ANALYTICAL INDEX

Compiled by

Charles Alexander Nelson, A. M., Head Reference Librarian (Retired) of Columbia University

Abercromby, James, General, defeated by Montcalm at Ticonderoga, [40], [102], [231];
the Black Watch in the assault under, [129].
Abnaki, The Algonkins or, [247].
Academy of Moral and Political Science, Paul Vidal de la Blache delegate of the, [94].
Acadian and other boundary contentions, [231].
Action, La pensée américaine se formule en termes d’, [64].
Activities of the Tercentenary Commissioners, [217-18].
Adams, Harold J., lawyer, born in the Champlain valley, [207].
Adirondacks, M. Deschamps on the snow-capped, [82];
Vidal de la Blache on the, [95];
M. Bazin on the, [101];
Port Henry one of five gateways to the, [151];
Port Kent one of the gateways to the, [152];
wall in Lake Champlain on the West, [153];
as seen from Vermont, [167].
Aero Club of France represented by M. Léon Barthou, [17].
Æsthetics, Appreciation of ideals in, by the French and Italians, [18-19];
Croce’s intuitional theory of, [20].
Africa, M. Hanotaux on the future cities of, [14].
Aix-la-Chapelle, Treaty of, [230].
Alexander, Charles Beatty, Reception to French delegates and Commissions by, [27];
at banquet, [32];
gift of Sèvres bisque group from French Government to, [111];
invited to dedications, [117];
Commission grateful to, [192].
Alexander, De Alva Stanwood, M. C., assisted the Commission, [179].
Alexander, John White, welcomed French delegates to French Institute, [26].
Alger, George William, lawyer, born in the Champlain valley, [207].
Algonkian and Iroquian handiwork, Difficulty of distinguishing, [250].
Algonkins, The, or Abnaki, see [Algonquins], The.
Algonquians, see [Algonquins].
Algonquins, the, Warfare of, and Iroquois, [41], [145], [249];
high and mighty talk of chiefs of, [146];
Lake Champlain the battle ground of the, [226];
in possession of eastern shore of the Lake, [247];
territory occupied by the, [247], [248];
and French destroyed Schenectady, [248];
first inhabitants of eastern shore of the Lake, [249].
Allan, Montagu, Vice-Pres. of Franco-American Committee of Montreal, [89].
Allds, Jotham Powers, Chairman of Committee on Appropriations, [182].
Allegorical bust, The, “La France,” and the personnel and mission of the French delegation, [11-21]:
Interest in France, [13];
appeal of M. Hanotaux in Le Figaro, [13-16];
the French delegation, [16-17];
Rodin’s bust of “La France,” [17-18];
Allegorical interpretation by Henry W. Hill, [18-21].
Allen, Ethan, captured Ticonderoga, [145], [231-32];
speech of, to soldiers before the attack, [146];
on witnessing lowering of His Majesty’s colors, [146];
reply of, to British officer, [232];
ordered by Edward Mott to take Ticonderoga, [243].
Allen, Ira, on Ticonderoga, [72];
“Natural and political history of the State of Vermont,” [197], [209];
gave all his property to University of Vermont, [199];
papers of, [209];
a Major-General of State Militia, [209].
Allen, John Johnson, lawyer, born in the Champlain valley, [207].
Allens, Independence and resolution of the, [199].
Alliance Française, of Boston, welcomed French delegation, [27].
Ambassadors of France and Great Britain, invited to dedications, [117];
participated in Tercentenary exercises, [119];
sent representatives to
dedicatory exercises, [119], [133];
at the Tercentenary celebrations, [143].
America, Closer relations between France and, [90];
honors herself in honoring Frenchmen, [97];
raised monuments to French heroes, [142];
century of peace between France, England, and, [164].
American Arts Society, Loan exhibition in building of, [26].
American flag, Largest, unfurled from masthead of any vessel, [27].
American hospitality, M. Poincaré on, [92];
M. Bazin on, [101].
American memorials to Champlain examined, [2].
American people, Tribute of French delegates to the, [109].
Amherst, Sir Jeffrey, General, erected the English forts, [52], [77], [127], [239-40];
portrait of, on Tablet, [127];
list of regiments under, [127];
deeds of, [128];
besieged Fort Carillon, [145];
correspondence of, with William Pitt, [198], [239-40];
took possession of Ticonderoga and Crown Point, [231].
Andrews, George R., M. C., Justice of Supreme Court, [205].
Andromeda, The nebula in, [21].
Angelus, Call of the, at Saint Jean, [86].
Annapolis, Monument to French soldiers and sailors at, [142].
Appropriation for New York Commission, [226];
for Vermont Commission, [226].
Arbitration treaties, Hope for French and English, [79].
Archæology of the Champlain valley, Notes on the, (G. H. Perkins), [247-58].
Archives, foreign and American, Transcripts of documents in, [198].
Arms on base of Memorial Lighthouse, [5].
Armstrong, Louis Olivier, and his company of Indians, Obligations of Commission to, for pageants, [191];
manager of the Indian pageants, [235].
Armstrong, William W., Senator, Chairman of Committee on Appropriations, [182].
Army, Natives of the Champlain valley in the, [207], [209].
Arnold, Benedict, commanded American fleet at battle of Valcour, [40], [152-53];
not yet traitor, [128];
extraordinary naval battle of, [232];
demanded command of the men to capture Fort Ticonderoga, [243].
Arnold, Matthew, James Buckham compared with, [214].
Arquebuse, Champlain’s, [8], [137].
Arrow and spear points, Chipped, [251].
Art, An interpretation of French, by H. W. Hill, [18-20];
civilization expressed through, [64-65].
Art L’, by Auguste Rodin, [20n].
Arthur, Chester Alan, from the Champlain valley, [203].
Artists, American and French, [26].
“As You Like It,” Quotation from, [168-69].
Ashley, Jerold Myers, Captain Company “M,” 1st Infantry, N. G., Vt., at Crown Point Forts, [121], [125].
Athene Parthenos, The, and “La France,” [19].
Atlantic, Nine voyages across the, by Champlain, [138].
Attendance at Crown Point and Plattsburgh exercises, [119].
Authors from the Champlain valley, A few of the works of, [209-14].
Axes, Large stone, grooved, found, [254].
Babcock, Joseph Weeks, from the Champlain valley, [204].
Babcock’s, Col., Rhode Island Rangers and Indians, under Gen. Amherst, [127].
Bacon, Robert, accompanied French delegation on tour, [16];
gift of American flag to S.S. France by, [27];
accompanied French delegation to Boston, [27];
guest at Waldorf-Astoria banquet, [31];
Commission grateful to, [192].
Badges, Souvenir, presented to French delegates, [17].
Bailey, Horace Ward, member of Vermont Commission, [5], [224], [226].
Baker, Charles Whiting, editor of Engineering News, from the Champlain valley, [213].
Baker, Moses Nelson, author and editor, from the Champlain valley, [213].
Bakers, Independence and resolution of the, [199].
Balaklava, The Light Brigade at, and the Black Watch at Fort Ticonderoga, [129].
Ball given to French delegation by Mr. John Barrett, [27].
Banner stones, and other problematical objects, found, [254].
Banquet at Waldorf-Astoria, May 1, 1912, [31-55]:
Guests, [31-32];
address of John H. Finley, toastmaster, [33-34];
address of George W. Wickersham, [34-37];
address of Ambassador Jusserand, [37-39];
address of Lieut.-Governor Thomas F. Conway, [40-43];
address of Mayor Gaynor, [43-44];
address of Gabriel Hanotaux presenting bust to Commissions, [44-50];
address of Henry W. Hill receiving gift on behalf of the two Commissions, [51-55];
photograph of, given to each delegate from France, [90];
Lake Champlain Association took charge of, [118].
Barber, Joel Allen, M. C., born in the Champlain valley, [203].
Barnes, Albert Crane, Judge, from the Champlain valley, [207].
Barrett, John, gave a ball in honor of the French delegation, [27].
Barrett, Oliver Dana, a native of the Champlain valley, [207].
Bartholdi, Frédéric Auguste, presented statue of Liberty, [54], [60].
Barthou, Jean Louis, member of French delegation, [16];
speaker at luncheon at Metropolitan Club, [25];
made a glowing address at the Waldorf-Astoria banquet, [50];
spoke in French at Chamber of Commerce reception, [67];
President of the Council of Ministers, [67];
guest at dinner to French delegation on its return to Paris, [91];
remarks at dinner, [93];
urbanity and eloquence of, [110].
Barthou, Léon, member of French delegation, [17], [44];
address of, at luncheon at the Metropolitan Club, [25];
made address at Waldorf-Astoria banquet, [50].
Bartlett, Paul, Carl A. Heber in studio of, [2];
sculptor of statue of Lafayette, [163].
Bascom, Robert O., Bibliography of papers by, [213].
Battle of Champlain with the Iroquois reproduced in pageants, [235].
“Battle of Lake Champlain,” painting, [159].
Bazin, René, of the French Academy, member of the French delegation, [16], [44];
impressed by the Memorial Lighthouse, [72];
Impressions, as given in “Paysages d’Amérique,” in the Revue des Deux Mondes, [101-6]:
Of New York and Washington, [101];
of early morning at Ticonderoga, [101];
at the home of S. H. P. Pell, [102];
Carillon, [102];
of visit to ruins of the forts, [103-4];
the standards of the regiments of France, [103];
house at the fort a museum, [104];
Americans at the exercises at Crown Point, [104-5];
what the flags say, [105];
tribute to Champlain by, [105-6];
beauty of style of, [110].
Beadel, Henry Ludlow, architect of Memorials, [2], [6], [8];
welcomed the French delegation, [16].
Beauchamp, William Martin, Description of slate knives by, [252];
writings of, [258].
Beauharnois, Charles de la Brische, Marquis de, built Fort Frédéric, [52], [85], [227], [239].
Beaupre, Frederick Oliver, member of Vermont Commission, [5], [226];
at dedication of the Memorial Lighthouse, [133].
Beauty, C. W. Eliot on Democracy and, [140].
Beckwith, George Mather, lawyer, from the Champlain valley, [207].
Bégin, Mgr. Louis Nazaire, helped entertain French visitors in Canada, [89].
Beman, Nathan, guide to Ethan Allen at capture of Fort Ticonderoga, [243].
Benedict, Charles Linnæus, Judge, born in the Champlain valley, [207].
Benedict, George Grenville, Colonel, Works of, [211].
Benedict, Robert Dewey, lawyer, a native of the Champlain valley, [207].
Bennet, William Stiles, M. C., assisted the Commission, [179].
Bennett, Edmund Hatch, Judge, Editorial work of, [210].
Bensel, John Anderson, invited to dedications, [117].
Benton, Guy Potter, LL.D., invited to dedications, [118].
Bi-State programme of International Tercentenary exercises, A fitting postlude to the, [51].
Birds of France and America, M. Blériot on the, [67].
Birdshead stones found, [254].
Bissell, Daniel G., Brig.-Gen. of the American troops at Plattsburgh, [233].
Bitter, Karl Theodore Francis, C. A. Heber worked under, [2].
Bixby, Dr. George Fairbanks, “The first Battle of Lake Champlain,” [197];
papers by, [214].
Black Watch—42d Royal Highlanders, under Gen. Amherst, [127];
a soldier of the, on the Tablet, [127], [129];
loss of the, at Fort Ticonderoga, [129].
Blair, Charles Francis, a native of the Champlain valley, [207].
Blériot, Louis, member of French delegation, [17];
remarks of, at Chamber of Commerce luncheon, [66-67];
French admiration for American aviators and scientists, [67];
guest at dinner to French delegation on its return to Paris, [92].
Blériot, Madame, member of French delegation, [17].
Block House in Germain Redoubt at Fort Ticonderoga, [71].
Bluff Point, M. Jusserand on visit to, [38];
Commissioners and guests at, [120], [153].
Board of Trade of Montreal joined in reception, [89].
Boardman, Rev. George Nye, author of “History of New England theology,” [211].
Boardman, Samuel Ward, Works of, [211].
Boire, Victor Francis, welcomed French visitors to Plattsburgh, [77-79]:
Welcomed individually, [78];
peace projects between United States and British Empire, [78];
arbitration treaties between French speaking and English speaking nations hoped for, [79].
Boizot, Louis Simon, sculptor of bisque group “Télémaque chez Calypso,” [111].
Bone, Objects made of, found, [257].
Booth Brothers, contractors for Memorial Lighthouse, [3];
for Plattsburgh Memorial, [8].
Booth, John Henry, member of New York Commission, [iii], [4], [8], [218], [225], [226];
supervised Plattsburgh Memorial, [6], [119];
escorted Commissioners and guests to Plattsburgh, [77];
at dedication of Memorial Lighthouse, [133];
at dedication of Champlain Memorial Statue, [163];
Judge, [207];
services rendered by, [218].
Booth, Miss Katharine M., unveiled Champlain Memorial Statue at Plattsburgh, [163].
Boston, Site of, fixed by Champlain, [48].
Boston and Cambridge, Hospitalities extended to members of French delegation at, [27].
Botsford, Samuel Booth, lawyer, born in the Champlain valley, [207].
Bouquet, Ceci, c’est véritablement le, [86].
Bourbons, The white coated, [128].
Bourlamaque, M. —— De, forced to withdraw from Isle aux Noix, [231].
Boynton, Adelbert Wesson, lawyer, born in the Champlain valley, [207].
Bradford, Gerard, Midshipman, of the flotilla, Obligations of Commission to, [191].
Brainerd, Ezra, President of Middlebury College, [209].
Brazza, Pierre Paul François Camille Savorgnan, Count de, French explorer in Africa, [14].
Brébeuf, Jean de, French explorer, [35].
British, The red attired, [128].
British fleet, The, defeated by De Grasse, [59-60].
British officers, Graves of, at Plattsburgh, visited, [158].
British regiments commanded by Gen. Amherst, List of, on Tablet, [127].
Bronze memorial tablet presented to State of New York by the Society of Colonial Wars, [121];
unveiling of, [125-29].
See [Tablet].
Bronze statue of Champlain by Heber 3, [7];
description of, [8], [9].
Brouage, birthplace of Champlain, Arms of, [5];
keystone from doorway of Champlain’s house in, [32], [33], [34];
the sleepy town of, [105];
the poor French boy of, [169].
Brown, Allen Danvers, President of Norwich University, [209].
Brown, Rome G., lawyer, born in the Champlain valley, [207].
Brugère, Général Henri Joseph, President of United States section of Franco-American Committee, [91].
Bryce, James, M. Jusserand on, [37], [38];
represented Great Britain at Tercentenary in 1909, [52], [158], [187];
invited to dedications, [117];
addresses and works of, [188].
Buckham, James, essayist and poet, born in the Champlain valley, [214].
Buckham, Matthew Henry, President of University of Vermont, [208].
Buel, Alexander Woodruff, from the Champlain valley, [203].
Burgoyne, John, General, Inspiring deeds of, [128];
correspondence of, with William Pitt, [198];
at Fort Ticonderoga, [232].
Burke, Edmund, in land controversy, [227].
Burleigh, Henry Gordon, M. C., born in the Champlain valley, [205].
Burlington, Celebration at, [38], [52];
address of Mayor of, at dedication of Memorial Lighthouse, [142];
and its bay, compared with Naples, [151-52];
University of Vermont at, [151];
a garrisoned post, [233];
pageant and exercises at, planned, [235].
Burlington Bay, the Baiæ of our inland sea, [52];
and Bay of Naples compared, [151].
Burlington, steam cutter, in the flotilla, [191].
Cady, Dr. Daniel Leavens, Verses of, on Lake Champlain, [81];
poet of the Tercentenary Exercises at Plattsburgh, [212].
Canada, owes existence to Champlain, [14];
once French territory, [60];
entertains French visitors, [88-90];
thanks to, by M. Hanotaux, [92];
officials from, at Champlain Tercentenary, [143];
found Tercentenary an occasion to speak for international peace, [147];
and our Republic have common heritage, [171];
good will of people of, [189];
destinies of the United States and, [229];
England’s acquisition of, by treaty, [231];
invasion of, by Gens. Schuyler and Montgomery, [234].
Canadian troops, Presence of, at the Celebration commended and appreciated, [187];
obligations of Commission to, [191].
Canals, Interoceanic, proposed at early dates, [36n].
Canes Venatici, The whirlpool nebula in, [21].
Canfield, Thomas Hawley, “Discovery, navigation, and navigators of Lake Champlain,” [197].
“Caniaderiguarunte,” the “gate of the country,” [227].
Cannon, Joseph Gurney, favored the Tercentenary, [181].
Canoe, The birch bark, [7], [81].
Cantlie, George Stephen, Lt.-Col. in command of Fifth Royal Canadian Highlanders, [187].
Carignan-Salières Regiment, The, at Fort Ste. Anne, [53], [234-35].
Carillon, French name for Ticonderoga, [102];
M. Bazin’s impressions of, [103-4];
house of fortress of, a museum, [104];
view from, resembles the plain of Pau, [104];
the Vosges with Retournemer and Longemer, [104].
Carleton, Sir Guy, defeated at Valcour, [40].
Carnegie Lyceum, French play at the, [25].
Carpenter, Matthew Hale, from Champlain valley, [203].
Cartier, Jacques, [35];
first of Europeans to see the Green Mountains, [43];
explorer, [102].
Cassin, Stephen, Lt.-Commander, voted a gold medal by Congress, [233];
fort named after, [234].
Caswell, Lucien B., M. C., born in the Champlain valley, [203].
Catholic Summer School of America, at Cliff Haven, Reception of Commissioners and guests at, [157-58]:
Address by Rev. Father D. J. Hickey, [157-58];
visits of Presidents and Governors, [157];
work of the School, [158];
reply by Governor Dix, [158].
Catlin, Charles Albert, chemist, from the Champlain valley, [208].
Caughnawaga Indians, Claims of the, from Vermont, for land taken, [248].
Cedar Beach, summer resort on east shore of Lake, [151].
Celebration, The, Review of features of, [187-89];
one of the principal commemorative celebrations of the century, [188];
international character of, [189].
Celts or hand axes, of chipped stone, [252];
of copper, [258].
Ceremonial stones, and other problematical objects, [254].
Chamber of Commerce of Montreal, joins in reception to French delegation, [89].
Chamber of Commerce of Plattsburgh, assisted the Tercentenary Commissioners, [119];
met Commissioners and guests at Bluff Point, [157];
entertained them at luncheon, [159].
Chamber of Commerce of State of New York, entertained French delegation at luncheon, [59-67]:
Address of welcome by A. B. Hepburn, [59-61];
reply in French of M. Hanotaux, [61-65];
address of Count de Chambrun, [65-66];
remarks of M. Blériot, [66-67];
addresses by Louis Barthou and Baron D’Estournelles de Constant, [67].
Chambers, Walter Boughton, member of Committee on Tablet, [125].
Chambly, Capt. Edward Mott at taking of, [243].
Chambly, the falls of, Champlain at, [230].
Chambres de Commerce américaines, M. Hanotaux aux, [65].
Chambrun, Count Charles de, member of French delegation, [17], [62];
Address of, at Chamber of Commerce luncheon, [65-66];
Personally represents Prime Minister of France, [66], [75];
part played by Frenchmen on this continent, [66];
on friendship between the two Republics, [66], [79].
Champlain, Samuel, Memorial to, [1-9]:
Description of Memorial Lighthouse to, [3-6];
Plattsburgh Memorial to, [6-9];
Statue of, [8];
Tercentenary tributes to, [13];
tribute of M. Hanotaux to, [13-14];
keystone from birthplace of, at banquet, [32], [33];
tribute of John Finley to, [33];
checked tortures of Indians upon prisoners, [34];
Atty.-Gen. Wickersham deems Lighthouse worthy tribute to, [35];
visited Isthmus of Panama and suggested canal, [36], [137];
M. Jusserand on Tercentenary Memorial ceremonies to, [37];
believed in justice to less advanced races, [38-39];
tribute of Thomas F. Conway to, [40-41], [42-43];
new continent a revelation to, [47];
M. Hanotaux on foresight of, [48];
France joins in honoring, [50];
central figure of Tercentenary celebration, [53];
Gov. Mead on, [74];
L. C. Lafontaine on, [76];
M. Deschamps describes statue of, on Lighthouse, [81];
well known in America, [84];
honest man, [84-85];
founded Quebec, [89], [230];
M. Vidal de la Blache on mission of, [95];
on islands in Lake Champlain, [96], [152];
tribute of M. Bazin to, [102], [105-106];
French gratitude for American commemoration of, [109];
Crown Point Memorial to, unveiled, [134];
tribute of John M. Thomas to, [136];
tribute of Gov. Dix to, [137-38];
tribute of Adjt.-Gen. Tillotson to, [139];
account of first battle with Iroquois, [144], [230];
tribute of H. Wallace Knapp to, [164];
belongs to the world, [165];
tribute of Gov. Dix to, through vista of three centuries, [165-66];
Hamilton W. Mabie on, [166];
tribute of Francis Lynde Stetson to, [168-69];
Count de Peretti de la Rocca on lessons in life of, [170];
prophetic vision of, [171];
tribute of Job E. Hedges to, [172];
might have written an epic, [227];
reached and named Lake Champlain, [230].
Champlain badges, Official souvenir, presented to members of French delegation, [17].
Champlain Canal, nearing completion, [54].
Champlain Memorial at Crown Point,
see [Lighthouse, Champlain Memorial];
and Crown Point Forts.
Champlain Memorial Statue at Plattsburgh, [1];
description of, [6-9]:
Statue and pedestal, [7];
inscriptions on, [8];
sculptor, [8-9];
invitations to and preparation for the dedication of, [117-19];
military features of exercises at, [120];
Commissioners and guests escorted to site of, [159];
Dedicatory ceremonies of, [163-73]:
Invocation, [163];
Statute unveiled, [163];
historic flag used, [163];
address of H. Wallace Knapp, [163-65];
address of Gov. Dix, [165-66];
address by Adjt.-Gen. Tillotson, [166-67];
address by Francis Lynde Stetson, accepting Memorial, [168-69];
address by Count de Peretti de la Rocca, [170-71];
address by John A. Stewart, [171-72];
address by Job E. Hedges, [172];
benediction by Rt. Rev. Mgr. Lavelle, [172-73];
erected by the New York Commission, [186].
Champlain Memorials, to be turned over to the authorities, [118];
submitted for approval of the people, [186-87].
Champlain Park in Plattsburgh, [122].
Champlain region. Representative men of the, [203-14];
light on early history of, [240].
Champlain Tercentenary Celebration, The, [36];
reviewed by Senator Hill, [51-53]:
Noted guests at, [51];
five scenes of the drama of, at different points on the Lake, [52-53];
glorified not only Champlain but all French heroes, [96];
international character of, [119];
reviewed by Robert Roberts, [143];
made for international peace, [147];
beautiful weather conditions of, [199].
Champlain Valley, Historical importance of the, [40];
Senator Hill on the, [52];
Lt.-Gov. Conway welcomes French visitors to the, [73];
Vidal de la Blache on history of the, [94];
representatives from the, invited, [117];
people of the, at dedicatory exercises, [119-33];
eyes of the world upon the, [135];
future of the, secure, [136];
should be conserved from commercialism, [139];
strategic points for safeguarding the, [145];
pictorial grandeur of the, [151-52];
progress of humanity in the, [163];
two memorials in the, [185], [186-87];
people of, under obligations to speakers at the Celebration, [191];
maneuvering of troops in, suggestive historically, [191];
all courtesies shown by people of, appreciated, [193];
history of, [197-99];
a thoroughfare of successive nations, [199];
belongs to history of three great nations, [225];
Indian, French and English occupation of the, [227];
disputed grants of land in the, [227-28];
Revolutionary engagements in the, [228];
a highway of war and travel, [228], [229];
destinies decided in, [229];
the French and English struggle for the, [230-31];
Treaty of Paris, [231];
end of storm and stress period in, [232];
battles of 1814 in the, [233];
landmarks of the, [233-35].
Chanler, Lewis Stuyvesant, Lt.-Gov., member of New York Commission, [225].
Chansons de filasse, [83].
Chapman, James Russell, from the Champlain valley, [208].
Chaput, Charles, helped entertain French visitors in Canada, [89].
Charles V., Galvão proposed Panama canal to, 36n.
Charlevoix, Pierre François Xavier de, on slave labor and hired servants, [39].
Charts of the region, [198].
Chazy, Capt. de, killed by the Mohawks, [234].
Children of the American Revolution, Nathan Beman Chapter of, at Plattsburgh Barracks, [79].
Chimney Point, Small fort at, [145];
Port Henry overlooks, [151].
China, Forts of, blown up, but Chinese smile and yield nothing essential, [146-47];
influence of boys of, educated in American colleges, upon, [147].
Chipman, Henry, Judge, from the Champlain Valley, [207].
Chipman, Nathaniel, Correspondence of, with Alexander Hamilton, on boundary dispute, [210].
Chittenden, Lucius Eugene, on the struggle for Lake Champlain, [72];
addresses and public papers of, [197];
Register of the Treasury under Lincoln, [212];
library and works of, [212-13].
Chittenden, Thomas, Governor, State papers of, [209-10].
Chittendens, Independence and resolution of the, [199].
Choiseul-Praslin, Marie Jean Baptiste Gaston, Duc de, member of the French delegation, [17], [62].
Churchill, John Charles, Judge, from the Champlain valley, [207].
Citizens’ Association of Montreal joined in reception, [89].
Civilization, Contributions of France to, [21].
Civilization, American, M. Hanotaux on characteristics of, [46], [48-49];
something of France in, [50];
light of, symbolized, [51], [64], [72-73], [186];
seeds of, sown, [60];
Champlain pioneer of, [166].
Clark, Champ, Speaker of the House, from the banks of the Missouri, [33].
Clark, Elroy Newton, lawyer, born in the Champlain valley, [207].
Clark, John Cheeseman, lawyer, born in the Champlain valley, [207].
Clark, William Andrews, entertained French delegation and the Commissions, [26];
at banquet, [32];
Commission grateful to, [192].
Clarke, George L., lawyer, from the Champlain valley, [207].
“Clear Fountain, The,” romance from Normandy, [83].
Clermont, The, on the Hudson, [233].
Cliff Haven, Catholic Summer School at, visited by Commissioners and guests, [157-58].
Clinton, George, Governor, Remains of, transferred to Kingston, [183];
State papers of, [209].
Coins of France, Figure of woman sowing on, [60].
Collamer, Jacob, from the Champlain valley, [203].
College of the City of New York, French plays by students of the, [25].
Colonists, French and English, Diplomatic relations between, [229].
Colonists, The Puritan, founded settlements, were not explorers, [97].
Colony, Any, on American continent, must be self-supporting, [48].
Columbia University, once owned Ticonderoga, [95].
Comité France-Amérique, assumed the procuring of the Rodin bust of “La France,” [13-14];
American branches of the, received the French delegation, [45];
gift of the French due to efforts of the, [62];
to develop pleasant relations between the two countries, [64];
friendship animates the, [75-76];
M. Poincaré on work of the, [93];
toast to the, [93];
delegates of the, impressed with the United States, [142].
Commemorations, Count de Peretti de la Rocca on the, [142].
Comment in appreciation of the visit of the French delegation, and honors conferred [by Henry W. Hill], [109-11].
Commerce, M. Hanotaux on, [63-64].
Committee of France-America,
see [Comité France-Amérique].
Committee on Foreign Affairs, Members of, favoring the Tercentenary, [179];
Joint Resolution reported by, [180];
Report of, [180].
Committee on Foreign Affairs, Report of, by D. J. Foster, [223-36]:
Joint resolution of Vermont Legislature, [223-24];
concurrent resolution of New York Legislature, [224];
recommendation of N. Y. Commission, [225];
action of New York Legislature, [225];
of Vermont Legislature, [226];
facts warranting federal appropriation, [226-36]:
Lake Champlain the battle ground of Algonquins, Hurons and Iroquois, [226-27], [230];
Indian, French and English occupation of the valley, [227];
disputed grants of lands, [227-28];
battles of the Revolution, [228];
a highway of war and travel, [228];
extract from Dr. Cutting’s poem, [228];
historic importance of the valley, [229];
Champlain’s battle with the Iroquois, [230];
French and English struggle for the valley, [230-31];
the Treaty of Paris, [231];
Ethan Allen and Ticonderoga, [231-32];
Arnold’s naval battle, [232];
end of storm and stress period, [232];
battles of 1814, [233];
landmarks of the valley, [233-35];
Indian pageants provided for, [235];
importance of participation by the United States Government, [235-36];
recommendation of passage of resolution, [236].
Compagnie de la Nouvelle France, La, Arms of, on Memorial Lighthouse, [5].
Compagnie Générale Transatlantique, La, [16], [17];
gave reception and dinner to the French delegates, [27].
Conant, Thomas Jefferson, Works of, [210].
Conclusion of the work of the Commission, [217-18].
Confederacy of the Six Nations, The, [247].
Congo, Future cities on the, [14].
Congress voted medals to commissioned officers of Macdonough’s fleet, [233].
Congressional Library visited by French delegation, [27].
Congressional representation of the Champlain valley, [204-6].
Connecticut Historical Society, Collections of the, [198].
Conquistadores, The, sought gold alone, [46];
of the ideal, [47];
the new, of labor, [48];
no gatherings of many peoples to honor the, [164].
Contents, Table of, v-viii.
“Continental, Not worth a,” origin of expression, [59].
Converse, John Heman, from the Champlain valley, [208].
Conway, Thomas Franklin, Lt.-Gov., guest at Waldorf-Astoria banquet, [31];
address at banquet, [40-43]:
Historical importance of the Champlain valley, [40];
tribute to Champlain, [41];
alliance of Iroquois and English overthrew French dominion, [41];
welcome of New York State to French guests, [42-43];
appreciation of gift, [43];
met Commissioners and guests at Port Henry, [72];
remarks of, at Crown Point exercises, [73];
lawyer, native of Champlain valley, [207].
Cook, Rev. Joseph, on the struggle for Lake Champlain, [72];
“Historical address at the centennial anniversary of the settlement of Ticonderoga,” [197-98], [212];
Lectures of, [212].
Copper, Implements and ornaments of, found, [258].
Cormon, Fernand, member of the French delegation, [16], [44], [190];
response of, to welcome at French Institute, [26];
impressed with the Memorial Lighthouse, [72];
captivated by beauty of Lake Champlain, [82].
Cormon, Mlle. Madeline, member of the French delegation, [17].
Corneille, Pierre, M. Hanotaux on likeness of Champlain to, [84].
Cornwallis, General Charles, Defeat of, at Yorktown, [59-60].
Correspondence between Colonial Governors and William Pitt, [198].
Cortez, Hernando, No gatherings of many peoples to honor, [164].
Country, our, M. Hanotaux on appearance of, [46];
its resemblance to European countries, [47].
Coureurs des bois, [33].
Courrier des États-Unis, Address of Paul Vidal de la Blache in, [94-97].
Cowles, Calvin Duvall, Colonel, Commandant at Plattsburgh Barracks, [77], [119];
and staff presented to French visitors, [77];
M. Deschamps on, [86];
invited to the dedications, [117];
ordered review of Fifth Infantry, [122], [158];
and Regiment escorted Commissioners and guests to site of Champlain Statue, [122], [159];
obligations of Commissioners to, [191].
“Creek, The,” north of Plattsburgh, Pottery fireplaces found near, [256].
Crèvecœur, Pierre Boucher de, helped entertain French visitors in Canada, [89].
Croce, Benedetto, Theory of æsthetics of, interpreted by H. W. Hill, [20].
Crockett, Walter Hill, member of Vermont Commission, [5], [224], [226];
at dedication of Memorial Lighthouse, [133];
“History of Lake Champlain,” [198].
Crown Point, Fall of, [35];
ruined forts at, [52];
Vidal de la Blache on early conflicts at, [95];
on exercises at, [95];
historical incidents in neighborhood of, [143-44], [145];
Seth Warner captured garrison at, [146], [232];
Burgoyne forced abandonment of, [232];
English forts at, [239-40];
rock inscription at, [240];
Pointe de la Couronne, [240].
Crown Point Forts, Champlain Memorial Lighthouse at, [1], [2], [3], [13], [51], [54], [60];
Commissioners and French delegation at, [72-77]:
Opening address of H. Wallace Knapp at formal exercises, [73];
remarks of Lieut.-Gov. Conway, [73];
welcome by Gov. Mead, [74];
address of Gabriel Hanotaux, [74-76];
gift received by Commissioner Lafontaine, [76];
visitors see ruins of forts, [76];
new discoveries about old French fort, [76-77]:
Report of exercises at, by Gaston Deschamps, [80], [83-85];
M. Bazin on Americans at exercises at, [104-5];
military features of dedicatory exercises at, [121];
site of, donated to New York State by Witherbee, Sherman & Co., [151].
Crown Point Forts, Dedicatory ceremonies of Champlain Memorial Lighthouse at, [133-47].
For analysis see [Lighthouse, Champlain Memorial].
Crown Point Memorial, Formal invitations to dedication of, [117-18];
arrangements for dedication of, [119].
See also [Lighthouse, Champlain Memorial].
Crown Point Reservation, Forts included in the, [76];
Tablet at Fort Amherst in, [125];
New York Historical Association custodians of, [128];
Memorial on land adjacent to, [135].
Cruelties, Indian, restrained by Champlain, [34-35].
Culture and refinement of people of the Champlain valley, [209], [210], [214].
Cummings, Dr. William Andrew Easton, Papers by, [214].
Cutting, Sewall Sylvester, Poem “Lake Champlain,” [152], [228].
D. A. R., Saranac Chapter of the, at Plattsburgh Barracks, [79].
Dal Piaz, John, member of the French delegation, [17];
speaker at dinner on steamship France, [27].
Dandurand, Raoul, President of Franco-American Committee of Canada, [89];
bade French delegation “bon voyage,” [90];
on relations of Canada and United States, [93];
insignia of Legion of Honor conferred on, [93].
Dartmouth, George Legge, 3rd Earl of, in land controversies, [227].
Davidson, Julian Oliver, “The Battle of Lake Champlain” painted by, [159].
Davidson, Lucretia Maria, poetess, from the Champlain valley, [211].
Davis, Charles, General, at banquet at Waldorf-Astoria, [32].
De Jean, Viscount, Secretary of the French Embassy, welcomed the French delegation, [16];
present at the banquet, [32];
at dock to bid farewell to French delegation, [90].
De la Blache, see [Vidal de la Blache].
De la Place, Capt. William, English officer at Ticonderoga, Ethan Allen’s reply to, [232].
De Liniers, Jacques Antoine Marie, French explorer, [13].
Decoration of the valley pottery, [256].
Dedicatory ceremonies [Henry W. Hill], [113-73]:
I. Preparation for dedicatory ceremonies including military features, [115-22];
Crown Point Forts, [121];
Plattsburgh, [122].
II. Unveiling tablet at the English Fort, [123-29];
Report of the Tablet Committee, [125-27];
Address of acceptance, by J. A. Holden, [128-29].
III. Dedicatory ceremonies of Champlain Memorial Lighthouse, [131-47].
IV. Sail down the Lake to Bluff Point, [149-53];
Champlain Hotel, July 6, 1912, [153].
V. The Summer School; Review at Plattsburgh Barracks; Reception at Plattsburgh, [155-59].
VI. Dedicatory ceremonies of the Champlain Memorial Statue at Plattsburgh, July 6, 1912, [161-73].
Democracies, Problem of government of great, by themselves, [49].
Democracy, The American and the French, M. Hanotaux on, [75-76].
“Democracy and beauty,” President Eliot on, [140].
Démocraties, Deux grandes, pensent et agissent, à l’unisson, [62];
sont faites pour s’aimer, se comprendre, et s’unir, [65].
Depew, Chauncey Mitchell, moved adoption of Joint Resolution, [181].
Deschamps, Charles Pierre Gaston Napoléon, member of French delegation representing Le Temps, [17];
Report of exercises at Crown Point and Plattsburgh by, in Le Temps, [80-86]:
Greeting at Port Henry, [80];
tribute to Walter C. Witherbee, [80];
poets on Champlain, [81];
description of statue of Champlain, [81];
his lake seen from the steamer, [81-82];
old French songs still exist in French-Canadian villages, [82-83];
steamer stops before Memorial Lighthouse, [83];
impressions at unveiling of bust, [84-85];
address of M. Hanotaux, [84];
of governors of New York and Vermont, [84-85];
visits ruins of Fort Frédéric, [85];
experiences at Plattsburgh, [85-86];
on Col. Cowles, [86];
the welcome at St. Jean, Canada, [86];
beauty of style of, [110].
Dewey, Davis Rich, Professor, from the Champlain valley, [208];
works of, on Economics, [212].
Dewey, George, Admiral, a native of the Champlain valley, [208].
Dewey, John, Professor, from the Champlain valley, [208];
works of, on Psychology, [212].
Dickinson, Jacob McGavock, Secretary of War, Obligations of Commissions to, [191].
Dieskau, Ludwig August, Baron von, occupied Crown Point, [231].
Dillingham, William Paul, aided in securing Federal co-operation, [181].
Dillon, McLellan and Beadel, architects of Memorial Lighthouse, [2];
description of Plattsburgh Memorial, [6-8];
description of bust “La France,” [18].
Dinner in Paris to French delegation on its return, [91-93]:
Prominent guests, [91-92];
opening remarks of M. Poincaré, [92];
address of Gabriel Hanotaux, [92-93];
remarks of Senator Dandurand, [93];
addresses of Louis Barthou, M. Puga-Borne, Myron T. Herrick and M. Poincaré, [93].
Discoidal stones rare in Champlain valley, [254-55].
Dix, John Alden, Governor, approved Bill for erection of permanent memorials, [1];
member of New York Commission, [4], [8];
and staff, at Crown Point and Plattsburgh, [120];
reviewed the Fifth Infantry, U. S. A., [122];
at dedication of Tablet, [125];
address at, [126];
at dedication of Memorial Lighthouse, [133];
address accepting Memorial and transferring it to United States, [136-38]:
Tribute to Champlain, [137-38];
to France, [138];
Memorial bequeathed to Federal Government, [138];
visited Cliff Haven Summer School, [157];
responded to address of welcome, [158];
salute in honor of, at Plattsburgh Barracks, [158];
address at dedication of Champlain Statue, [165-66]:
Statue as seen through vista of three centuries, [165];
tribute to Champlain, [166];
quotes H. W. Mabie on, [166];
obligations of Commissions to, [191].
“Documentary history of the State of New York,” [198].
Documents relating to the region, [198].
“Documents relative to the colonial history of the State of New York,” [198].
“Dolphin,” U. S. Str., took French delegation to Mount Vernon, [26].
Dominy, Alonson Tabor, member of New York Commission, Death of, [182], [225].
Donatello, Rodin and, [19-20].
“Door of the country,” The, [229], [233].
Douglas, Stephen Arnold, from the Champlain valley, [203].
Downie, George, Captain, commander of British fleet on Lake Champlain, [40], [52];
grave of, at Plattsburgh visited, [158];
defeated by Macdonough, [233].
Draper, Andrew Sloan, invited to dedications, [117].
Draper, William Henry, M. C., assisted the Commission, [179].
Dream of Adjt.-Gen. Tillotson about Champlain Memorial Lighthouse, [139].
Drills and scrapers of chipped stone, [251].
Driscoll, Michael Edward, M. C., assisted the Commission, [179].
Du Luth, Daniel Greysolon, Homage to, [96].
Dubost, Antonin, on unbroken amity between France and the United States, [94].
Ducreux, François, Father, made map of Champlain region, [248].
Dumas, Guillaume Matthieu, Count, Portrait of, in Independence Hall, [28].
Dunton, Walter Chipman, Judge, from the Champlain valley, [207].
Duret, Théodore, on persecution of creative artists, [19].
Dwight, John Willard, M. C., assisted the Commission, [179].
Dwyer, Rev. John William, pronounced benediction at dedication of Lighthouse, [147].
Earthenware of the Champlain valley, [255-56].
Edgerton, Joseph Ketchum, from the Champlain valley, [203].
Edison, Thomas Alva, Admiration of Frenchmen for, [67].
Edmunds, George Franklin, from the Champlain valley, [203].
Educational institutions, [208-9].
Educators, Prominent, [208-9].
Eiffel Tower, Flag used on, [163].
Eliot, Charles William, on Democracy and beauty, [140].
Ellsworth, Perry Green, Judge, from the Champlain valley, [207].
Embassies, Members of British and French, invited to dedications, [117].
England, Century of peace between America, France and, [164].
England and France, Struggles between, for the New World, [41], [94], [145].
England’s colonial policy decided by what occurred in the Champlain valley, [229].
English and “Americans of the Union,” Strife between, [94], [146].
English and French, Strife between, [41], [94], [145].
English forces, Alliance of the Iroquois with the, [41], [145].
English Forts, erected by General Amherst, [52], [145];
visitors shown ruins of, [76];
discoveries made at, [76-77];
Tablet unveiled at, [121];
Report of Tablet Committee, [125-26];
General Amherst’s reports on the construction of the, [239-40].
Essex, summer resort on west shore of Lake, [151].
Estournelles de Constant, Paul Henri Benjamin, Baron d’, member of French delegation, [16], [44];
introduced members of delegation to members of New York Commission, [17];
at luncheon at Metropolitan Club, [25];
address of, at Waldorf-Astoria dinner, [50];
well known advocate of International Peace, [50-51];
speaker at Chamber of Commerce luncheon, [67];
eloquence of, [109-10].
Ethan Allen Club entertained the Preliminary Champlain Commission, [192].
Evarts, Jeremiah, from the Champlain valley, [204].
Events occurring prior to 1783, Foreign material relating to, [198].
Explorers, early French, Pres. Finley on the, [33], [35];
treatment of natives by the, [39];
hardihood of the, [40];
heroism of the, [41-42];
M. Hanotaux on the, [46-48];
sowed the seeds of civilization, [60];
Champlain le plus glorieux parmi, [64];
les volontaires de la foi, [64];
M. Bazin on the, [104].
Exposition du Système du Monde (P. S. de Laplace), [21].
Eyre, Edmund, Lt.-Col., ordered to trace ground for a fort, [239].
Faguet, Paul, presided at dinner given on the France to the Commissions and the French delegation, [27];
invited to dedications, [117].
Fallières, Clément Armand, President of France, raising funds to purchase bust, [13], [186];
generosity of, and of French people, [53];
headed subscription list, [62], [75];
honors conferred by, on members of the Commission and other Americans, [110-11].
Falls of Montmorency visited by the French delegation, [89].
Families, Old French, represented in the delegation, [17], [44], [62], [75].
Farnham, Charles Cyrus, lawyer, from the Champlain valley, [207].
Fassett, Jacob Sloat, member of Committee on Foreign Affairs, [179].
Fath, Edward Arthur, on nebulæ, [21].
Father of the aborigines, Champlain, [102].
Federal appropriation, Facts warranting a, [226-36].
Federal co-operation and assistance rendered by Senators of the United States, Representatives in Congress and others [by Henry W. Hill], [179-82]:
Joint Resolution from Committee on Foreign Affairs, [179-80];
D. J. Foster on, [180];
passed by Senate and approved by Pres. Roosevelt, [181];
death of prominent friends of the Tercentenary, [181-82].
Federal Government, Authorization of, [135];
Memorial Lighthouse bequeathed to, [138].
Ferrin, William Nelson, President of Pacific University, [208].
Ferris, Orange, M. C., born in Champlain valley, [206].
Fifteenth U. S. Cavalry, Obligations of Commission to, [191].
Fifth Royal Canadian Highlanders, Lt.-Col. G. S. Cantlie commanding, at the Celebration, [187].
Fifth U. S. Infantry, at Plattsburgh Barracks, [77], [85];
review of the, [122], [158];
roster of officers of, [122];
escorted Commissioners and guests to site of the Champlain Statue, [122], [159];
fired salute at unveiling, [163];
obligations of the Commission to, [191].
Fifth U. S. Infantry Band, Music by, at dedicatory ceremonies, [122], [163].
Figaro, Le, Appeal to French people for funds in columns of, [13-16];
represented by M. Régis Gignoux, [17].
Financial Report of New York Commission to March 26, 1912, submitted to the Legislature, [1].
Financial statement, [263].
Fine Arts Academy of France, M. Fernand Cormon the President of the, [17], [26].
Finley, John Huston, toastmaster at the Waldorf-Astoria banquet, [31];
articles by, on “The French in the Heart of America,” [32];
Address of, at banquet, [33-34]:
Pilgrimage of, to Champlain’s birthplace, [33];
brought keystone from door of Champlain’s home, which speaks for him, [33];
the heads of three branches of our government from valleys discovered by the French, [33-34];
toast to Pres. Taft, [34];
presented Attorney-General Wickersham, [34];
introduced Ambassador Jusserand, [37];
M. Jusserand on the Sorbonne lectures of, [38];
remarks of, introducing Lieut. Gov. Conway, [40];
near accident on Niagara River, [40];
called up Gov. of Vermont, [43];
remarks of, introducing Mayor Gaynor, [43];
presented the French delegation, [44];
presented Louis Barthou, [50];
presented Baron d’Estournelles de Constant, [50];
presented Senator Henry W. Hill, [51];
made a Knight in the Legion of Honor, [111];
Harvard Exchange Lecturer at French universities, [111];
Commission grateful to, [192].
“Fire-water,” Sale of, to natives, opposed, [39].
First Infantry, N. G. Vt., Company “M.” at Crown Point Forts, [121], [125].
Fish, Frank Leslie, member of the Vermont Commission, [5], [226];
at dedication of Memorial Lighthouse, [133].
Fisk, Hon. and Mrs. Nelson Wilbur, Acknowledgment of entertainment of Preliminary Commission by, at Isle la Motte, [192].
Fitch’s, Col., Connecticut Regiment, under Gen. Amherst, [127].
Fitzgerald, John Joseph, M. C., assisted the Commission, [179].
Five Academies, Address of M. Vidal de la Blache at annual meeting of the, [94].
Five Nations, The, represented in the Long House of the Iroquois, [41].
Flag, Historic, used to drape the Champlain Statue, [163].
Flagg, Azariah Cutting, Sec. of State and State Comptroller, from the Champlain valley, [206].
Flags at Crown Point Forts, René Bazin on what they said, [105].
Flags at Fort Carillon, [103-4];
standards of the regiments of France represented in the battle, [103].
Flags of United States and France entwined, [31], [59];
on Memorial Lighthouse, [75];
at Plattsburgh, [77];
at Carillon, [103-4].
Fleur-de-lis flag, The ancient, of France, [71].
Florida, a Spanish province, [60].
Flotilla, The, under command of Lt. G. W. Steele, Jr., [191].
Foley, James Aloysius, introduced Bill for Memorials in Assembly, [1];
member of New York Commission, [iii], [4], [8], [225], [226];
supervised the Plattsburgh Memorial, [6];
at dock to bid farewell to French delegation, [90];
at dedication of Memorial Lighthouse, [133];
member of the Preliminary Commission, [218].
Folk songs, French, Airs of, played, [72], [82];
preserved among the Canadian French, [83].
Follett, John Fassett, from the Champlain valley, [203].
Foote, Solomon, from the Champlain valley, [203].
Foote, Wallace Turner, Jr., M. C., born in the Champlain valley, [205].
“Forbé’s” (17th) Regiment of Foot, under Gen. Amherst, [127].
Forbes, Edgar Allen, “Land of the White Helmet,” [39].
Forces, The land, at Battle of Yorktown, [54], [59];
at Fort Carillon, [102].
Foreign Governments, Obligations to, acknowledged by the Commission, [189].
Fort Amherst, Tablet placed on wall of Old Barracks at, to commemorate erection of, [125-27];
enormous expense of building, [145];
never officially so named, [240].
“Fort Blunder,” near Rouse’s Point, [235].
Fort Carillon at Ticonderoga, [52];
Percy MacKaye on the heroic defenders of, [81];
M. Hanotaux on, [92];
M. Bazin on the battle at, [102-4];
completed in 1756, [145], [227], [231].
Fort Cassin, at mouth of Otter Creek, [234].
Fort Frédéric, erected by the French in 1731, [52], [145], [227], [230], [239];
ruins of, shown to French visitors, [76];
Mrs. Witherbee’s discoveries at, [76-77];
M. Deschamps on visit to, [85];
capture of, commemorated by Tablet, [126], [127];
abandoned by the French, [145];
largest of early settlements at, [145];
territory claimed by French commandant of, [230];
enlarged, [230].
Fort Montgomery, called “Fort Blunder,” near Rouse’s Point, [235].
Fort Oswego, [240].
Fort Pittsburgh, [240].
Fort St. Frédéric, see [Fort Frédéric].
Fort Ste. Anne on Isle La Motte, [52], [227], [233];
became a Jesuit mission station, [234].
Fort Stanwix, [240].
Fort Ticonderoga, owned by S. H. P. Pell, [71], [103];
strategic importance of, [72];
work of restoration at, [95], [103];
loss of the “Black Watch” at, [129];
capture of, by Ethan Allen, [145-46], [231-32].
Fortress of Crown Point, Gen. Amherst on the, [240].
Foss, Eugene Noble, Governor, received the French delegation, [27];
from the Champlain valley, [204].
Foss, George Edmund, from the Champlain valley, [204].
Foster, David Johnson, reported Joint Resolution from Committee on Foreign Affairs, [179], [223];
remarks of, [180];
efforts of, for Federal co-operation, [182];
death of, [182];
obligations of Commissions to, [191];
Report of Committee, [223-36].
Founder and originator, Champlain both, [13-14].
Founders, Devotion to the memory of the, [50].
Fouquet House in Plattsburgh, Luncheon at the, [159].
Fourberies de Scapin, Les (Molière), performed by students of College of City of New York, [25].
Fox Island granite used for Memorial Lighthouse, [3].
France, Cordial relations between America and, [13], [42], [45];
hope of Champlain for new world dominions for, [13-14];
duty of, towards Champlain Memorials, [14], [15-16];
Rodin’s bust designed to symbolize, [18], [74];
and the progress of civilization, [20];
the country of science and art, [21];
opened up American continent to settlers, [21], [32];
intellectual expansion of, in the United States, [25];
struggle between England and, in the new world, [41];
Mayor Gaynor on women of, [43-44];
joins in honoring Champlain, [49-50];
debt of America to, [59-60], [96];
flags of, [59], [71], [103-4];
sows while others reap, [60];
territory of, in America, [60];
stand of, at Ticonderoga no mistake, [72];
delegation represents all of, [74];
image depicts, as Frenchmen see her, [74-75];
thanks those who remember, [74-75];
American commemorative monuments to, [75];
honored in discourses of Governors of New York and Vermont, [84-85];
closer relations between America and, [90];
Jefferson on, [138];
salutation of Mayor Roberts to La Belle, [143];
found Champlain Tercentenary an occasion to speak for international peace, [147];
century of peace between England, America and, [164];
Memorial to son of, who represents Frenchmen as we know them, [165].
France, colonial empire of, M. Jusserand on the, [39].
France, Government of, invited to participate in Champlain Tercentenary, [180].
France of time of Louis XIII, Arms of, on base of Memorial Lighthouse, [5].
“France, La,” Bust of, by Rodin, [3];
appeal of Gabriel Hanotaux to French people to secure the, [13-16];
inscription on, [17];
description of, [18];
allegorical interpretation of, by H. W. Hill, [18-21];
acceptance of, by Attorney-General Wickersham, [3], [7];
M. Jusserand on, [39];
Conway on, [40];
formal presentation of, to the Commissions, [44-50];
influence of, when placed on Lighthouse, [54-55];
A. B. Hepburn on, [60];
seal of the mutual regard of two nations, [62], [165];
permanent location of, on Lighthouse chosen, [73];
a sign of gratitude, [74], [165];
represents France as she is, [74-75];
a souvenir of French gratitude, [75];
accepted for the Commissions by L. C. Lafontaine, [76];
unveiling of, described by M. Deschamps, [84-85];
brought from France on ship La France, [93];
M. Bazin on “La France” at Fort Carillon, [103-4];
M. Peretti de la Rocca on, [142];
renewed thanks for, [190].
France, Steamship, brought over the French delegation, [16], [45], [65], [93];
banquet given on board, [27].
Francis, Rev. Lewis, pronounced Invocation at Lighthouse dedication, [134].
Franco-American Committee, see [Comité France-Amérique].
Franco-American Committee of Canada gave luncheon, [89].
Franco-American Institute, The, welcomed the French delegation, [16].
Franklin, Benjamin, Heber’s statue of, [2];
appeals of, responded to by French people, [53].
Frawley, James Joseph, Chairman of Senate Finance Committee, member of New York Commission, [iii], [4], [8], [218], [226];
in charge of Memorial Bill in the Senate, [1].
“French, The, in the heart of America,” by John H. Finley, [32].
French America, A, the dream of Champlain, [14].
French and Algonquins against English and Iroquois, [145].
French Canadians at Crown Point exercises, [95].
French colonization in America, John H. Finley’s interest in, [111].
French commemorations in the United States, [14].
French delegation, The, to deliver Rodin’s bronze of “La France,” [1], [15];
welcomed in New York, [16];
the personnel of, [16-17], [37], [44], [61], [62], [75], [78];
the mission of, [17-18], [190];
social functions and hospitalities extended to, [23-28]:
received at City Hall by Mayor Gaynor, [25];
luncheon to, at Metropolitan Club, [25];
visited Loan Exhibition of the French Institute, [26];
entertained by Senator Clark, [26];
visited Washington and Mount Vernon, [26-27];
reception and dinner at the French Embassy, [26-27];
reception at National Press Club, [27];
luncheon at the White House, [27];
dinner to, on board the France, [27];
some members entertained in Boston and Cambridge, [27];
others in Philadelphia, [27-28];
banquet to, at the Waldorf-Astoria, [31-55], [118];
tribute of Atty.-Gen. Wickersham to, [36-37];
M. Jusserand on, [38];
welcomed to New York State by Thomas F. Conway, [42-43];
Mayor Gaynor on, [43];
introduced by Pres. Finley, [44];
M. Hanotaux on mission of, [44-45], [50];
thanks to, by H. W. Hill, [53], [55];
entertained by the Chamber of Commerce of New York State, [59-67];
M. Hanotaux on personnel of, [62];
entertained at Fort Ticonderoga, [71-72];
breakfast with Mr. and Mrs. S. H. P. Pell, [71];
examined the ruins, [71-72];
trip to Crown Point Forts, [72];
suggested permanent location on the Memorial for “La France,” [73];
Lt.-Gov. Conway’s welcome to, [73];
greeting to, from Gov. Mead, [74];
M. Hanotaux’ presentation address in behalf of, [74-76];
Commissioner Lafontaine’s remarks to, accepting their gift “La France,” [76];
shown the old forts and recent discoveries at, [76-77];
welcomed at Plattsburgh, [77];
reception at Plattsburgh Barracks, [77-80]:
Address of Hon. V. F. Boire, [78-79];
replies by members of delegation, [79];
remarks of Mrs. G. F. Tuttle, [79-80];
left for Montreal, [80];
M. Deschamps on, [82];
reception and banquet at Montreal, [89];
luncheon by Franco-American Committee of Canada, [89];
visit Quebec, [89];
hosts of, in Canada, [89];
met by Senator Hill at Niagara Falls, [90];
entertained by General F. V. Greene, [90];
“bon voyage” to, on La Provence, [90];
pleased at reception in this country, [91];
dinner given to, in Paris on return to France, [91-93];
guests at, [91-92];
experiences of, reviewed by M. Gabriel Hanotaux, [92-93];
reception to, by Mr. and Mrs. Myron T. Herrick, [93-94];
M. Vidal de la Blache on journey of, [94-97];
mission of deeper import than mere presentation of bust, [109];
comment in appreciation of visit of, [109-10], [190];
Commission grateful to all who helped to entertain the, [192].
French Embassy at Washington, Reception and dinner at the, [26], [27].
French fleet, The, under De Grasse, [59-60].
French Institute in the United States, Loan Exhibit of the, [25], [26].
French literature, M. Hanotaux on, [91].
French names, Illustrious, in history of America, [35].
French officers, Bodies of, found at Fort Carillon, [103].
French Panama Canal Company, Interests of, purchased, [36].
French people, Friendship and good will of, [2], [13], [21], [25], [31], [36], [37], [53], [54], [60], [64-65], [66], [73], [79], [94], [109], [111], [138], [142], [170], [188].
French private soldiers and sailors, Monument to, at Annapolis, [142].
French Republic, Acts of friendship towards, the, [91].
French speaking and English speaking peoples, One hundredth anniversary of last war between, [78-79].
French supremacy passed from Lake Champlain, [145].
French trade, M. G. Hanotaux on, [90-91].
Frenchmen played decisive part in America, [66];
prophetic vision of, made possible powerful unity of United States, [97].
Friends of the project remembered, [182].
Frontenac, Louis de Buade, Count, French explorer, [35], [102].
Fuller, Paul, spoke in French at luncheon at Metropolitan Club, [25-26].
Fuller, Paul, Jr., Secretary of Franco-American Committee, [16];
Commission grateful to, [192].
Fulton, Robert, Admiration of Frenchmen for, [67].
Gage’s, 80th (Light Armed), Regiment of Foot, under Gen. Amherst, [127];
fort built by, [239].
Galvão, Antonio, suggested canal across Isthmus of Panama, 36n.
Garfielde, Selucius, from the Champlain valley, [203].
Gateway of the Nation, The, Ticonderoga, [52], [72].
Gay, ——, Col., Edward Mott became Major in regiment under, [244].
Gaynor, William Jay, Mayor of New York City, received the French delegates, [25];
at luncheon at Metropolitan Club, [25];
guest at Waldorf-Astoria banquet, [31];
address of, at banquet, [43-44];
willing to say nothing and write a letter, [43];
economy of the woman of France should be imitated, [44].
George II, Salutes at English Forts in honor of birthday of, [239-40].
George V, Toast to, at Paris dinner, [93].
Germain, ——, Capt. Régiment des Gardes de la Reine, Inscription to, on the Germain redoubt, [103].
Germain Redoubt, at Fort Ticonderoga, [71];
inscription on, [103];
Commission entertained by Howland Pell at, [193].
Gibbons, James, Cardinal, on our debt to France, [97].
Gifford, James Meacham, lawyer, from the Champlain valley, [207].
Gignoux, Régis, member of French delegation, [17].
Gilbert, John Ingersoll, native of the Champlain valley, [206].
Girard, Antoine Charles, member of French delegation, [17];
represented commerce and industries, [109].
Girard, Mlle. Valentine, member of the French delegation, [17].
Glacier mill discovered near English Forts, [77].
Gold, Early explorers sought for, alone, [46-48];
the lure of, [47];
of natural wealth, [48].
Gómara, Francisco Lopez de, urged an Isthmian canal upon Philip II, 36n.
Goodell, Constans Liberty, D.D., from the Champlain valley, [208].
Goodrich, John Ellsworth, D.D., Works of, [211].
Gorgets, and other puzzling stone objects, [254].
Gouel, Roger, member of French delegation, [17].
Gouges, of chipped stone, found in valley, [252];
of copper, [258].
Gouin, Sir Lomer, represented Province of Quebec at Champlain Tercentenary, [52], [187];
helped entertain French visitors in Canada, [89];
addresses of, [189].
Governor-General’s Footguards, Lt.-Col. D. R. Street commanding, at the Celebration, [187].
Governors, Colonial, Correspondence of, with William Pitt, [198].
Governors and Legislatures, Support and co-operation of, acknowledged by Commissioners, [218].
Grabau, Rev. Hubert Pierre Le Febvre, Invocation at dedication of Champlain Memorial Statue, [163].
Grady, Thomas F., Death of Senator, [182].
Grand Isle, [96].
Grand Isle County, The bard of, [152].
Grants, French seigniorial, Few occupations under, [227].
Grasse, François Joseph Paul, Count de, commander of French fleet, aided the colonies, [54], [59-60].
Great Britain, Government of, invited to participate in Champlain Tercentenary, [180].
Great Britain, War between, and France, [145];
and American colonies, [145];
found Champlain Tercentenary an occasion to speak for international peace, [147].
“Green Mountain Boys,” invaded shore of Lake Champlain, [138];
under Ethan Allen captured Ticonderoga, [145-46];
Allen’s address to, [146].
Green Mountain State, People of, welcome the French delegation, [74].
Green Mountains, Ancient French name of, given to State, [82];
Vidal de la Blache on the, [95];
seen from Lake Champlain, [153];
as seen from New York State, [167].
Greene, Gen. Francis Vinton, entertained French visitors at Niagara Falls, [90].
Grenadier Fort, at Crown Point, [239].
Grinnell, Josiah Bushnell, from Champlain valley, [203].
Guests, specially invited to dedicatory ceremonies, Lists of, [117-18];
steamer Ticonderoga chartered to carry, [119-20].
Hale, Chandler, met French delegates in Washington, [26].
Hale, Matthew, native of the Champlain valley, [206].
Hale, Robert Safford, from the Champlain valley, [203];
Member of Congress, [205].
Hall, Benjamin Elihu, lawyer, from the Champlain valley, [207].
Hall, Hiland, “History of Vermont,” [197].
Hamilton, Alexander, Correspondence of, with Nathaniel Chipman, on boundary dispute, [210].
Hammers, Stone, found in numbers, [252-53].
Hammond, John, Colonel, born in the Champlain valley, [208].
Hammond, John, M. C., born in the Champlain valley, [206].
Hand, Augustus Cincinnatus, M. C., born in the Champlain valley, [205].
Hand, Richard Lockhart, native of the Champlain valley, [206].
Hand, Samuel, Judge of the Court of Appeals, born in the Champlain valley, [207].
Handiwork, Difficulty of distinguishing Algonkian from Iroquoian, [250], [256-57].
Hanotaux, Albert Auguste Gabriel, head of French delegation, [1], [16], [38];
Appeal of, to French people for funds to procure the Rodin bust, [13-16]:
Tribute to Champlain, [13-14];
French commemorations in the United States, [14];
request that France contribute Rodin’s bust of “La France” to the Lighthouse Memorial, [15];
appeal for funds, [16];
on “La France,” [18];
reply to Mayor Gaynor, [25];
placed wreath on Washington’s tomb, [26];
speaker at dinner on S.S. France, [27];
Address of, at Waldorf-Astoria dinner, [45-50]:
Mission of the French delegation, [45];
receptions and entertainments in the United States, [45-46];
the conquistadores of America sought gold only, [46];
fantastic accounts of the new world, [47];
explorers like Champlain found land like the mother country, [47-48];
tribute to Champlain’s foresight, [48];
labor the true basis of American civilization, [48-49];
presentation of the bust “La France,” [50];
thanks to French people through, by Sen. Hill, [53];
Address of, at Chamber of Commerce luncheon, [61-65]:
La générosité américaine a déterminé le voyage de la Délégation française, [61-62];
La France envoie son tribut de gratitude, [62];
un parallèle entre les deux Républiques, [62-63];
le commerce, [63-64];
le Comité France-Amérique pour travailler au développement des bonnes relations entre les deux pays, [64];
les volontaires de la foi, de la Liberté et de l’Amitié, [64];
“La France,” un symbole de l’amitié franco-américaine, [65];
responded to toast to the President of France, [67];
Address of, at Crown Point exercises, [74-76]:
Rodin’s bust depicts France as Frenchmen conceive her, [74], [165];
the proofs of American sympathy prompted this response, [75];
personnel of the delegation, [75];
friendship of France, [75];
same sentiments animate both democracies, [75-76];
gift of “La France,” [76];
at Plattsburgh Barracks, [77], [79];
M. Deschamps on address of, at Crown Point, [84];
remarks of, on trade between United States and France, [90-91];
on French literature, [91];
on Pres. Taft, [91];
reviewed experiences of French delegation in address at the Paris dinner, [92-93]:
Salutation of thanks to United States and Canada, [92];
emotions of, on reaching Ticonderoga, [92-93];
toasts proposed by, [93];
tribute of Louis Barthou to, [93];
remarks of, at reception to French delegation at American Embassy, [94];
Vidal de la Blache’s report of Address of, at Crown Point, [95-97]:
Champlain’s description of country, [95];
the islands of the Lake, [96];
adoption by America of the French heroes to her own honor, [96-97];
our American work not a failure, [97];
a foremost citizen of France, [109];
beauty of style of, [110];
selected the Rodin bust, [186].
Harrison, Francis Burton, member of Committee on Foreign Affairs, [179].
Harvard Exchange Lecturer at French universities, [111].
Harvard University, Members of French delegation at, [27].
Haskins, Kittredge, M. C., zealous for the project, [179].
Hatch, Edward, Jr., maintains hatchery for gulls, [152].
Haviland, William, Colonel, captured the French post at Isle aux Noix, [231].
Hawkes, McDougall, Chairman of Franco-American Institute, [16];
tendered luncheon to Commissions and French delegates, [25-26];
at banquet, [32];
presented French delegates at Chamber of Commerce luncheon, [59];
invited to the dedications, [117];
Commission grateful to, [192].
Hayes, Roscoe G., Capt. Company “I” 2d Infantry, N. G. N. Y., at Crown Point Forts, [121], [125].
Hays, Lynn [Lindsay] Mortimer, member of Vermont Commission, [5], [224], [226];
at dedication of Memorial Lighthouse, [133].
Heber, Carl Augustus, Works of, [2-3];
won Avery prize at Architectural League in 1910, [3];
sculptor of Champlain Statue, [6], [8], [9], [51];
invited to the dedications, [117].
Hedges, Job Elmer, invited to dedications, [118];
address of, at dedication of Champlain Statue, [172];
Champlain an epoch, [172].
Heights of Abraham, French delegation visited the, [89].
Henley, Robert, Capt., voted a gold medal by Congress, [233].
Hennepin, Father Louis, French explorer, [35];
homage to, [96].
Hepburn, Alonzo Barton, guest at Waldorf-Astoria banquet, [31];
Address of welcome at Chamber of Commerce luncheon, [59-61]:
Obligation of this country to France, [59-60];
welcome to visitors, [60-61];
introduced Ambassador Jusserand, [61];
introduced M. Gabriel Hanotaux, [61];
introduced Count de Chambrun, [65];
made officer of Legion of Honor, [110-11];
Commission grateful to, [192].
Heroes, French, of 17th and 18th centuries, [92];
all adopted by America in the Tercentenary, [96];
more popular in America than in France, [96-97];
the founders, [97];
their work for France not a failure, [97].
Herrick, George Frederick, D.D., from the Champlain valley, [208].
Herrick, Myron Timothy, M. Poincaré on, [92];
remarks of, at dinner to French delegation on its return to Paris, [93];
gave reception to French delegation at the American Embassy, [93-94].
Hervieu, Paul Ernest, guest at dinner to French delegation on its return to Paris, [91].
Hiawatha, Longfellow’s, Dramatic version of, by Indians, [235].
Hickey, Rev. Father David Joseph, Address of, at Cliff Haven, [157-58];
Notable visitors to the school, [157];
scope of its work, [158];
welcome to visitors, [158].
High Mass, first celebrated in Vermont at Fort Ste. Anne, [52].
Highway, An international, from Florida to Quebec, [78].
Highway for commerce and war, Lake Champlain a, [229].
Hill, Bert Hodge, Director of American School of Classical Studies at Athens, Greece, a native of the Champlain valley, [214].
Hill, Henry Wayland, compiler of this Report.
Secretary of the New York Commission, [iii], [4], [8], [225], [226];
Address at Waldorf-Astoria banquet, [51-55]:
Champlain’s discovery symbolized by Memorial Lighthouse, [51];
the Tercentenary Celebration reviewed, [51-53];
the generous and friendly gift of “La France” accepted on behalf of the Commissions, [53];
tribute to the French people, [53-54];
cordial relations between the Republics, [54];
“La France” will help to restore interest in the Champlain region, [54-55];
welcome and thanks, [55].
Hill, Henry Wayland.—Allegorical interpretation of bust “La France,” [18-21]:
Symbolizes development of France, [18];
art ideals of the French, [18-19];
the work of Auguste Rodin, [19-20];
Benedetto Croce’s intuitional theory of æsthetics, [20];
the bust reveals the culture and intellectual development of the French nation, [20];
some French contributions to science, [20-21].
Hill, Henry Wayland.—Comment on visit of the French delegation and honors conferred, [109-11]:
Interest aroused, [109];
personnel of the delegation, [109];
addresses reported and unreported, [109-10];
style of their littérateurs, [110];
welcome to, and impression left by, delegation, [110];
Knighthood in Legion of Honor conferred on W. C. Witherbee, F. S. Witherbee, and H. W. Hill. 110-11;
A. B. Hepburn made an officer in the Legion, [110-11];
C. B. Alexander presented with a Sèvres bisque group, “Télémaque chez Calypso,” [110-11];
appreciation, [111].
Hill, Henry Wayland.—Construction of Memorials to Samuel Champlain, [1-9];
The allegorical bust “La France” and the French delegation, [11-21];
Hospitalities extended to French visitors, [25-97]:
New York, Washington, Philadelphia and Boston, [25-28];
Banquet at Waldorf-Astoria, [31-55];
entertained by Chamber of Commerce, [59-67];
at Ticonderoga, Crown Point, and Plattsburgh, [71-86];
Canada and Niagara Falls, [89-90];
Impressions and comments by French visitors, [90-97];
Comment on visit of French delegation, and honors conferred, [109-11];
Dedicatory ceremonies, [117-73]:
Preparation, [117-22];
Unveiling Tablet at English Fort, [125-29];
Champlain Memorial Lighthouse at Crown Point Forts, [133-47];
Sail to Bluff Point, [151-53];
at Summer School, Plattsburgh Barracks, and Plattsburgh, [157-59];
Champlain Memorial Statue at Plattsburgh, [163-73];
Federal co-operation and assistance, [179-82];
Review of the work of the Commission and acknowledgments of assistance, [185-93];
Historical significance of the Tercentenary Celebration, [197-99];
Representative men of the Champlain region, [203-14];
Conclusion of the work of the Commission, [217-18];
multifarious duties and services of its members, [217-18];
resolution appreciating work of its Secretary, [218].
Hill, Henry Wayland, welcomed the French delegation in New York harbor, [16];
at luncheon at Metropolitan Club, [25];
at reception at Senator Clark’s, [26];
at the dinner on the France, [27];
introduced by President Finley at the Waldorf-Astoria banquet, [50];
at Ticonderoga, [71];
Crown Point, [72];
at Plattsburgh, [77];
tribute of M. Deschamps to, [80];
met French visitors at Niagara Falls, [90];
made a Knight of the Legion of Honor, [111];
with President Thomas planned programme of dedicatory ceremonies, [119];
at dedication of Memorial Lighthouse, [133];
and of Champlain Memorial Statue, [163];
member Constitutional Convention of 1894, [207];
works of, [213];
Commission’s vote of thanks to, [218];
moved Concurrent resolution in State Senate, [224].
Historical significance of the Tercentenary Celebration, [197-99].
Holden, James Austin, invited to dedications, [117];
address accepting Tablet for N. Y. Historical Association, [126], [128];
papers by, [213].
Horicon Hose Co. in parade, [159].
Horr, Roswell G., [206].
Hose Companies escorted guests to site of Champlain Statue, [159].
Hospitalities to French visitors, [25-28].
Hospitality, American, [61];
M. Poincaré on, [92];
M. Bazin on, [101].
Hotel Biron, home of Rodin, [15].
Hotel Champlain, Commissioners and guests at, [153];
beauty of site of, [153].
Hotel Vanderbilt, The French delegation took rooms in the, [25].
Household utensils of stone, earthenware, and bone, found in valley, [250].
Howard, Jacob Merritt, from the Champlain valley, [203].
Howard, Walter Eugene, Professor, member of Vermont Commission, [224];
death of, [182];
from the Champlain valley, [208].
Howe, Julia Ward, resided in Rutland County, [212].
Hudson, Henry, Champlain two months before, [51].
Hudson, Henry Norman, born in the Champlain valley, [213].
Hudson-Fulton Commission, Members of the Commission guests of the, [193].
Hughes, Charles Evans, Governor, member of New York Commission, [4], [8], [225];
M. Jusserand on, [38];
invited to dedications, [117];
at Champlain Tercentenary, [143], [158];
obligations of Commissions to, [191].
Humanity of Champlain, René Bazin on the, [106].
Hunting, George Field, D.D., from the Champlain valley, [208].
Hurons, Battle of, with the Iroquois, [34], [230];
admiration of, for Champlain, [35-36];
tattooed, [81];
Lake Champlain the battle ground of the, [226].
Hurricane Isle Granite Co., contractors for Memorial Lighthouse, [3];
for Plattsburgh Memorial, [8].
Hyde Foundation for Harvard Exchange Lecturer at French universities, [111].
Iberville, Pierre Le Moyne, Sieur d’, Homage to, [96].
Illustrations, List of, ix-x.
Implements and weapons found in the valley, [249-54], [257-58].
Impressions of M. René Bazin, [101-6].
For analysis see [author entry].
Independence Hall, Members of French delegation visit, [27-28].
Indian pageants at Tercentenary, [53], [235].
Indian relics more abundant on eastern side of the Lake, [250];
village sites, the source of, [251].
Indian tortures, Champlain’s protest against, [34-35].
Indian wars before Champlain came, [137].
Inniskilling (27th) Regiment of Foot, under Gen. Amherst, [127].
Inscription on Rodin’s “La France,” [17].
Inscriptions on Memorial Lighthouse, [4-6];
on Plattsburgh Memorial, [8];
on Tablet at Fort Amherst, [127].
Inspiration from Champlain, [137].
International peace, Baron d’Estournelles de Constant spoke on, [50-51];
Great Britain, France, Canada and the United States, speaking for, [147].
Invitations to dedicatory ceremonies sent out, [117-18].
Ireland, Mgr. John, on American sentiment toward France, [92].
Ireland conquered long ago, but Irish conspicuous to-day, [146].
Iron, Implements of, supplied by French adventurers, [258].
Iroquois, The, and wars of French and English, [41];
displaced by civilization, [82];
strife of, with Hurons, [94], [226], [230];
wars of, [137];
first battle of Champlain with, [144], [230];
and English fought French and Algonquins, [145];
high and mighty talk of chiefs of, [146];
Champlain in pursuit of, [170];
affiliation of, with Dutch and English, [230];
name given to the Six Nations, [247];
territory occupied by the, [247];
on both sides of Lake, [247];
feared by the Algonquins, [248];
in Vermont, [249];
drove out the Algonquins, [249];
first inhabitants of western side of the valley, [249];
superior in culture to other tribes, [250];
pottery of, superior to that of the Algonquins, [256-57].
Islands, Controversy over grants of, [227].
Isle Aux Noix, [96];
French from, defeated by Rogers near Rouse’s Point, [234];
pageant and exercises at, [236].
Isle La Motte, Historic interest of, [52], [96], [233-34].
Isthmus of Panama, visited by Champlain, [36];
canal at, proposed, [36].
Italians, Appreciation of ideals in æsthetics by, [18-19].
Jameson, John Alexander, Judge, a native of the Champlain valley, [207].
Jaray, Gabriel Louis, member of French delegation, [17].
Jarvis, George Tibbals, member of Vermont Commission, [5];
at dedication of Memorial Lighthouse, [133].
Jefferson, Thomas, on France, [138].
Jogues, Isaac, at Plattsburgh, [78].
Johnson, Edwin Ferry, from the Champlain valley, [208].
Joint Resolution reported by House Committee on Foreign Affairs, [179];
reported to Senate by Henry Cabot Lodge, [181].
Joliet, Louis, saw the Missouri, [33], [35];
attitude of, toward Indians, [38-39].
Judges, Many, natives of the Champlain valley, [206-7].
Jusserand, Jean Adrien Antoine Jules, French Ambassador, informed Commission of French gift of “La France,” [13];
on French commemorations in the United States, [14], [75];
at luncheon at Metropolitan Club, [25];
entertained French delegates, at a reception and dinner, [26-27];
speaker at dinner on S.S. France, [27];
guest at Waldorf-Astoria banquet, [31];
introduced by Pres. Finley, [37];
Address at banquet, [37-39]:
Recalls Tercentenary exercises, [37-38];
desire of French to contribute to permanent Memorials, [38];
Justice chief article of colonists’ creed, [38-39];
exchange of friendship between two nations, [39];
organized the French mission, [45];
guest at Champlain Tercentenary in 1909, [52], [158], [187];
at Chamber of Commerce luncheon, [59];
remarks at luncheon, [61];
informed France of intended Champlain Memorials, [61-62];
entertained at Fort Ticonderoga, [71-72];
representative of France at exercises, [75];
at Plattsburgh, [77];
spoke at exercises at Plattsburgh Barracks, [79];
personality of, [109];
expressions of appreciation from, [111];
invited to dedications, [117];
represented at dedications by Count de Peretti de la Rocca, [141], [169-170];
appreciation of, [188].
Justice, a chief article of the colonists’ creed, [38-39];
Washington on, [38].
Kasson, John Adam, M. C., from the Champlain valley, [204].
Keese, Richard, M. C., native of the Champlain valley, [205].
Kellogg, Brainard, Professor, author, from the Champlain valley, [211].
Kellogg, Dr. David Sherwood, Fine pottery jar in collection of, [255];
archæological collection of, [256n].
Kellogg, Henry Theodore, Judge, from the Champlain valley, [207].
Kellogg, Orlando, M. C., friend of Lincoln, native of the Champlain valley, [205].
Kellogg, Sylvester Alonzo, Judge, from the Champlain valley, [207].
Kellogg, William Pitt, from the Champlain valley, [203];
Judge, [207].
Keystone from door of Champlain’s birthplace, at banquet, [32];
libation poured over, [33], [34].
King George’s, or the Five years’ war, [230].
Kingsley, Darwin Pearl, from the Champlain valley, [208].
Knapp, Horatio Wallace, Chairman of New York Commission, [iii], [4], [218], [226];
supervised Memorials, [6], [119];
presided at formal exercises at Crown Point, [73];
opening address, [73];
introduced Lieut.-Gov. Conway, [73];
introduced Gov. Mead, [73];
presented French delegation, [74];
presented Col. Cowles and staff to French visitors, [77];
chairman of dedicatory exercises, at Memorial Lighthouse, [133];
Address presenting Memorial Lighthouse to Governor of New York, [135-36]:
Commissions discharging their final duties, [135];
recognition of a century of peace, [135];
thanks to Vermont Commission, [136];
Lighthouse transferred to Executives, [136];
introduced Count de Peretti de la Rocca, [141];
presided at dedication of Champlain Memorial Statue at Plattsburgh, [163];
Address, [163-65]:
Patriotic spirit of sons of Plattsburgh, [164];
tribute to Champlain, [164-65];
peace assured between nations gathered at Celebration, [165];
services rendered by, [218].
Knives of Stone, Chipped, found, [251-52];
of copper, [258].
Kunz, Dr. George Frederick, invited to dedications, [117];
loaned historic flag for draping Statue at Plattsburgh, [163].
La Clède, Pierre, Statue to, in St. Louis, [96].
La Fayette, Count de, at banquet, [32]. See also [Lafayette], below.
“La France,” see “[France, La].”
La Motte-Lusière, Pierre de St. Paul, Sieur de, gave name to Isle La Motte, [234].
La Provence, French delegation returned home on, [90].
La Salle, René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de, and the Mississippi, [33], [35];
attitude of, toward Indians, [39].
Labor, the true basis of American civilization, [48];
apostrophe to, [48-49].
Lafayette, Marie Jean Paul Roch Yves Gilbert Motier, Marquis de, Tributes of America to, [13];
portrait of, [28];
statue to, at Burlington, [52];
aid from, in Revolution, [54];
carried back inspiration from this country, [54];
descendant of, in French delegation, [65];
enshrined in American heart, [78];
entertained by Mrs. Russell at Fort Niagara, [80];
statue of, given to France by American children, [163].
Lafayette, see also [La Fayette], above.
Lafayette Hose Company in parade at Plattsburgh, [159].
Lafontaine, Louis Camille, member of New York Commission, [iii], [4], [8], [218], [226];
supervised the Memorial Lighthouse, [6], [119];
address in French on receiving gift of “La France” for the Commission, [76];
at dedication of Memorial Lighthouse, [133];
services rendered by, [218].
Lago Maggiore, Lake Champlain compared with, [153].
Lake Champlain, described by M. Deschamps, [81-82];
by René Bazin, [101], [104];
separates and unites New York and Vermont, [140];
Sail down, to Bluff Point, [151-53];
works on the history of, [211];
importance of discovery of, [223], [224], [225];
battle ground of Indian nations, [226-27];
known as “Caniaderiguarunte,” the “gate of the country,” [227];
and “Mer des Iroquois,” [227];
many expeditions and engagements on, [227];
noted officers visited its forts, [227];
disputes over grants of islands and shore lands of, [227-28];
from S. S. Cutting’s poem on, [228];
historic importance of, [229];
a thoroughfare in hostile times and for commerce, [229];
reached and named by Champlain, [230];
France claimed by discovery, [230];
forts on, [231];
Arnold’s naval battle on, [232];
Macdonough’s victory on, [233];
the door of the northern country, [229], [233];
expedition from Isle La Motte, [233-34];
Indian pageants on, [235];
celebration of discovery of, of international importance, [236];
called Sea of the Iroquois, [81], [249].
“Lake Champlain,” poem by S. S. Cutting, Extracts from, [152], [228].
Lake Champlain Association, joined in banquet to French delegation, [31], [33];
M. Hanotaux presents bust “La France” to, and Commissions, [50];
Frank S. Witherbee, President of, [110];
Board of Governors of, sent invitations to dedicatory exercises to members, [118];
took charge of Waldorf-Astoria dinner, [118];
Commission grateful to, [192].
Lake Champlain district, Struggle for the, [146].
Lake Champlain Tercentenary Celebration, Historical significance of the [by Henry W. Hill], [197-99]:
Possible result of, [197];
critical history of the valley yet to be written, [197];
authorities on successive periods of, [197-98];
documentary and other sources in archives and libraries, [198];
settlement and development of valley since War of 1812, [198-99];
spirit of settlers, [199];
Significance of the anniversary, [225].
Lake Champlain Tercentenary Commission of New York, Final Report of, to Legislature, [iii], [1];
previous Reports, [1];
Bills concerning, [1];
members of, [iii], [4], [8];
welcomes French delegation, [16];
Report of, presented to French delegates, [17];
mission of French delegation to present bust to, [17];
tendered luncheon at Metropolitan Club, [25];
M. Jusserand on hospitality of, [38];
invitations sent by, to the dedicatory ceremonies of the Crown Point and Plattsburgh Memorials, [117-18];
chartered the Ticonderoga, [119-20];
at dedication of the Tablet, [126];
members of, at dedication of Memorial Lighthouse, [133];
Chairman of, presented Memorial to Governor of New York, [135-36];
thanks Vermont Commission and the Executives of both States, [136];
Mayor Roberts on the Report of the, [143].
Lake Champlain Tercentenary Commission of New York, Brief review of work of the, and acknowledgments of assistance rendered [by Henry W. Hill], [185-93]:
The Preliminary Commission, [185];
co-operation of Vermont Commission in Crown Point Memorial, [185-86];
Memorial Statue at Plattsburgh, [186];
the Celebration, Canadian troops, and foreign representatives, [187-88];
addresses of M. Jusserand and James Bryce, [188];
of MM. Lemieux and Gouin, [189];
of Baron Uriu, [189];
acknowledges its obligations to distinguished visitors and Foreign Governments, [189];
“La France” and the French delegation, [190];
American officials and military organizations, [191-92];
acknowledgments for other assistance, and for entertainments, [192-93];
Conclusion of the work of the, [217-18];
Activities of the Commissioners, [217-18];
Resolution of thanks to Secretary Hill, [218];
co-operation of State Governors and Legislatures and of the National Government, [218];
turned balance back into State Treasury, [218];
Concurrent resolution authorizing appointment of the, [224];
meetings, report, and recommendations of, to Legislature, [225];
appropriation for, [226];
Financial statement, [263].
Lake Champlain Tercentenary Commission of Vermont, Members of, [5], [224];
joined in erecting the Memorials, [74];
invitations to dedicatory exercises sent to, [118];
at dedication of Tablet, [126];
members of, at dedication of Lighthouse, [133];
formally transfers Lighthouse to Governor of Vermont, [136];
efforts of, appreciated by Vermont, [139];
joined with New York Commission in erection of Memorial Lighthouse, [185-86];
Joint resolution authorizing appointment of, [223-24];
joint meetings of, with New York Commission, [225].
Lake Champlain Tercentenary Commissions, French people raising funds to present a bust to, [13];
mission of French delegation sent to, [17];
luncheon tendered to, at Metropolitan Club, [25];
received by Senator W. A. Clark, [26];
guests at dinner on the France, [27];
and at reception at C. B. Alexander’s, [27];
State banquet to French delegation at the Waldorf-Astoria, [31-55];
M. Hanotaux presented bust to, [50];
gift received on behalf of, by Henry W. Hill, [51], [53], [55];
welcome French delegation, [55];
entertained by Commissioner Pell at Fort Ticonderoga, [71-72];
at Port Henry, [72];
presentation of “La France” by M. Hanotaux at Crown Point Memorial, [74-76];
with guests at Plattsburgh, [77-80];
issued formal invitations to the dedicatory ceremonies of the Memorials, [117-18];
assisted by the Lake Champlain Association, [118];
planned to turn over the Memorials to proper authorities, [118];
aided by people of Plattsburgh, [119];
sail down the Lake to Bluff Point, [119-20], [147], [151-53];
Society of Colonial Wars, guests of, [125-26];
members of, at dedication of Memorial Lighthouse, [133];
duties of, ended, [135], [138];
at Hotel Champlain, [153];
visit Cliff Haven, [157];
witness review at Plattsburgh Barracks, [158];
entertained by Smith M. Weed at Plattsburgh, [158];
at luncheon at Fouquet House by Chamber of Commerce, [159];
escorted to site of Champlain Memorial Statue, [159];
at dedicatory ceremonies, [163];
the joint memorial erected by, at Crown Point Forts, [185-86];
successful conclusion of the Celebration by the, [187-89];
Tour of the Lake by the, [225].
Lake House, Crown Point Village, Company “I,” 2d N. G., N. Y., in camp at, [121].
Lake Superior, Copper from, [257].
Lalande, Joseph Jérôme Lefrançois de, Contributions of, to astronomy, [21].
Lalemant, Gabriel, French explorer, [35].
Lamoille River, The, [248].
Lamy, Étienne Marie Victor, member of French delegation, [16];
at banquet, [44];
impressed with Memorial Lighthouse, [72];
at Plattsburgh Barracks, [77];
spoke in French, [79].
“Land of the White Helmet,” by E. A. Forbes, [39].
Landon, Warren Hall, from the Champlain valley, [208].
Lands, Controversy over grants of shore, [227-28].
Lanel, Étienne Marie Louis, French Consul-General, welcomed French delegation, [16];
at banquet, [32].
Langelier, Francis Charles Stanislas, Lt.-Gov., of Canada, entertained the French delegation in Canada, [89].
Laplace, Pierre Simonde de, Contributions of, to science, [21].
Larabee, Benjamin, President of Middlebury College, [208].
Larrabee’s Point, side door to New England, [233].
Latin America, Toast to people of, at Paris dinner, [93].
Laurens, Jean Paul, “Surrender of Yorktown,” painting by, in Court House of Baltimore, [75].
Laval-Montmorency, François Xavier de, Bishop, visits Fort St. Anne, [234].
Lavelle, Rt. Rev. Mgr. Michael Joseph, pronounced benediction at dedication of Champlain Statue, [172-73].
Lawyers, natives of the Champlain valley. 207.
Lebon, Félix Frédéric Georges, Général, member of the French delegation, [16], [44];
saw strategic importance of Ticonderoga, [71-72];
at review at Plattsburgh Barracks, [77];
spoke in French, [79];
M. Deschamps on honor shown to, [85].
Legends, Fantastic, of the New World, believed, [47].
Legion of Honor, Insignia of, conferred on Senator Raoul Dandurand, [93];
Knighthood in the, conferred on W. C. Witherbee and Frank S. Witherbee, [110];
A. Barton Hepburn made an Officer in the, [110-11];
Knighthood in the, conferred on John H. Finley and Henry W. Hill, [111].
Le Jeune, Père Paul, on the Indians’ admiration for Champlain, [35-36].
Lemieux, Rodolphe, Address of, at Plattsburgh, [38];
represented Canada at Tercentenary, [52], [187];
the address of, [189].
L’Enfant, Pierre Charles, Major, planned city of Washington, [46].
Lesseps, Ferdinand, Vicomte de, [13];
and the Panama Canal, [36].
Lessons from Champlain’s life, [138].
Lester, James Westcott, Colonel, and staff of Second Regiment of National Guard, N. Y., Obligations of Commission to, [191].
Leverrier, Urbain Jean Joseph, Contributions of, to astronomy, [21].
Liberties, popular, Stability of nations founded upon, [18].
“Liberty enlightening the World,” Bartholdi’s, presented by the French people, [54], [60].
Light Brigade, The, at Balaklava, and the Black Watch, “Old Forty-Twa,” at Fort Ticonderoga, [129].
Light Infantry Fort, at Crown Point, [239].
Lighthouse, The, a symbol of national life, [141].
Lighthouse, Champlain Memorial, at Crown Point Forts, [1-6]:
Cost of, [3];
artistic features of, [3-4];
inscriptions and arms on, [4-6];
M. Hanotaux on French contribution to, [15];
fitting memorial to Champlain, [35];
symbolizes Champlain’s discovery, [51];
on highway of water travel, [54];
pleases French visitors, [72], [186];
permanent location chosen for bust “La France” on, [73], [190];
formal exercises at, [for analysis see [Crown Point Forts]], [73-76];
Description of, by Deschamps, [83-84];
René Bazin on the unveiling of “La France” at, [104-5];
a testimonial in bronze of the good will of France on, [110];
military features at dedication of, [120], [121];
Dedicatory ceremonies, [133-47]:
Prominent guests, [133];
invocation by Rev. Lewis Francis, [134];
unveiling of, by Miss Louise G. Witherbee, [134];
address of Chairman Knapp presenting Memorial to Governor of New York, [135-36];
Pres. John M. Thomas presented Memorial to representative of Governor of Vermont, [136];
address of Gov. Dix transferring Memorial to United States, [136-37];
address of Adjt.-Gen. Tillotson transferring Memorial to United States, [138-40];
address of William Cary Sanger receiving Memorial on part of United States, [140-41];
address of Count de Peretti de la Rocca representing France, [141-42];
address of Robert Roberts, [142-47];
benediction by Rev. J. W. Dwyer, [147];
Port Henry overlooks, [151];
joint work of New York and Vermont Commissions, [185-86];
French delegation approved and placed “La France” as seal on, [186], [190].
Literary exercises, Contributors to high quality of, [191].
Littebrant, William Thomas, Captain, and staff of Fifteenth U. S. Cavalry, Obligations of Commission to, [191].
Lloyd, James Horace, Brig.-Gen., and staff of Third Brigade of National Guard, N. Y., Obligations of Commission to, [191-92].
Locarno and Bluff Point, [153].
Lodge, Henry Cabot, U. S. Senator, reported Joint Resolution to Senate, [181].
Long House, The, of the Iroquois, [41];
alliance of, with the English forces, [41];
greatest war machine of the time, [137].
Longfellow’s Hiawatha, Dramatic version of, presented by Indians, [235].
Longworth, Charles F., expert in food products, [208].
Louis XV sent Montcalm to Ticonderoga, [102];
officials of, [227].
Louis XVI, Officials of, [227].
Louis the Just, Champlain on France under, [14].
Louisiana, Cession of, [35];
anniversary of Treaty of cession of, [36];
once the territory of France, [60].
Louvre, Works of modern sculptors in the, [19].
Lovell’s, Col., New Hampshire Regiment, under Gen. Amherst, [127].
Lowell, Abbott Lawrence, President of Harvard University, entertained French delegates at luncheon, [27].
Lyman’s, Col. Phineas, Connecticut Regiment, under Gen. Amherst, [127].
Lynde, John, Judge, [207].
Lyon, J. B., Company, Excellence of typographical work of, [193].
Mabie, Hamilton Wright, on the story of Lake Champlain, [72], [166];
on the beauties of the Champlain valley during the Tercentenary Celebration, [199].
McCarren, Patrick Henry, Senator, Death of, [182].
McCuen, Robert William, moved the appointment of the Vermont Commission, [181];
member of Commission, [224].
McCullough, John Griffith, guest at banquet, [32].
Macdonough, Thomas, Commodore of American fleet, [40], [52];
to have monument on Lake Champlain, [169];
importance of victory of, [228];
defeated British squadron, [233];
Congress voted a gold medal to, [233].
MacKaye, Percy, “Ballad of Ticonderoga,” [72], [81].
McLaughlin, Chester Bentine, Judge, from the Champlain valley, [207].
McMahon, Michael Deavitt, member of Vermont Commission, [224].
Macomb, Alexander, Brig.-Gen. commanding Americans at Plattsburgh, [233].
Maine, England after northeast corner of, [233].
Maisonneuve, Paul de Chomedey, Sieur de, Statue to, in Montreal, [96];
founder of Montreal, [96].
Malby, George Ronald, M. C., Efforts of, for Federal co-operation, [179], [182];
death of, [182];
obligations of Commissions to, [191].
Manley, torpedo boat, in the flotilla, [191].
Maps of the region, [198].
Marin, ——, French officer, saved Israel Putnam from being burned by Indians, [235].
Marquette, James, saw the Missouri, [33], [35];
statue of, in the Capitol at Washington, [96].
Marseillaise, The, played, [72], [77];
M. Deschamps on, [80], [84], [86].
Marsh, George Perkins, from the Champlain valley, [204];
the works of, [210].
Marsh, James, President of the University of Vermont, [208];
writings of, [210].
Martin, George, Judge, native of the Champlain valley, [207].
Massachusetts granite for Plattsburgh Memorial, [7], [8].
Massachusetts Historical Society, Collections, [198].
Masson, Frédéric, presided at meeting of the Five Academies, [94].
Matin, Le, aided the Franco-American Committee, [16].
Maugras, Charles Gaston, of the French Embassy, invited to the dedications, [117];
at dedication of Tablet, [125].
Maurepas, Jean Frédéric Phélippeaux, Fort Frédéric named after, [52], [227], [239].
Mead, Rev. Charles Marsh, author, from the Champlain valley, [211].
Mead, John Abner, Governor, member of Vermont Commission, [5];
guest at the Waldorf-Astoria banquet, [32];
declined to speak, [43];
entertained at Fort Ticonderoga, [71-72];
remarks of, at Crown Point exercises, [74];
represented by Adjt.-Gen. Tillotson at dedication of Memorial Lighthouse, [120], [125], [138];
and of Champlain Statue, [166];
regret at absence of, [139];
Gen. Tillotson on cause of illness of, [167];
obligations of Commissions to, [191].
Memorial Lighthouse, see [Lighthouse].
Memorials to Samuel Champlain, Construction of [by Henry W. Hill], [1-9]:
Bill authorizing, passed, [1];
opportunity at Crown Point Forts for a Memorial Lighthouse, [2];
contracts let for, [3];
cost, [3];
artistic features of, [3-4];
inscriptions on, [4-5];
arms on, [5];
Tablet on, [6];
the Rodin bust, [6];
the Plattsburgh Memorial, [6-9]:
Described by the architects, [7];
inscriptions on, [8];
the Statue, [8];
completion and cost, [9].
See also [Champlain Memorial].
Mens agitat molem, [63].
Menu cards at State banquet, [31].
“Mer des Iroquois,” [227].
Merritt, Edwin Atkins, Jr., Chairman Committee on Appropriations, [182].
Messier, Charles, Contributions of, to science, [21].
Metropolitan Club in New York, Luncheon at, [25].
Michael Angelo, Rodin as devoted to mastery of nature as, [19].
Middlebury College Library, [198].
Military Committee, Report of, by Howland Pell, [120-22]:
Staff of Gov. Dix, [120];
representatives of Gov. Mead, [120];
military companies, [121];
participation of companies in Crown Point exercises, [121];
review of Fifth Infantry at Plattsburgh Barracks, [122];
list of officers and men at ceremony, [122].
Military features of the ceremonies, see [Military Committee, Report of].
Military records of the United States, France, Great Britain and Canada, [198].
Millard, Stephen Columbus, M. C., born in the Champlain valley, [203].
Missionaries, Early French, [33], [35], [102];
treatment of natives by, [38-39];
sowed the seeds of civilization, [60];
les volontaires de la foi et de l’espérance, [64].
Missisquoi Bay, Major Robert Rogers at, [234].
Missisquoi River, The, [248].
Mississippi River, Pres. Finley on the, [33].
Mississippi valley, Pres. Finley on the, [33].
Missouri River, Pres. Finley on the, [33-34].
Mitchell, Dr. and Mrs. Silas Weir, at luncheon to the French delegation, [28].
Moffit, John Henry, M. C., banker, born in the Champlain valley, [205].
Moffitt, Stephen, General, born in the Champlain valley, [208].
Mohawks attack Fort Ste. Anne, [234].
Mohegans, Encampments of, displaced by pleasant homes, [82].
Molière, Les Fourberies de Scapin of, played by students of College of City of New York, [25].
Mona Lisa, “La France” fit to replace the, [18].
Money loaned us by France, [59].
Monk, Frederick de Bartzch, helped entertain French visitors in Canada, [89].
Montaigne, Michel Eyquem de, once mayor of Bordeaux, [43].
Montcalm de Saint-Véran, Louis Joseph, Marquis de, defeated Abercromby, [40], [231];
achieved fame at Ticonderoga, [55];
victory of, in 1758, [71], [93];
at Plattsburgh, [78];
French delegation decorated tomb of, [89];
Vidal de la Blache on memories of, [94], [95];
homage to, in America, [96];
defended Fort Carillon against the English, [102];
Germain redoubt constructed by, [103];
inspiring deeds of, [128];
M. Jusserand’s tribute to, [188];
garrisoned Fort Carillon, [231].
Montgomery, Richard, Brig.-Gen., joined Gen. Schuyler on Isle La Motte, [234].
Montgomery’s Highlanders, 77th Regiment, under Gen. Amherst, [127].
Montpetit, Édouard, Professor, of Laval University, helped to entertain the French visitors in Canada, [89].
Montreal, Site of, fixed by Champlain, [48];
reception and banquet to French delegation at, [89];
founded by Maisonneuve, [96];
M. Bazin on the journey to, [106].
Montreal Chamber of Commerce, welcomes French visitors, [89].
Montreal Library, [198].
Mooers, Benjamin, Maj.-Gen., commanded militia at Battle of Plattsburgh, [159].
Moore, Sir Henry, in land controversy, [227].
Moore, John White, Rear-Admiral, a native of the Champlain valley, [208].
Moore, Pliny, Judge, from the Champlain valley, [207].
Morning, Early, at Lake Champlain, [101].
Mortars, Stone, very uncommon in region, [253].
Morton, Levi Parsons, from the Champlain valley, [204].
Morvan, The mountains of, recalled, [95].
Mott, Edward, Captain, Report of, [243-44]:
Order to Ethan Allen, [243];
informed Congress of capture of Ticonderoga, [243];
Major in Col. Gay’s regiment, [244].
Mott, Samuel, Chief Engineer of the northern army, [243-44].
Mount Defiance, overtowering Ticonderoga, [72];
Burgoyne erected a battery on, [232].
Mount Independence, owned by S. H. P. Pell, [71];
commanding position of, [72].
Mount Mansfield rises back of Burlington, [151].
Mount of France, The, at Ticonderoga, [103].
Mount Vernon, French delegation visits, [26].
Musée du Luxembourg, Works of modern sculptors in, [19].
Museum, The house of Fort Carillon a, [104].
Museum of French Art, Opening of a, [26].
Myers, John Rossiter, Tribute of M. Deschamps to, [80];
aided the Commission, [193].
Naples and Burlington compared, [151].
Nathan Beman Chapter, D. A. R., took part in reception of French delegation, [79].
Nation, A, may lose in war, but a great race can hardly be rubbed out, [146].
National Assembly of France aroused, [54];
response of, to message of President of United States in 1848, [54].
National Government, The, protects all the people, [140].
National Guard of New York, Third Brigade of, Obligations of Commission to officers and members of, [191-92].
National Press Club, Washington, D. C., gave reception to French delegation, [27].
Nations cannot neglect courtesies, [14].
Navy, Natives of the Champlain valley in the, [207], [209].
Nebulae, The, [21].
Nelson, Charles Alexander, Indexes by, [193].
Nelson, Samuel, Judge, a native of the Champlain valley, [206].
New England slowly becoming New France, [146].
New France, Champlain founder of, [168].
New York City, Hospitalities extended to French visitors in, [25-26], [27];
M. Hanotaux on, [45], [46], [49];
M. Bazin on, [101].
New York Historical Society, Collections, [198].
New York State, Arms of, on base of Memorial Lighthouse, [5];
once owned Ticonderoga, [95];
Senators and Representatives from, invited, [117];
Governor and other officials of, invited to dedications, [117];
co-operation of Governors and Legislatures of, [218];
share of, in general expenses and cost of Memorials, [218];
controversies of, with Vermont, [232].
New York State Historical Association, Tablet at Fort Amherst placed in charge of, [126];
address of acceptance by Treasurer of, [128];
address of acceptance by Secretary of, [129];
Collections of the, [198];
papers in publications of, [214].
New York State Museum, Bulletins of, [258].
Niagara Falls, French visitors entertained at, [90].
Nichols, George Frederick, Colonel, native of the Champlain valley, [207].
Ninth Separate Company of Whitehall, at Crown Point Forts, [121], [125].
Noonan, Thomas Hazard, Judge, born in the Champlain valley, [207].
Notes on the archæology of the Champlain valley (G. H. Perkins), [247-58].
Nouvelle-Angleterre, la, Une des proclamations de, [63].
O’Brien, John Francis, Secretary of State, born in the Champlain valley, [206].
Officers, Noted, visited the forts, [227].
Ohio, once French territory, [60].
Ohio River, The, called La Belle Rivière, [34].
Olcott, Jacob Van Vechten, M. C., assisted the Commission, [179].
“Old Forty-Twa” Royal Highlanders, [129].
Oliver, Robert Shaw, Brig.-Gen., accompanied the French delegates to Mount Vernon, [26].
Orion, The great nebula of, [21].
O’Ryan, John F., Maj.-Gen., invited to dedications, [117];
guest of the Commission at Crown Point, [120];
at dedication of the Tablet, [125].
Ottawa Library, [198].
Otter Creek, American squadron fitted out at mouth of, [234];
a moulded copper celt found at, [258].
Oubanghi, Future city on the, [14].
Page, Carroll Smalley, aided in securing Federal co-operation, [181].
Palmer, Frank, Colonel, native of the Champlain valley, [207].
Palmer, George William, M. C., born in the Champlain valley, [205].
Palmer, Peter Sailly, “History of Lake Champlain,” and “History of the Battle of Valcour on Lake Champlain,” [197].
Paltsits, Victor Hugo, Papers by, [214];
light on early history of the region in, [240].
Pan-American Building, Ball at the, to French delegation, [27].
Panama Canal, Frenchmen and the, [36];
conceived by Champlain, [36], [137];
M. Hanotaux on the, [49].
Parade, Civic and military, at Plattsburgh, [159].
Paris, Dinner to French delegation on return to, [91-93];
Americans return to, Frenchmen to America, [142].
Parisian press, The, aided the Franco-American Committee, [16].
Parker, John Mason, Judge, from the Champlain valley, [204], [207].
Parkman, Francis, on the struggles about Crown Point, [72];
on French pioneers, [170];
historical works of, [197].
“Pastoral,” Heber’s statue of the, [3].
Patridge, John Alden, Captain, from the Champlain valley, [209].
Patriotism, Intense, in France, [18];
of sons of Plattsburgh, [164].
Pau, The plain of, suggested by view at Carillon, [104].
Paulding, William, Colonel, and staff, of the Twenty-fourth U. S. Infantry, Obligations of Commission to, [191].
“Pavilion, The,” summer home of S. H. P. Pell. 71.
“Paysages d’Amérique” (René Bazin), [101-6].
Peace, between English speaking peoples, One hundredth anniversary of, [78];
light of, replaces fitful fire of early war, [135];
a century of, [135], [164];
forces working for, [147];
an occasion to exchange words for international, [147];
assured, [165].
Peace projects, Great, planned between the United States and British Empire, [78].
Pell, Howland, Member of New York Commission, [iii], [4], [8], [218], [226];
supervised erection of the Memorial Lighthouse, [6], [119];
ancient pieces of armor of, used as models, [8];
looked after details at banquet at Waldorf, [31];
entertained Joint Commissions in Block House, [71], [193];
at dock to bid farewell to French delegation, [90];
Report of the Military Committee, [120-22];
Report of Tablet Committee on exercises at the unveiling, [125-27];
At dedication of Memorial Lighthouse, [133];
Services rendered by, [218].
Pell, Stephen Hyatt Pelham, at banquet at the Waldorf-Astoria, [32];
welcomes and entertains the French delegation at Ticonderoga, [71], [102], [192];
M. Bazin on the hospitality of, [102-3];
bought land to protect historical ground, [71], [103];
invited to dedications, [117];
at unveiling of Tablet, [126];
entertained President Taft, [192].
Pell, William Ferris, Descendants of, own Ticonderoga, [95].
Pelletier, Sir Adolphe, at the Celebration, [187].
People assembled at Crown Point Forts, René Bazin on the, [104-5].
People of the Champlain valley. Enthusiastic support shown to the Commission by the, [193].
Peretti de la Rocca, Emmanuel, Count de, met the French delegates in Washington, [26];
invited to the dedications, [117];
at dedication of the Tablet, [125];
represented the French Ambassador at the dedication of the Memorial Lighthouse, [133];
Address of, [141-42]:
Many commemorations bind together the two Republics, [142];
Frenchmen now discover America and love it, [142];
visited Cliff Haven, [157];
salute in honor of, at Plattsburgh Barracks, [158];
Address at dedication of Champlain Statue, [170-71]:
Monument to remind tourists of their first great predecessor, [170];
efforts of French explorers not in vain, [170];
thanks in French for cordial reception, [171].
Peretti de la Rocca, Countess de [née Lepidi de Gaffory], at the dedicatory exercises, [133].
Perkins, George Henry.—Notes on the archæology of the Champlain valley, [247-58];
Occupants of the territory, [247-48];
claims of the Caughnawagas, [248];
Iroquois on both sides of the Lake, [249];
implements and weapons found, [249-52];
gouges, [252];
hammers, [252-53];
pestles and mortars, [253];
axes or hatchets, [254];
ceremonial and other stones, [254];
pipes, [255];
pottery, [255-56];
bone objects, and shell beads, [257];
copper from Lake Superior, [257];
Dr. Beauchamp’s writings on, [258].
Perkins, George Henry, Professor, Notes on the archæology of the valley by, a valuable contribution to this Report, [193];
works of, [211].
Perkins, James Breck, writer on French history, [179].
Perry, Aaron F., M. C., born in the Champlain valley, [204].
Personnel and mission of the French delegation, [13], [16-17].
Peru, The conquistadores sought gold only in, [46].
Pestles of stone, some carved, found, [253].
Phelps, Dr. Abel Mix, from the Champlain valley, [208].
Phelps, Charles Henry, Judge, a native of the Champlain valley, [207].
Phelps, Edward John, from the Champlain valley, [204].
Phelps, Samuel Shethar, from the Champlain valley, [203].
Philadelphia, Hospitalities extended to members of French delegation in, [27-28];
M. Hanotaux on, [46].
Philippine Islands, Justice in the, [38].
Piaz, J. Dal, see [Dal Piaz, J.]
Pigeon, Henri, M. Deschamps on, [85].
Pilgrims, Champlain eleven years before the, [51].
Pipes, Stone and earthenware, of the Champlain valley, [255].
Pitt, William, Correspondence of Colonial Governors and officers with, [198], [239-40].
Pizarro, Francisco, No gathering of many peoples to honor, [164].
Platt, Thomas Collier, U. S. Senator, aided in securing Federal co-operation, [181].
Platt, Zephaniah, member of first Provincial Congress, [206].
Plattsburgh, Champlain Memorial at, [1], [6-9], [51];
purchased site for Memorial, [6], [119];
the Tercentenary Celebration at, [38];
Commissioners and visitors welcomed at, [77-80];
Vidal de la Blache recalled associations of 1814 at, [96];
Mayor and people of, assisted the Commissioners, [119];
Committee of Chamber of Commerce of, meets Commissioners and guests at Bluff Point, [157];
tour of city and reception at home of Smith M. Weed, [158-59];
luncheon at Fouquet House, [159];
parade to site of Memorial Statue, [159];
dedicatory ceremonies, [163-73];
patriotic spirit of sons of, [163];
liberal benefactors of, [168];
Memorial Statue accepted on behalf of, [168];
Library at, [198];
land engagements about, [233];
military pageant and formal exercises at, planned, [235-36].
Plattsburgh Barracks, Pageant at, [52];
exercises at, welcoming French delegation, [77-80]:
Address of V. F. Boire, [78-79];
addresses by French visitors, [79];
remarks of Mrs. G. F. Tuttle, [79-80];
regimental dress parade, [80];
M. Deschamps’ description of reception at, [85-86];
the salute by Col. Cowles, [86];
reviews of Fifth Infantry U. S. A. at, [122], [158].
Plattsburgh, Battle of, Graves of British officers who fell in, visited, [158];
Maj.-Gen. Mooers commander of militia at, [159].
Plattsburgh Bay, Naval engagement in, [40], [52], [164], [233];
Davidson’s painting of “The Battle of Lake Champlain,” [159].
Plattsburgh Memorial, see [Champlain Memorial Statue].
Plattsburgh, steam cutter in the flotilla, [191].
Plumley, Frank, Obligations of Commissions to, [191].
Poëte, Marcel, on the intellectual expansion of France in the United States, [25].
Poincaré, Raymond, President of Council of Ministers, sends personal representative, [17], [62], [66];
elected President of France, [67];
subscribed to fund for bust, [75], [186];
presided at dinner to French delegation on its return to Paris, [91];
on Myron T. Herrick, [92];
closing address at dinner, [93];
as President of France made Henry W. Hill a Knight of the Legion of Honor, [111].
Point au Fer, fortified by Gen. Sullivan, [235].
Pointe de la Couronne, [240].
Port Henry, Commissioners and guests at, [72], [151];
M. Deschamps on reception at, [80-81];
his word-picture of, [82];
guests from, on the Ticonderoga, [119], [120];
Library at, [198].
Port Henry Band, at Crown Point, [121], [125];
at dedication of Memorial Lighthouse, [134].
Port Kent, gateway to the Adirondacks, [152].
Portales, Jacques de. Count, guest at banquet, [32].
Porter, Horace, General, guest at Waldorf-Astoria banquet, [31].
Porter, Peter Augustus, M. C., assisted the Commission, [179].
Portico, or veranda, a distinctive feature of colonial architecture, [95].
Potter, Joseph, Judge, a native of the Champlain valley, [207].
Pottery, Great variety of, found, [255-56];
Algonkian and Iroquoian, [256-57].
Powers, Horace Henry, M. C. and Chief Judge Supreme Court of Vermont, [205].
Preliminary Champlain Commission, Work of the, [185];
acknowledgment for entertainment and transportation of the, [192];
entertained by Ethan Allen Club, [192].
Prentice, Samuel, from the Champlain valley, [203].
Preparation for dedicatory ceremonies, including military features, [117-22]:
Formal invitations sent out, [117-18];
arrangements planned by, and assistance given to the Commissioners, [118-19];
attendance at exercises, [119-20];
report of Military Committee, [120-22].
President of the French Republic, Toasts to, at Waldorf-Astoria banquet, [32], [37];
at Chamber of Commerce luncheon, [67];
at dinner in Paris on return of French delegation, [93].
President of the United States, Toasts to, [32], [34];
lent his presence to Tercentenary ceremonies, [37];
message of, on establishment of French Republic, [54];
Toast to, at Paris dinner, [93];
unable to attend dedicatory exercises, [118].
Press, the, of this country and of Canada, Thanks of Commissioners to, [193].
Prevost, Sir George, commander of British forces about Plattsburgh, [233].
“Prideaux’s” (55th) Regiment of Foot, under Gen. Amherst, [127].
Proctor, Fletcher Dutton, Governor, approved Resolution appointing Vermont Commission, [181], [224];
gave strong support, [182];
death of, [182].
Proctor, Redfield, Senator, favored Tercentenary, [181], [182];
death of, [181].
Prouty, George Herbert, Governor, member of Vermont Commission, [5], [226];
M. Jusserand on, [38];
invited to dedications, [117];
at Champlain Tercentenary, [143], [138];
obligations of the Commissions to, [191].
Provincial regiments commanded by Gen. Amherst, List of, on Tablet, [127].
Pruyn, John I., Colonel, and staff Tenth Infantry N. G. N. Y., Obligations of Commission to, [191].
Puga-Borne, Federico, spoke at dinner in Paris to French delegation, [93].
Putnam, Israel, Major, Attempt of Indians to burn, near Whitehall, [235].
Pyrke, Berne Ashley, Judge, of Port Henry, pledged care of the Tablet, [126].
Quebec celebrated memory of Champlain, [14];
site of, fixed by Champlain, [48], [89], [189];
entertained French visitors, [89];
M. Bazin on the journey to, [106];
taken by English, [146];
foundations of New France laid by Champlain at, [230].
Quebec Library, [198].
Quebec, Province of, French speaking people in, [89];
still French, [146].
Quebec-Miami International Highway, [78].
Raines, John, Senator, Death of, [182].
Rastus, Uncle, not the respondent, [166-67].
Ray, Ossian, from the Champlain valley, [204].
Raymond, Henry Jarvis, founder of the New York Times, graduated at the University of Vermont, [204].
Read, Almon Heath, from the Champlain valley, [204].
Receptions tendered to the French delegation, [16], [25], [26], [27], [28], [71], [77], [89], [90].
Reford, Robert Wilson, helped to entertain the French visitors in Canada, [89].
Regiments of France represented at the battle of Fort Carillon, Standards of the, displayed, [103-4].
Reid, William Max, Light thrown on early history of the region in papers of, [240].
Renaissance of constitutional government in France, [18].
Report of the Tablet Committee by Chairman Howland Pell, [125-27].
Representative men of the Champlain Valley [by Henry W. Hill], [203-14]:
Statesmen, [203];
members of Congress, [203-6];
early settlers, [206];
judges, [206-7];
lawyers, [207];
in army and navy, [207-8], [209];
educators, [208-9];
authors, [209-14].
Representatives, Official, of France, Great Britain, and Canada, at the Celebration, [187-89];
added dignity and stateliness to the functions, [188];
obligations of Commission to, and their Governments acknowledged, [189];
U. S. Government should invite, [236].
Republican movement in America, Effects of, felt in Europe, [54].
Républiques, Un parallèle entre les deux, [62-63];
les deux filles aînées de la liberté, [63].
Rescue Hose Company in parade at Plattsburgh, [159].
Revol, Auguste François, President of Montreal Chamber of Commerce, helped to entertain French visitors, [89].
Revolutionists, The buff and blue covered, [128].
Revue des Deux Mondes, “Paysages d’Amérique” by René Bazin in, [101].
Reynolds, George Greenwood, at unveiling of Tablet at English Fort, [126].
Rhode Island Historical Society, [198].
Richards, Frederick Bates, Secretary of New York State Historical Association, [117];
accepted charge of Tablet at Fort Amherst for the Association, [126];
address of, [129];
papers by, [213].
Richelieu River, Champlain’s expedition into the, [230].
Riley, John Benedict, Judge, member of New York Commission, [iii], [4], [8], [218], [226];
supervised the Plattsburgh Memorial, [6], [119];
escorted Commissioners and guests to Plattsburgh, [77];
at dedication of Memorial Lighthouse, [133];
trustee of Cliff Haven Summer School, [158];
presided at Chamber of Commerce luncheon, [159];
native of the Champlain valley, [207];
services rendered by, [218].
Roberts, Daniel, lawyer, from the Champlain valley, [207].
Roberts, James Arthur, President of New York State Historical Association, [117];
absent from unveiling of Tablet, [129].
Roberts, Robert, Mayor of Burlington, invited to the dedications, [118];
Address at dedication of the Memorial Lighthouse, [142-47]:
History of the Lake unfolded at the Champlain Tercentenary, [143];
apostrophe to La Belle France, embodied in image, [143];
Champlain’s account of his first battle with the Iroquois, [144];
impression on the Iroquois of the white men, [144];
stillness of the wilderness, [144];
struggles between French and English, [145];
capture of Ticonderoga by Ethan Allen, [145-46];
a nation may be defeated but a race is not rubbed out, [146];
forces at work for peace, [147];
Digest of the Vermont Reports by, [213].
Roberval, Jean François de la Roque, Sieur de, French Viceroy of Canada, [102].
Rochambeau, Jean Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, Count de, General, Portrait of, in Independence Hall, [28];
brought aid to the Colonies, [54];
enshrined in American memory, [78].
Rochambeau, Philippe Donatien Paul, Count de, member of the French delegation, [17], [62].
Rochambeau, Suzanne (née Rouxel), Countess de, member of the French delegation, [17].
Rock inscription, The, at Crown Point, [240].
Rodin, Auguste, Bust of “La France” by, [3], [6], [13], [60], [62], [74], [186];
description of bust by M. Hanotaux, [15], [18];
inscription on bust, [17];
works of, [19];
his theory of Art interpreted by H. W. Hill, [19-20];
English version of “Art” by, 20n;
Wickersham on, [35];
bust presented to Commissions, [50], [53], [55];
art work of, chosen as symbol of friendship, [65];
guest at dinner to French delegation on its return to Paris, [91];
M. Hanotaux on, [93];
M. Bazin on, [105].
Rogers, John, M. C., born in the Champlain valley, [206].
Rogers, Robert, Major, the ranger, [231];
expedition of, against the St. Francis Indians, [234].
“Roman Poet,” Heber’s statue of the, [2].
Roosevelt, Theodore, President, approved Joint Resolution, [181].
Root, Elihu, U. S. Senator, Address of, at Plattsburgh, [38], [143];
early action of, favoring Tercentenary, [181];
obligations of Commissions to, [191].
Rosengarten, Mr. and Mrs. Frank, at luncheon to the French delegation, [28].
Ross, Henry Howard, General, M. C., at Battle of Plattsburgh, [205].
Ross, James Blanchard, lawyer, native of the Champlain valley, [207].
Rotch, William, met French delegates in Boston, [27].
Rouse’s Point, Major Robert Rogers defeated the French near, [234];
historic places near, [235].
Roy, Ferdinand, President of Canadian Institute at Quebec, [89].
Royal Artillery, under Gen. Amherst, [127].
Royal or 1st Regiment of Foot, under Gen. Amherst, [127].
Royal Savage, the, Arnold’s flagship, Permission to raise, [228];
wreck of, at Valcour Island, [235].
Royce, Homer Elihu, M. C. and Chief Justice of Supreme Court of Vermont, [205].
Ruggle’s, Col. Timothy, Massachusetts Regiment, under Gen. Amherst, [127].
Russell, Mrs. Major, entertained Lafayette, [80].
Sail down the Lake to Bluff Point, [151-53]:
Port Henry, [151];
Burlington and its bay like Naples, [151];
The Four Brothers and Valcour, [152];
Champlain Hotel, Bluff Point, [153].
Sailly, Mrs. Frederick, as Mrs. Major Russell, entertained Lafayette, [80].
Sailly, Peter, M. C., native of the Champlain valley, [205].
Sailors, Detachment of, under Gen. Amherst, [127].
St. Elmo, Castle of, and University of Vermont, [151].
St. Francis Indians, Major Robert Rogers’ expedition against the, [234].
St. Gaudens, Augustus, Carl A. Heber in studio of, [2].
Saint Jean, Welcome of French delegation at, [86].
St. Jean Baptiste Society, welcomed visitors to Plattsburgh, [77];
escorted guests to site of Champlain Statue, [159].
St. John’s, Expedition against, [234];
surrender of, [243].
Saint Seine, Henri de. Count, at banquet, [32].
Ste. Anne, Shrine of, on Isle La Motte, [234].
Sanger, William Cary, Colonel, invited to dedications, [117];
address at dedication of Tablet, [126];
represented the President of the United States at dedication of Memorial Lighthouse, [133];
Lighthouse given to, [138];
Address receiving Memorial for United States, [140-41]:
States care for local interests, National Government for people as a whole, [140];
democracy and beauty, [140];
symbolism in Lighthouse, [141].
Sangha, Future city on the, [14].
Saranac Chapter, D. A. R., at exercises at Plattsburgh Barracks, [79].
Sawyer, John Gilbert, from the Champlain valley, [204].
Sawyer, Philetus, M. C., spent his youth in the Adirondacks, [204].
Saxe, John Godfrey, poet and humorist, [211].
Schiller, Heber’s statue of, [2].
Schofield, William Henry, Professor, gave breakfast to French delegation, [27].
School children of America gave statue of Lafayette to French nation, [163].
Schools, Mandatory provision for, in Constitution of Vermont, [199].
Schuyler, John, Captain, camped at Isle La Motte, [234].
Schuyler, Philip, General, joined Montgomery at Isle La Motte, [234].
Schuyler’s, Col. Peter, New Jersey Regiment, under Gen. Amherst, [127].
Scollard, Clinton, on Champlain, [81].
Scotland conquered long ago, but Scotch present to-day, [146].
Scrapers and drills of chipped stone, [251].
Sculptors, Productions of modern French, [19].
“Sea of the Iroquois,” Lake Champlain, [81], [249].
Second Infantry N. G. N. Y., Company “I,” at dedicatory exercises, at Crown Point Forts, [121], [125].
Second Regiment N. G. N. Y., Col. J. W. Lester, Obligations of Commission to, [191].
Senators of the United States favoring the Tercentenary, [179].
Senecal, Andrew George, Mayor of Plattsburgh, welcomed Commissioners and guests, [77], [157].
Settlements, Largest of the early, under protection of Fort Frédéric, [145].
Seven Years’ French and Indian War, [227-28].
Severance, Frank Hayward, Secretary of Preliminary Commission, rendered important services to the Commission, [193].
Seymour, Julius Hubbell, lawyer, [207].
Shaw, Charles E., lawyer, native of Champlain valley, [207].
Shaw, Leslie Mortier, from the Champlain valley, [203].
Shea, James, member of New York Commission, [iii], [4], [8], [218], [226];
supervised Memorial Lighthouse, [6], [119];
present at its dedication, [133];
services rendered by, [218].
Shedd, William Greenough Thayer, D.D., Works of, [210].
Shedden, Lucian Love, Regent of the University, [207].
Sheldon, Eugene Edmund, Judge, from the Champlain valley, [207].
Sheldon, Melville A., Judge, from the Champlain valley, [207].
Sheldon, Samuel, expert in electric science, [208].
Shell, Objects of, uncommon, [257].
Sheridan, Philip Henry, General, Equestrian statue of, by Heber, [2].
Sherman, James Schoolcraft, Grandfather of, a navigator of Lake Champlain, [179].
Sherman Military Band, Music by, at Lighthouse dedication, [134].
Sibley, Joseph Crocker, Thanks of Commission to, for use of yacht Valcour, [192].
Simmons, George Abel, M. C., a native of Champlain valley, [205].
Site at Crown Point, Opportunity of, [2], [4];
made American soil by valor of Green Mountain boys, [136].
Site for Memorial at Plattsburgh purchased by city, [6], [7], [9].
Six Nations, The Confederacy of the, called the Iroquois, [247].
Skinner, Mark, Judge, a native of the Champlain valley, [207].
Skinner, St. John Bull Lawrence, Postmaster-General under Andrew Johnson, [206].
Slade, William, M. C., born in the Champlain valley, [205].
Slate, Knives of red or purple, found, [252].
Slavery, Charlevoix on, [39].
Sloane, William Milligan, Professor, on “the vision of history,” [217].
Smith, H. Perry, “History of Essex County, N. Y.”, [197].
Smith, Kirby Flower, Ph.D., an authority on the Latin language and literature, [213].
Smith, Loyal L., philanthropist, from the Champlain valley, [208].
Smith, Melancton, Judge, member of first Provincial Congress, [206].
Smith, William Farrar, General, born in the Champlain valley, [207].
Smith. William L. G., lawyer, born in the Champlain valley, [207].
Soapstone dishes found, [257].
Social functions and hospitalities extended to the French visitors [by Henry W. Hill], [23-28]:
Play at the Carnegie Lyceum, [25];
reception at City Hall, [25];
luncheon at Metropolitan Club, [25];
Loan Exhibit of the French Institute, [25-26];
reception by Senator W. A. Clark, [26];
visit Washington and Mount Vernon, [26];
reception at French Embassy, and National Press Club, [26-27];
ball, [27];
luncheon at White House, [27];
dinner on S.S. France, [27];
reception by Society of the Cincinnati, [27];
visit to Boston and luncheon at Harvard University, [27];
visit to Philadelphia and luncheon with the Hon. Charlemagne Tower, [27-28];
taxed endurance, [110].
Society of the Cincinnati, gave reception to French delegation and the Commissions, [27].
Society of Colonial Wars, presented Tablet at English Forts, [121], [125], [128], [129].
Sohmer, William, invited to dedications, [117].
Songs, Old French, preserved among French descendants, [82-83];
at Saint Jean, [86].
Southwick, George Newell, M. C., assisted the Commission, [179].
Spalding, Rev. George Burley, from the Champlain valley, [208].
Spalding, James Reed, from the Champlain valley, [204].
Speakers, Representative, from official life, at the Tercentenary celebrations, [143].
Spear and arrow points. Chipped, [251];
of copper, [258].
Spears, John Randolph, on Arnold’s naval battle, [232].
Spooner, Charles Horace, Ph.D., invited to dedications, [118];
President of Norwich University, [209].
Stage House, old, in Plattsburgh, Fouquet House on site of the, [159].
Standish, Lt. Mathew M., a native of the Champlain valley, [207].
Stannard, George Jerrison, General, from the Champlain valley, [207].
Star Spangled Banner, The, played, [77], [86], [126], [134], [163].
State, Each, cares for matters which concerns its citizens, [140].
State Historical Societies, [198].
State Library at Albany, [198].
State Library at Montpelier, [198].
Steamboat, The first, on Lake Champlain, [233].
Steele, George Washington, Jr., Lt. U. S. N., commanding flotilla, Obligations of Commission to, [191].
Stetson, Francis Lynde, at Waldorf-Astoria banquet, [32];
invited to dedications, [118];
Address at dedication, accepting Champlain Statue for the city of Plattsburgh, [168-69]:
Tribute to Champlain, the Christian explorer, [168-69];
virtues of Champlain and Macdonough should be emulated, [169];
A native of the Champlain valley, [206].
Stewart, John Aikman, Address at dedication of Champlain Statue, [171-72]:
Nation like individual should possess the homely virtues, [171];
prophetic vision of Champlain realized, [171];
Canada and Americans have a common destiny, [171-72].
Stetson, Lemuel, M. C., and County Judge, born in the Champlain valley, [205].
Stewart, John Wolcott, Governor of Vermont, M. C. and U. S. Senator, [205].
Stillness, The awful, of the wilderness, [144-45].
Stimson, Henry Lewis, Secretary of War, accompanied French delegates to Mount Vernon, [26].
Stone, Arthur Fairbanks, member of Vermont Commission, [5], [226];
at dedication of Memorial Lighthouse, [133].
Stone implements and weapons found, [249-54].
Stony Point Park, Flag used at dedication of, [163].
Story, Joseph, Judge, Works of, edited by Judge E. H. Bennett, [210].
Street, Douglas Richmond, Lt.-Col., in command of the Governor-General’s Foot-Guards, [187].
Sullivan, John, General, fortified Point au Fer, [235].
Sulzer, William, M. C., assisted the Commission, [179].
Summer resorts on the Lake, [151].
Summer School, see [Catholic Summer School] of America.
Sunderland, Rev. Byron, from the Champlain valley, [208].
Swanton, Vt., A considerable settlement at, [234];
tubular stone pipes found near, [255].
Sweetland, William, Judge, native of the Champlain valley, [207].
Tablet at English Fort, Unveiling of [Henry W. Hill], [121-29]:
Report of exercises, [125-26];
presented by W. C. Sanger, [126];
description of, with inscription, [127];
addresses of acceptance by James A. Holden, [128];
and Frederick B. Richards, [129].
Taft, William Howard, President, gave a luncheon to the French delegates, [27], [45];
from the banks of La Belle Rivière, [34];
M. Jusserand on, [37], [38];
at the Champlain Tercentenary, [52];
M. Hanotaux on, [91];
represented at dedicatory exercises by W. C. Sanger, [140];
reviewed troops at Plattsburgh Barracks in 1909, [158];
administration of, endorsed, [167];
commended the Canadian troops, [187];
obligations of Commissions to, [191];
on a “traveling show,” [217].
Tasso on the French, [38].
Tawney, James Albertus, M. C., favored Tercentenary, [181].
Taylor, John Caldwell Rainey, member of New York Commission, [225].
“Télémaque chez Calypso,” Sèvres bisque group presented by French Government to C. B. Alexander, [111].
Temps, Le, aided the Franco-American Committee, [16];
represented by M. Gaston Deschamps, [17];
M. Deschamps’ report of exercises at Crown Point and Plattsburgh in, [80].
Tenth Infantry N. G. N. Y., Col. John I. Pruyn, Obligations of Commission to, [191].
Tercentenary exercises, see [Champlain Tercentenary Celebration].
Thomas, John Martin, member of Vermont Commission, [5], [226];
invited to dedications, [118];
helped to plan programme of dedicatory exercises, [119];
at dedication of Memorial Lighthouse, [133];
remarks of, transferring Lighthouse to the Governor of Vermont, [136];
President of Middlebury College, [209].
Thompson, Daniel Pierce, on the Iroquois in Vermont, [248-49].
Thompson, Robert Means, Colonel, provided entertainment for the Commission at Ticonderoga, [192].
Thompson, Zadock, “Northern guide” and histories of the State of Vermont by, [197].
Thompson’s Point, summer resort on east shore, [151].
Thornton, Arthur Whetham, Captain, defeated British at Otter Creek, [234].
Three Rivers, The Village of, burned, [234].
Thurston, John Mellen, from the Champlain valley, [203].
Ticonderoga, M. Jusserand on visit to, [38];
early struggles at, [52], [55];
Commissions and French delegation entertained at, [71-72];
strategic importance of, [72];
history of, [72];
M. Hanotaux on, [92-93];
work of restoration at, [95], [103];
M. Bazin’s impressions of, [102-4];
gallantry of Black Watch at, [129];
historical incidents at, [143];
captured by Ethan Allen, [145-46], [231-32];
history of, merits federal consideration, [228];
in seven years’ war, [231];
military pageant at, planned, [235].
Ticonderoga, Steamer, chartered to take guests through Lake Champlain, [118], [119], [120], [121], [147];
trip of, from Crown Point to Bluff Point, [151-54].
Ticonderoga Historical Society, Library of, [198].
Tillotson, Lee Stephen, Brig.-Gen., represented Governor of Vermont at dedicatory exercises, [120];
at dedication of Tablet, [125];
at dedication of Memorial Lighthouse, [133];
Address accepting Lighthouse, [138-40]:
Joint work of New York and Vermont, [138-39];
dream of, [139];
Vermont’s appreciation of work of Commissioners, [139];
tribute to Champlain, [139];
Memorial transferred to United States, [139-40];
Address at dedication of Champlain Statue at Plattsburgh, [166-67]:
Cause of Gov. Mead’s absence, [167];
on the scenery, [167].
Tonty, Henri de, with Sieur de La Salle, [33].
Torrey, Augustus, engineer, [208].
Torrey, Joseph, President of the University of Vermont, [208];
works of, [210].
Tower, Charlemagne, entertained French delegates, [28].
Tracy, Alexandre de Prouville de, Expedition of, to punish the Iroquois, [234].
Trade between France and United States, M. Hanotaux on, [90-91].
Trade with distant tribes, Evidences of, found, [258].
Traversy, Capt. de, killed by the Mohawks, [234].
Treadwell, Thomas, Judge, member of first Provincial Congress, [206].
Treaties of Alliance, and of Amity and Commerce, with France, Centennial of, celebrated, [36].
Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle, [230].
Treaty of Cession of Louisiana, Centennial of, celebrated, [36].
Treaty of Paris brought rest for a while, [231].
Tri-color and Fleur-de-lis flags, The, [71].
Turrel, Joel, M. C., from the Champlain valley, [203].
Tuttle, Mrs. George Fuller, Remarks of, at exercises at Plattsburgh Barracks, [79-80];
author of “Three centuries in Champlain Valley,” [211].
Twenty-fourth U. S. Infantry, Obligations of Commission to, [191].
United States, Arms of, on base of Memorial Lighthouse, [5];
balance of the world’s power will rest with the, [49];
represented at the Champlain Tercentenary, [52];
genius of institutions of, reflected in those of France, [55];
obligations of, to France, [41], [59-60];
M. Hanotaux on “la puissance” of the, [60];
un parallèle entre les deux Républiques, [62-63];
le commerce franco-américain, [63-64];
Cardinal Gibbons on debt of, to France for great men, [97];
Memorial Lighthouse transferred to the, [139], [140];
found the Tercentenary an occasion to speak for international peace, [147].
United States, Government of, Active co-operation of, [179], [187];
invitations extended by, through Dept, of State, [179];
entertained the foreign guests, [218];
should detail national troops for military pageants, [235];
should officially participate, [236].
United States Congress—House of Representatives—Committee on Foreign Affairs,
see [Committee on Foreign Affairs].
United States Reservation at Plattsburgh, see [Plattsburgh Barracks].
University of Paris represented by M. Vidal de la Blache, [17].
University of Pennsylvania, Members of French delegation visit, [27].
University of Vermont, Site of the, [151-52];
Library of the, [198];
Ira Allen gave property to, [199];
fine pottery jars in Museum of, [255].
Unveiling of the Champlain Memorial Lighthouse, [134].
Unveiling of the Tablet at the English Fort [by Henry W. Hill], [125-29].
Uriu, Stakichi, Vice-Admiral, represented Japan at the Champlain Tercentenary, [52], [187];
spoke at Ticonderoga, [189].
Vail, Henry Hobart, publisher, from the Champlain valley, [208].
Valcour Island, First naval battle at, [40], [52], [85], [152], [164], [232].
Valcour, yacht. Thanks of Commission to Hon. Joseph C. Sibley for use of, [192].
Van Patten, William James, member of Vermont Commission, [5], [226];
at dedication of Memorial Lighthouse, [133].
Vaudreuil, Philippe de Rigaud, General, [103].
Veazey, Wheelock Graves, Judge, born in the Champlain valley, [207].
Verbeck, William, Brig.-Gen., Chief of staff of Gov. Dix, at banquet, [32];
invited to dedications, [117];
at dedications, [120].
Vermont, Arms of, on Memorial Light, house, [5];
children of, contributed to monument, [5];
origin of name of, [82];
Senators and Representatives from, invited, [117];
Governor and other officials of, invited to dedications, [117];
and prominent citizens, [118];
altercations with New York, [135];
a labor of love, [136];
verses on, by Orville G. Wheeler, [152];
Republicans in, [167];
scenery of, [167];
invitation to come to, [167];
mandatory provision for schools and a university in first constitution of, [199];
shared in general expenses and in cost of Crown Point Memorial, [218];
controversies with New York, [232].
Vermont Commission, see [Lake Champlain Tercentenary Commission of Vermont].
Vermont Historical Society, Papers and proceedings of, [198].
Vermont Legislature, Joint memorial of, appointing Lake Champlain Commission, [223-24];
appropriation for the Commission, [226];
claims of the Caughnawagas presented to the, [248-49].
Vermont State Geologist, Seventh report of, [258].
Vermont, The, first steamboat on the Lake, [233].
Vessel, The first sailing, on the Upper Lakes, [40].
Vesuvius and Mt. Mansfield, [151].
Vidal de la Blache, Paul, member of French delegation, [17], [44];
Address at annual meeting of the Five Academies, [94-97]:
Cherished memory of visit to regions discovered by Champlain, [94];
history revived as scenes were visited, [94-95];
Ticonderoga, [95];
exercises at Crown Point reviewed, [95];
progress into Canada, [96];
adoption by America of French heroes, [96];
emphasis of history on great Frenchmen, [97];
our American work not a failure, [97];
beauty of style of, [110].
Vignan, Nicholas de, Champlain’s mercy to, [164].
Villages, No permanent Indian, because of hostilities, [250].
“Vive la France,” [86];
the sentiment of the friends made in America by the French delegation, [110].
Volontaires, Les, de l’Amitié, [64].
Volontaires, Les, de la foi et de l’espérance, [64].
Volontaires, Les, de la Liberté et de l’Indépendance, [64].
Vosges, The, with Retournemer and Longemer, suggested by view at Carillon, [104].
Voyages across Atlantic, Nine, made by Champlain, [138].
“Voyages and Discoveries,” by Samuel Champlain, [81].
Vreeland, Edward Butterfield, M. C., assisted the Commission, [179].
Wade, Martin Joseph, from the Champlain valley, [204].
Wadhams, Albion Varette, Commodore, a native of the Champlain valley, [208].
Wadhams, Rt. Rev. Bishop Edgar Prindle, born in the Champlain valley, [208].
Wadsworth, James Wolcott, Jr., member of New York Commission, [225].
Waldegrave, James, 2d earl, Pointe de la Couronne in letter of, [240].
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, Banquet in Astor gallery of the, [31];
John H. Finley toastmaster at, [31], [111].
Walker, Aldace Freeman, Judge, born in the Champlain valley, [207].
Walker, Jesse, Judge, a native of the Champlain valley, [207].
Walker, Stephen Ambrose, from the Champlain valley, [208].
Walworth, Reuben Hyde, M. C. and State Chancellor, [205], [207].
War of 1812, British and Canadian documents relating to the, [198].
Warner, Seth, Colonel, captured Crown Point, [128], [146].
Warrens, Independence and resolution of the, [199].
Washington, George, French delegation place wreath of flowers on tomb of, [26];
on justice to the Indians, [38];
M. Hanotaux on, [46];
influence of, on Lafayette and other Frenchmen, [54];
portrait of, in American homes, [65];
statue of, offered Versailles by Virginia, [75].
Washington, D. C., Hospitalities extended to French delegation at, [16], [26-27];
M. Hanotaux on, [46]; M. Bazin on, [101].
Waterman, Charles Winfield, lawyer, born in the Champlain valley, [207].
Watson, William, on Beauty, [153].
Watson, Winslow Charles, Judge, born in the Champlain valley, [207].
Watson, Winslow Cossoul, “Military and Political History of Essex County,” “Men and times of the Revolution,” and “Pioneer history of the Champlain Valley,” by, [197].
Weapons of stone, copper, and iron found in the valley, [249], [251], [257-58].
Weaver, William Rice, member of New York Commission, [iii], [4], [8], [218];
supervised the Plattsburgh Memorial, [6];
on Committee to arrange for its dedication, [119];
at dedication of Memorial Lighthouse, [133];
services rendered by, [218].
Weed, Mr. and Mrs. George Standish, received distinguished guests, [159].
Weed, Smith Mead, entertained Commissioners and guests, [158-59];
lawyer, [207].
Welcome to French delegation on its arrival, [16].
Wells, William, General, native of the Champlain valley, [207].
Wentworth, Rev. John Brodhead, D. D., Works of, [211].
Westport, summer resort, [151].
Wever, John Madison, M. C., born in the Champlain valley, [205].
Wheeler, James Rignall, Professor of Greek archæology and art, from the Champlain valley, [214].
Wheeler, Rev. Orville Gould, verses on Vermont, [152];
Semi-Centennial Poem of University of Vermont, [212].
Wheeler, William Adolphus, from the Champlain valley, [203].
White, Edward Douglass, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, from the banks of the Mississippi, [33].
White House, Luncheon at the, to French delegation, [27].
White man, The, and less advanced races, [39];
Champlain the first, in the region, [137], [164], [224].
Whiting’s, Col. Nathan, Connecticut Regiment, under Gen. Amherst, [127].
Wickersham, George Woodward, Attorney-General of U. S., guest at Waldorf-Astoria banquet, [31];
Address of, at banquet, [34-37]:
Tribute to Champlain, [34-35];
embassy from French nation has worthy object, [35];
illustrious French names in history of American continent, [35-36];
French commemorations here, [36];
welcome and tribute to French delegation, [37];
accepts the bust “La France,” [37].
Wilbur, Rev. Earl Morse, native of the Champlain valley, [214].
Wilcox, Dr. Reynolds Webb, at unveiling of the Tablet at English Fort, [126].
Wilderness, Awful stillness of the, [144].
Wilds, Percival, looked after details of banquet, [31];
Secretary of Lake Champlain Association, [117], [118].
Willard, George, from the Champlain valley, [204].
Willard’s, Col., Massachusetts Regiment under Gen. Amherst, [127].
Winooski River, The, [248].
Witherbee, Sherman & Co., gave English forts at Crown Point to the State, [151], [239].
Witherbee, Mrs. Annie E., Discoveries about the old French Fort made by, [76-77].
Witherbee, Miss Evelyn, unveiled tablet at English fort, [121], [126].
Witherbee, Frank Spencer, looked after details of banquet, [31];
met guests and Commissioners at Port Henry, [72];
made Knight of Legion of Honor, [110];
invited to dedications, [117];
present at dedicatory exercises at Crown Point and Plattsburgh, [118];
Port Henry home of, [151];
Commission grateful to, [192];
member of New York Commission, [110], [225].
Witherbee, Miss Louise G., unveiled Memorial Lighthouse, [134].
Witherbee, Walter Crafts, member of New York Commission, [iii], [4], [8], [226];
Treasurer of the Commission, [iii], [80], [133], [261];
Chairman of Committee on Building Memorial Lighthouse, [6], [119];
met guests and Commissioners at Port Henry, [72];
tribute of M. Deschamps to, [80];
made Knight of Legion of Honor, [110];
Chairman of Committee of arrangements for dedication of the Crown Point Memorial, [119];
at dedication of Memorial Lighthouse, [133];
Port Henry the home of, [151];
entertained Commission, [192];
services rendered by, [218];
Financial Statement, [263].
Witherbee Band, The, played for French guests, [72], [82].
Wood, Leonard, accompanied French delegates to Mount Vernon, [26].
Wood, Thomas Waterman, from the Champlain valley, [208].
Woodbridge, Frederick Enoch, M. C., born in the Champlain valley, [205].
Woodford, Stewart Lyndon, General, at banquet to French delegation, [32].
Woodruff, Frank Edward, Professor, from the Champlain valley, [208].
Worcester’s, Col. David, Connecticut Regiment, under Gen. Amherst, [127].
Wright, George Frederick, D.D., Works of, [212].
Wright, George Murray, lawyer, a native of the Champlain valley, [207].
Wright, Silas, educated at Middlebury College in the Champlain valley, [203].
Wurth, Herman, Sculptor of Tablet at Fort Amherst, [125].
Xaintongeois, Long live the, [81].
Year Books, record of antiquarian jurisprudence, [41-42].
Year 1914, The, centenary of peace, [78].
York and Lancaster factions acted under legal claims to crown, [40].
Yorktown, Battle of, French aid at, [59].
Young America seems Old France to M. Deschamps, [81].