France and England in North America, Part VI : Montcalm and Wolfe

by Francis Parkman

A.

Abenakis, the I. [23], [40], [209], [480]; settled in Canada, I. [23]; at Fort Duquesne, I. [154]; assist the Canadian militia, I. [371], [372]; called to a council of war by Montcalm, I. [485]-[489]; position of the English at Fort William Henry, I. [499]; the massacre at Fort William Henry (see [William Henry, Fort]), I. [510]-[513], II. [428]-[431]; evidence concerning the massacre, I. [514 note]; their conversion to Christianity, I. [514 note]; seize the messengers of Amherst, II. [251]; Rogers sent to destroy one of their towns, II. [251], [253]-[258 note]; their cruelty, II. [253], [255]; the St. Francis settlement, II. [253], [254]; statistics of warriors at the siege of Quebec, II. [436], [437].
Abercromby, General James, I. [165 note]; to supersede Webb in command of the army, I. [383]; to resign in favor of Earl Loudon, I. [383]; arrives at Albany, I. [399]; sends a letter of approbation to Rogers, I. [445]; Loudon recalled from office, II. [48]; succeeds Loudon in command, II. [48]; to lead the expedition against Louisbourg, II. [48]; Amherst prevented from co-operation with, II. [75]; the rejoicing at the fall of Louisbourg, II. [76], [77]; Amherst plans to assist him at Lake George, II. [80]; expedition led by, against Ticonderoga, II. [85]-[113 note]; his camp at Lake George, II. [88]; his leadership, II. [89], [240]; number of his troops, II. [88], [89]; his opinion of Lord Howe, II. [89]; statistics of the expedition against Ticonderoga, II. [91], [92], [431]-[433]; the passage of Lake George, II. [92]-[94]; the army lost in the woods, II. [95]; effect of the death of Lord Howe upon his army, II. [97], [98]; the army reaches the Falls, II. [98], [99]; statements concerning the French defences, II. [100], [101]; different courses of action open to, II. [101], [102]; the eve of battle, II. [103], [104]; order of the assault, II. [105]-[107]; his encounter with Montcalm at Ticonderoga, II. [106]-[110]; his retreat, II. [110], [111], [114], [115], [165], [238]; his losses, II. [110], [432], [433]; a disgraceful order sent to Colonel Cummings, II. [114]; nickname given to, by the Provincials, II. [115]; visited by the chaplains, II. [117]; sends a war-party into the woods, II. [121]-[123]; despatches Bradstreet to capture Fort Frontenac, II. [127]; receives news of the fall of Fort Frontenac, II. [127]; joined by Amherst, II. [129]; Fort Frontenac dismantled, II. [129]; his camp broken up, II. [130]; neglects to assist Forbes's army, II. [157]; Amherst's superior leadership, II. [240]; his letter to Pitt, II. [432].
Abraham an Indian, I. [174].
Abraham Martin, his name given to the Heights of Abraham, II. [289].
Abraham, the Heights of, II. [259], [408], [438]-[441]; Wolfe discovers a path ascending the cliff, II. [272], [273]; general belief in the safety of the heights, II. [275], [276]; ascent of the troops under Wolfe's direction, II. [281], [287]; statistics concerning Wolfe's army, and the action upon, II. [438]-[441].
Abraham, the Plains of, II. [200], [298 note], [327], [357]; inaccessibility of, II. [260]; Guienne's troops not at their post, II. [285]; origin of the name, and description of, II. [289]; the fall of Quebec, II. [302]-[324], [325 note, 326 note], [444].
Acadia, I. [178], [486]; population of, I. [20], [94], [124], [264], [284]; attacks made on New England, I. [28]; questions of boundary, I. [90], [122]-[128], [184], [236]-[238], [259]; conquest of, by Nicholson in 1710, I. [90]; conditions of residence for French subjects, I. [90], [91]; conflict for, I. [90]-[127]; English power in, I. [92]; the naval station at Chebucto, I. [92], [93]; ceded to England by France, I. [93], [94]; determination of the French to recover it, I. [93]-[95]; six principal parishes of, I. [94]; documents on the affairs of, I. [94]-[96]; religion, priests, and government of, I. [94], [99], [100], [107], [259], [260]; attention given by Count Raymond to the affairs of, I. [102]; wretched condition of the emigrants from, I. [109], [110]; Joseph Le Loutre, the vicar-general of, I. [113]; Beaubassin occupied by the English, I. [115]-[120]; emigration encouraged by the French, I. [116]; the question of French or English ownership, I. [123], [124], [184], [236], [239], II. [405]; need of communication between Quebec and Cape Breton, I. [123]; the census of, I. [124]; expedition against, to be led by Lieutenant-Colonel Monckton, I. [194]; sad condition of the people of, I. [234], [235]; the French use the inhabitants to carry on their war-parties, I. [235]; questions of policy for the French and English in Acadia, I. [236]-[241]; probability of French invasion, I. [237]; importance of her harbors, I. [237]; arrival of the English troops, I. [246], [247]; conditions leading to the expulsion of the inhabitants from, I. [253]-[266]; removal of the inhabitants from their homes, I. [255], [266]-[284]; encampment of the New England troops, I. [269], [270]; tour of inspection made by Winslow, I. [271]; arrival of the vessels of transport at Nova Scotia, I. [276]; arrival of Saul with provisions, I. [278], [279]; embarkation of the Acadians, I. [279]-[281]; return of a portion of the exiles, I. [283]; the act of expatriation criticised, I. [284]; families of British stock settle in, I. [284]; capture of forts by the English, I. [328]; plans of Vaudreuil for conquest, II. [178].
Acadians, the I. [93]; religious privileges accorded to, by the treaty of Utrecht, I. [91], [256]; required to take the oath of allegiance to England, I. [91], [92], [235], [260]; influence of the French upon, I. [91], [93]-[124], [235]-[237], [242]-[245]; their religion, I. [91], [95], [259], [260], [281]; their hostility to the English encouraged by the French priests, I. [91], [98]-[107], [109], [113], [114], [121], [122], [235], [236], [238], [257], [259], [260], [262], [264], II. [419]-[421]; the war of 1745, I. [92]; form of the oath of allegiance, I. [92 note], [265]; their condition and numbers from 1748 to 1752, I. [93], [94]; official papers relating to, I. [94]-[96]; taught to love France, and to call themselves French subjects, I. [94], [235], [237], [243], [245], [253], [257]; treatment received from the English, and mildness of their rule, I. [95]-[97], [235], [236], [261], II. [418], [419]; quotations from Roma, alluding to, I. [96], [97]; their fear of the Indians, I. [96], [108], [114], [235]; join the Indian war-parties of the French against the English, I. [97], [103], [104], [262], [264], [275], II. [419]-[421]; their neutrality, I. [97], [258]; their oath of allegiance to be made more binding, I. [97], [98]; deputies sent to meet Cornwallis at Halifax, I. [97], [98]; their refusal to take an unqualified oath of allegiance to George II., I. [97], [98]; promise good behavior and a reasonable compliance, I. [98]; order of Cornwallis issued to, concerning the oath, I. [98], [99]; plans of the French to recover their possessions, I. [98]-[100]; their covert war, I. [99]-[105]; advised by Desherbiers and others to refuse the oath of allegiance, I. [101], [106]; letters from French officials showing their secret work against the English, I. [101]; encouraged by the French to emigrate to French lands, I. [102], [108]-[110]; testimony of Prévost concerning, I. [105]; cruelly and dishonorably treated by the priest Le Loutre, I. [108]-[110], [113]-[122], [235]-[238], [242]-[245], II. [420], [421]; wretchedness of the emigrants after leaving their English farms, I. [109], [110], [119], [120]-[122], [235]-[238], [243]-[245], [265], [266]; speech of Cornwallis to the deputies, I. [110], [111], [112]; treatment received from Hopson, I. [112], [113]; French method of terrifying, by using the Micmacs, I. [113], [114]; occupation of Beaubassin by the English, I. [115]-[120]; disaffection among, I. [116]; forcibly removed by the French from Beaubassin, and obliged to live on French ground, I. [116]; the murder of Captain Howe, I. [118], [119]; a French fort to be built on Beauséjour, I. [119], [120]; ordered to swear allegiance to France, I. [120], [121]; contest between French and English, I. [120]-[122]; proclamation of Lawrence concerning, I. [121]; absurd demands of Le Loutre, I. [121]; a portion of the inhabitants cross the French lines, I. [121]; their suffering inside the French lines, I. [121], [122], [244], [245]; plans of Shirley to send away from Acadia all French settlers, [234], [257]; a portion of the people transported to French settlements, I. [235], [235 note]; fears of the English, I. [239]-[241]; supplies sent to the emigrants, I. [242]; their supplies stolen by the officials, I. [242]; plans of Le Loutre for the emigrants, I. [243], [244]; false statements of Le Loutre, I. [244]; prevented by Le Loutre from appealing to Duquesne, I. [244]; harsh treatment received from Governor Duquesne, I. [244], [245]; desire of, to return to their English allegiance, I. [244], [245]; an annoyance to the English, I. [245]; dealt with by the French with heartlessness, I. [245]; their terror upon the arrival of the English troops, I. [247]; disloyalty of, I. [248], [257], [258]; join the French garrison, I. [248]; the siege of Beauséjour by the English, I. [248]-[253], [260]; assisted by Le Loutre at Beauséjour, I. [250]; capitulation of Beauséjour, I. [251]; condition leading to the expulsion of, from Acadia, I. [253]-[266]; ordered by Monckton to meet him at Beauséjour, I. [254]; sentence pronounced upon, by Monckton, and prisoners taken at Fort Cumberland, I. [254], [255], [266]; explanation of the imprisonment of, I. [255]-[266]; prevented by the priests from joining the English, I. [255]; again ordered to take the oath of allegiance, I. [255]; demands made by the priests with regard to their return to their home, I. [255], [256]; refuse to take the oath of allegiance to England, I. [256]; instruction sent to Governor Lawrence with regard to, I. [257]; to be compelled to take the oath of allegiance, I. [257]; desire of Shirley to expel from the county, I. [257]; their country commonly considered an Arcadia, I. [258]; depicted by Abbé Raynal, I. [258]; their means and mode of living, I. [258]-[260]; their population, I. [259]; their houses, I. [259], [268]; their food, I. [259]; their furniture, I. [259]; their animals, I. [259]; their clothing, I. [259]; marriages among, I. [259], [260]; their village life, I. [259], [260]; their priests, religion, and government, I. [259], [260]; only a few take the required oath, I. [260]; the priests assist the French Bishop and Governor of Canada, I. [260]; loyal to Louis XV., and untrue to George II., [260], [264]; described by Dieréville, I. [260 note]; the oath of allegiance administered by Governor Lawrence, I. [260]; emigration of a small number of, to Cape Breton, I. [260]; they return, and take the oath of allegiance, I. [260]; kind treatment vouchsafed to the loyal inhabitants, I. [260]; memorial bought by, to Captain Murray, I. [260]-[263]; contents of their memorial sent to Governor Lawrence, I. [260]-[263]; their insolence, I. [261]; ordered to take the oath of allegiance to England, or to leave the country, I. [263], [264]; again refuse the oath of allegiance, I. [264]; declare their preference to lose their lands, I. [264]; plans of removal discussed by the English, I. [265], [266]; resolution to remove the people from their country, I. [265], [266]; instructions quoted with regard to the removal of, I. [266], [267]; instrumentality of the priests in the expulsion of, I. [265], [266], [266 note]; removal of, by the English, from their homes, I. [266]-[284]; summoned to meet Winslow to hear the orders of George II., I. [271]-[274]; meet Winslow in the church at Grand Pré, I. [272]-[274], [276]; declared prisoners of the King, I. [274]; unite with the Indians to attack the English, I. [275]; number in charge of Winslow, I. [276]; arrival of the transports, I. [276]; detention of, on the vessels, I. [276], [277], [277 note]; supplies for the prisoners delayed, I. [278], [279]; cases of the separation of families, I. [279], [280]; removal of, described, I. [279]-[282]; effort of the prisoners to escape, I. [280]; number of, embarked for the colonies, I. [280]-[282]; guerilla warfare against the English, I. [282]; distribution of the exiles, I. [282]; treatment received in the colonies, I. [282]; heartless outrages practised upon, in Canada, I. [282], [283], II. [26]; exiles on one of the vessels escape to the St. John, I. [282]; sent to France, I. [283]; sent to England, I. [283]; progenitors of the present race, I. [283]; death of, I. [283]; arrival of the exiles in Louisiana, I. [283]; at the siege of Louisbourg, II. [62], [66]; false dealing of, Boishébert, II. [170]; their hostility to the English, II. [181].
Achilles, I. [353], II. [184].
Acts of Parliament. See [Parliament].
Adams, a wagoner, carries a letter of warning to Fort Lyman, I. [296]; shot by the Indians, I. [299].
Adams, Captain, I. [249], [270], [272]; removal of the Acadians, I. [267], [270], [276], [277], [280 note].
Adams, Parson, I. [6].
Adirondacks, I. [453].
Admiralty, the position held by Anson, I. [179].
Admiralty, Lords of the, citation from letters to, I. [181].
Africa, II. [44], [49]; the French driven from Guinea, II. [47]; the power of England over, II. [400]; France cedes Senegal, II. [406].
Aigues Mortes, dungeons of, I. [21].
Aix-la-Chapelle, the treaty of, I. [9], [19], [36], [43], [94], [359], [360], II. [53], [406]; questions of boundary to be settled by commissioners, I. [122]-[128].
Alais, I. [455].
Albany, I. [28], [65], [171], [233], [289], [290], [298], [310], [326], [403], [421], [435], [452], II. [91], [93]; conservatism of, in the eighteenth century, I. [33]; meeting of Indians and commissioners, I. [61]; news sent to, of the death of Lord Howe, II. [98]; advance of Bradstreet, II. [129]; congress of Indians and English held, I. [172]-[176]; plan of Franklin for colonial union, I. [175]; the Dutch at, I. [193], [320]; decisions of the council, I. [194], [195]; described by Mrs. Grant, I. [319], [320]; the base of military operations, I. [319], [320]; headquarters of Shirley, I. [384], [393]; the Indians mislead by the traders, I. [390]; plans of Vaudreuil, I. [393], [394]; return of Bradstreet, I. [395], [396]; arrival of Webb and Abercromby, I. [399]; rumors of danger from the enemy, I. [415], [475], II. [3].
Albemarle, Lord, Governor of Virginia, I. [105 note], [137]; English ambassador at Versailles, I. [180]; his death, I. [184].
Albemarle, Earl of, expedition of, II. [401], [402].
"Alcide," the, I. [185].
Alembert, D', I. [16].
Alequippa, Queen, I. [151]; flies from her possessions, I. [45].
Alexander, II. [408].
Alexandria, I. [142], [162], [247]; camp of Braddock at, I. [191]; council held at the camp, I. [196 note], [234], [241], [286].
Algonquins, or Algonkins, the, I. [74]; at Fort Duquesne, I. [154]; assist the Canadian militia, I. [372]; their means of divination, I. [438 note]; called to a council by Montcalm, I.

[485]-[489].
Alleghany Mountains, the, I. [20], [40], [59], [124], [125], [127], [145], [148], [161], [372], II. [130], [133], [141]; crossed by the English traders, I. [42]; road made through, by Braddock's forces, I. [205], II. [138], [141]; condition of the settlers, I. [335].
Alleghany River, the, I. [39], [128], [133], [136], [143], [207], [222], [233], [423], [424], II. [149], [152], [154], [159]; work of Céloron de Bienville, I. [43]; settlement of Shenango, I. [46]; a fort planned, I. [130].
Allen, Ensign, to train the Provincials in Braddock's expedition, I. [200], [201].
Allen, Chief Justice, letter from Bouquet quoted, II. [161], [161 note].
Alsopp, George, II. [439].
Alva, II. [404].
Amalek, II. [89].
America, I. [202], [219 note], [230 note], [251], [295], [360], [369], [383], II. [45], [49], [191], [271], [391], [401]; conditions during, and results following, the Seven Years War in Europe, I. [1], [20]; complication of political interests, I. [1], [3], [4]; the War of Independence, I. [1]; the British and French possessions compared, I. [1]-[3]; British soldiers in, I. [9]; number of French and English inhabitants in the middle of the eighteenth century, I. [20]; towns and colonies compared and contrasted, I. [25]-[36]; plan for the increase of French settlements, I. [37]; questions of boundaries, I. [37], [43], [76], [79], [86], [122]-[128]; commissioners appointed to decide upon French and English possessions in, I. [123]-[127]; the balance of power, I. [126]; conditions in the English colonies, I. [160]-[171]; results of the meeting of the colonial Assemblies with their governors, I. [163]-[169]; France and England compared, I. [181]; the policy of England, I. [181]; regiments ordered to, from England, I. [181], [182]; expedition ordered to, from France, I. [182], [183]; council of American governors held with Braddock, I. [191]-[195]; the democracy of Pennsylvania, I. [338]; holds a secondary place in the interests of France, I. [355]; conflict of the eighteenth century, I. [355]; French power in, to be sustained, I. [356], [414]; money granted by Parliament to the colonies, I. [382], [382 note]; usefulness of Indian warriors, I. [484]; the power of Pitt, II. [43], [44]; interest felt for, by Pitt, II. [47]-[49]; prophecy of John Mellen, II. [378]; and of the French and English War, II., [378]-[382], [386]; predictions concerning the future of the British colonies, II. [403], [404].
American Antiquarian Society, the, I. [48]; plate buried by the French in possession of, I. [48]; Transactions of, I. [48].
Amherst, Lieutenant-Colonel, recaptures St. John's, II. [402].
Amherst, Jeffrey, II. [194 note], [231], [339]; recalled from the German war, II. [48]; his character, II. [48]; promoted to be major-general, II. [48]; takes command of the expedition against Louisbourg, II. [48], [49], [51], [56]-[81]; plans of attack, II. [57], [58]; lands his troops at Freshwater Cove, II. [57]-[60]; his camp, II. [61]; roads made through marshes, II. [61], [62]; courtesies between the commanders, II. [64], [65]; his humanity, II. [70], [70 note], [374]; terms of capitulation extended to Louisbourg, II. [71], [72]; capitulation of Louisbourg, II. [74], [75], [75 note]; prevented from uniting with Abercromby, II. [75]; increases his conquests, II. [78]; action after the reduction of Louisbourg, II. [79], [80]; orders issued to Wolfe, II. [80], [81]; evidences concerning the siege of Louisbourg, II. [81 note]; joins Abercromby at Lake George, II. [129]; letter sent to, from General Forbes, II. [161]; his army moves against Ticonderoga, II. [197], [210], [222]; his ability to render aid to Wolfe, II. [210], [212]; commander-in-chief of the troops in America, II. [235]; plans of Pitt for his movements, II. [235], [236]; deputes Prideaux to take charge of the expedition against Niagara, II. [235], [236]; the capture of Ticonderoga, II. [235]-[241]; on Lake George, II. [235], [236]; forts built by, II. [237]; Bourlamaque retires before, II. [238], [239]; Ticonderoga blown up by the French, II. [239]; advances upon Crown Point, II. [240], [241]; his delay in joining Wolfe, II. [240]-[242], [249], [250], [272], [323]; Crown Point rebuilt by, II. [240], [241]; roads built by, across Vermont, II. [241]; his navy, II. [241], [242], [251], [252]; at Crown Point, II. [249]; tries to pacify the Abenakis, II. [251]; sends Major Rogers to destroy the Abenakis' town, II. [251], [253]; unsuccessful attempt to reach Isle-aux-Noix, II. [251], [252]; the result of his campaign, II. [252], [253]; desired to send supplies to Rogers, II. [254], [256], [257]; Lieutenant Stephan sent to meet Rogers' rangers, II. [256], [257]; letter from Rogers, II. [258 note]; defers his advance upon Montreal, II. [265]; his plans, II. [361]; the fall of Canada, II. [361]-[382]; his army embarks for Montreal, II. [369]; the "Ottawa" captured, II. [369]; attacks Fort Lévis, II. [369], [370]; passage of the rapids, II. [370], [371]; encamps near Montreal, II. [371]; number of his troops, II. [372], [372 note]; a council of war held by Vaudreuil, II. [372]; articles of capitulation insisted upon by Amherst, II. [372]-[374]; his detestation of French cruelty, II. [373]; Vaudreuil obliged to surrender Montreal, II. [376]; the news of his victory received in Boston, II. [377]-[379]; sends his brother to recapture St. John's, II. [402].
Amonoosuc River, the, II. [256], [257].
Anastase, I. [209].
Anastase, Father, I. [209].
Anbury, the traveller, II. [426].
Ange, Gardien L', landing of the English before, II. [217]; burned by the order of Wolfe, II. [261].
Anglican Church, the, in New York, I. [32].
Anglicans, the, I. [29].
Anglo-Saxon race, the, I. [25].
Annapolis, Acadia, I. [92], [106], [178], [241], [279]; garrison at, I. [92], [93]; parish of, I. [94]; Acadians encouraged to emigrate from, I. [108], [109]; the inhabitants of the valley, I. [235]; French feeling in the hearts of the inhabitants, I. [237]; arrival of the English force, I. [247]; means of living practised by the Acadians, I. [258], [259]; number of Acadians sent away in the vessels, I. [280]; isolation of the garrison at, II. [77]; rejoicing at the fall of Louisbourg, II. [77], [78].
Anne, Fort, II. [121].
Anse de Foulon, II. [276], [284], [286], [344], [346], [347], [354]; now called Wolfe's Cove, II. [278].
Anson, First Lord of the Admiralty, I. [179], II. [50].
Anthonay, D', lieutenant-colonel, sent to the English concerning the terms of capitulation for Louisbourg, II. [71]; empowered to accept the capitulation for Louisbourg, II. [73], [74].
"Apollon," the number of her guns, II. [54 note].
Appendix A., II. [417], [418]; references to, I. [67 note], [68 note], [78 note].
Appendix B., II. [418]-[421]; references to, I. [100 note], [104 note], [127 note].
Appendix C., II. [421]-[423]; references to, I. [158 note], [161 note].
Appendix D., II. [423]-[426]; references to, I. [208 note], [215 note].
Appendix E., II. [426]-[428].
Appendix F., II. [428]-[431].
Appendix G., II. [431]-[436]; references to, II. [93 note], [113 note].
Appendix H., II. [436]-[438].
Appendix I., II. [438]; reference to, II. [298 note].
Appendix J., II. [438]-[441], [442]; reference to, II. [326 note].
Appendix K., II. [442]-[444]; reference to, II. [359 note].
Appleton, Nathaniel, his utterance after the fall of Canada, II. [379].
Apthorp, a Boston merchant, I. [245]; furnishes money for the English troops, I. [245].
Arbuthnot, William, his attestation, I. [505 note].
Arcadia, I. [258].
"Aréthuse," the, II. [63]; number of her guns, II. [54 note]; fires upon the English, II. [64]; withdrawn from her position, II. [65].
Argens, D', letters from Frederick II., II. [387]-[389].
Argenson, D', Minister of War, 1743-1747, I. [15], [355], [367], II. [44]; writes to Montcalm of his appointment, I. [360]; letter to, from Montcalm, I. [377]; reinforcements sent to Canada, I. [467], [468].
Armstrong, Colonel George, I. [423], II. [158]; the attack upon Kittanning, I. [423]-[427]; receives a medal from the Council of Philadelphia, I. [426].
Army, the English, matters pertaining to the troops, I. [383]-[387]; discipline in, II. [119]. See [English].
Army, the French, description of French troops, I. [368]-[373]; number of troops in Canada, I. [368], I. [368 note]. See [French].
Army, the Provincial, I. [290], [291]; manners and morals of, I. [292]; preaching on Sunday to, I. [295], [296].
Army chaplains, II. [116], [117].
Arnoux, Surgeon, II. [308]; Montcalm carried to his house, II. [308], [441].
Arthur's Club, I. [7].
Artillery Cove, I. [498].
Artois, batallion of, I. [368], II. [54], [73]; ordered to America, I. [182].
Ashley, Dr., his death, II. [120].
Ashley, John, difficulties among the war committees, I. [387].
Asia, diplomatic and political position of France and England towards, I. [3], [4]; the power of England over, II. [400].
Assemblies of the English colonies, the, neglect their own interests, I. [86]; instructions from the Lords of Trade, I. [172], [173]; matters to be laid before, I. [195].
Assembly of Massachusetts, the, dealings of Governor Shirley with, I. [168], [169]; grants money to aid the English in Maine, I. [169]; plans of Shirley laid before, I. [241]; money and supplies voted by, for the expedition against Crown Point, I. [285], [286].
Assembly of New York, the, I. [59]; quotation from Governor Clinton concerning their neglect in protecting Indian trade, II. [61], [62]; apathy of, I. [73]; address of, to Lieutenant-Governor Delancey, cited, I. [168]; results of the meeting of, with the Governor of New York, I. [168], [169]; its hostility to Johnson, I. [328]; political difficulties, I. [350].
Assembly of Pennsylvania, the, I. [59], [141], [142], [426]; refuses the request of the Indians to build a trading-house on the Ohio, I. [60]; unwilling to aid Dinwiddie, I. [142]; letter from the Earl of Holdernesse laid before, I. [165]; persons composing, I. [165], [166]; result of the meeting with the Governor, I. [165]-[168]; quarrels with the Governor, I. [191], [340]-[342], [348], [349], [350 note, 351 note], II. [131], [135]; needs of the people laid before, I. [336]; causes of military paralysis, I. [337], [338]; question of taxing proprietary lands, I. [337]-[341], [344]-[347]; Benjamin Franklin leader in, I. [338]; relations of, with the people, I. [339]-[350]; relations of, with Governor Morris, I. [339]-[350]; contentions with the Quakers and the Governor, I. [340], [341]; desires to issue bills of credit, I. [344]-[346]; the paper called a "Representation" sent to the House, I. [346]; anger of the Quakers, I. [346], [347]; deputations from the people and from friendly Indians seeking aid, I. [347]; growing unpopularity of, I. [347], [348]; a militia law passed, I. [348]; the proprietaries of Pennsylvania offer to raise money for defence, I. [349]; difficulties in quartering the troops, I. [439], [440].
Assembly of Virginia, I. [137]; efforts of Dinwiddie to repel the French in the West, I. [137]-[140]; aid voted to Dinwiddie, i, [139], [140], [233]; slowness of movement of, I. [144]; speech of Dinwiddie to, I. [163], [164], [165]; result of the meeting with Dinwiddie, I. [165], [233]; the distress of the people, I. [332], [333]; the needs of Washington, I. [332], [333]; needs of the people laid before, I. [336].
Atlantic Ocean, the, I. [4], [87], [123], [205], [469], II. [176], [412]; the United States, II. [413]; English possessions bordering on, I. [20].
Attiqué, village of, I. [45]; French name of Kittanning, I. [426]. See [Kittanning].
Aubry, II. [244]; the engagement at Niagara, II. [244]-[249]; taken prisoner, II. [248].
Augsburg, II. [394].
Augusta, Fort, II. [147].
"Auguste," fate of the, II. [384], [385].
Augustus the Strong, I. [10].
Aulac, inhabitants removed from, I. [255]; the declaration of Monckton, I. [254].
Austria, effects of the French alliance, I. [2]; succession of Maria Theresa, I. [18]; political alliances sought, I. [353], [354]; a Catholic country, I. [355]; troops sent against, I. [363]; position of affairs in Europe, II. [38], [39]; policy of George III., II. [393]; hostile to Prussia, II. [399]; the treaty of Hubertsburg, II. [407].
Austria, House of, its rule, I. [16], [17]; enmity of France towards, I. [19].
Austrian Succession, the war of, I. [19].
Austrians, the, II. [40]; the battle of Prague, II. [39]; routed at Leuthen, II. [46]; fly before Frederic, II. [386].
Auxerrois, I. [359].
Avery, Ensign, the expedition against the Abenakis, II. [255]-[257].
Avon River, the former name of, I. [268].
Awe River, the, II. [433].