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Davis, Sylvanus, a trader, commanding at Fort Loyal, Casco Bay, [229]; his surrender, [231]; captivity, [232].
Denonville, successor of La Barre as governor of Canada, 1685-1689; sails for Canada, [116]; circumstances there; his character, [117]; his instructions, [120]; his intrigues, [121]; correspondence with Dongan, [123]-[128]; threatens to attack Albany, [129]; orders Du Lhut to shoot bush-rangers and deserters, [130]; plans an expedition against the Iroquois, [136]; musters the Canadian militia, [138]; treacherously seizes a party of Indians, [140]; arrives at Fort Frontenac, [144]; at Irondequoit Bay, [148]; march for the Seneca country, [149]; battle in the woods, [152]; his report of the battle, [153]; destroys "the Babylon of the Senecas," [154]; builds a fort on the Niagara, [155]; further correspondence with Dongan, [159]-[161]; sends an envoy to Albany, [162]; abandons the Niagara fort, [166]; begs for the return of Indian captives, [167]; his wretched condition, [168]; seeks a conference with the Iroquois, [170]; who deceive him, and invade Canada, [177]; horrors of the invasion, [178]-[182]; he is recalled, and succeeded by Frontenac, [182]; who finds him at Montreal, [191]; having ordered the destruction of Fort Frontenac, [192].
Deserters, French, demanded by Denonville, [127]; sheltered bv Dongan, [129], [131].
Detroit, [112]; a fort built here by Du Lhut, [128]; held by the French, [452].
Dongan (an Irish Catholic), governor of New Netherland, [89]; holds an Indian council at Albany, [90]-[93]; his rivalry with Canada, [119]; complaints of Denonville, [120]; their correspondence, [123]-[128]; vindicates himself, [129]; he sends Denonville some oranges, [130]; his pacific instructions from England, [135]; his wrath at the French attack on the Indian country, [158]; is recalled, and replaced by Sir Edmund Andros, [164].
Dover, N. H. (Cocheco), attacked by Indians, [224].
Duchesneau, sent as intendant to Quebec; sides with the clergy against Frontenac, [45]; dispute as to the presidency of the council, [48]-[51]; quarrel in the council, [53]; his accusations against Frontenac, [54]-[58]; Frontenac's complaints of him, [60]-[63]; and violence to his son, [63], [64]; Duchesneau recalled, [67].
Du Lhut, a leader of coureurs de bois, [54], [56], [81], [99]; rivalry with English traders of Hudson's Bay, [81]; intrigues with Indians, [111]; builds a fort near Detroit, [128]; where he has a large force of French and Indians, [144], [147]; leads attack on the Senecas, [150]; defeats a party of Indians on the Ottawa, [193].
Durantaye, La, at Niagara, [99]; with Du Lhut at Michillimackinac, [111]; at Detroit, [144]; captures Rooseboom and McGregory, [146]; commanding at Michillimackinac, sends bad news to Montreal, [201]; is replaced by Louvigny, [203].
D'Urfé, Abbé, a Canadian missionary, is ill received by Frontenac, [36]; carries complaints of him to France, [40], [42].
Dustan, Mrs., of Haverhill, her exploit, [385]-[387].
Dutch traders instigate Iroquois against the French, [75]; pursuit of the fur trade into their country, [89].