Valtry, M. de, I. [74].
Vanbraam, I. [135]; interpreter for Washington, I. [133], [158]; matters pertaining to the alleged assassination of Jumonville, I. [158], [159], II. [421]-[423].
"Vanguard," the, II. [356].
Vannes, the siege at Beauséjour, I. [249], [251].
Van Renselaer, I. [32].
Varin, naval commissary, II. [20]; number of French in the fight at Great Meadows, I. [160 note]; official knavery, II. [29], [30], [385].
Varin, Madame, I. [457], II. [428].
Vaudreuil, Madame de, joins in the quarrel of her husband with Montcalm, II. [168].
Vaudreuil, Phillippe de, early governor of Canada, I. [366].
Vaudreuil, Pierre François Rigaud, Marquis de, governor of New France, I. [182], [288], [289]; his estimate concerning the population of Canada, I. [20 note]; his friendship for Vergor, I. [253], II. [278]; his traits of character, and his double-dealing, I. [366]-[368], [376], [388 note], [445], [460]-[466], II. [7], [20]-[31], [154 note], [167], [169]-[171], [173], [196]-[199], [258 note], [307], [319], [322], [376]; life at Montreal, I. [366], [455], [456], II. [8]-[10], [18]-[22], [339]; his relations with Montcalm, I. [366]-[368], [377], [456], [460], [462]-[466], II. [3], [8]-[10], [35], [36], [164]-[169], [173], [175], [179], [180], [202], [203], [292], [293], [300], [301], [315]-[323]; his plans for defence, I. [374], [376]; induces the Indians to fight against the English, I. [392], [437], [438], [467], II. [4], [5], [262]; party sent to cut off the supplies from Oswego, I. [393], [394]; at Fort Frontenac, I. [407], [408]; the French victorious at Oswego, I. [413]; despatches sent to Versailles, I. [427]; war-party sent to reduce Fort William Henry, I. [447]-[451]; his choice of Rigaud for commander, I. [458], [459]; detractions made in regard to the French regulars, I. [461]-[463]; calls for troops, I. [467], [468] the attack on Fort William Henry planned, I. [472], [514 note] (see [William Henry, Fort]); animus of Loudon towards, II. [1], [2]; the affair at German Flats, II. [6], [7]; his relations with Bigot, II. [17], [18], [323]; his official corruption, II. [20]-[31], [171], [319]; receives ministerial rebukes, II. [32]-[35]; his plans in regard to Ticonderoga, II. [86], [87], [164], [165]; provides for the defence of Fort Duquesne, II. [141], [142]; extracts from his letters to the colonial minister, II. [141], [142], [172]-[175]; letters blaming Montcalm, II. [164]-[166], [172], [173]; the loyalty of the Canadians, II. [169]; appeal made at court, for aid for Canada, II. [171]-[173]; receives the grand cross of the Order of St. Louis, II. [174]; a census of Canada made, II. [178]; ordered to defer to Montcalm, II. [179], [180]; circular letter issued by, II. [195], [196]; the siege and reduction of Quebec, II. [195]-[233], [259]-[325], [325 note, 326 note], [437]; measures taken by, in the defence of Quebec, II. [198]-[203], [206], [209], [218], [222], [264], [265], [274], [276], [287], [291], [292], [301], [302]; his friendship for Cadet, II. [199], [323]; tries to burn the English fleet, II. [210]-[212], [227]; proclamations of Wolfe, II. [213], [214], [223], [225], [226], [261], [262]; councils of war held, I. [218], [219], [305]; his delight over the English disaster at Montmorenci, II. [233]; the siege of Niagara by the English, II. [235], [243]-[249]; his orders to Bourlamaque, II. [238], [239]; the final battle and the death of Montcalm, II. [292]-[297], [308]-[310]; the question of capitulation discussed at Quebec, II. [303]-[307]; orders a retreat, II. [307]; his flight, II. [308], [310]; summons Lévis to his assistance, II. [312]; steps taken to repair his errors, II. [312]-[314]; Quebec surrenders, II. [314]-[316]; defames Ramesay, II. [318]; his correspondence, II. [322], [325 note], [438]; his hope of retaking Quebec through the expedition of Lévis, II. [340]-[358]; his spirit, and chances of success, II. [361], [362], [366], [367], [376]; his proclamation to the Canadians, II. [366]; orders given to Bougainville, II. [367], [368]; the English encamp near Montreal, II. [372]; the articles of capitulation for Montreal drawn up and signed, II. [372]-[374]; repairs to France, II. [375], [376], [384]; reproved for his action at Montreal, II. [375], [376]; imprisoned and tried, II. [385], [386]; acquitted, II. [386]; matters relating to Dumas and Ligneris, II. [423], [424].
Vaudreuil, Rigaud de. See [Rigaud].
Vauquelin, his bravery at Louisbourg, II. [63], [341]; attacked by the English, II. [356], [357].
Vauvert, I. [366].
Venango, I. [133], [135], [423], II. [159]-[161], [244]; the fort burned, II. [247].
Vendôme, I. [10].
Verchères, M. de, I. [74].
Vergor, Duchambon de, commandant at Beauséjour, I. [239]-[242]; sustains Le Loutre, I. [242]-[244]; letter from Bigot advising official corruption, I. [242]; the siege of Beauséjour, I. [247]-[253]; capitulation of the fort, I. [251]; tried and acquitted, I. [253], II. [278]; his command on the Heights of Abraham, II. [276]-[278]; chances of success for Wolfe in his last venture, II. [278], [284], [285]; shot in the heel, II. [287].
Vermont, I. [290]; new road made across, II. [241].
Vernet, I. [12].
Verreau, Abbé H., II. [37 note], [326 note].
Versailles, I. [11], [12], [80], [81], [87], [96], [101], [111], [180], [182], [253], [361], [474], II. [32], [354], [395]; corruption at court, II. [44]; arrival of the envoys from Canada, II. [174].
Verte, Baye, I. [252]-[255].
Vicars, Captain John, I. [375 note], [398 note]; at Albany, I. [397].
Viger, Hon. D. B., II. [438].
Viger, Jacques, II. [418].
Villars, I. [10].
Villejoin, I. [458].
Villeray, commandant at Fort Gaspereau, I. [253]; surrenders to the English, I. [253]; brought to trial, I. [253].
Villiers, Coulon de, sent to Fort Duquesne, I. [153]; the fight at Great Meadows, I. [153]-[155], [157]-[161], II. [421]-[423]; the fight with Bradstreet's boatmen, I. [393]-[396]; condition of his camp, I. [402]; encamped at Niaouré Bay, I. [408]; taken prisoner, II. [248].
Vincennes, I. [83].
Vincent, Earl St., II. [284].
Virginia, I. [68], [69], [142], [163], [181], [182], [382], [423]; manners, customs, and other matters of interest, pertaining to, I. [29]-[35], [42], [60], [86], [164 note], [165], [196], II. [22]; questions of boundary, I. [37], [53], [61], [174]; unpopularity of Lord Albemarle, I. [136], [137]; the settlers need protection from the Indians, I. [139], [140], [329]-[333], [336], [343], [365], [380], [422], II. [131], [132]; meeting of the Assembly with Dinwiddie, I. [164], [165]; enlistments in and preparations for Braddock's campaign, I. [196], [200]; disposal of the Acadians, I. [283]; fears of a slave insurrection, I. [331]; condition of its forts, I. [422], [422 note]; roads to Ohio, II. [133]. See [Assembly of Virginia].
Virginia regiment, the, commanded by George Washington, I. [132], [142], [151]; distress of their marches, and difficulties of the service, I. [153], [156]-[159], [163], [216], [217]; the troops praised by Braddock and by Washington, I. [226], [230].
Virginians, the, their service in the army, and merited commendation, I. [152], [159], [200], [226], [230], II. [133], [138], [152], [160].
Vitré, Denis de, pilots the English fleet, II. [203].
Voltaire, I. [1], [16], [22]; letter from Frederic II., II. [388].
Voyageurs, I. [20 note].
W.
Wabash River, the, I. [40], [56], [83].
Waggoner, Captain, I. [217], [331].
Walker, Admiral, his fleet wrecked, II. [203].
Walpole, Horace, I. [7]; his opinion of Edward Cornwallis, I. [93], [110]; remark and anecdote concerning the Duke of Newcastle, I. [177], [178]; observation concerning Mirepoix, I. [180]; sketch of General Braddock, I. [188], [189], [191], [198]; remark concerning George Townshend, II. [193]; letters concerning Wolfe and Quebec, II. [323], [324], [358]; recounts the death of George II., II. [390], [391]; his writing concerns Pitt, II. [406], [407].
War-songs, I. [474], [476], [481].
Ward, Ensign, attacked by the French, and surrenders, I. [143].
Warde, George, II. [190].
Warren, Sir Peter, Admiral, I. [287].
Washington, George, I. [53]; sequence of events dating from the time of his youth, I. [1]; enters upon his career, I. [132]; adjutant-general of the Virginia militia, I. [132], [142], [151], [330]; his embassy to Fort Le Bœuf, with letter of introduction to Saint-Pierre, I. [132]-[136], [297]; his adventure at Murdering Town, I. [136]; the site of Pittsburg examined by, I. [142]; the battle at Great Meadows, and the alleged assassination of Jumonville, I. [145]-[162], II. [421]-[423]; his traits of character, I. [146], [147], [150], [213], [219], [331]-[334]; at Fort Necessity, I. [156]; the capitulation drawn up by Villiers, I. [158], [159]; retreat from Fort Necessity, I. [160], [161]; opinion of, expressed by Half-King, I. [160 note]; the Fourth of July, I. [161]; quoted concerning Braddock, I. [201]; serves as aide-de-camp to Braddock in his expedition against Fort Duquesne, I. [202], [203]; consultation with Braddock, I. [206]; letter to his brother quoted, I. [206], [207]; crosses the Monongahela, I. [212], [213]; battle of the Monongahela, and retreat of the English troops, I. [214]-[233]; letter quoted concerning the defeat, I. [220], [230]; quoted concerning the suffering of the people, I. [331]-[333], II. [131], [132]; his relations with Dinwiddie, I. [332], [333], II. [131], [132]; report of the affair at Kittanning, by Dumas, I. [426], [427]; his relations with General Forbes, in his expedition against Fort Duquesne, II. [134], [137], [138], [158].
Waterbury, I. [428].
Webb, Colonel Daniel, I. [439]; resigns his position as commander-in-chief, I. [383]; arrives at Albany, I. [399]; sent to reinforce Oswego, I. [405], [406], [415]; at Fort Edward, I. [496-498 note], II. [2]-[4]; his correspondence with Munro, I. [496], [497]; his lack of support for Munro, at Fort William Henry, I. [496], [497], [501], [502], [513 note], II. [1]-[3], [428], [429]; his regiment at the siege of Quebec, II. [297].
Wedell, General, II. [387].
Weiser, Conrad, I. [66], [73], [160]; letter to Governor Morris, I. [347].
Weld, Chaplain, I. [404], [405 note].
Wentworth, Governor, I. [510 note].
Wesley, John, I. [6].
West, Captain, leads a party to bury the dead, II. [159], [160].
West, Benjamin, II. [159].
West, the conflict for, of the French and the English, I. [2], [63]-[90], [132], [134], [137]-[141], [170], [192], [231], [232], [318], [329], [415]; the forests, I. [205]; French and English settlements compared, II. [146].
West Indies, the, I. [10], [137], [230], [356], II. [65], [192], [401]; power of England over, II. [400], [405].
West Mountain, I. [300].
Westminster Abbey, tablet erected to Lord Howe, II. [91].
Wheeling Creek, I. [48].
Whigs, the, I. [6], [179], II. [40], [392], [400].
White Mountains, I. [453].
White Point, II. [57].
White Woman's Creek, I. [55].
Whitefield, I. [6].
Whitehall, I. [298], II. [121], [252].
White's Chocolate-House, I. [7].
Whiting, Lieutenant-Colonel, I. [302]; his men fall into Dieskau's ambush, I. [302], [303].
Whitmore, brigadier, serves in the expedition against Louisbourg, II. [48], [57]-[76]; becomes the governor of Louisbourg, II. [76].
Whitworth, Dr. Miles, I. [508]; summons to the Acadians drawn up, I. [271], [272]; present at the massacre at Fort William Henry, I. [509], [514], II. [430], [431].
Wiggins, George, II. [82 note].
Wilhelmina, death of, II. [389].
William, Duke of Cumberland, son of George II., I. [8].
William III., his accession to the throne of England, I. [5], [6].
William and Mary College, I. [163].
William Henry, Fort, I. [388], [452], [457], II. [88], [114]; its situation, I. [316], [492]; winter life of the garrison, I. [350]; its condition, I. [401], [402], [493], [495]; exploits of Lieutentant Kennedy and Captain Hodges, I. [428], [429]; exploits of Rogers' rangers, I. [433]-[437], [441], [445]; attacked by Vaudreuil's war-party, I. [446]-[451], [456]-[458]; a new attack planned, and the expedition prepared by the French, I. [472], [474]-[494]; besieged and conquered by the French, I. [494]-[513], [514 note], II. [1], [2], [5], [6], [237], [292], [320], [321], [381], [428]-[431]; some of the garrison massacred by the Indians, I. [505]-[513], [514 note], II. [428]-[431].
William Henry Hotel, I. [401].
Williams, Colonel Ephraim, I. [290]; origin of Williams College, I. [290]; serves in the expedition against Crown Point, I. [290]-[311]; his wounds and death, I. [302], [303], [311].
Williams, Colonel Israel, II. [120 note]; letters to, quoted, I. [292], [293], II. [114], [115].
Williams, Josiah, I. [311].
Williams, Stephen, a chaplain, I. [290]; preaches to the army at Lake George, I. [295], [296].
Williams, Thomas, a surgeon, serves in the expedition sent against Crown Point, I. [290]-[293]; letters from, quoted, I. [294], [311], [316 note], [406]; his account of the battle of Lake George, I. [306], [312 note]; his anxiety for Oswego, I. [405], [406].
Williams, Colonel William, account of the loss of Oswego, I. [406], [407]; letters quoted concerning the army and the battle at Ticonderoga, II. [114], [115], [119], [120].
Williams College, I. [290].
Williams, Fort, I. [374], [375].
Williamsburg, I. [136], [142], [163], [228], [332]; society at, I. [163], [164].
Will's Creek, I. [59], [139], [142]-[144], [151], [161]; the trading-station established on, I. [132], [199], [260].
Winchester, I. [141], [330].
Windsor, I. [94], [268].
Winnebagoes, the, I. [486].
Winslow, John, I. [169], [495]; his education and circumstances, I. [245], [246]; his letters and journal quoted concerning the Acadians, I. [249], [250], [252], [253 note], [254], [255], [266 note], [267], [269]-[271], [274], [275], [277], [277 note], [278], [279]; the siege of Fort Beauséjour, I. [247]-[253]; circumstances with regard to the removal of the Acadians, I. [249]-[253], [266]-[284]; relations with Captain Murray, I. [269], [275], [278]; delivers the orders of George II. to the Acadians, I. [272]-[274]; his portrait, I. [273]; his quarters at Half-Moon, I. [387]; letter to Colonel Fitch, I. [388]; letters hastening the preparations for an attack on Ticonderoga, I. [388], [389], [405], [438]; difficulty concerning the rank of provincials and regulars, I. [399], [400]; his camp at Lake George, I. [401], [421], [438]; his opinion of Israel Putnam, I. [428]; his Letter Book cited, I. [429]; prisoners brought into camp, I. [431]; his sentinels killed, I. [437]; ordered to remain in a defensive attitude, I. [438]; his letter to Shirley concerning the failure of the campaign, I. [438], [439]; his troops garrisoned in winter-quarters, I. [439]; money expended on his expedition, II. [84].
Wisconsin, I. [486].
Wisconsin Historical Society, the, II. [426].
Wolf Island, I. [409].
Wolfe, Mrs., the filial devotion of her son, II. [185]-[190], [192]; last letter from General Wolfe, II. [269], [270]; mourns his loss, II. [324].
Wolfe, Major-General Edward, II. [184].
Wolfe, James, II. [48], [345]; his opinion of Cornwallis, I. [93]; serves in the expedition against Louisbourg, II. [48], [57]-[81]; his characteristics and ill health, II. [48], [58], [78]-[81], [183]-[188], [190]-[192], [219], [221]-[225], [262], [266]-[270], [272], [277], [281], [288], [289], [294], [295]; his age, II. [184]; confidential relation existing with his mother, II. [185]-[190], [192], [269], [270]; plans of attack at Louisbourg, II. [57], [58]; the Island Battery silenced, II. [62], [63]; the French ships burned, II. [66], [67], [69]; the capitulation of Louisbourg, II. [71]-[75]; ordered to disperse the French settlers, II. [80], [81]; sails for England, II. [81]; his opinion of Abercromby and of Lord Howe, II. [89]; an expedition fitted out to serve under, II. [181]-[184]; his rank and campaigns, II. [185], [189], [191]; the Rochefort expedition, II. [189]; letters to Major Wolfe and Lieutenant-Colonel Rickson, II. [190]-[192]; his betrothed, II. [190], [284]; to command the expedition against Quebec, II. [191]-[193]; embarks for America, II. [192]; authorities on his life, II. [194 note]; siege and reduction of Quebec, II. [195]-[233], [259]-[299], [436]-[441]; arrival of the fleet in the St. Lawrence, and passage of the Traverse, II. [203]-[206]; at the Island of Orléans, II. [208]; his view of the French camp, II. [208], [209]; the descent of the fireships, II. [210]-[212], [227]; seizes Point Levi, II. [213]; his proclamations to the Canadians, II. [213], [214], [223], [225], [226], [260], [261]; his position at Montmorenci, II. [216]-[220]; Quebec bombarded, II. [216], [217], [228]; his determination to persevere in the siege, II. [228]; the disaster at Montmorenci, II. [228]-[233], [259], [260], [268], [269]; ballads written concerning, II. [233 note]; the expected aid from Amherst, II. [240], [241], [250], [272]; proposes to fortify Isle-aux-Coudres, II. [260]; plans of attack considered by, II. [260], [266]-[272]; despatches sent to Pitt, II. [268]-[272], [323]; the discovery of the path ascending the heights, II. [272], [278]; his determination to climb the heights, and attack the French, II. [272]-[280]; movements of the squadron under Holmes, II. [278]-[285]; his last orders from the "Sutherland," II. [280], [281]; statistics of his troops, II. [281], [283], [290], [298 note], [437], [438], [444]; assisted by Saunders, II. [282]; the pretended attack at Beauport, II. [282], [283]; makes use of the French provision-boats, II. [283], [284], [286]; his presentiment, II. [284]; his chances of success, II. [284], [285]; the ascent of the heights, II. [284]-[289]; remark concerning Gray's Elegy, II. [285]; the challenge to the boats, II. [286]; his troops drawn up ready for action, II. [289]-[292]; the charge and victory of the English, II. [295]-[297]; his wounds, II. [296]; his last words, II. [297], [297 note] his death, II. [297], [317], [323], [324]; his remains carried to England, II. [317]; his death written upon by Walpole, II. [323], [324]; the fruits of the victory, II. [325], [352], [400]; remarks of the Rev. E. Forbes, II. [378]; his "Instructions to Young Officers," II. [439].
Wolfe, Walter, the uncle of James Wolfe, II. [190], [192]; letters from his nephew quoted, II. [191]-[193].
Wolfe's Cove, II. [278].
Wood Creek, I. [295], [297], [321], [374], [388], [406], II. [121].
Wooden Horse, the, I. [386].
Woolsey, Colonel, II. [432], [433].
Wooster, Colonel David, I. [389].
Worcester, I. [404].
Wraxall, I. [301 note]; eulogies of Johnson, I. [316].
Wright, his Life of Wolfe, II. [82 note], [194].
Wright, Dr., II. [120]; sickness in the army, II. [120].
Wyandot, I. [54], [76].
Wyandots, the, I. [40], [41], [57].
Wyoming, II. [143].
Y.
Yadkin, the, I. [58].
Yale College, I. [290].
York, I. [7].
Youghiogany river, the, I. [145], [146], II. [138].
Young, Lieutenant-Colonel, I. [496]; sent to Montcalm for terms of capitulation, I. [505].
Z.
Zeisberger, David, I. [55 note].
Zinzendorf, Count, I. [54], [55].