| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| I. | Interesting Sport, | [1] |
| II. | The Indians in the Canoe, | [8] |
| III. | On a Dangerous Mission, | [18] |
| IV. | A Squall on Lake Ontario, | [28] |
| V. | Perils of the Forest, | [38] |
| VI. | An Unexpected Separation, | [48] |
| VII. | A Bear and Her Cubs, | [58] |
| VIII. | In the Hands of Friends, | [68] |
| IX. | What Befell Henry, | [78] |
| X. | In the Hands of the Enemy, | [88] |
| XI. | Aboard the Fire-Boat, | [97] |
| XII. | General Wolfe’s Camp, | [107] |
| XIII. | Scaling the Heights of Quebec, | [116] |
| XIV. | Wolfe’s Victory and Death, | [126] |
| XV. | News from Home, | [135] |
| XVI. | A Fire and an Escape, | [144] |
| XVII. | The Hole in the Ice, | [154] |
| XVIII. | Winter Quarters, | [164] |
| XIX. | Lost in the Snow, | [173] |
| XX. | The Situation at Quebec, | [183] |
| XXI. | Under Arrest, | [193] |
| XXII. | In Prison and Out, | [203] |
| XXIII. | Face to Face with the Unexpected, | [213] |
| XXIV. | A Game of Hide and Seek, | [223] |
| XXV. | Taken as a Spy, | [233] |
| XXVI. | Dave’s Journey to Quebec, | [242] |
| XXVII. | The Attack of the French, | [250] |
| XXVIII. | In the Ranks Once More, | [260] |
| XXIX. | Dark Days, | [270] |
| XXX. | The Rapids of the St. Lawrence, | [279] |
| XXXI. | The Fall of Montreal, | [288] |
| XXXII. | From War to Peace—Conclusion, | [300] |
PREFACE
“At the Fall of Montreal” is a compete story in itself, but forms the third volume of a line known by the general title of “Colonial Series.”
The first volume of this series, entitled “With Washington in the West,” related the fortunes of David Morris, the son of a pioneer who settled at Wills’ Creek, now known as Cumberland, Va. David became well acquainted with Washington while the latter was a surveyor, and later on served under the young commander during the fateful Braddock expedition against Fort Duquesne.
The defeat of General Braddock left the English frontier at the mercy of the French and Indians, and in the second volume of the series, entitled “Marching on Niagara,” were given the particulars of General Forbes’s advance on Fort Duquesne, and also the particulars of the advance on Fort Niagara under General’s Prideaux and Johnson, leading up to a decisive victory which gave the English control of all the vast territory lying between the great lakes and what was then the Louisiana Territory.
The French hold on North America was now badly shaken, but not altogether broken; and in the present volume are related the particulars of General Wolfe’s brilliant scaling of the Heights of Quebec, the battle on the Plains of Abraham, and the capture of the city itself.
Following the surrender of Quebec came a winter of dreary waiting for both sides in this great conflict. Each army looked for re-enforcements, and early in the spring the French made an attack, hoping to regain the ground lost. But this attack was repulsed, and then the French concentrated at Montreal, and hither were hurried the three divisions of the English army, including a goodly number of Colonial troops. With these forces was David Morris, doing his duty to the end, until the fall of Montreal brought this important and far-reaching war with France to a close.
As in his previous works, the author has sought to be as accurate as possible in historical detail—no easy task where American, English, and French historians differ so widely in their statements.