F.
Famine (La), on Lake Ontario, visited bv La Barre, [104]; the council, [105]-[110]; treaty of, [113], [117]; treacherous attack here on the Iroquois by Kondiaronk (the Rat), [173]-[175].
Fénelon, a zealous missionary priest at Montreal, [33]; arraigned at Quebec by Frontenac, [36]-[38]; is sent to France, [39]; and forbidden to return, [42].
Fletcher, governor of New York, his complaints of weakness and divisions, [408].
Forest posts, their abuses and their value to the French, [419], [420].
Fort, see [Albany], [Famine (La)], [Frontenac], [Loyal], [Niagara], [St. Louis], [Nelson].
Fortifications of Canada, [297].
Fox Indians, charged with cowardice, [112].
French designs of colonization and conquest, [119]; policy of conquest and massacre, [370]-[373]; colonization, compared with English, [394]-[397]; occupation of the Great West, [452].
Frontenac, Count (Louis de Buade), governor of Canada, 1672-1682, 1689-1698; at St. Fargeau, [4]; his early life, [5]; marriage, [6], [455]; his quarrel at St. Fargeau, [7]; his estate, [8]; his vanity, [9]; aids Venice at Candia; his appointment to command in New France, [11]; at Quebec, [14]; convokes the three estates, [17]; his address, [18]; form of government, [19]; his merits and faults, [21]; complains of the Jesuits, [22]-[25], [320]-[322]; Fort Frontenac built and confided to La Salle, [27]; dispute with Perrot, governor of Montreal, whom he throws into prison, [28]-[34]; this leads to a quarrel with Abbé Fénelon and the priests, [35]-[38]; Frontenac's relations with the clergy, [39]; his instructions from the king and Colbert, [40]-[46]; his hot temper, [44], [45]; question of the presidency, [48]-[51]; imprisonment of Amours, [51]-[54]; disputes on the fur trade, and accusations of Duchesneau, [54]-[58]; reproof from the king and Colbert, [58]-[60]; complaints against Duchesneau, [60]-[63]; arrest of his son, [64]; relations with Perrot, [65]; with the Church, [68]; with the Indians, [69], [254]; his recall, [67]; sails for France, [71]; relations at this time with the Iroquois, [76]-[79]; Frontenac is sent again to Canada, [186]; scheme of invading New York, [187]; arrives at Chedabucto, [188]; at Quebec and Montreal, [191]; attempts to save the fort, [192]; summons a conference of Indians, [195]; the conference, [196]-[200]; another failure, [201]; message to the Lake Indians, [203], [206]; scheme of attack on English colonies, [208]; Schenectady, [211]-[219]; Pemaquid, [224]; Salmon Falls, [227]; Casco Bay, [229]; conference with Davis, [232]; leads the war-dance, [254]; defence of Quebec, [247]-[279]; reply to Phips's summons, [267]; begs troops from the king, [295]; expedition against the Mohawks, [310]-[315]; appeal to Ponchartrain, [317]-[319], [320]-[322], [417]; jealousies against him, [319]; complaints of Champigny, [320]; scheme of coast-attack, [357]; treats with the Iroquois, [397]-[399], [401], [421]; his difficult position, [402]; expedition against the Onondagas, [410]-[415], [421]; his tardy reward, [417]; his policy, [419]-[421]; correspondence with Bellomont, [423]-[426]; death and character, [428]-[436]; the eulogist and the critic, [431]-[434]; his administration, [436]; account of his family, [453]-[456].
Frontenac, Fort, [27], [78]; La Barre's muster of troops, [85], [97]; his arrival, [103]; summons a council of Indians, [137]; who are treacherously seized and made prisoners, [139]-[143] (see [162], [167], [170]); expedition against the Senecas, [147]-[155]; sickness, [166]; visit of the Rat, [175]; the fort destroyed by order of Denonville, [192]; restored, [407], [416].
Frontenac, Madame, her portrait at Versailles, [1]; with Mlle. Montpensier at Orleans, [3], [7]; surprised by her husband's visit, [4]; dismissed by the princess, [10]; her stay in Paris and death, [12], [13]; serves Frontenac at the court, [320]; is made his heir, [429].