INDEX
A Acadia (Nova Scotia), Louisburg designed to protect, [29]. Acadians, refuse to emigrate, [34]; and refuse to become British subjects, [35]; why called Neutrals, [36]; desire to remove elsewhere, [36]. Aix-la-Chapelle, Peace of, [127]. Annapolis, N. S., attempted capture of, [43]; attack on, frustrated, note [100]. Auchmuty, Robert, proposes the taking of Louisburg, note [58].
B Boston, defenceless condition of, [11]. Bradstreet, Colonel John, at Louisburg, [70]. Brooks, Captain, killed at Louisburg, [113].
C Canada, the key to, [12]; its political and economic weaknesses, [24] et seq.; compared with the English colonies, [25]; the fur monopoly, [26]; scheme for building up the colony, [28]. Canso, seized from Louisburg, [43], note [45]; prisoners taken there prove useful, [49]; army rendezvous at, [69]; environs of, [76]; works thrown up at, [77]. Cape Breton Island, face of the country, [16]; mountains of, [17]; Gabarus Bay, [23]; first suggestions of its importance to Canada, [28]; natural products of, [29]; advantageous situation as a port of delivery and supply, [29]; left to Canada by stupid diplomacy, [30]; its chief harbors, [31]; the Bras d’Or, [31]; called Ile Royale, [32]; plan for getting colonists, [33], [34]; strategic points on the straits, [76]; ice blockade of, [77]; restored to France, [127]. Cape Breton Coast, approach to, [14]; blockaded by ice, [77]. Circular battery of Louisburg, its design, [93]; silenced, [116]. Coffin, Moses, of Newbury, Mass., anecdote of, [104]. Connecticut in Louisburg expedition, [57]; her forces join Pepperell, [78].
D Dauphin Bastion, of Louisburg, [93]; destructive fire upon, [110]. De Costebello, at Louisburg, [33]. De Saxe, Marshal, defeats the English, [41]. Duchambon, commander of Louisburg, [84]; recalls a detachment, [95]; refuses to surrender, [96]; changes his mind, [117]; and opens a treaty, [118]. Dwight, Joseph, at Louisburg, [66] and note [71].
E English Harbor (Louisburg), [31]. Expeditionary Army, its composition, [66]; and equipment, [67], [68]; favoring conditions, [68]; sets sail for Louisburg, [69]; at Canso, [69]; council of war, [75]; sails for Louisburg, [80]; lands at Gabarus Bay, [84]; not backed up by the navy, [90]; transportation of artillery to the front, [94]; it tells on the men, [95]; the camp and camp life, [101] et seq.
F Flat Point Cove, our army camps at, [85]. Fontenoy, English defeated at, [41]. Franklin, Benjamin, has no faith in Louisburg expedition, [57].
G Gabarus Bay, the back door to Louisburg, [23]; Pepperell lands at, [80], [81]. Gibson, James, volunteers for Louisburg, [63], note [70]. Green Hill, Louisburg shelled from, [95]. Gridley, Richard, engineer at Louisburg, [66]; an apt scholar, [105], note [125].
H Hale, Robert, at Louisburg, note [71]. Hodges, Joseph, at Louisburg, note [72]. Hutchinson, Thomas, gives casting vote for attacking Louisburg, [55].
I Island Battery, situation of, [15]; its value to the besieged, [93] and note [100]; disastrous attack upon, [112], [113]; its fire silenced, [116]; in our hands, [119]. Ile Royale, see Cape Breton, [32]. Isle Madame, or Arichat, [76].
L Lighthouse Point, [14]; is seized and fortified, [109]. Louisburg, the approach to, [14]; the harbor, [15]; old city, [15]; old fortifications perambulated, [17]; hills back of, [17]; natural defences of, [18]; demolition of the works, [19]; and present state of, [19]; Citadel, [20]; natural obstacles to surmount, [21]; bomb-proofs, [21]; impregnable from sea, [21]; graveyard and its inmates, [22]; Royal Battery, [23]; reasons why the fortress was erected, [24] et seq.; to be a great mart, [28]; to help Acadia, [29]; called English Harbor, [31]; chosen for a fortress, [32]; why called Louisburg, [32]; operations begun, [33]; prisoners shipped to, from France, [37]; strength and cost of the fortress, [38] and note [45]; could be defended by women, [39]; its armament, [39]; garrison sallies out upon Nova Scotia, [44]; its fall the salvation of New England, [47]; schemes for its capture, [50]; its garrison mutinies, [51]; forces being raised against it, [56], [57]; early suggestions for its conquest, note [58]; is blockaded, [73]; is invested, [89]; its defences as related to the siege, [93]; progress of siege operations, [95] et seq.; summoned to surrender, [96]; breaching batteries, [106]; progress of siege, [109]; a relieving vessel gets in, [110]; capture of the Vigilant, [110]; stratagem tried, [115]; its success, [115]; a general bombardment, [116]; a suspension of arms, [118]; the surrender, [123]; the garrison, [123], [124]; importance to Great Britain as a political make-weight, [126] et seq.; restored to France, [127]; many-sided importance of the conquest to the colonies, [128], [129]; disgust in the colonies at its restoration, [129]; cost of the campaign, note [131]; rejoicings, note [131].
M Meserve, Lieutenant-Colonel, his services at Louisburg, [94]. Micmacs of Cape Breton, [37]. Mira River, settlements on, [16]. Moody, Rev. Samuel, his pithy prayer, [124]. Moore, Samuel, at Louisburg, note [72]. Moulton, Jeremiah, at Louisburg, note [71]; destroys St. Peter’s, [96].
N Newcastle, Duke of, anecdote of, [44]. New England alarmed by the creation of Louisburg, [39]; dreads the beginning of war, [42]; war is declared, [43]; menace to her commerce and fisheries, [46], [47]; aroused to take Louisburg, [54], [55]; extraordinary war measures in, [56], [57]; quality of expeditionary army, [62], [63]; enthusiasm in enlisting, [64]; reimbursed for her expenses, note [131]. Newfoundland, French removed from, [33]. New Hampshire contingent, [69]; note [72]. New Jersey in Louisburg expedition, [57]. New York contributes to Louisburg expedition, [57]. Nixon, John, note [125]. Nova Scotia (Acadia) turned over to England, [30]; invaded, [43]; relieved, [95].
P Pennsylvania in Louisburg expedition, [57]. Pepperell, William, chosen to command, [60]; his qualifications, [61], [62]; impetus given by him to the project, [63], [64]; his regiment, note [70]; hampered by instructions, [75]; finds Louisburg blocked up by ice, [77]; hails Warren’s arrival with joy, [78]; confident of driving the enemy from Cape Breton, [79]; finds Shirley’s plan impracticable, [83]; finds his task greater than he had supposed, [90]; his advances against the city properly made, [93]; is goaded into attacking the Island Battery, [112]; pushes forward preparations for a general assault, [116]; grants an armistice, [118]; his conduct contrasted with Warren’s, [119]; made a baronet, [130]. Pitts, Ebenezer, at Louisburg, note [71]. Pomeroy, Major Seth, at Louisburg, [89]; his record, note [100].
Q Quebec, as the bulwark of Canada, [11].
R Raudots, father and son, their scheme for putting new life into Canada, [26]; it proposes a great naval mart at Cape Breton, [28]. Rhode Island in Louisburg expedition, [56]. Richmond, Sylvester, at Louisburg, note [71]. Royal Battery, situation and importance of, [23]; taken, [86]; attempt to retake it, [87]; its importance to Americans, [88]. Ryal, Captain, sent to England, [41].
S St. Anne, described, [31]. Saint Ovide, at Louisburg, [35]. St. Peter’s, destruction of, determined on, [76]; is effected, [96]. Seacoast defences of Mexico, Cuba, etc., [9]; of the English colonies, [10], [11]; of Canada, [11]. Shirley, Gov. William, saves Annapolis, [43]; notifies ministry, [44]; writes Commodore Warren, [44]; grasps the situation, [48]; his personal traits, [48], [49]; determines to take Louisburg, [50]; applies to legislature, [52]; meets defeat, [53]; arouses public sentiment, [54]; carries his point, [55]; sets to work, [56]; hears from Warren, [69]; attempts to order plan of attack, [73], [74]. Straits of Canso, [31].
T Tournay, invested, [41]. Tufts, William, his bravery, [113]. Tyng, Commodore Edward, commands colonial fleet, [67]; note [72].
U Utrecht, how the Peace of, affects the colonies, [30].
V Vaughan, William, who he was and what he did, [49], [50]; note [58]; volunteers for Louisburg, [63]; leads a scouting party, [85]; and takes Royal Battery, [86]. Vigilant, French war-ship, taken, [110].
W Waldo, Samuel, at Louisburg, [67] and note [71]; occupies Royal Battery, and fires first shot, [89]. War of the Austrian Succession, its policy outlined, [40]; produces war between England and France, [41]; hostilities begin at Nova Scotia, [44]. Warren, Commodore Peter, orders sent to, [44]; arrives at Canso and proceeds off Louisburg, [78]; takes the Vigilant, [110]; is re-enforced, [111]; his plan for taking the city, [111]; agrees to a general attack, [116]; he ignores Pepperell, [119]; made an admiral, [130]. Whitefield, Rev. George, [62]; writes a motto for the flag, [65]. Wolcott, Gen. Roger, [67] and note [71].