746), The History of the Five Indian Nations of Canada[...];Vol. II (Third edition, 1755), pgs. 118-25, 28-9. Accessed 25 October 2021
  15. ^ Cadwallader Colden, "While the Interpreter" The History of the Five Indian Nations of Canada[...];Vol. II (Third edition, 1755), pgs. 126-8. Accessed 25 October 2021
  16. ^ Cadwallader Colden, "After the principal Sachims"The History of the Five Indian Nations of Canada[...];Vol. II (Third edition, 1755), pgs. 129-30. Accessed 25 October 2021
  17. ^ Cadwallader Colden, "Brethren" (August 19, 1746), The History of the Five Indian Nations of Canada[...];Vol. II (Third edition, 1755), pgs. 132-7. (Mississaugas join Six Nations in agreeing to war) Accessed 25 October 2021
  18. ^ Cadwallader Colden, "When the Six Nations" The History of the Five Indian Nations of Canada[...];Vol. II (Third edition, 1755), pgs. 154-6. Accessed 25 October 2021
  19. ^ "How the late expedition" State of the British and French Colonies in North America[....] (1755), pg. 36. Accessed 25 October 2021
  20. ^ "The Indians who inhabit the South-West Part of Hudson's Bay" An Account of a Voyage for the Discovery of a North-West Passage[...]; Vol. I (1748), pgs. 182-7 ff. (See for example jewelry and marriage) Access 21 October 2021
  21. ^ Building a house (Fall 1746), An Account of a Voyage for the Discovery of a North-West Passage[...]; Vol. I (1748), pgs. 133-37. (See also design of beaver dams) Access 21 October 2021