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

by Francis Parkman

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Babiole, I. [354].
Baby, a Canadian officer, I. [330 note].
Babylon, II. [89], [378], [384].
Bagley, Colonel Jonathan, II. [76], [77], [115], [117]; commands at Fort William Henry, I. [388]; preparations for attacking Ticonderoga, I. [388], [389]; extracts from his letters, I. [389].
Bahama Islands, the, I. [421].
Baker, a soldier, I. [424].
Bald Mountain, I. [477].
Ball, a dog, II. [189].
Ballads, II. [233 note].
Barachois, II. [63], [67]; approach of the English, II. [64].
Barbadoes, Island of, II. [190].
Barnsley, Thomas, II. [124 note].
Barré, II. [46], [268].
Barrington, Viscount, II. [398], [432]; replaces Chancellor Legge, II. [393].
Bassignac, De, curious incident in the attack on Montcalm, at Ticonderoga, II. [107].
Bastille, the, I. [15], II. [385].
Bath, Lady, I. [189].
Bath, Lord, II. [404 note].
Bath, England, I. [7], [188], [311], II. [190].
Batiscan, I. [371], II. [332].
Bavaria, the Elector of, I. [19].
Béarn, the battalion of, I. [374], II. [104], [109], [230]; ordered to America, I. [182]; uniform of the battalion of, I. [368 note]; encamped before Niagara, I. [376]; capture of Oswego, I. [408]; preparations to attack Fort William Henry, I. [477]; advance of Montcalm upon Fort William Henry, I. [491]; mutiny at Montreal, II. [10]; attack upon Quebec, II. [292].
Beaubassin, Madame de, suppers given by, I. [458].
Beaubassin, I. [94]; English occupation of, I. [115], [116]-[120]; the parish fired by Le Loutre, I. [116]; departure of Major Lawrence from, and return of, I. [116], [117].
Beauce, I. [76].
Beauchamp, merchant, I. [271].
Beaucour, La Roche, I. [457], II. [428].
Beaujeu, Captain, at Fort Duquesne, I. [208], II. [423]; encounter of the French with the English, I. [210]-[227]; death of, I. [215].
Beaumont, II. [225].
Beauport, the village of, II. [200], [212], [228], [265], [274], [303]; Montcalm stations his camp here at the siege of Quebec, II. [200], [201], [208], [209], [292], [298 note], [305]; attack of Wolfe on the French camp, II. [230]-[233]; approach of Wolfe's fleet, II. [282], [288]; flight of the French army, II. [300]-[302], [307]; the French supplies plundered, II. [311]; return of the army to Quebec, II. [313].
Beauport, River of, II. [201], [208], [209].
Beauséjour, Fort, I. [122], II. [181]; erected by the French, I. [119], [120], [235]; an attack upon, planned by the English, I. [192]-[194], [196], [236], [239], [241], [245]; strength of the fort, I. [238], [241]; M. Vergor commandant of, I. [239], [241], [242]; official corruption at, I. [242], [243], [245], [250], [251]; encounter of the French with the English, I. [247]-[253], [260]; capitulation offered by the French, I. [251]; escape of Le Loutre, I. [252]; capture of, I. [253], [256], II. [193], [278]; became Fort Cumberland, I. [253]; encampment of Monckton, I. [254]; the declaration of Monckton, I. [254]; inhabitants removed from, I. [255]; departure of Winslow from, I. [267].
Beauséjour, hill, I. [116], [118].
Beaver, King, Indian chief, II. [145].
Beaver. See [Fur-trade].
Beaver Creek, II. [145].
Becancour, M. de, I. [71].
Becancour, I. [485].
Bedford, Duke of, II. [393]; sent to Paris to negotiate for peace, II. [403].
Bedford, Fort, erection of, II. [141].
Bedford, town of, II. [133].
Belcher, Governor of New Jersey, I. [392]; declares war against the Indians, I. [392]; postpones his action, I. [393].
Belêtre conducts a war-party, I. [74]; the attack at German Flats, II. [6], [7].
Belknap, his "History of New Hampshire" cited, I. [510 note].
Bellamy, George Anne, story of Braddock in regard to, I. [190], [190 note].
Bellaston, Lady, I. [6].
Belleisle, Maréchal de, minister of war, 1758-1761, II. [35], [176]; double-dealing and boasting of Vaudreuil, II. [171]-[173], [198]; his letter to Montcalm, II. [176], [177]; plans of war enjoined upon Montcalm, II. [177], [178]; letter from Vaudreuil to, II. [319].
Belleisle, II. [401], [405].
Bellona, I. [480].
Bengal, II. [406].
Bennington, I. [291].
Benoît, II. [28].
Berkeley, Sir William, his opinion of education for the people, I. [29].
Berks, I. [347].
Berlin, II. [388].
Bernard, Governor of Massachusetts, II. [376], [377].
Bernès, II. [99].
Berniers, commissary-general, II. [259], [260], [438]; the state of Quebec described after the siege, II. [328].
Bernis, Abbé de, minister of foreign affairs, II. [393].
Berry, battalion of, II. [87], [88], [99], [100], [104], [105].
Berryer, minister of marine and colonies, 1758-1761, II. [175]; official corruption in Canada, II. [31]-[33]; ministerial rebukes sent to officials in Canada, II. [31]-[37]; letters from Vaudreuil, II. [141], [142], [173], [318], [319]; boasting and jealousy of Vaudreuil, II. [164], [171]; prepossessed against Bouganville, II. [173], [175]; reproof given to Vaudreuil, II. [375].
Biddle, Edward, letter from Reading, I. [344].
"Biche" number of her guns, II. [54 note].
"Bienfaisant," II. [67]; number of her guns, II. [54 note]; seized by the English, II. [68], [69].
Bienville, Céloron de. See [Céloron].
Bigot, François, Intendant of Canada, I. [65 note], [67], [67 note], [77 note], [80], [81], [242], II. [9], [17]; his official corruption, I. [80], [81], [87], [88], [242], [462], II. [22]-[38]; his plans against the English, I. [101]; the Indians encouraged to butcher the English, I. [103]; sails for Europe, I. [242]; returns to Canada, I. [253]; defends Vergor, I. [253], II. [278]; his character and office, I. [376], II. [17], [18], [32], [33]; his popularity, I. [466]; relates the cruelties of the Indians, II. [4], [5]; his relations with Vaudreuil, II. [18], [319], [323]; his birth, II. [18]; his official journeys and pleasure-excursions, II. [18]-[21]; his manner of life, II. [18]-[22], [28]-[30], [203]; his houses and palace, II. [21], [22]; his gambling, and frauds in trade, II. [21], [22]-[28]; his circle of friends, II. [22]-[30]; the lover of Madame Péan, II. [28]; receives ministerial rebukes, II. [31]-[37]; promissory notes issued, II. [32]; revelations of his stealings, II. [34]-[37], [37 note]; breaks with Cadet, II. [36]; statistics concerning the rations at Fort Duquesne, II. [152 note]; the dissensions between Montcalm and Vaudreuil, II. [167]; the siege and reduction of Quebec, II. [202], [234], [259], [326 note]; Vaudreuil holds a council of war, II. [218], [219], [305], [306]; forces at Quebec, II. [298 note], [437]; French troops available after the battle, II. [305 note]; returns with the army to Quebec, II. [313], [314]; arrested, and thrown into the Bastille, II. [385]; his trial, II. [385], [386]; his sentence, II. [386]; his letters, II. [438].
"Billy" assists Surgeon Williams, I. [306]; sickness in the army, II. [120].
"Bizarre," number of her guns, II. [54 note].
Black Hole of Calcutta, the, II. [45].
Black Hunter, the, I. [204].
Black Mountain, I. [430].
Black Point, II. [53].
Black Rifle, the, I. [204].
Blanchard, Colonel, defends Fort Lyman, I. [294]; a letter of warning sent to, I. [296].
Blodget, Samuel, I. [301 note]; his view of the battle at Lake George, I. [306]; prospective plan, etc., of the battle near Lake George, etc., I. [316 note, 317 note].
Blomedon, Cape, I. [268], [269].
"Bloody morning scout," the, I. [303].
Bloody Pond, origin of its name, I. [309].
Blue Ridge, panic among the settlers, I. [331].
Bœufs, Rivière aux, I. [128].
Boishébert, a French officer, I. [265], [266], [420], [436]; to induce the Acadians to leave their home, I. [99]; troops sent to watch the English frontier, I. [116]; letter to Manach quoted, I. [266]; leads the attack at Peticodiac, I. [276]; forces of, I. [276 note]; approaches Louisbourg, II. [66]; tried for peculation, II. [170]; his dealings with the Acadians, II. [170].
Bolling, a Virginia gentleman, I. [226], [226 note].
Bolton, I. [492 note].
Bonaventure, I. [125].
Bond, Dr., I. [228].
Bonhomme, Michel, II. [309].
Bonnecamp, Father, a Jesuit priest, I. [52], [53]; extract from his journal, I. [39], [45], [62 note]; his map, I. [62 note]; at Detroit, I. [76]; his opinion of Céloron, I. [77].
Bordeaux, I. [457], II. [18], [23].
Boscawen, Admiral, ordered to intercept the French fleet, I. [184]-[186]; takes charge of the fleet sent against Louisbourg, II. [49], [51], [56]-[74]; at Halifax, II. [56], [57]; siege and capitulation of Louisbourg, II. [57]-[75]; the correspondence with Drucour, II. [71], [72], [74], [81 note]; unwilling to follow Amherst's wishes, II. [79].
Boston, I. [239], [245], [317 note], II. [77], [79]; relative size of, I. [31]; rules laid down for the soldiers on the Sabbath Day, I. [246]; departure of the English troops for Nova Scotia, I. [247]; transport-vessels to be hired to convey the Acadians from Nova Scotia, I. [266], [276]; treatment received by the Acadian exiles, I. [282]; winter-quarters found for the troops, I. [439], [440]; rejoicing at the fall of Louisbourg, II. [78]; taxes levied to pay the war-debt, II. [85]; news of the fall of Canada, II. [377].
"Boston Evening Post," article upon provincial soldiery, II. [118], [119].
Botwood, Edward, killed, II. [233 note]; "Hot Stuff," II. [234 note].
Bougainville, I. [376], [407], [454]; aide-de-camp to Montcalm, I. [282], [361]; his description of the Acadian exiles, I. [282], [283]; his youth, I. [363]; friendly relations with Montcalm, I. [363], [456], [465]; terms of capitulation proposed to the English, at Oswego, I. [413]; joins the war-party of Perière, I. [429]-[431]; his description of the Indians and their cruelties, I. [430], [431], [465], [478], [479], [483], [484], [506], [507], II. [4], [5], [10], [11], [145 note]; perplexity at finding the boats of Rogers, I. [437]; praised by Bourlamaque, I. [455]; life during Lent, I. [458]; the ships-of-war at Louisbourg, I. [473 note]; seeks to gain Indian allies, I. [475], [476]; sings the war-song, I. [476]; the "St. Bartholomew of the oxen," I. [479]; his diary quoted, I. [503], [513 note]; sent as a messenger to Montreal from Fort William Henry, I. [508]; evidence concerning the massacre at Fort William Henry, I. [514 note]; official knavery commented upon, II. [27]; double-dealing of Vaudreuil, II. [173]; extract from, concerning Vaudreuil's plans, II. [86], [87]; slightly wounded, II. [110]; expedition of, to France, II. [173]-[176]; his efforts to gain aid for Canada, II. [173]-[175]; his promotion, II. [174]; to negotiate the marriages of the children of Montcalm, II. [176]; return to Canada, II. [176], [177], [197], [198]; sad news brought to Montcalm, II. [179]; his opinion of the strength of Quebec, II. [209]; sent from Beauport to oppose the English, II. [263]; precautions taken to watch the shore of Quebec, II. [275], [276]; at Cap-Rouge, II. [276]; Holmes's vessels sail up the river, II. [278], [279]; deceived by a feint of Wolfe, II. [279], [280]; deceived by the movement of Holmes's vessels, II. [283]; supply-boats to be sent to Montcalm, II. [283], [286]; neglects to follow Holmes's vessels, II. [285]; danger of Wolfe's position, II. [288], [289]; attacks the light infantry, II. [290]; repulsed, II. [290]; statistics of the forces at Quebec, II. [298 note]; the fall of his friends, II. [304]; council of war held, II. [305]; his forces, II. [305], [305 note]; question of capitulation for Quebec, II. [305]-[307]; remains at Cap-Rouge, II. [313], [314]; follows the army to Quebec, II. [314]; the fall of Canada, II. [360]-[382]; at Isle-aux-Noix, II. [361]; ordered to stop Haviland's progress, II. [367]; at Montreal, II. [372]; articles of capitulation carried to Amherst, II. [372]-[373]; Montreal capitulates, II. [372]-[374].
Boundary, questions of, I. [37], [61], [79], [122], [123]-[128], [168], [184], [236]-[238], [259]; the matter discussed at Paris, I. [86].
Bouquet, Lieutenant-Colonel Henry, II. [133]; serves in reducing Fort Duquesne, II. [133], [163]; interview with Washington, II. [133]; his soldiers, II. [133]; the expedition against Fort Duquesne, II. [133]-[163]; justice of his opinion of Washington, II. [134]; relations with Forbes, II. [134], [135]; extracts from his correspondence with Forbes, II. [136]-[138], [142], [154], [155]; his tact with the Indians, II. [139], [140]; forward movement of, II. [141]; the road over Alleghanies, II. [141]; Grant's expedition, II. [151]-[155]; retreat of Major Grant, II. [154]; sufferings of Forbes's troops, II. [157]; letter to Chief Justice Allen quoted, II. [161], [161 note].
Bourbon, house of, I. [9], [41], [42], [76], [453], II. [397], [408]; triumphs of, I. [10]; the Family Compact, II. [396].
Bourbon, Island of, I. [10].
Bourgogne, battalion of, I. [368], II. [54]; ordered to America, I. [182].
Bourlamaque, Chevalier de, I. [373], II. [96], [212], [308]; named as the third officer of Montcalm, I. [360], II. [87]; embarks for America, I. [363], [364]; extracts from his correspondence with Montcalm, I. [454], [455], [457]-[459], [466], II. [7], [8], [167]-[169], [275], [427], [428], [438]; encampment of, I. [477]; preparations to attack Fort William Henry, I. [477]; his efforts to save the English, I. [510]; Montcalm's position near Ticonderoga, II. [99]; the battle of Ticonderoga, II. [104]; wounded, II. [110]; his promotion, II. [174]; ordered to hold Ticonderoga, II. [195]; troops ordered to Quebec, II. [198]; letter from Vaudreuil, II. [233]; Amherst attacks him, II. [237], [238]; retires before Amherst, II. [238]; at Isle-aux-Noix, II. [238], [239], [249], [265]; letter from Lévis quoted, II. [252]; retreat of, II. [265]; letter from Vaudreuil, II. [275]; his troops advance upon Montreal, II. [364], [365]; his troops thinning out, II. [365], [366]; joined by the French, II. [368]; movements of Amherst, II.

[369], [370]; at Montreal, II. [372]; letter from Montcalm given in the original, II. [427], [428].
Braddock, Major-General, I. [181], [286], [318]; ordered to America with regiments, I. [181]-[183]; his arrival at Hampton, I. [187]; opinion of, expressed by Dinwiddie, I. [187], [188]; opinions of, held by different persons, I. [187]-[190]; characteristics of, I. [187]-[191]; anecdotes of, I. [188]-[190]; story told of duel with Colonel Gumley, I. [189]; beloved as Governor of Gibraltar, I. [189], [190]; interview with Dury, I. [190]; parting visit to George Anne Bellamy, I. [190]; doubts concerning the office held at Gibraltar, I. [190 note]; position held by, in the Coldstream Guards, I. [191]; arrival of the regiments at Hampton, I. [191]; opinion of, held by Horace Walpole, I. [191]; sends for the governors of the colonies to meet in council, I. [191]-[195]; his instructions laid before the council at Albany, I. [193], [194]; in sympathy with Shirley's plans, I. [193], [194]; to lead the expedition against Fort Duquesne, I. [194]; decisions of the Council at Albany, I. [194], [195]; suggestions of, approved by the Council at Albany, I. [195]; matters to be laid before the colonial Assemblies, I. [195]; suggestions of, with regard to ship-building, I. [195]; error in regard to his campaign, I. [196]; lands in Virginia, I. [196]; supplies scarce, I. [197]-[199]; aided by Franklin, I. [198], [199]; his expedition against Fort Duquesne, I. [198], [227]-[233], II. [423]-[426]; need of wagons, I. [199]; his troops, I. [200], [214], [220 note]; his estimate of the provincial troops, I. [200], [201]; relations with Washington, I. [201]; his horses and wagons, I. [199], [201]; invites Washington to become his aide-de-camp, I. [203]; tries to secure the aid of Indians, I. [203], [204]; his reception of Captain Jack and his company, I. [204]; departure of his expedition for the scene of action, I. [204], [205]; his scorn of Indians, I. [204], [205]; road made for his expedition, I. [204]-[206], II. [133], [137], [161]; difficulties of the march, I. [205], [206]; consultation with Washington, I. [206]; his forces reach Little Meadows, I. [206]; illness among his men, I. [206]; his mode of advance, I. [206], [207]; fords the Monongahela, I. [207], [212]; rumors of his approach reach Fort Duquesne, I. [210], [211]; nature of the country through which he passed, [213]-[216]; destructive fire of the French and Indians, I. [216], [217]; confusion among the English troops, I. [216], [218]; his ignorance of American warfare, I. [217]; horrors of the battle, I. [217]-[219]; number of his army lost in the battle of the Monongahela, I. [219], [220], [220 note]; shot in the lungs, I. [220]; his papers left to the Indians, I. [220]; retreat of his troops, I. [220]-[227]; his defeat, I. [220]-[227], [221 note], [293], [322], [323], [329], [340], [414], II. [221], [423]-[426]; plans drawn by Mackellar for his expedition, I. [221 note]; condition of, I. [223]; his sufferings, I. [224]; reinforcements for, under Dunbar, I. [223], [224]; confusion in his camp, I. [225]; panic among the troops, I. [225]; his death, I. [225], [226], [323], [328], II. [134]; remarks concerning the soldiery, I. [225], [226]; buried in the road, I. [226]; mentioned in Campbell's letter, I. [227]; letter from Washington quoted, concerning, I. [230]; Shirley made commander-in-chief, I. [233]; the Council at Alexandria, I. [234], [286]; letters of, warn Dieskau of danger, I. [288], [289]; his dead soldiers left to the wolves, but afterwards buried, I. [312], II. [159], [160]; his captured papers reveal the plans of the English, I. [324]; his instructions to Major-General Shirley, I. [326 note]; his roads used by the invaders, I. [331]; his battalions, I. [382]; journal of his expedition, I. [196 note]; compared with Forbes, II. [134].
Braddock, Fanny, stories of, I. [188], [189]; her death, I. [188], [189].
Bradstreet, Lieutentant-Colonel John, men placed under, by Shirley, I. [393]; his boatmen carry provisions to Oswego, I. [393], [394]; action with Villiers' forces, I. [394]-[396]; his success, I. [395]-[397]; his boatmen sent to Oswego, I. [405]; serves under Abercromby, II. [93]; reconnoitres the landing, II. [94]; his action after the death of Lord Howe, II. [98]; his armed boatmen, II. [105]; troops given him to conquer Fort Frontenac, II. [127], [128]; conquest of Fort Frontenac, II. [127]-[129]; mercy shown to his prisoners, II. [128], [129]; advances towards Albany, II. [129]; his return to Oswego, II. [129]; Fort Frontenac dismantled, II. [129]; importance of his conquest, II. [129]; supplies destroyed by, II. [155]; reported to advance upon Lake Ontario, II. [197].
Brandenburg, House of, promoted to royalty, I. [17].
Brest, I. [182], [184], [288], [362]; embarkation of Dieskau's expedition, I. [182], [183]; French armament at, I. [183].
Bréard, his official knavery, II. [23], [24]; accused of fraud in Canada, II. [385].
"Britannia," ship, II. [33]; captured by privateers, II. [33].
British colonies. See [English colonies].
British ministry, the, I. [199], [285], II. [40], [397]; the plan for building a naval station at Chebucto, I. [92], [93]; attitude of, toward the Indians, I. [171]; the French forts to be attacked, I. [240], [241]; hostility to Shirley in New York, I. [328]; the removal of Shirley from his command, I. [383], [384]; ill effect of a letter from Wolfe, II. [323]; changes in, II. [393]; Newcastle resigns his position, II. [400]; plans of Pitt laid before, II. [397].
British Museum, the, I. [126 note], [202].
British Provinces, the, I. [283].
Britons, II. [208].
Broadway, II. [76].
Broglie, I. [10].
Brown, Lieutenant, the attack on Louisbourg, II. [59]-[61]; aids Wolfe when shot, II. [296].
Brunswick, II. [47].
Brunswick, Ferdinand of, II. [399], [400].
Buchanan, letter to, from John Campbell, I. [227].
Buchannon. See [Buchanan].
Buffaloes, I. [56].
Buisson, the, II. [370].
Bull, Fort, I. [374]; attacked and reduced by Léry, I. [374], [375].
Bullitt, Captain, expedition of Major Grant, II. [152], [154].
Burd, Colonel, his mode of warfare, II. [135]; interview with Forbes, II. [138]; Indian allies join the army, II. [139], [140].
Burgesses slow to enforce obedience among the Virginia troops, I. [331].
Burghers, the, of France, I. [14].
Burgoyne, John, II. [102]; his expedition, II. [402]; mention made of Langlade, in connection with Braddock's defeat, II. [426].
Burke, Captain, cruelly treated by Indians, I. [511]; his remarks concerning Wolfe quoted, II. [267], [268].
Burnaby, "Travels in North America" cited, I. [163 note].
Burned Camp, I. [490], II. [94]; origin of name, I. [489].
Burney, Thomas, escapes from Indians, I. [85].
Burton, Lieutenant-Colonel, his encounter with the French in Braddock's expedition, I. [218]; his report concerning the provincial camp, I. [401], [402]; orders given to bring his men to the Point of Orleans, II. [281]; his men embark for the heights, II. [288]; dying command of Wolfe, II. [297].
Bury, Viscount, his charges against Massachusetts refuted, II. [84], [85]; his "Exodus of the Western Nations" cited, II. [84 note].
Bussy, M. de, comes to London as envoy, II. [395].
Bute, Earl of, II. [393], [397]; made secretary of state, II. [393]; propositions made by Choiseul to Pitt, II. [395]; comes into power, II. [398]; anecdote for the dislike of the people for, II. [398]; succeeds Newcastle as First Lord of the Treasury, II. [400]; desires peace with France, II. [402], [403]; peace made between France and England, II. [405].
Buttes-à-Neveu, II. [290], [345], [354].
Byng, Admiral, I. [36], II. [46].