Table of Contents
List of Maps ix
Preface xiii
Part 1 New Worlds, 1604-1688
1 The Beaver Wars 1
2 New France and New Netherland 21
3 The King's Hand 32
4 The French and the Five Nations 44
5 Rivals to the North 64
6 Denonville's Expedition 77
7 Acadia and New England 88
Part 2 Grand Alliance, 1689-1691
8 The Glorious Revolution 97
9 The Wabanaki and the Iroquois 104
10 Three Wars, One Name 114
11 The Reduction of Canada 129
12 Winthrop's Folly 151
13 The Battles of La Prairie 159
14 A Shifting Tide 175
Part 3 Attrition, 1692-1695
15 Disunity and Discord 187
16 The Mohawk Expedition 197
17 Missed Opportunities 204
18 Stalemate in the East 213
19 The Peace Offensive 222
20 Frontenac and the Onondaga 230
Part 4 Uncertain Peace, 1696-1697
21 The Fall of Pemaquid 241
22 Iberville 253
23 The War at the Top of the World 265
24 The Treaty of Ryswick 273
Conclusion: King William's War and the Future of North America 283
Notes 289
Bibliography 307
Acknowledgments 313
Illustration Credits 313
Index 315