Eastern Abenaki Autonomy and French Frustrations, 1745-1760

• Main Author: Ghere, David L.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: DigitalCommons@UMaine 1994
• Subjects: Fort St. Georges; la Jonquiere; Summers War; Norridgewock; Penobscot; Treaty of Aix la Chapelle; History; Indigenous Studies; United States History; abenaki
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/mainehistoryjournal/vol34/iss1/2; https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1308&context=mainehistoryjournal

Most Abenaki Indians became French allies between 1745 and 1760, but in effect it was English policy that ultimately drove them into this alliance. While the Western Abenakis were generally reliable allies, French officials were repeatedly frustrated by their limited influence over the Eastern Abenakis and by the restrained reaction of these Indians to English provocations. Eastern Abenakis became reluctant French allies.