Dawnland Time Line - 1751 to 1763 (French & Indian War) at Ne-Do-Ba

Period Summary - Wabanaki join forces once again with the French. When the dust and blood settles, the Wabanaki find they no longer have an ally in Canada and learn the French sold them out in the final Peace Treaty. France gave to England the lands belonging to their loyal Wabanaki allies without any consideration for the Wabanaki.

A Table of Events Affecting Wabanaki People
for the period 1751 to 1763 (French & Indian War)
with links to additional information
Date	Event	Location	Notes	More
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1751, Mar.4	Report	ME	the intentions of the Canade Indians, regarding attacks on the English, are not yet known to the Norridgewock Indians, who will inform Captain William Lithgow at Richmond as soon as they know
1751, Apr.5	Committee Appointed	to consider the final disposition of cases of those accused of the supposed crime (murder of the Indians at Wiscasset); also, the committee recommends the trials be held elsewhere than York County
1751, May 15	Report	Ft. Richmond ME	William Lithgow reports an interview with several Canada Indians who visited him
1752, Jun.12	Report	Ft. Richmond ME	William Lithgow reports that some Canada Indians are in the vicinity of the fort, but do not come near to trade
1752, July	Document	NY	Abenaki demand English stay away from Abenaki lands	Abenaki Conference with Phineas Stevens
1752, Jul.25	Report	Canada	Jean [John] Starkes and others are taken by the Abenaki of St.Francois, who have adopted them and are determined to keep them ... Abigail Noble is adopted by the Abenaki of Bequancour
1752, Sep.1	Report	ME	William Lithgow reports that the Canada Indians will not attend the conference at St.Georges as a body, but that some individuals may do so
1754, Feb.4	Letter	NH	as to the murder of two Indians in New Hampshire and to the danger of the Indians' revenge
1754, Spring	Abenaki Trading with Phineas Stevens	Fort #4, Charlestown NH		List of Names
1754, Apr.1	Letter	MA to NH	mentions the the murder of Indians at Wiscasset by the English and prisoners who were freed by a mob but charged with the killing of two St.Francois Indians
1754, May 24	Document	?	the Cagnawaga [Quebec Mohawk], Worenock [Bécancour] and Arssegunticook [St.Francis] are planning attacks on the English to repay for the deaths of two Indians the previous year ... several of the Canada Indians sent word to William Lithgow that the English were in danger as several of the tribes were planning revenge for the death of two Indians; hostilities are to be committed east of the Saco River; some of the tribes near Richmond are in favor of joining the Canada Indians
1754, Jul.25	Document	ME	Chief Polan (Presumpscot Abenaki) is accused of many cruel and hostile acts towards the English
1755, Jun.27	Letter	Penobscot	the Penobscot admit that their relations with the Canada Indians brought them into trouble
1755, Aug.18	Letter	Boston to the Penobscot	Lieutenant Governor Phips urges that the tribes join the English in a war against hostile Indians, particularly the Arresaguntacooks
1755, Nov.1	Proclamation of War	Boston MA	against the Penobscot Indians because they have broken their treaty by refusing to join the English in a war on the Arrasaguntecooks [other Abenaki]
1757, June	Death of Ebenezer Hall	Matinicus Island ME		Ebenezer Hall of Matinicus Island
1757, Jul.27	Report	ME	many Canada Indians are at Penobscot
1759, Sept.	French Quebec falls to the English	Quebec, Canada
1759, Oct.	Robert Rogers' Rangers attack and burn the village of St. Francis	Odanak Village PQ		Roger's Raid on St. Francis
1763	Treaty of Paris	Europe	France gives Canada (New France & Acadia) to England Wabanaki homelands included without Wabanaki consent
1763	Royal Proclamation of King of England	English Colonial America	Native land rights recognized all lands not sold by Natives or Granted to someone by the King belong to Native people

Dawnland Time Line - 1751 to 1763 The French & Indian War (1754-1763)

Dawnland Time Line - 1751 to 1763
The French & Indian War (1754-1763)