Northeast Coast campaign (1750)

The Northeast Coast campaign of 1750 occurred during Father Le Loutre's War from 11 September to December 1750.

The Norridgewock as well as the Abenaki from St. Francois and Trois-Rivières, Quebec raided British settlements along the Acadia/ New England border in present-day Maine.

[1] By the end of King George's War, there was a long history of the Wabanaki Confederacy and the Abenaki from Quebec attacking British settlements encroaching toward the border of Acadia, the Kennebec River.

[2] On October 28, 1748, at the end of King George's War, the Acadians and Mi'kmaq prevented John Gorham from landing to acquire an oath of allegiance.

[3][4] In response, Roland-Michel Barrin de La Galissonière, the governor of New France indicated that, in retaliation for British aggression, the native raids on the border may resume.

[12][13][14] On September 8, on Swan Island near Fort Richmond, 60 Norridgewock and St. Francis natives attacked two families who were in one dwelling, two were saved while 14 were taken captive.