France and England in North America, Part VII, Vol 2: A Half-Century of Conflict

by Francis Parkman

• Madras, ii. [256].
• Maillard, the priest, ii. [185], [186], [187].
• Maine, State of,
  • the whole burden of war falls upon, i. 16;
  • an unbroken forest, i. 34;
  • its beasts of prey, i. 36;
  • the Indian tribes of, i. 36;
  • the settlements of, i. 39;
  • a dependency of Massachusetts, i. 40;
  • characteristics of the people of, i. 40;
  • the Abenaki tribes of, i. 101;
  • the settlements again inhabited, i. 221;
  • ii. [260].
• Makisabie, war-chief of the Pottawattamies, i. 282.
• Malicite Indians, the, i. 220;
  • join Duvivier’s expedition against Annapolis, ii. [61];
  • ii. [170].
• Mallet, the brothers, in Colorado and New Mexico, i. 367, 368.
• Malplaquet, battle of, ii. [9].
• Mandans, the, ii. [15];
  • La Vérendrye among, ii. [16], [17];
  • decline in numbers, ii. [17];
  • visited by Prince Maximilian, ii. [17];
  • villages of, ii. [17], [18];
  • visited by Captains Lewis and Clark, ii. [17];
  • persecuted by the Sioux and the small-pox, ii. [17];
  • customs of, ii. [19];
  • Pierre and Chevalier La Vérendrye among, ii. [20];
  • Bodmer and Catlin among, ii. [20];
  • origin of the name, ii. [21];
  • lodges of, ii. [21];
  • the “medicine lodge,” ii. [21].
• Mandan villages, the, i. 367; ii. [17], [18].
• Mandeville, M. de, i. 309.
• Manitoba, ii. [10];
  • fur-trade of, i. 37.
• Manitoba, Lake, ii. [14].
• Mann, Fort, i. 357.
• Mantannes, the, see [Mandans, the].
• Maquas, the, see [Caughnawagas].
• Marblehead, ii. [68], [85].
• March, Colonel John,
  • at Falmouth, i. 45;
  • attacked by the Indians, i. 45;
  • attacks the Pequawkets, i. 50, 56;
  • commander-in-chief of the expedition against Port Royal, i. 125;
  • characteristics of, i. 126;
  • ill-fitted for his position, i. 126;
  • his disorderly camp, i. 127;
  • his failure, i. 129.
• Marcy, i. 357.
• Marest, Father, the Jesuit,
  • aversion of Cadillac for, i. 19;
  • i. 30;
  • at Fort St. Louis, i. 327;
  • i. 331, 350.
• Mareuil, the Jesuit,
  • at Onondaga, i. 138;
  • on the destruction of the Jesuit mission-house at Onondaga, i. 139.
• Marganne, François de, see [La Valterie, Sieur de].
• Margry, Pierre, i. 18, 21, 25, 26, 27, 28, 30, 298, 299, 300, 301, 302, 303, 304, 354, 355, 356, 358, 360, 366, 368; ii. [12], [25], [36];
  • on the achievements of the family of La Vérendrye, ii. [42].
• Marguerite, see [French, Martha], and [Stebbins, Abigail].
• Maricourt, i. 11.
• Marie Françoise, see [French, Freedom].
• Marie Jeanne, see [Hurst, Sarah].
• “Marie-Joseph,” the, i. 194.
• Marin, a French trader, i. 343, 344.
• Marin, ii. [126], [131], [185], [194], [196];
  • attacks Saratoga, ii. [210];
  • ii. [294], [295], [300].
• “Marin,” the, i. 300, 302.
• Marlborough, town of, attacked by the French and Indians, i. 99.
• Marlborough, Duke of, i. 118;
  • rancorously attacked, i. 163;
  • the prestige of his victories, i. 163;
  • the disgrace of, i. 184.
• Marlborough, Sarah, Duchess of, i. 164.
• Marquette, the Jesuit,
  • at Michilimackinac, i. 17;
  • at Fort St. Louis, i. 327;
  • ii. [57].
• “Mars,” the, ii. [159].
• Marshall, N., on Parson Moody, ii. [79].
• Martha’s Vineyard, ii. [182].
• Martin, Judge M. L., i. 344.
• Martinique, i. 130, 192, 193.
• Martissan, ii. [106].
• Martissan, battery of, at Louisbourg, ii. [304].
• Martissans, heights of the, ii. [302].
• Maryland, the colony of, i. 8, 148;
  • supports the plan to conquer Canada, ii. [152];
  • ii. [261].
• Mascarene, Major,
  • in command at Annapolis, ii. [61];
  • attacked by Duvivier, ii. [62];
  • refuses to surrender, ii. [62];
  • ii. [127], [171];
  • his treatment of the Acadians, ii. [172];
  • his letter to Shirley, ii. [172];
  • ii. [175], [178], [181], [186];
  • on the losses at Grand Pré, ii. [198];
  • ii. [200];
  • letter from the Acadians to, ii. [202];
  • ii. [315], [316], [318], [322];
  • letter from Shirley to, ii. [324];
  • ii. [325], [326], [328], [331], [332], [342], [343], [347], [354].
• Mascarene, Paul,
  • the engineer, i. 191, 198;
  • on the political work of the Acadian missionaries, i. 202.
• Mascoutins, the,
  • on Rock River, i. 278;
  • at Detroit, i. 280;
  • their camp attacked, i. 285;
  • the siege, i. 286;
  • their desperate position, i. 287;
  • make overtures to Dubuisson, i. 287;
  • renewed hostilities, i. 290;
  • beg for mercy, i. 293;
  • they surrender, i. 295;
  • i. 335;
  • villages of, i. 341.
• Masham, Mrs., i. 164, 181.
• Mason, Edward G., i. 328.
• Massachusetts,
  • the colony of, i. 7;
  • the whole burden of war falls upon, i. 16;
  • the settlements of Maine a dependency of, i. 40;
  • the cost of killing an Indian, to, i. 100;
  • passes a resolve for an expedition against Port Royal, i. 125;
  • ordered to furnish troops for the conquest of Canada, i. 135;
  • plans made for the expedition by, i. 136, 143;
  • decides to attack Port Royal, i. 145;
  • expense of her futile expedition of 1707, i. 146;
  • England’s desire to reduce it to submission, i. 156;
  • enters heartily into the Canadian expedition, i. 167, 168;
  • ii. [55];
  • enters into Shirley’s plans against Louisbourg with pious zeal, ii. [69];
  • make-up of her contingent, ii. [81], [82];
  • bankrupt condition of, ii. [142];
  • reimbursed by England for expenditures on the Louisbourg expedition, ii. [142];
  • restored to financial health, ii. [143];
  • votes to support the plan to conquer Canada, ii. [152];
  • ii. [156];
  • responds to Shirley’s call to the defence of Annapolis, ii. [182];
  • suffers from Indian border attacks, ii. [217];
  • New Hampshire disputes her claim to Fort Dummer, ii. [217];
  • her settlements pushed farther westward into Berkshire, ii. [230];
  • builds a line of forts, ii. [230];
  • ii. [260], [350].
• “Massachusetts,” the, ii. [83].
• Massachusetts, the Assembly of, i. 109, 146;
  • controversy with Governor Shute, i. 239, 240.
• Massachusetts, General Court of,
  • refuses to sanction the plan for an attack on Louisbourg, ii. [66], [67];
  • reconsiders the question favorably, ii. [69].
• Massachusetts, Fort, ii. [231], [232], [236];
  • Rigaud plans to attack, ii. [237]-240;
  • description of, ii. [241];
  • site of, ii. [243];
  • the attack, ii. [243], [244];
  • a parley, ii. [247];
  • capitulation, ii. [248], [249];
  • plundered and set on fire, ii. [249];
  • rebuilt, ii. [255].
• Matchedash Bay, Brébeuf at, i. 18.
• Mather, Cotton,
  • the Decennium luctuosum of, i. 50;
  • i. 105;
  • his opposition to Governor Dudley, i. 106, 107.
• Mather, Increase, i. 105.
• Matinicus, i. 122; ii. [65].
• Maumee River, the, ii. [57].
• Maurault, Abbé, on the Gill family, i. 92, 93.
• Maurepas, Count de,
  • memorial of Cadillac presented to, i. 23;
  • ii. [200], [237].
• Maurepas, Fort, on the Winnipeg, ii. [14].
• Maurepas Gate, at Louisbourg, ii. [149], [150], [296].
• Maurepas, Lake, i. 302.
• Maximilian, Prince, of Wied,
  • among the Mandans, i. 345;
  • ii. [17], [18].
• McKenney, Mrs., killed by the Indians, ii. [216].
• M’Donald, Captain, ii. [126].
• Medfield, village of, i. 228.
• Medford, ii. [99].
• “Medicine lodge,” the, ii. [21].
• “Medicine men,” the Indian, the natural enemies of the missionary, i. 219.
• “Medicines,” Indian, i. 79, 216.
• Medoctec, Abenaki mission of, i. 236.
• Memeramcook, ii. [203].
• Memphremagog, Lake, ii. [221].
• Menadou, ii. [288].
• Ménard, Jean Louis, marriage of, i. 89.
• Menominies, the,
  • on Fox River, i. 275;
  • at Detroit, i. 283;
  • i. 340.
• Mercier, ii. [190].
• Mer de l’Ouest, the, see [Pacific Ocean].
• Meriel, Father,
  • forces Samuel Williams to turn Catholic, i. 83;
  • i. 90.
• “Mermaid,” the, ii. [84], [93], [123].
• Merrimac River, the, i. 37, 97, 259.
• Merry-meeting Bay, i. 239.
• Meserve, Lieutenant-Colonel, at Louisbourg, ii. [105].
• Mesilac, Sieur, ii. [291].
• Messager, the Jesuit, joins La Vérendrye in his search for the Pacific, ii. [12].
• Mexico, i. 298; ii. [46].
• Mexico, city of, i. 355.
• Mexico, the Gulf of, i. 135, 299;
  • Spain bent on making good her claim to, i. 301;
  • i. 319, 324.
• Miamis, the, raided by the Saginaws, i. 335.
• Michigan, Lake, i. 341; ii. [57].
• Michilimackinac,
  • the Jesuit mission of, i. 17;
  • La Mothe-Cadillac at, i. 17;
  • the centre of the western fur-trade, i. 17;
  • the favorite haunt of the coureurs de bois, i. 17;
  • curious survival of Huron-Iroquois customs at, i. 18;
  • its rivalry with Detroit, i. 23;
  • i. 332, 338, 339; ii. [6];
  • important position of, ii. [57].
• Micmac Indians, the, i. 101, 188;
  • fiercely hostile to the English, i. 191;
  • the massacre, i. 191;
  • i. 197, 203, 207, 235;
  • attack Canseau, i. 244;
  • join Duvivier’s expedition against Annapolis, ii. [61];
  • ii. [170];
  • Le Loutre’s absolute control over, ii. [173].
• Micmac missions, Le Loutre’s, ii. [188].
• Middlesex, village of, ii. [157].
• “Military Movements,” French, ii. [216].
• Minas, ii. [178], [312], [316], [323], [326], [334], [343], [344], [345], [346], [347], [349], [351], [354], [355].
• Mines, parish of, i. 208, 209;
  • Ramesay at, ii. [181];
  • Noble at, ii. [182];
  • the French victory at, ii. [200];
  • ii. [202], [260].
• Mines Basin, ii. [184], [187], [188], [189].
• Minneconjou Indians, the, ii. [34].
• Minnesota, State of, i. 348.
• Minnetarees, the, ii. [21].
• Minot, John, i. 233.
• Miramichi, La Corne at, ii. [185].
• Miré, ii. [300].
• Mississagas, the, i. 281, 295.
• Mississippi Company, the,
  • Louisiana passes into the hands of, i. 315;
  • efforts of the French government to maintain, i. 315, 316;
  • removes L’Épinay and reappoints Bienville as governor of Louisiana, i. 318;
  • the struggle to obtain stock in, i. 318;
  • the bubble bursts, i. 319;
  • relinquish the claim to Louisiana, i. 322.
• Mississippi River, the, i. 22, 275, 296;
  • France occupies the mouth of, i. 298;
  • i. 300;
  • Spain bent on making good her claims to, i. 301;
  • Iberville enters, i. 301;
  • Bienville explores, i. 302;
  • i. 311, 319, 327, 328, 349; ii. [6], [57].
• Mississippi, State of, i. 301, 302, 321.
• Mississippi, the Valley of the, i. 22, 185;
  • occupied by the French, ii. [58].
• Missionaries, the Acadian,
  • beginning of the political work of, i. 201;
  • Governor Phillips advises the recall of, i. 203.
• Mission of Two Mountains, the,
  • converted Iroquois at, i. 341;
  • set out against the Outagamies, i. 341.
• Missions Étrangères, the priests of, i. 24.
• Missouri Indians at Detroit, the, i. 283;
  • village of, i. 359;
  • join Bourgmont’s expedition, i. 361;
  • i. 365.
• Missouri River, the, i. 311;
  • plans to explore, i. 354;
  • Indian tribes of, i. 360;
  • ii. [5].
• Missouri, State of, i. 359.
• Missouri, the, tribes of, ii. [28].
• Mitchell, ii. [55].
• Mobile, i. 307.
• Mobile, the Bay of, French establishment at, i. 305, 312.
• Mogg, the Norridgewock chief, killed by the English, i. 247.
• Mohawk Indians, the,
  • Jesuits among, i. 13;
  • in the conquest of Canada, i. 139;
  • Peter Schuyler takes five of their chiefs to England, i. 147;
  • their flattering reception, i. 147;
  • William Johnson among, ii. [211].
• Mohawk River, the,
  • Father Jogues on the banks of, i. 18;
  • ii. [83].
• Mohegan Indians, the, i. 50.
• Monongahela, the, ii. [185].
• Montagnais, the, i. 235.
• Montigny, ii. [247].
• Montmorency, M. de, ii. [268].
• Montreal, i. 13;
  • the fur-trade at, i. 14, 22;
  • i. 96;
  • the English plan to attack, i. 135, 140;
  • excited in expectation of Nicholson’s attack, i. 142;
  • Walker’s expedition plans to attack, i. 165;
  • ii. [6];
  • La Vérendrye at, ii. [13];
  • the English plan to attack, ii. [153];
  • war-parties sent against the English border from, ii. [217];
  • ii. [235].
• Moody, Captain,
  • at St. John, i. 132;
  • his letter to Sunderland, i. 146;
  • dismissed by the Massachusetts Assembly, i. 242.
• Moody, Father (Parson), see [Moody, Rev. Samuel].
• Moody, Rev. Samuel,
  • senior chaplain of the expedition against Louisbourg, ii. [78];
  • anecdotes of, ii. [78]-80;
  • at Canseau, ii. [91];
  • at Louisbourg, ii. [135], [137].
• Moore, Colonel, ii. [144].
• Moore’s regiment, at Louisbourg, ii. [103].
• Moosehead Lake, i. 36.
• Morpain, Captain,
  • opposes the landing of the English, ii. [97];
  • defeated by the English, ii. [98];
  • ii. [277], [291].
• Morris, ii. [115].
• Morville, Comte de, ii. [4].
• Moulton, Captain, sent out against Norridgewock, i. 245.
• Moulton’s regiment at Louisbourg, ii. [103].
• Mount Desert, i. 122.
• Mouse River, the, ii. [20].
• Musquawkies, the, see [Outagamies, the].
• Mussey, Widow, killed by Indians, i. 48.
• Muy, De, the elder,
  • send to succeed Bienville, i. 307;
  • death of, i. 307;
  • ii. [235], [247], [251], [254].
• Muy, De, the younger, ii. [235], [238].

• Nantasket, i. 165.
• Nantasket Roads, i. 165; ii. [88].
• Nantes, the Edict of, i. 4;
  • revocation of, ii. [61].
• Napoleonic wars, the, i. 4.
• Narantsouak, see [Norridgewock].
• Narragansett Swamp Fight, the, i. 257.
• Nassonites, the, i. 356.
• Natchez, city of, i, 304.
• Natchez Indians, the, i. 304;
  • massacre the French, i. 320, 321.
• Natchitoches, French post at, 355, 356, 358.
• Nathaniel, Captain, captures Elisha Plaisted, i. 53.
• Naurantsouak, see [Norridgewock].
• Neal, Andrew, fortified house of, attacked by Indians, i. 48.
• Necessity, Fort, Washington at, i. 339; ii. [185].
• “Neutral French,” the, ii. [173].
• Neuvillette, Lieutenant, death of, i. 111.
• New Brunswick, i. 110, 212.
• Newbury,
  • proposed French and Indian attack on, i. 96, 97;
  • i. 126.
• Newcastle, Duke of, ii. [84], [86], [87], [105], [107], [118], [127], [142], [143], [144], [146], [147], [150];
  • at the head of the government, ii. [151];
  • his absurdities, ii. [151];
  • approves of Shirley’s plan to conquer Canada, ii. [152];
  • his promises, ii. [153];
  • he fails to keep his promises, ii. [154], [155];
  • ii. [157], [164], [168];
  • his apathy regarding the defence of Acadia, ii. [170];
  • Shirley’s letters regarding the Acadian dilemma to, ii. [171], [175], [176], [179], [312], [314], [317], [320], [322], [325], [330], [331], [342], [345], [349], [350], [352], [353], [354];
  • leaves Acadia to drift with the tide, ii. [180];
  • ii. [201];
  • blamed by Shirley for not protecting the Acadians, ii. [204];
  • Clinton complains to, ii. [209];
  • letter to Shirley from, ii. [348].
• Newcastle, island of, ii. [73], [74].
• New England,
  • loose use of the name, i. 5;
  • French plans for the destruction of, i. 5;
  • the whole burden of war falls upon, i. 16;
  • the Abenakis spurred on by the French against, i. 48;
  • Vaudreuil sends a large war-party against, i. 55;
  • another expedition against, i. 96;
  • contribution to the sufferers of the Island of St. Christopher from, i. 100;
  • has a lion’s share in the Acadian fisheries, i. 111;
  • disappointment in the delay of the British fleet, i. 145;
  • barred out from the fur-trade by New York, i. 272.
• Newfoundland,
  • divided between two conflicting powers, i. 131;
  • i. 156, 161;
  • claimed by England, i. 184;
  • i. 188, 189; ii. [318], [321].
• New France,
  • the early missions of, i. 214;
  • fatal error of her rulers in not acquiring possession of New York, i. 273;
  • has two heads, i. 324.
• New Hampshire,
  • the colony of, i. 7;
  • the whole burden of war falls upon, i. 16;
  • i. 56;
  • the Abenaki tribes of, i. 101;
  • joins an expedition against Port Royal, i. 125;
  • ordered to furnish troops for the conquest of Canada, i. 135;
  • her prompt response, i. 138, 143;
  • decides to attack Port Royal, i. 145;
  • expense of her futile expedition of 1707, i. 146, 150;
  • ii. [55];
  • joins Shirley’s expedition against Louisbourg, ii. [69], [70], [71];
  • make-up of her contingent, ii. [82];
  • reimbursed by England for expenditures on the Louisbourg expedition, ii. [143];
  • supports the plan to conquer Canada, ii. [152];
  • ii. [156];
  • responds to Shirley’s call to the defence of Annapolis, ii. [182];
  • suffers from Indian border attacks, ii. [217];
  • disputes the claim of Massachusetts to Fort Dummer, ii. [217];
  • ii. [260], [313], [320], [343], [350].
• New Hampshire Assembly, the, i. 109;
  • refuses to support Fort Dummer, ii. [218].
• New Hampshire Regiment, the, ii. [109].
• New Haven, i. 136.
• New Jersey, State of,
  • ordered to furnish troops for the conquest of Canada, i. 135;
  • refuses to comply, i. 137;
  • quarrel between New York and, ii. [56];
  • supports the plan to conquer Canada, ii. [152].
• New London, i. 165.
• New Mexico, i. 311, 346, 354, 357, 360, 367.
• New Orleans, site of, i. 302;
  • feeble foundations laid, i. 318;
  • i. 328, 368;
  • Charlevoix at, ii. [5].
• Newton, ii. [242].
• New York,
  • French plans for the destruction of, i. 5, 6;
  • assistance received in waging war from the different colonies by, i. 8;
  • in a wretched condition for defence, i. 9;
  • private assistance received by, i. 9;
  • its short-sighted treatment of the Five Nations, i. 9, 10;
  • a mixture of races and religions, i. 10;
  • Indian trade in, i. 14;
  • a virtual truce between Canada and, i. 16;
  • ordered to furnish troops for the conquest of Canada, i. 135;
  • her decided change of policy, i. 137;
  • sees the necessity of continuing her warlike policy, i. 146;
  • ordered to make ready for the Canadian expedition, i. 165;
  • the only rival of Canada for the control of the West, i. 273;
  • quarrels with New Jersey, ii. [56];
  • gives aid to the Louisbourg expedition, ii. [85];
  • supports plan to conquer Canada, ii. [152];
  • ii. [156];
  • her deplorable condition as respects military efficiency, ii. [206];
  • ii. [313], [336], [341].
• New York Assembly, the, i. 137;
  • hampers Governor Clinton, ii. [207], [208].
• New York City, receives the news of the capture of Louisbourg by the English, ii. [141].
• New York traders, the, i. 15.
• Niagara,
  • the Five Nations refuse to allow the French to build a fort at, ii. [52];
  • the French build the fort at, ii. [53];
  • slighted by the western tribes, ii. [54];
  • important position of, ii. [57].
• Niagara, Fort, ii. [57].
• Niagara River, the, ii. [51].
• Nicholson, Colonel Francis,
  • commands the conquest of Canada, i. 136, 139;
  • his march to Wood Creek, i. 140;
  • his meeting with Ramesay, i. 140, 141;
  • pestilence in his camp, i. 143;
  • sails for Europe, i. 146;
  • commissioned to command the attack against Port Royal, i. 147;
  • characteristics of, i. 148;
  • the attack on Port Royal, i. 151;
  • demands the surrender of the fort, i. 153;
  • Subercase surrenders to, i. 153;
  • the journal of, i. 155;
  • makes ready for the Canadian expedition, i. 164;
  • his rage at the failure of the fleet, i. 177;
  • disbands his army, i. 178;
  • governor of Nova Scotia, i. 191;
  • resolves to keep the Acadians in the province, i. 195;
  • ii. [337].
• Nicholson, Fort, i. 140.
• Niganiche, ii. [96].
• Niles, on the Indian attacks on the frontier of Maine, i. 46.
• Nims, escapes from Indian captivity, i. 87.
• Nipigon, Lake, ii. [9].
• Niverville, Boucher de,
  • sent by Saint-Pierre to the Saskatchewan, ii. [39], [40];
  • his sufferings, ii. [39], [40];
  • commands an attacking force against Number Four, ii. [223];
  • his interview with Stevens, ii. [226];
  • retires from the siege, ii. [227].
• Noble, Colonel Arthur,
  • at Grand Pré, ii. [182], [183];
  • critical position of, ii. [183], [184];
  • Ramesay plans to surprise, ii. [184];
  • the attack, ii. [191]-193;
  • killed, ii. [193];
  • military honors rendered to the remains of, ii. [199];
  • ii. [342], [354].
• Noble, Ensign, ii. [191];
  • shot down, ii. [193];
  • military honors rendered to the remains of, ii. [199].
• Noddle’s Island, i. 165, 166, 169.
• Noiville, Noël-Alexandre, priest at Pigiquid, i. 209.
• Norfolk, village of, ii. [157].
• Norridgewock,
  • mission village of, i. 37, 50, 217;
  • description of, i. 218;
  • destroyed by Colonel Hilton, i. 218;
  • Colonel Westbrook at, i. 218;
  • life at, i. 218;
  • Father Rale at, i. 218, 236;
  • Dummer sends a force against, i. 245;
  • the attack on, i. 246-248;
  • destruction of, i. 250.
• Norridgewock Abenakis, the, i. 37;
  • join an expedition against New England, i. 96;
  • on the Kennebec, i. 213;
  • Father Sebastien Rale among, i. 214;
  • i. 217;
  • description of their village, i. 218;
  • at the convention at Portsmouth, i. 220;
  • embittered against the English, i. 223;
  • alarmed by the intrusion of settlers, i. 224;
  • attend a council at Georgetown, i. 224;
  • urged to war by Rale, i. 231;
  • the second council at Georgetown, i. 233;
  • on the warpath, i. 235;
  • completely broken, i. 256.
• Northampton, i. 50;
  • Indian attack on, i. 94;
  • ii. [90], [220].
• North Carolina, ii. [48], [152].
• Northeast Battery, the, at Louisbourg, ii. [110].
• Northfield,
  • settlement of, i. 56;
  • ii. [218], [230];
  • notoriously dangerous, ii. [231];
  • early days of, ii, 232.
• North Mountain, the, ii. [182].
• “Northumberland,” the, ii. [160], [161], [165].
• Northwest Battery, the, at Louisbourg, ii. [107].
• Norton, Mr., chaplain at Fort Massachusetts, ii. [241], [242], [243], [245], [247], [248], [249], [251].
• Notre Dame, church of, at Montreal, i. 90.
• Nova Scotia, i. 110, 191, 212; ii. [159], [174], [175], [176], [312], [313], [314], [316], [320], [321], [322], [324], [325], [326], [327], [328], [329], [330], [331], [333], [335], [337], [339], [341], [342], [344], [345], [346], [347], [348], [350], [351], [352], [354], [355], [356].
• Nova Scotian Peninsula, the, ii. [49].
• Noyes, Dr., i. 222.
• Noyon, Jacques de, i. 90.
• Number Four,
  • settled by the Farnsworth brothers, ii. [218];
  • fort built at, ii. [219];
  • Indian attacks on, ii. [221];
  • looks to Massachusetts for defence, ii. [221];
  • left to its own keeping, ii. [222];
  • the fort abandoned, ii. [222];
  • Massachusetts sends Stevens to reoccupy, ii. [222];
  • attacked by Niverville, ii. [223];
  • Stevens’ successful defence, ii. [224]-227;
  • name changed to Charlestown, ii. [228].

• Ohio River, the, i. 311, 349, 350; ii. [51].
• Ojibwas, the, i. 281, 295, 340.
• “Old Indian House,” the, at Deerfield, i. 68.
• Omahas, the, i. 363, 365.
• Oncpapa Indians, the, ii. [34].
• Oneida Indians, the, i. 13.
• Onion River, the, i. 76.
• Onondaga,
  • the Iroquois capital, i. 11;
  • the Jesuits at, i. 11;
  • Protestant clergymen at, i. 12;
  • the centre of intrigue, i. 13;
  • Abraham Schuyler at, i. 138;
  • divided between France and England, i. 138.
• Onondaga country, the, Champlain in, i. 18, 279.
• Onondagas, the, plunder and burn the Jesuit mission-house at Onondaga, i. 138.
• Ontario, Lake, i. 33; ii. [53], [55], [57].
• Orléans, Duke of, i. 315;
  • interest in the New World revives under regency of, ii. [3];
  • orders Charlevoix to investigate the Western Sea, ii. [4].
• Orléans, Fort, i. 361, 362, 363, 366.
• Osage River, the, i. 359.
• Osages, the, i. 356;
  • village of, i. 359;
  • join Bourgmont’s expedition, i. 361;
  • i. 365.
• Osborne, ii. [114].
• Ossipee, Lake, i. 257, 261, 263, 266.
• Ossipee River, the, i. 265.
• Oswego,
  • Burnet’s plan for a fortified trading-house at, ii. [53];
  • its establishment alarms the French, ii. [54];
  • becomes the great centre of Indian trade, ii. [54];
  • the French fail to ruin, ii. [54].
• Otoes, the, i. 363, 365.
• Ottawa, i. 16.
• Ottawa Indians, the, i. 14;
  • villages of, i. 18;
  • at Detroit, i. 275, 279, 283, 284;
  • i. 340.
• Ottawa River, the, i. 28, 338; ii. [217].
• Otter Creek, ii. [221], [235].
• Ouacos, the, i. 357.
• Oushala, the principal Outagamie war-chief, i. 335.
• Outagamies, the,
  • on Fox River, i. 275;
  • a source of endless trouble to the French, i. 275, 278;
  • at Detroit, i. 280;
  • their camp attacked, i. 285;
  • the siege, i. 286;
  • their desperate position, i. 287;
  • make overtures to Dubuisson, i. 287;
  • renewed hostilities, i. 290;
  • beg for mercy, i. 293;
  • they surrender, i. 295;
  • make a furious attack on the Illinois, i. 330;
  • the scourge of the West, i. 330;
  • attacked by the Saginaws, i. 330;
  • Vaudreuil determines to destroy, i. 331;
  • Louvigny attacks the fortified village of, i. 333;
  • sue for peace, i. 334;
  • again attack the Illinois, i. 335;
  • called to a council at Green Bay, i. 336;
  • conflicting plans against, i. 337;
  • Lignery sets out against, i. 338;
  • Lignery burns the chief village of, i. 339;
  • Sieur de Villiers strikes them a deadly blow, i. 339;
  • another blow, i. 341-344;
  • incorporate themselves with the Sacs, i. 344;
  • i. 350;
  • their hostile disposition toward the French, ii. [5], [7].
• Oxford, village of, attacked by the Indians, i. 243.
• Oyster River, Indian attack on, i. 94.

• Pacific Ocean, the,
  • plans for reaching, ii. [3];
  • probable cost of reaching, ii. [4];
  • report of Charlevoix on, ii. [5];
  • the brothers La Vérendrye search for, ii. [22]-35;
  • Captains Lewis and Clark make their way to, ii. [35].
  • See also [Western Sea, the].
• Paddon, Captain, i, 172, 173.
• Padoucas, the, i. 359, 365.
  • See also [Comanches, the].
• Padoucas, the River of the, i. 367.
• Pain, Father Félix, i. 190, 194.
• Palfrey, John G.,
  • on the controversy between Governor Shute and the Massachusetts Assembly, i. 240;
  • on the difficulties of Lieutenant-Governor Dummer, i. 242;
  • on the Lovewell Fight, i. 271;
  • ii. [143].
• Panawamské,
  • Abenaki mission of, i. 236;
  • burned by Colonel Westbrook, i. 244, 245.
• Paradis, captures the “Chester,” i. 170.
• “Parfait,” the, ii. [165].
• Parisian House of Correction, the, i. 317.
• Parliament of Paris, the, i. 318.
• Parsons, ii. [77], [95], [96], [120], [141].
• Parsons, Widow, carried off by Indians, i. 48.
• Partridge, Colonel Samuel, on the attack of Deerfield, i. 70.
• Passadumkeag, i. 244.
• Passamaquoddy Bay, i. 122.
• Patterson, on Samuel Vetch, i. 134, 192.
• Paugus, war-chief of the Pequawkets, i. 257;
  • death of, i. 267.
• Pawnee Picts, the, i. 357.
• Pawnees, the, i. 335, 359, 365.
• Pawnee villages, the, i. 367.
• Payne, John, letter to Colonel Robert Hale from, ii. [88], [89].
• Pearl-fisheries, i. 304, 306.
• Pelham, Fort, ii. [231].
• Pemoussa, the Outagamie chief, i. 288, 292, 296.
• Penacook Indians, the, i. 37.
• Penecaut, i. 350, 351, 352, 355.
• Penhallow, Captain,
  • on the conference between Governor Dudley and the Abenakis, i. 37, 38;
  • on the Indian attacks on the frontier of Maine, i. 46;
  • on Caleb Lyman’s attack on the French Indians, i. 50;
  • on the attack of Deerfield, i. 70;
  • on Beaucour’s unsuccessful expedition against Connecticut, i. 96;
  • on the French and Indian attack on Haverhill, i. 99;
  • on Major Church at Port Royal, i. 124;
  • on the French force at St. John, i. 132;
  • on the treaty between Governor Dudley and the Abenakis, i. 221;
  • i. 222;
  • on the council at Georgetown, i. 228;
  • at Georgetown, i. 234;
  • on the Indian attack on Oxford, i. 243;
  • on the Micmac raids, i. 244;
  • the Boston treaty, i. 255;
  • on Lovewell’s expeditions against the Indians, i. 262, 270.
• Pennsylvania, i. 51;
  • ordered to furnish troops for the conquest of Canada, i. 135;
  • refuses to comply, i. 137;
  • not a serious rival in the fur-trade, i. 272;
  • refuses to join Shirley’s expedition against Louisbourg, ii. [69];
  • supports the plan to conquer Canada, ii. [153];
  • ii. [341].
• Pennsylvania Assembly, the, refuses to support the plan to conquer Canada, ii. [153].
• Penobscot, Abenaki mission of, i. 236.
• Penobscot Abenakis, the, i. 37;
  • join an expedition against New England, i. 96;
  • join the Micmacs against the English, i. 191;
  • i. 217;
  • at the conference at Portsmouth, i. 220;
  • attend a council at Georgetown, i. 224;
  • attack the fort on St. George’s River, i. 244;
  • Colonel Westbrook sent against, i. 244;
  • their attacks on Fort St. George, i. 254;
  • Captain Heath sent against, i. 254;
  • their conference with the English at the St. George, i. 254.
• Penobscot Indians, the, ii. [170].
• Penobscot River, the, i. 5, 35, 36, 213; ii. [261], [264], [265], [266].
• Penobscot village, the, destroyed by Captain Heath, i. 254.
• Pensacola, i. 135, 312.
• Pensens,
  • sent to Annapolis, i. 194;
  • in the Acadian settlements, i. 196.
• Pepin, Lake, i. 348, 351; ii. [6].
• Pepperrell, Andrew, ii. [116].
• Pepperrell, Betsy, ii. [116].
• Pepperrell Papers, the, ii. [87], [144].
• Pepperrell, William,
  • on the plan to attack Louisbourg, ii. [64];
  • chosen commander-in-chief of the expedition against Louisbourg, ii. [72];
  • portrait of, ii. [73];
  • sketch of, ii. [74];
  • his skill in landing at Louisbourg, ii. [97];
  • effectiveness of his command, ii. [114];
  • his generous contributions, ii. [114];
  • ii. [125];
  • disagreement with Warren, ii. [126]-129;
  • comes to an understanding with Warren, ii. [130];
  • receives Duchambon’s offer of capitulation, ii. [132];
  • the surrender, ii. [133];
  • discontent of his soldiers at his terms of capitulation, ii. [136];
  • shares the honor of victory with Warren, ii. [138], [139];
  • rivalry between Warren and, ii. [140], [141];
  • made a baronet, ii. [142];
  • governs Louisbourg jointly with Warren, ii. [146];
  • mutiny of the soldiers, ii. [146];
  • ii. [318].
• Pequawket, village of, i. 261.
• Pequawket Indians, the, i. 37;
  • Colonel March attacks, i. 50;
  • attend a council at Georgetown, i. 224;
  • take up the quarrels of the Norridgewocks, i. 257;
  • their attack on Lovewell’s party, i. 262.
• Perelle, Ensign, i. 152.
• Perier, Sieur, succeeds Bienville as governor of Louisiana, i. 320;
  • difficulties of his position, i. 320;
  • has little success against the Indians, i. 321;
  • removed, i. 322.
• Perkins, Captain, i. 173.
• Perrot, Fort, i. 351.
• Perrot, Nicolas, the famous voyageur, i. 348; ii. [6].
• Perry, Professor A. L., ii. [239], [243].
• Perry, John, ii. [252].
• Perry, Mrs. John, ii. [252].
• Petit Lorembec, ii. [125].
• Petit, M., i. 117.
• Petty, escapes from Indian captivity, i. 87.
• Petty’s Plain, i. 56.
• Philadelphia, ii. [70];
  • receives the news of the capture of Louisbourg by the English, ii. [141].
• Philips’s Regiment, ii. [175], [323].
• Phillips, Governor Richard, i. 107;
  • at Annapolis, i. 198, 202;
  • advises the recall of the French priests, i. 203;
  • undertakes to force the Acadians to take the oath of allegiance, i. 206;
  • fails in his attempt, i. 207;
  • reports success, i. 208, 209.
• Phippeny, killed by Indians, i. 45.
• Phipps, Spencer, ii. [243].
• Phips, Sir William, i. 101;
  • captures Port Royal, i. 155;
  • brings his fleet safely to Quebec, i. 175.
• Pickering, Lieutenant, death of, ii. [193].
• Pierce, Captain, killed at Louisbourg, ii. [109].
• Pigiquid, i. 209.
• Pigwacket Indians, the, see [Pequawkets, the].
• Pine Hill, i. 257.
• Pinet, the Jesuit, i. 328.
• Pioya Indians, the, ii. [26].
• Piscataqua, ii. [327].
• Piscataqua River, the, ii. [73], [74].
• Pisiquid, village of, i. 209; ii. [189].
  • See also [Windsor].
• Pitt, i. 162;
  • goes out of office, i. 183.
• Pittsfield, ii. [230].
• Placentia,
  • chief station of the French at, i. 131, 132, 133, 156, 178, 181, 186, 188;
  • the inhabitants of, i. 189;
  • Gaulin at, i. 192.
• Plaisance, i. 188, 189.
• Plaisted, Elisha, interrupted wedding of, i. 51;
  • captured by Indians, i. 52;
  • his letter to his father, i. 53;
  • ransomed, i. 54.
• Platte, the, i. 367.
• Plessis, Joseph, bishop of Quebec, i. 89.
• Plymouth, i. 121.
• Plymouth (England), i. 148.
• Plymouth Company, the, i. 232.
• Pointe à la Chevelure, see [Crown Point] and [Scalp Point].
• Pointe à Peletier, the, ii. [303].
• Pointe Blanche, ii. [288], [289], [291], [301], [306].
• Pointe-Plate, ii. [291].
• Pomeroy, Seth, at the siege of Louisbourg, ii. [90], [91], [95], [101], [106], [107], [124];
  • journal of, ii. [144].
• Pomeroy, Theodore, ii. [91].
• Ponchartrain, the colonial minister,
  • interview of Cadillac with, i. 27;
  • accepts Cadillac’s plan, i. 28;
  • letters from Cadillac to, i. 30-32;
  • gives over Detroit to Cadillac, i. 32;
  • Vaudreuil reports the attack on Deerfield to, i. 68;
  • his attitude concerning the inciting of the Indians to war against the English, i. 102;
  • letter from Subercase to, i. 116;
  • De Goutin’s reports to, i. 117;
  • Subercase’s complaints to, i. 117;
  • Acadian gossip reported to, i. 118, 119;
  • Nicholson’s expedition reported to, i. 142;
  • Subercase’s report of the siege of Port Royal to, i. 155;
  • approves of Costebelle’s scheme, i. 158;
  • his letter to the Acadian priests, i. 190;
  • Iberville and his brothers accused to, i. 306, 307;
  • La Vente’s memorial to, i. 313;
  • ii. [318].
• Ponchartrain, Fort, built by Cadillac, i. 28, 279.
  • See also [Detroit, Fort].
• Ponchartrain, Lake, i. 302.
• Pontbriand, Bishop, letters of, ii. [200].
• Ponthieu, regiment of, ii. [158], [159].
• Pontoosuc, see [Pittsfield].
• Popple, Mr., i. 137.
• Porpoise, Cape, Indian attack on, i. 44.
• Port à l’Anglois, i. 187.
• Porte Dauphine, the, see [West Gate].
• Portland, city of, i. 45.
• Port Louis, ii. [166], [167].
• Port Royal, i. 107, 110;
  • the seat of government, i. 11.2;
  • Major Church plans an attack on, i. 121;
  • Governor Dudley refuses to allow an attack to be made on, i. 121;
  • Major Church at, i. 123;
  • Massachusetts passes a resolve for an expedition against, i. 125;
  • failure of the expedition, i. 129-131;
  • New England plans another attack on, i. 145;
  • the attack on, i. 151;
  • surrenders to Nicholson, i. 153;
  • its name changed to Annapolis Royal, i. 154;
  • Vetch commissioned as governor of, i. 154;
  • previously in the possession of New England, i. 154;
  • its capture means the conquest of Acadia, i. 155;
  • ii. [47], [49], [50];
  • Ramesay advances upon, ii. [169];
  • should be restored to France, ii. [260]; ii. [267], [268], [270], [272], [273].
  • See also [Annapolis].
• Port Royal Basin, i. 127.
• Portsmouth, i. 5, 49, 51;
  • proposed French and Indian attack on, i. 96, 97;
  • Vetch at, i. 136;
  • conference between Governor Dudley and the Abenakis at, i. 220;
  • ii. [65], [155], [182].
• Portugal, i. 145; ii. [167], [270].
• Poskoiac River, the, ii. [14].
• Postes de la Mer de l’Ouest, ii. [14].
• Pottawattamies, the, i. 14;
  • at Detroit, i. 275, 283;
  • the village of, i. 279.
• Poubomcoup, Marie Muis de, i. 118.
• Poutrincourt, Baron de, i. 113.
• Powder River Range, the, ii. [24].
• Preble, Captain, ii. [197].
• Prentice, Rev. Mr., ii. [115].
• Price, attacks the French and Indians, i. 98.
• Priests, the, in Canada, vast possessions of, i. 25.
• “Prince d’Orange,” the, ii. [159], [160], [165].
• Prince Edward’s Island, i. 207.
• Prince, Rev. Thomas, ii. [77].
• Protestantism, bound up with the new political order, i. 192.
• Protestant Reformation, the, i. 214.
• Protestants, the, excluded from Louisiana, i. 316.
• Providence, i. 147.
• “Province Galley,” the, i. 46, 112, 122, 125, 151.
• Provincial Assembly, the, ii. [232].
• Puants, the, see [Winnebagoes, the].
• Puritanism, the antique, i. 223.
• Puritans, the, dislike Joseph Dudley, i. 105.
• Purpooduck Point, Indian attack on, i. 45.
• Putnam, Israel, at Bunker Hill, ii. [90].
• Puyzieulx, De, ii. [274].

• Quakers, the, in Pennsylvania, i. 137.
• Quary, Colonel, i. 8;
  • on the trade between Boston and the French of Acadia, i. 108.
• Quebec, i. 6;
  • Dudley urges the capture of, i. 103;
  • the English plan to attack, i. 135;
  • excited in expectation of Nicholson’s attack, i. 142;
  • Viscount Shannon ordered to attack, i. 149;
  • Walker’s expedition plans to attack, i. 165;
  • its joy over its deliverance from the English, i. 180;
  • Saint-Pierre at, ii. [41];
  • the English plan to attack, ii. [153];
  • ii. [335], [354].
• Quebec, the Bishop of, i. 194, 200; ii. [179], [354], [355].
• Queen Anne’s War, i. 3, 17, 34-54;
  • the attack on Wells, i. 42;
  • on the Falls of the Saco, i. 44;
  • on Spurwink, i. 44;
  • on Cape Porpoise, i. 44;
  • on Winter Harbor, i. 44;
  • on Scarborough, i. 44;
  • on Purpooduck Point, i. 45;
  • on Falmouth, i. 45;
  • due less to the Abenakis than to the French, i. 46;
  • the loss of life, i. 47;
  • the essential purpose of, i. 47;
  • attack on Hampton, i. 48;
  • on Black Point, i. 48;
  • on York, i. 48;
  • on Berwick, i. 48;
  • on Haverhill, i. 49.
• Queen’s Bastion, the, at Louisbourg, ii. [301].
• Quesnel, i. 363, 364.
• Quinipissas, the, see [Bayagoulas, the].

• Rainy Lake, ii. [12];
  • Fort St. Pierre at, ii. [14].
• Rale, Father Sebastien, the Jesuit,
  • at Norridgewock, i. 37;
  • the most conspicuous and interesting figure among the later French-American Jesuits, i. 214;
  • early life of, i. 217;
  • among the Abenakis, i. 217;
  • his work at Norridgewock, i. 218-220;
  • his knowledge of the Indian languages, i. 220;
  • on the treaty between Governor Dudley and the Abenakis, i. 221;
  • on the land trades between the English and the Indians, i. 222;
  • foments the irritation of the Norridgewocks, i. 224;
  • his controversy with Baxter, i. 229;
  • his correspondence with the New England ministers, i. 230;
  • urges the Norridgewocks to war, i. 231;
  • prevents peace being made at Georgetown, i. 233, 234;
  • price placed on his head by the English, i. 237;
  • Colonel Westbrook tries to arrest, i. 238;
  • his papers secured by the English, i. 238;
  • killed by Benjamin Jaques, i. 247;
  • estimate of his character, i. 248, 249;
  • his commission from Vaudreuil, i. 250;
  • at Fort St. Louis, i. 327.
• Ralle, Rallé, Rallee, see [Rale].
• Rameau, i. 209, 327.
• Ramesay, governor of Montreal,
  • on the attack of Deerfield, i. 70;
  • on Beaucour’s unsuccessful expedition against Connecticut, i. 96;
  • sent out against Nicholson’s expedition, i. 140;
  • accomplishes nothing, i. 141;
  • on the number of Nicholson’s force, i. 142;
  • complains of English instigation, i. 331;
  • sent to Acadia, ii. [169];
  • advances upon Port Royal, ii. [169];
  • ii. [172], [175], [176];
  • tries to persuade the Acadians to join his expedition against Annapolis, ii. [181];
  • retreats from Grand Pré to Chignecto, ii. [182], [183], [184];
  • plans to surprise Noble, ii. [184];
  • accident to, ii. [185];
  • makes good use of the victory over the English at Grand Pré, ii. [200];
  • letter from the Acadians to, ii. [201];
  • his peremptory orders to the Acadians, ii. [203];
  • ii. [343], [347], [349], [351].
• Ramillies, i. 163.
• Ramsay, R. A., on the Gill family, i. 93.
• Rasle, Rasles, see [Rale].
• Rasser, ii. [293].
• Raudot, the Canadian intendant,
  • on the French and Indian attack on Haverhill, i. 99;
  • his letters to Ponchartrain, i. 119;
  • urges the occupation by the French of Cape Breton, i. 186.
• Ravistock Parish, ii. [74].
• Reade, Gen. J. Meredith, i. 350.
• Rebald, Père, i. 368.
• Rebateau, M., ii. [158].
• Récollet Friars, the, i. 24, 25, 118.
• Rednap, the English engineer, in the expedition against Port Royal, i. 125, 126, 128.
• Red River, i. 355.
• Red River Raft, the, i. 356.
• Reed, Josiah, ii. [252];
  • death of, ii. [255].
• Rémonville, Sieur de,
  • proposes to form a company for the settlement of Louisiana, i. 299;
  • i. 309.
• Renaissance, the, far more than a revival of arts and letters, i. 214.
• Renards, the, see [Outagamies, the].
• Renaudière, see [La Renaudière].
• “Renommé,” the, ii. [92], [312].
• Repentigny, ii. [185].
• Rhode Island,
  • the colony of, i. 8, 121;
  • joins an expedition against Port Royal, i. 125;
  • ordered to furnish troops for the conquest of Canada, i. 135, 143;
  • decides to attack Port Royal, i. 145;
  • expense of her futile expedition of 1707, i. 146, 150;
  • French scheme to destroy, i. 162;
  • ordered to make ready for the Canadian expedition, i. 165;
  • joins Shirley’s expedition against Louisbourg, ii. [69], [71];
  • loses faith, ii. [82];
  • reimbursed by England for expenditures on the Louisbourg expedition, ii. [143];
  • supports the plan to conquer Canada, ii. [152];
  • responds to Shirley’s call to the defence of Annapolis, ii. [182];
  • ii. [343], [350].
• Rhodes, Captain, at Louisbourg, ii. [112].
• Ribaut, voyages of, ii. [47].
• Richardson, Captain, ii. [91].
• Richelieu, Cardinal, ii. [268].
• Richmond, Colonel, at Louisbourg, ii. [132].
• Richmond, Fort, i. 222, 245.
• Richmond, town of, i. 222.
• Richmond’s Island, i. 53.
• Rigaud, see [Vaudreuil, Rigaud de].
• Rigauville, at Grand Pré, ii. [191].
• Ring, Joseph, burned alive by Indians, i. 48.
• Rio del Norte, the, i. 311.
• Rio Grande, the, i. 355.
• Rivière-aux-Canards, settlement of, ii. [197], [199], [203].
• Robbins, Jonathan, i. 258;
  • raises a company to hunt Indians, i. 259;
  • wounded, i. 262, 264.
• Roberts, Colonel, burns the fort at Albany, ii. [210].
• Robinson, John, attacked by the Indians, i. 244.
• Rochefort, i. 153.
• Rochefort Point, ii. [149].
• Rochelle, i. 153, 308; ii. [158], [161], [168].
• “Rock Mountains,” the, ii. [40].
• Rock River, Indian population on, i. 278; i. 341.
• Rocky Mountains, the, i. 353; ii. [30];
  • discovered by the brothers La Vérendrye, ii. [35].
• Rogers, John, minister of Boxford, i. 269.
• Rogers, Susanna, i. 269;
  • her verses on the death of Frye, i. 271.
• Rolfe, minister at Haverhill, i. 97.
• Rolfe, Mrs., killed by the Indians, i. 97.
• Roman Catholics, the, expedition against Louisbourg directed against, ii. [70].
• Roman Church, the, i. 201.
• Rome, the revolt against, i. 214.
• Romish priests, the, ii. [356].
• Roosevelt, Theodore, ii. [101].
• Rosalie, Fort, i. 320.
• Rosebud River, the, valley of, ii. [23].
• Rouge, Fort, ii. [14].
• Rouillé, Mgr., ii. [38].
• Rous, Captain, i. 107;
  • in the Louisbourg expedition, ii. [83];
  • English recognition of, ii. [142];
  • ii. [281].
• Rousseau, France drunk with the wild dreams of, i. 4.
• Rouville, Hertel de,
  • commands the expedition against New England, i. 56;
  • attacks Deerfield, i. 59;
  • the number of prisoners, i. 67;
  • wounded, i. 68;
  • commands a second expedition against New England, i. 96.
• Rowe, town of, ii. [231].
• Roxbury, ii. [67].
• Royal Battery, the, ii. [85], [93], [277], [278], [279], [280], [282], [288], [294].
• Royal gate, the, at Louisbourg, ii. [294].
• Roy, Jacques, marriage of, i. 89.
• “Ruben,” at Louisbourg, ii. [120].
• Rum, in Canada, i. 112.
• Rutland, i. 244, 251.
• Ryswick, the Peace of, i. 4, 7, 11, 59, 134, 213.

• Sable, Cape, ii. [164], [165], [201], [320], [326], [328], [345].
• Sable, Island, ii. [159], [273].
• Sabrevois, Sieur de, ii. [239].
• Saco,
  • hamlet of, i. 46;
  • rises from its ashes, i. 222;
  • ii. [75].
• Saco, the Falls of the, Indian attack at, i. 44, 256.
• Saco River, the, i. 36, 37, 50, 256, 259, 261, 268.
• Sacs, the, i. 14;
  • on Fox River, i. 275;
  • at Detroit, i. 283, 292;
  • called to a council at Green Bay, i. 336;
  • the Outagamies incorporate themselves with, i. 344;
  • i. 350.
• Sacs and Foxes, the, i. 344.
• Saddleback Mountain, ii. [243].
• Sadler, escapes from the Indians, ii. [250].
• Sâgean, Mathieu, the romance of, i. 354.
• Saginaws, the,
  • attack the Outagamies, i. 330;
  • make raids on the Miamis, i. 335.
• Saguina, the Ottawa chief, i. 281, 283, 284, 289.
• St. André River, the, i. 368.
• Saint-Ange, Sieur de, i. 340.
• Saint-Ange, the younger, i. 340;
  • at Fort Orléans, i. 361.
• St. Antoine, Fort, i. 351.
• St. Bartholomew, Island of, i. 186.
• Saint-Castin, Baron Vincent de,
  • draws up a plan for attacking Boston, i. 6;
  • fort of, i. 122;
  • i. 237.
• Saint-Castin, the younger, i. 38;
  • on the Kennebec, i. 234;
  • arrested by the English, i. 237;
  • liberated, i. 237;
  • ii. [261], [266].
• St. Charles, Fort, on the Lake of the Woods, ii. [14].
• St. Christopher, Island of,
  • contribution of New England to the sufferers of, i. 100;
  • i. 186.
• Saint-Clair, Lieutenant-General, ii. [153], [155], [328].
• St. Croix River, the, i. 213;
• ii. [260], [266].
• [Saint-Denis, Juchereau de],
  • sent to explore western Louisiana, i. 355;
  • his experiences with the Spaniards, i. 355.
• Saint-Denis, Mother Juchereau de, i. 178;
  • on the deliverance of Quebec from the English, i. 180;
  • on the death of Admiral Walker, i. 182.
• St. Domingo, i. 321, 323.
• St. Esprit, ii. [288], [289].
• St. Etienne, Lieutenant, ii. [293].
• St. Francis,
  • Abenaki village of, i. 78, 79;
  • ii. [244].
• St. Francis, the Abenaki mission of, i. 217, 234.
• St. George, Fort, attacks of the Penobscots on, i. 254.
• St. George River, the, i. 213;
  • fort on, i. 243;
  • conference between the English and the Penobscots at, i. 254;
  • ii. [267], [268].
• St. Germain, Treaty of, ii. [259], [268], [269], [270].
• St. Jean de Luz, ii. [289].
• St. John, Secretary of State, i. 163.
• St. John,
  • chief station of the English at, i. 131;
  • attacked by Subercase, i. 131, 132;
  • Subercase repulsed, i. 132;
  • captured by Saint-Ovide, i. 132, 133.
• St. John River, the, i. 213; ii. [311].
• St. Joseph River, the, i. 281, 340, 341; ii. [57].
• St. Lawrence, the Gulf of, i. 104, 186, 324.
• St. Lawrence River, the, i. 13, 21, 134, 135, 165, 169, 170, 175, 186, 212; ii. [153], [218], [258], [260], [327], [329].
• St. Louis, city of, i. 13, 328.
• St. Louis, Fort,
  • the Illinois Indians at, i. 275;
  • the Kaskaskias at, i. 327.
• St. Louis, mission of, i. 80.
• St. Louis, the Rock of, i. 327.
• Ste. Marie, ii. [297], [308].
• St. Martin, Island of, i. 186.
• Saint Michael the Archangel, mission of, ii. [7].
• Saint-Ours, ii. [185]. See also [Des Chaillons, Saint-Ours].
• Saint-Ovide, Sieur de,
  • captures St. John, i. 132;
  • on the apathy of the Acadians, i. 197;
  • governor at Louisbourg, i. 204, 205;
  • advises the Acadians concerning the oath of alliance, i. 206.
• St. Paul’s Bay, i. 25.
• St. Peter, Island of, i. 189.
• St. Peter River, the, i. 351.
• Saint-Pierre, Jacques Legardeur de,
  • at Fort Beauharnois, ii. [8];
  • robs the brothers La Vérendrye, ii. [37], [38];
  • sets out for Manitoba, ii. [39];
  • his journey, ii. [39]-40;
  • his merit as an officer, ii. [39];
  • attacked by the Assiniboins, ii. [41];
  • returns to Quebec, ii. [41];
  • ii. [185], [299].
• St. Pierre, Fort, La Jemeraye at, ii. [12]; ii. [14].
• Saint-Poncy, i. 201.
• St. Regis, the Bell of, story of, i. 92.
• St. Regis, mission of, i. 93.
• Saint Sacrement, Lake, ii. [265].
• Saint-Simon, Duc de,
  • on Ponchartrain, i. 119;
  • on the peopling of Louisiana, i. 317.
• St. Sulpice, priests of, i. 83.
• Saint-Vallier, Monseigneur de, i. 142, 180.
• Saint-Vincent, Madame de, i. 117.
• Sakis, the, see [Sacs, the].
• Salem, i. 98;
  • joins the expedition against Port Royal, i. 126;
  • ii. [68], [85].
• Salisbury, i. 92.
• Salmon, M., i. 367, 368.
• Salpêtrière, the, in Paris, i. 317.
• Saltonstall, governor of Connecticut, i. 136.
• Sanders, ii. [330].
• Santa Fé, i. 367, 368.
• “Sapphire,” the, i. 177.
• “Saratoga, River of,” ii. [254].
• Saratoga,
  • settlement of, i. 140;
  • ii. [154];
  • garrison withdrawn from, ii. [210];
  • attacked by Marin, ii. [210];
  • the burning of, ii. [211];
  • ii. [237], [238], [254], [336].
• Saskatchewan River, the, ii. [14];
  • discovered by Chevalier La Vérendrye, ii. [36].
• Saukies, the, see [Sacs, the].
• Sault St. Louis, ii. [217].
• Samuel, Captain, i. 37.
• Saunderson, on Fort Dummer, ii. [218], [219], [222], [229].
• Sauvolle, Sieur de, at Biloxi, i. 302.
• Sayer, Joseph, killed by the Indians, i. 43.
• Scalp Point, ii. [55].
• Scalps, Indian, bounty offered by the General Court of Massachusetts for, i. 50, 100.
• Scarborough, hamlet of,
  • Indian attack on, i. 44;
  • rises from its ashes, i. 222;
  • ii. [75].
• Schaticook River, the, ii. [236].
• Schenectady, fort at, i. 9; ii. [48], [236], [254], [265].
• Schuyler, Abraham, seeks to win the Five Nations for the conquest of Canada, i. 138.
• Schuyler, Peter,
  • on the New York war, i. 8;
  • contributes to the support of New York, i. 9;
  • understands the character of the Indians, i. 10;
  • his visit to Onondaga, i. 12;
  • on the factions among the Five Nations, i. 13;
  • gives warning that Deerfield is to be attacked, i. 59;
  • warns New England of the proposed French and Indian attack, i. 96;
  • gains a promise from the Caughnawagas not to attack New England, i. 100;
  • favors the proposed conquest of Canada, i. 137;
  • sails for Europe with five Mohawk chiefs, i. 146, 147;
  • their flattering reception, i. 147;
  • on the Mohawk chiefs in England, i. 147;
  • on the disbanding of Nicholson’s army, i. 178;
  • ii. [52];
  • stationed at Saratoga, ii. [210];
  • on Marin’s attack on Saratoga, ii. [210];
  • on the burning of Saratoga, ii. [211].
• Scotch Highlands, the, ii. [177].
• Scott, Miriam, ii. [252].
• Scott, Moses, ii. [252].
• Sea-rovers, the Boston, i. 112.
• Sebasticook River, the, i. 222.
• Sedgwick, Major, captures Port Royal, i. 154.
• Seminary, the,
  • at Quebec, i. 26;
  • burned, i. 83.
• Seminary priests, the, of Quebec, i. 25.
• Senecas, the,
  • French influence among, i. 13;
  • Joncaire among, i. 138;
  • allow the French to build a fort at Niagara, ii. [53].
• Serier, Captain, ii. [60].
• Seven Years’ War, the, i. 185, 210, 212; ii. [14], [42], [256].
• Sewall, Samuel,
  • on the conference between Governor Dudley and the Abenakis, i. 37;
  • on the French and Indian attack on Haverhill, i. 99;
  • opposes Governor Dudley, i. 106;
  • his benevolence towards the Indians, i. 223;
  • at the council at Georgetown, i. 224;
  • his speech before the Massachusetts council, i. 241.
• Seymour’s regiment, i. 172.
• Shannon, Richard, Viscount, ordered to attack Quebec, i. 149.
• Shea, J. G., on the siege of Port Royal, i. 155.
• Sheaf, on the loss of the British transports, i. 174.
• Sheldon, on the Micmac raids, i. 244.
• Sheldon (and Temple), ii. [231], [232], [234].
• Sheldon, George, i. 60, 67, 84, 89.
• Sheldon, Mrs. Hannah,
  • captured by the French and Indians, i. 64;
  • exchanged, i. 87.
• Sheldon, Ensign John,
  • fortified house of; i. 58;
  • attacked by the French and Indians, i. 64;
  • visits Montreal as envoy, i. 85;
  • secures the exchange of five prisoners, i. 87;
  • his second visit to Canada, i. 88;
  • his third visit to Canada, i. 89.
• Sheldon, Mrs. (Ensign) John, killed by the French and Indians, i. 64.
• Sheldon, John (son), escapes from the French and Indians, i. 64.
• Sheldon, Mary, captured by the French and Indians, i. 64.
• Sheldon, Mercy, killed by the French and Indians, i. 64.
• Sherburn, Henry, ii. [77].
• Sherburn, Captain Joseph,
  • at Louisbourg, ii. [108], [109];
  • diary of, ii. [110], [131], [132].
• Ship Island, i. 312.
• “Shirley,” the, ii. [83], [97], [123], [133], [165].
• Shirley, Fort, ii. [231], [232].
• Shirley, Governor William, of Massachusetts, ii. [61];
  • advised to attack Louisbourg, ii. [64];
  • sketch of, ii. [66];
  • asks the General Court to sanction his plan of attack on Louisbourg, ii. [66];
  • obtains the assistance of James Gibson, ii. [67], [68];
  • the General Court reconsiders favorably, ii. [69];
  • obtains co-operation from other colonies, ii. [69];
  • his choice of a commander, ii. [80];
  • chooses a naval commander, ii. [82];
  • his instructions for taking Louisbourg, ii. [86];
  • as a soldier, ii. [87], [88];
  • ii. [118], [124], [127], [128], [139], [140], [141];
  • English recognition of, ii. [142];
  • ii. [143], [144];
  • restores order in Louisbourg, ii. [146], [147];
  • his schemes to conquer Canada, ii. [150];
  • Newcastle’s promises to, ii. [153];
  • Newcastle fails to keep his promises, ii. [155];
  • abandons the Canadian conquest, ii. [155];
  • plans to attack Crown Point, ii. [156];
  • ii. [157], [158], [164], [168];
  • resolved to keep Acadia, ii. [170];
  • Newcastle leaves the defence of Acadia to, ii. [171];
  • his letters to Newcastle on the Acadian dilemma, ii. [171], [175], [176], [179];
  • letter from Mascarene to, ii. [172];
  • his plan to secure the allegiance of the Acadians, ii. [177];
  • his attitude towards the Acadian priests, ii. [178];
  • plans for the defence of Annapolis, ii. [182];
  • ii. [186], [190], [198], [200];
  • reoccupies Grand Pré, ii. [201];
  • unable to do for Acadia all that the emergency demanded, ii. [204];
  • blames Newcastle’s government, ii. [204];
  • letter from Captain Stevens to, ii. [229];
  • and the Acadians, ii. [312]-357;
  • letters to Newcastle from, ii. [312], [314], [317], [320], [322], [325], [330], [331], [342], [345], [349], [350], [352], [353], [354];
  • letter to Mascarene from, ii. [324];
  • letter from Newcastle to, ii. [348].
• Shirley, Mrs. William, at Louisbourg, ii. [147].
• Shirreff, William,
  • urges that the Acadians be removed, ii. [175];
  • ii. [315].
• Shoshone Indians, the, ii. [26].
• Shrewsbury, Duke of, i. 147.
• Shubenacadie, mission of, ii. [185].
• Shubenacadie River, the, ii. [188].
• Shute, Col. Samuel,
  • succeeds Dudley as governor of Massachusetts, i. 224;
  • calls the Indians to a council at Georgetown, i. 224;
  • dialogue between Chief Wiwurna and, i. 225, 226;
  • his second interview with the Indians, i. 227, 228, 235;
  • his controversy with the Assembly, i. 239;
  • sails for London, i. 240.
• Sibley, John Langdon, ii. [99].
• Silesia, seized by Frederic of Prussia, ii. [59].
• Simons, Benjamin, ii. [252].
• Sioux Company, the,
  • organization of, ii. [6];
  • objects of, ii. [6];
  • officers of, ii. [6];
  • early history of, ii. [7], [8].
• Sioux Indians, the, i. 14;
  • i. 348, 350, 351;
  • strange customs of, i. 352;
  • their hostile disposition toward the French, ii. [5], [7], [8];
  • murder Annean’s party, ii. [13];
  • persecute the Mandans, ii. [17];
  • their enmity toward the Snake Indians, ii. [27];
  • sub-tribes of, ii. [34].
• Sioux mission, the, ii. [6].
• Six Nations, the, i. 274;
  • see also [Five Nations, the].
• Skene Mountain, ii. [238].
• Slade, Dr. Daniel Denison, i. 68; ii. [244].
• Small-pox, among the Mandans, ii. [17].
• Smead, Captivity, ii. [252];
  • death of, ii. [255].
• Smead, John, ii. [252];
  • killed by the Indians, ii. [255].
• Smead, Mrs. John, ii. [252];
  • death of, ii. [255].
• Smibert, the painter, gives a portrait of Pepperrell, ii. [73].
• Smith, i. 147; ii. [54], [208];
  • on the disputes of Governor Clinton and the Assembly, ii. [209].
• Smith, Captain, ii. [261].
• Smollett, on the plan to attack Louisbourg, ii. [64];
  • on the capture of Louisbourg, ii. [142];
  • on the absurdities of the Duke of Newcastle, ii. [151];
  • on the Peace of Aix-la-Chapelle, ii. [256].
• Snake Indians, the, ii. [20], [26];
  • their enmity toward the Sioux, ii. [27];
  • the Bow Indians make an attack on, ii. [30]-33.
• Snelling, i. 344.
• “Snow,” a, ii. [83].
• Snow, E. A., ii. [43].
• Soissons, Count de, ii. [268].
• Sokokis Indians, the, i. 256.
• Sorel, town of, i. 78.
• Southack, Captain, relieves Falmouth, i. 46.
• South Carolina, the broad river of, i. 182; ii. [48].
• South Fork, the, i. 367.
• South Sea, the, i. 164.
• Souvigny, Ensign, ii. [293], [311].
• Spafford, John, Jr., at Number Four, ii. [219], [220].
• Spain,
  • Great Britain gains a maritime preponderance over, i. 3;
  • Louis XIV. places his grandson on the throne of, i. 4;
  • bent on making good her claim to the Mississippi and the Gulf of Mexico, i. 301;
  • protests against the French establishment at Mobile Bay, i. 305;
  • ii. [270].
• Spaniards of New Mexico, the, i. 359;
  • advance to attack the French, i. 360.
• Spaniards, the,
  • occupy Texas, i. 355;
  • in the lower Missouri, ii. [17].
• Spanish River, i. 177, 181.
• Spanish Succession, the War of the, i. 3;
  • springs from the ambition of Louis XIV., i. 4;
  • i. 134; ii. [9].
• Sparhawk, Nathaniel, ii. [115], [116];
  • at Louisbourg, ii. [136].
• Sparks, i. 229, 249; ii. [70].
• Spurwink, Indian attack at, i. 44.
• “Squirrel,” the, i. 224.
• Stanwood, ii. [327].
• Stebbins, Abigail, i. 89;
  • marriage of, i. 90.
• Stebbins, Benoni, i. 58;
  • killed by the French and Indians, i. 63.
• Stebbins, Mrs. Benoni, i. 63.
• Steele, i. 147, 195.
• Stevens, B. F., ii. [229].
• Stevens, Captain Phineas,
  • at Number Four, ii. [219], [220];
  • sent to reoccupy the fort at Number Four, ii. [222];
  • characteristics of, ii. [222];
  • attacked by Niverville, ii. [223];
  • his defence of the fort, ii. [224];
  • his letters to Colonel Williams, ii. [224], [225], [226], [228];
  • his interview with Niverville, ii. [226];
  • refuses to surrender, ii. [226];
  • recognition of his successful defence, ii. [228];
  • letter, to Governor Shirley from, ii. [229];
  • diary of, ii. [229].
• Stoddard, escapes from Deerfield, i. 62.
• Stoddard, John, ii. [219], [232], [243].
• Stone, on the disputes of Governor Clinton and the Assembly, ii. [209].
• Stone, William L., ii. [248].
• Storer, John, ii. [80].
• Storer, Joseph,
  • palisaded house of, i. 39;
  • fugitives at, i. 43.
• Storer, Mary, captured by the Indians, i. 44.
• Stuarts, the, i. 105.
• Stuckley, Captain, in the expedition against Port Royal, i. 130.
• Subercase, governor of Acadia,
  • on the French and Indian attack on Haverhill, i. 102;
  • on the Acadian fisheries question, i. 111, 112;
  • his anxiety over the trade between the “Bastonnais” and the Acadians, i. 116;
  • on Bonaventure’s relations with Madame de Freneuse, i. 116;
  • his quarrel with De Goutin, i. 117;
  • in the defence of Port Royal, i. 127;
  • on the failure of the English expedition against Port Royal, i. 131;
  • attacks St. John, i. 131, 132;
  • defends Port Royal against Nicholson, i. 152;
  • surrenders to Nicholson, i. 153;
  • his report of the siege of Port Royal to, i. 155.
• Subtil, Captain, ii. [290].
• Sudbury, ii. [222].
• Sugères, Lieutenant, i. 302.
• Sulte, Benjamin, on the family history of the Varennes, ii. [9].
• Sumter, Fort, ii. [70].
• Sunderland, Earl of, i. 135, 140;
  • Vetch’s letters to, i. 144;
  • Dudley’s letters to, i. 145;
  • his letter to Dudley, i. 145;
  • joint letters to, i. 146.
• “Superbe,” the, ii. [84], [93], [128].
• Superior, Lake, i. 33, 349; ii. [3];
  • great portage of, ii. [12];
  • ii. [57].
• Swanzey, attacked by the Indians, ii. [214].
• Swift, i. 163; on the failure of the Canadian expedition, i. 181.
• Swiss Cantons, the, ii. [341].
• Sydney, harbor of, i. 177.
• Symmes, Rev. Thomas, minister of Bradford, i. 269.

• Taconic Falls, i. 245, 248.
• Taensas, the, i. 305.
• Tailor, Colonel, i. 153.
• Taos, i. 367.
• Tarbell, John,
  • captured by Indians, i. 93;
  • becomes a Caughnawaga chief, i. 93.
• Tarbell, Zechariah,
  • captured by Indians, i. 93;
  • becomes a Caughnawaga chief, i. 93.
• “Tartar,” the, ii. [72], [83].
• Tartary, i. 368.
• Tatmagouche, village of, ii. [187].
• Taunton, joins the expedition against Port Royal, i. 126.
• Temple,
  • on the Micmac raids, i. 244;
  • ii. [231], [232], [234].
• Tennessee River, the, i. 296; ii. [51].
• Tennessee, State of, i. 321.
• Terror, the, in France, i. 4.
• Texas, the Spaniards occupy, i. 355.
• Thames River, the, i. 181.
• Thaxter, Samuel,
  • sent to Montreal by Governor Dummer as envoy, i. 252;
  • received by Vaudreuil, i. 252;
  • the interview with the Indians, i. 253.
• Thierry, Captain, ii. [101], [292], [293].
• Thomassy, i. 355.
• Thornton, ii. [327].
• Three Rivers,
  • Varennes governor of, ii. [8];
  • Rigaud at, ii. [235].
• Ticonderoga, Fort, ii. [237].
• Titcomb’s Battery, at Louisbourg, ii. [107], [110].
• Tiverton, i. 121.
• Tonty, Alphonse de, joins Cadillac, i. 28.
• Tonty, Henri de, i. 28;
  • holds a monopoly of the fur-trade, i. 275;
  • urges the French to seize Louisiana, i. 298;
  • his reasons, i. 298.
• Topsfield, joins the expedition against Port Royal, i. 126.
• Topsham, i. 239.
• Toronto, trading-post established by the French at, ii. [55].
• Toulouse, Comte de, receives Charlevoix’s report on the Pacific Ocean, ii. [5].
• Toulouse, the Parliament of, i. 19.
• Toulouse, Port, i. 196.
• Townshend, ii. [51].
• Townsend, Vice-Admiral, ii. [327], [328], [329], [331].
• Trading houses, at Minas, ii. [344].
• “Trident,” the, ii. [160].
• Trinity Bay, i. 132.
• Truro, ii. [187]. See also [Cobequid].
• Tucker, Sergeant, captured by Indians, i. 52.
• Tufts, William, at Louisbourg, ii. [99], [121].
• Turner, attacks the French and Indians, i. 98; i. 365.
• Tuscaroras, the, joined to the Five Nations, i. 274.
• Two Mountains, the Lake of, ii. [217].
• Tyng, Captain Edward, i. 50, 56, 267, 270;
  • chosen naval commander of the expedition against Louisbourg, ii. [82].

• Ulster, Protestants from, ii. [177].
• Upper Ashuelot, settlement of, attacked by the Indians, ii. [214].
• Upper Lakes, the,
  • Indian tribes of, i. 331;
  • Charlevoix at, ii. [4];
  • ii. [51].
• “Upper Nations,” the, i. 13.
• Ursuline Convent, the, at Quebec, i. 26.
• Ursulines, the, of Quebec, i. 25.
• Usher, Robert, wounded by the Pequawkets, i. 264.
• Utrecht, the Treaty of, i. 184, 190, 192, 193, 196, 197, 200, 206, 212, 220, 251;
  • followed by a threefold conflict for ascendency in America, i. 272;
  • i. 274; ii. [44], [46], [48], [50];
  • leaves unsettled the questions of boundary, ii. [59];
  • cedes Acadia to England, ii. [173];
  • ii. [203], [205], [258], [262], [263], [264], [267], [272], [273], [338], [356].

• Vaillant, the Jesuit, i. 11.
• Vallé, Lieutenant, ii. [298].
• Vantadour, Duc de, ii. [268].
• Varennes, the family history of, ii. [9].
• Varennes, Pierre,
  • birth of, ii. [9];
  • early history of, ii. [9].
  • See also [La Vérendrye, Pierre Gaultier de Varennes de].
• Varennes, René Gaultier de,
  • marriage of, ii. [8];
  • becomes governor of Three Rivers, ii. [8].
• Vauban, ii. [78].
• Vaudreuil-Cavagnal Pierre Rigaud de, governor of Canada,
  • on the treachery of the Abenakis, i. 37;
  • his responsibility for Queen Anne’s War, i. 46;
  • sends a large war-party against New England, i. 55;
  • reports the attack on Deerfield to Ponchartrain, i. 68;
  • buys John Williams from the Indians, i. 79;
  • his correspondence with Dudley concerning the exchange of prisoners, i. 90;
  • on Beaucour’s unsuccessful expedition against Connecticut, i. 95;
  • on the attack on Haverhill, i. 97;
  • on the French loss of life, i. 98;
  • on Dudley’s refusal to permit a raid into Canada, i. 100;
  • attitude of Ponchartrain toward the policy of, i. 102;
  • Dudley proposes a treaty of neutrality to, i. 103;
  • his conditions, i. 103, 104;
  • falsely accused to Ponchartrain, i. 104;
  • on the destruction of the Jesuit mission-house at Onondaga, i. 139;
  • on Ramesay’s expedition against Nicholson, i. 141;
  • on the pestilence in Nicholson’s camp, i. 143;
  • Ponchartrain recommends Costebelle’s scheme to, i. 158;
  • warned of the English preparations against Canada, i. 178;
  • unable to give aid to the Acadians, i. 192;
  • praises the zeal of the Acadian missionaries, i. 204;
  • prevents peace being made at Georgetown, i. 233;
  • the delicacy of his position with the Abenakis, i. 236;
  • turns the Indians again against New England, i. 250;
  • proclaims the Abenakis to be his allies, i. 250;
  • his commission to Rale, i. 250;
  • correspondence between Dummer and, i. 250-252;
  • receives the English envoys, i. 252;
  • Dubuisson’s report on the Outagamies at Detroit, to, i. 296;
  • his report on the attack of the Outagamies on the Illinois, i. 330;
  • determines to destroy the Outagamies, i. 331;
  • in despair over the difficulty of keeping the western tribes quiet, i. 335;
  • on the scheme to reach the Pacific Ocean, ii. [6];
  • his efforts to build a fort at Niagara, ii. [52];
  • ii. [235].
• Vaudreuil, Rigaud de,
  • sets out against the English, ii. [235];
  • plans to attack Fort Massachusetts, ii. [237];
  • journal of, ii. [237];
  • the march, ii. [238], [239];
  • his estimate of the garrison, ii. [243];
  • the attack, ii. [243], [244];
  • wounded, ii. [245];
  • a parley, ii. [247];
  • capitulation, ii. [248], [249];
  • his humane treatment of prisoners, ii. [253];
  • his account of his expedition, ii. [253].
• Vaughan, William,
  • of Damariscotta, ii. [64];
  • advises an attack on Louisbourg, ii. [64];
  • sketch of, ii. [65];
  • captures the Grand Battery, ii. [98], [99], [110];
  • his rash resolution, ii. [117], [118].
• Vera Cruz, i. 301, 315.
• Verchères, death of, i. 98.
• Verelst, the Dutch artist, i. 147.
• Verger, Ensign, ii. [293].
• Verrazzano, voyages of, ii. [47], [49], [258], [259], [262].
• Verrier, the engineer, ii. [101], [292], [293], [305], [308].
• Versailles, i. 113, 119; ii. [6].
• Vetch, Captain Samuel, i. 87, 103, 104, 107, 126;
  • his plan for the conquest of Canada, i. 133;
  • his history, i. 133;
  • his marriage, i. 134;
  • characteristics of, i. 134;
  • sails for England, i. 134;
  • his requests granted by the court, i. 135;
  • waiting for the promised fleet, i. 144;
  • in the attack on Port Royal, i. 147, 151;
  • commissioned as governor of Port Royal, i. 154;
  • commands the provincials in the Canadian expedition, i. 170;
  • on board the “Despatch,” i. 173;
  • disgusted by the inefficiency of Walker and Hill, i. 176;
  • his journal, i. 182;
  • i. 190;
  • the first governor of Nova Scotia, i. 191.
• Vetch, William, death of, i. 134.
• “Vigilant,” the,
  • captured by the English, ii. [123];
  • ii. [126], [127], [129], [131], [138], [280], [281], [301].
• Villebon, i. 111.
• Villermont, Cabart de, i. 298;
  • at Grand Pré, ii. [191].
• Villiers, Coulon de,
  • strikes the Outagamies a deadly blow, i. 339;
  • ii. [185];
  • commands the expedition against Noble, ii. [185];
  • a winter march, ii. [187];
  • the plan of attack, ii. [190], [191];
  • the attack, ii. [129];
  • severely wounded, ii. [192];
  • ii. [198].
• Villieu, M. de, i. 118.
• Vincennes, Sieur de,
  • comes to the aid of Detroit, i. 282, 284, 295, 297;
  • ii. [57].
• Virginia, the colony of, i. 8, 148;
  • not a serious rival in the fur-trade, i. 272;
  • ii. [150];
  • supports the plan to conquer Canada, ii. [152].
• Voyageurs, at Detroit, i. 279, 327;
  • at “the Illinois,” i. 328;
  • growing fewer in numbers, i. 347.