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

Chapter 25: INDEX.
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A detailed historical narrative of mid-18th-century Franco-British struggle in North America, tracing French inland exploration toward the western sea, the creation and rivalry of frontier posts, and major military operations that sought control of trade and territory. It reconstructs expeditions and their encounters with Indigenous nations, the planning and execution of sieges and naval actions, and the logistical, political, and human strains on colonial forces. The work integrates campaign accounts with administrative correspondence to show how exploration, fortification, and warfare interlocked to shape the continental balance of power.

“I am with the most dutiful Regard,

“My Lord Duke,

“Your Grace’s most devoted,

“& most humble Servant

W. Shirley

Shirley to Newcastle, Boston, April 29th., 1747.

(Extract.)

“My Lord Duke,

“Since finishing Governour Knowles’s, & my joint Letter to your Grace, I have learn’d from one of the English Prisoners just Arriv’d from Schiegnecto in Exchange for one of the French Prisoners sent by me from Boston, and who was carry’d Captive from Minas, where he was taken by the Enemy in the late Surprize, that when the Canadeans went from Minas to Schiegnecto they march’d out of the Grand Prè about 500, but were reduc’d to about 350 before they reach’d Schiegnecto, by several of their party’s leaving ’em at every great Village in Minas, thro’ which they pass’d which makes it Evident that 150 of the Inhabitants of that District had Join’d the Canadeans in their late Attack upon the English at Grand Prè, and may Serve farther to shew your Grace the imminent Danger of all the Inhabitants of Minas’s still Joining the Enemy, unless speedy measures are taken for driving the Canadeans out of the Country, and Securing the fidelity of the Inhabitants in some better manner than it is at present; and how opportunely the forces sent last Winter from hence to Annapolis, and the Assurances I took the liberty of sending the Nova Scotians that those, who behav’d as good Subjects, sho’d have His Majesty’s protection in their Estates, arriv’d there for saving the whole District of Minas from an open Revolt.

“This fluctuating State of the Inhabitants of Accadie seems, my Lord, naturally to arise from their finding a want of due protection from His Majesty’s Government; and their Apprehensions that the French will soon be Masters of the Province, which their repeated Attempts every year for the Reduction of His Majesty’s Fort at Annapolis Royal, and the Appearance of the late Duke D’Anville’s Squadron from France upon their Coast with that View strongly Impress upon ’em, as does also the Residence of the Enemy in the Province, and the Sollicitations of their own Priests; and to this, I believe, may be added some Jealousy, which the Enemy and Priests are for ever instilling into ’em, that the English want only a safe Opportunity of driving all the French Inhabitants off their Settlements; which tho’ Mr. Mascarene assures me that his communicating to ’em my printed Letter promising ’em His Majesty’s protection, had so far allay’d as together with the Arrival of the late Detachment of Soldiers sent from hence in the Winter for the Defence & protection of the Province, to disappoint Mr. de Ramsay’s Attempt upon the Inhabitants of Minas for bringing ’em to an open Revolt, and to make him retire from Minas to Schiegnecto, yet as the hopes my Letter may have made ’em entertain have not been yet Confirm’d by Assurances of His Majesty’s Royal protection directly from England I cant but think, there is a most apparant danger of Nova Scotia’s being soon lost, if the Expedition against Canada should not proceed this year, nor any Measures be taken, or particular Orders be sent by His Majesty for Securing the Province against the Enemy & strengthening his Government among the Inhabitants, For I perceive that the General Assembly of this Province, from whence only the Succours & Support which His Majesty’s Garrison at Annapolis Royal has hitherto received for the Protection & Defence of Nova Scotia, have been sent, are tir’d of having ’em drawn wholly from their own people, and despair of its being effectual without His Majesty’s more immediate Interposition for the protection of that province; And I look upon it as a very happy Incident, that I had it in my power to send Mr. Mascarene the Support, I did the last Winter, and beginning of the Spring, out of the Levies rais’d for the Expedition against Canada, which I insisted upon doing as they were in His Majesty’s Pay (tho’ rais’d for another Service) but should not have been able to do it (I believe) had it depended wholly upon the Consent of the Assembly, tho’ generally well dispos’d for His Majesty’s Service.”

Newcastle to Shirley, 30 May, 1747.

(Extract.)

“As you and Mr. Warren have represented, That an Opinion prevailed amongst the Inhabitants of Nova Scotia, That It was intended to remove Them from their Settlements and Habitations in that Province; And as that Report may probably have been artfully spread amongst Them in order to induce Them to withdraw Themselves from their Allegiance to His Majesty, and to take Part with the Enemy; His Majesty thinks it necessary, That proper measures should be taken, to remove any such ill-grounded Suggestions; and, for that Purpose, It is the King’s Pleasure, That you should declare in some publick and authentick manner to His Majesty’s Subjects, Inhabitants of that Province, That there is not the least Foundation for any Apprehension of that nature; But That, on the contrary, It is His Majesty’s Resolution to protect, and maintain, all such of Them as shall continue in their Duty, and Allegiance to His Majesty, in the quiet & peaceable Possession of their respective Habitations, and Settlements And That They shall continue to enjoy the free Exercise of their Religion.

“His Majesty did propose to have signed a Proclamation to the purport above mentioned and to have transmitted it to you, to have been published in Nova Scotia; But as the Advices, that have been received here, of a Body of the New England Troops, which were advanced to Menis having been surprised by a Party of the French Canadeans and their Indians, and having been either cut off, or taken Prisoners; And the great Probability there is, That this Misfortune could not have happened to that Body of Troops, without the Assistance or, at least, Connivance of the Inhabitants of Nova Scotia; make it very difficult to fix the Terms of the intended Proclamation; His Majesty thinks it more advisable to leave it to you to make such a Declaration in His Name, as you shall be of Opinion, the present Circumstances of the Province may require.”

Shirley to Newcastle, 8 June, 1747.

(Extract.)

“I have nothing to add to my Letters, which I have lately transmitted to your Grace, except that Mr. de Ramsay is still at Chiegnecto with his party in Expectation of a Reinforcement from Canada, and the Arrival of an Armament from France, and that he has not thought fit to venture again to Manis [Mines], but insists in his Messages to the Inhabitants there that they should look upon themselves as Subjects to the French King since the New England Troops were oblig’d to retire out of their District by Capitulation, but that this has had no Effect upon the Inhabitants, the Reinforcement, which I sent there afterwards, having taken repossession of Manis, and hoisted the King’s Flagg there, and the Deputies of Manis having thereupon renew’d their Oaths of Fidelity to His Majesty at Annapolis Royal; I continue the last Reinforcement at the Garrison still for the Security of that and Manis; But it is not strong enough to drive the French from Schiegnecto, it being suspected that the Inhabitants of that District, who were ever refractory to His Majesty’s Government, would not scruple to Join the Enemy in case of an attack upon ’em; And I could not think it adviseable for me to send all the Forces, which I had rais’d for the Expedition against Canada within this Government upon another Service (as I must have done to have been strong enough to force the Enemy out of Schiegnecto after the Action at Minas) when I was in daily Expectation of receiving His Majesty’s Commands concerning the prosecution of the intended expedition, and besides, the Assembly, which has been at a great Expence for the raising of the men for the service of the Expedition only, strongly insisted upon my reserving 1500 of ’em to go against Crown Point, as your Grace will perceive by the inclos’d Copy of their Answer to my Message; However the several Reinforcements, which I did send to Annapolis, have preserv’d the Garrison and province from falling into the Enemys hands the last year, and not only made the Enemy quit Manis, but still Confine ’em to Schiegnecto; and had the Rhode Island & New Hampshire Troops Join’d the Massachusetts Forces at Manis, as was propos’d, and both those Governments promis’d me they should, and one of the Massachusetts Companies had not been lost in their passage, we should have been strong enough (I am perswaded) to have drove the Enemy the last Winter quite out of the Province of Nova Scotia: As it is, I doubt not, if no Armament arrives from France, we shall be able to keep ’em out of Annapolis and Manis till I receive His Majesty’s Commands, which I am in daily Expectation of, and will, I hope, Enable me to take effectual Measures for getting rid of the Enemy and Securing the Province against their Attempts for the future.”

Shirley to Newcastle, Boston, 25 June, 1747.

(Extract.)

“My Lord Duke,

“Since my last to your Grace, I have Accounts from Nova Scotia, that the French have rais’d a Battery of Nine Guns on the back of Schiegnecto to oppose the landing of Forces from Bay Verte, that they were also building a Fort & had landed Cannon & Mortars there, which they were now hawling by Land, and may use either for Fortifying that District, or transport from thence to Annapolis Royal for the Reduction of his Majesty’s Garrison; There has been likewise further Accounts from thence that the Inhabitants were in Expectation of 1000 Men from Canada, which together with the Indians & People of Schiegnecto, & some of Manis, it is said, would make up Mr. De Ramsay’s Party 5000, who were then to proceed against Annapolis; and that three large French Ships of Force had been seen in Bay Verte, vizt. two from Canada & one from France and landed Troops & Stores. These Accounts gain Credit the more easily as it seems not to be doubted, but that the French have the Reduction of Nova Scotia extremely at heart, and will be continually making some Attempt or other against it, whilst the Warr lasts; and I am sorry to find by a Message lately sent me from the Assembly desiring I would recall the Soldiers, I last sent to Annapolis, that they seem out of heart about the effectual Preservation of it from the Enemy. Should the French gain it by any sudden Stroke, I am perswaded, they would be so strong there by the Addition of all the Inhabitants to their other Forces, as well as the Numbers they would draw from Canada, & by immediate Fortifications of it, that it would require a very considerable Armament & Number of Troops to recover it from ’em; which makes me think it my Indispensable Duty to trouble your Grace with so frequent a Repetition of my Apprehensions concerning it. The enemy may indeed be now look’d upon as Masters of Scheignecto which Place it is evident they are busy in fortifying; & would have been so likewise of Manis by this time, had they not been oblig’d to withdraw their Troops from thence last Fall by the Arrival of the Detachments, I sent there.”

Shirley to Newcastle, 8 July, 1747.

(Extract.)

“I shall now take the Liberty to submit to your Grace’s Consideration the most practicable Scheme, that occurs to me at present for effectually driving & keeping the Canadeans out of Nova Scotia; vizt. if Mr. Knowles when the Season is too far advanc’d for the French to make an Attempt from France against Louisbourg, should detach 1000 Men out of that Garrison to be join’d by 2000 from New England at Annapolis Royal, and from thence to proceed to Schiegnecto; that Force would, I apprehend, drive the Enemy off, and easily make us Masters of all the Inhabitants of that District, who seem to have ever been so deeply engaged on the Side of the Enemy as to make ’em forfeit all pretence of right to hold their Possessions; and if the 2000 New England Men were to share among ’em that District upon Condition of their setling there with their Families in such a defensible manner as they should be directed to do, and the french Inhabitants of that District were to be transplanted into New England, and distributed among the four Governments there; That I apprehend might be a Settlement of the District of Schiegnecto strong enough to keep the Canadeans out, and to defend themselves against the Indians; and the Inhabitants of the two other Districts of Nova Scotia, vizt. Menis & Annapolis, being thus lock’d up between the Settlement in Schiegnecto at one End, and his Majesty’s Garrison at the other, and aw’d by the removal of the french Inhabitants of Schiegnecto from off their Lands, would be constantly held to their good behaviour, and by Intermarriages & the spreading of the English Settlement from Schiegnecto, the whole Province, or at least the greatest part of it, might in two or three Generations become English Protestants—I would add that such an Exchange of the present Inhabitants of Schiegnecto for New England Men, would make up to the four Colonies of New England the Loss of the Families propos’d to be remov’d from thence to Nova Scotia upon this Occasion hinder Canada’s being strengthened by the Expulsion of the French from their Possessions, & prevent the English Settlement at Schiegnecto from being harrass’d by their continual Attempts to recover their former Lands; And the Encouragement given to the New England Men by the propos’d Distribution of the Lands among ’em would besides make the raising of 2000 Men for this Service much more practicable, & less expensive to the Crown.

“Upon the whole, my Lord, if the War continues, unless some measures are very suddenly taken for the better Security of Nova Scotia, there seems to be great danger that that Province will not long remain his Majesty’s.

“I am with the most dutiful regard,

“My Lord Duke,

“Your Grace’s most devoted and

“most Obedient Servant

W Shirley.”

Shirley to Newcastle, 24 August, 1747.

“My Lord Duke,

“The French Declaration, of which the inclos’d is a Copy, did not come to my hands till I had finished the letter, wch. accompanies it: And I send it your Grace, as it may serve to shew the Views of the French with respect to Accadie, the Dependance they have upon the Dispositions of the Inhabitants, what advantage they propos’d to themselves from the New England Levies under the Command of the late Lieutent. Col. Noble’s quitting Menis by Capitulation, and the necessity there was of my sending the last Detachment of soldiers to Mr. Mascarene to take repossession of Menis, and make the Inhabitants of it renew their oath of fidelity to his Majesty; which had its desir’d Effect.

“I am with the most Dutifull regard

“My Lord Duke,

“Your Grace’s Most Devoted,

“and Most Obedient Humble Servant

W Shirley.”

Shirley to Newcastle, 20 Oct. 1747.

(Extract.)

“The general Inclination which, the french Inhabitants of Nova Scotia have to the french Interest, proceeds from their Ties of Consanguinity to the French of Canada, but more especially from those of their Religion, which last seems to put ’em greatly under the Influence of their Priests, who continually receive their Directions from the Bishop of Quebeck, & are the Instruments, by which the Governour of Canada makes all his Attempts for the Reduction of the Province to the french Crown, & Keeps the Indians of Nova Scotia (commonly called the Cape Sable Indians) in their Dependence upon him; particular Instances of which may be given in the first Body of French & Indians, which attack’d the King’s Garrison soon after the Declaration of the present War’s being headed by a Priest of Nova Scotia; and the principal Part in giving Intelligence to the Enemy, maintaining the Correspondence between Canada and Nova Scotia, assembling Cape Sable Indians, & influencing such of the Inhabitants as had joined with or assisted the Enemy, has been manag’d by another Priest of that Province; Other Instances of this Kind might be given, as particularly the Attempt to bring the Inhabitants into Revolt soon after the late Surprize at Menis by endeavouring to influence ’em with the Authority of the Bishop of Quebeck pronouncing ’em to be free from their Oath of Allegiance to his Majesty. But I shall content myself with observing to your Grace only one piece of Policy made use of by the french Priests in Nova Scotia for preserving the whole Body of the People intirely french, and Roman Catholick’s, vizt. forbidding all Intermarriages with the English under Pain of Excommunication, (of which I am informed there has been one or two late Instances in actual Excommunication upon this Occasion) & which has had so general an Effect as to prevent the Settlement of any one English Family within the Province, from the first Reduction of it to the present time, tho’ some have attempted to setle in the Country; & to Keep out Inter-marriages between the French & his Majesty’s English Subjects, as that I never heard of any one Instance besides the before mentioned ones; And I would humbly submit it to your Grace’s Consideration if the free Exercise of the Roman Catholick Religion and an unlimited Toleration of Roman Priests in Nova Scotia should continue to have the same Effect in that Colony for the next succeeding forty years, as it has had within these last forty; the Inhabitants there are suffer’d to remain a distinct Body of French in the Neighbourhood of Canada, with the Ties of Consanguinity & Religion between them & the Canadeans still growing stronger, untill they double or perhaps treble their Number (the French of Canada likewise at the same time increasing their Strength & Numbers) whether it may not prove in the End cherishing a Colony of Inhabitants for the subversion of the King’s Government in it, & the strengthening of the french Interest upon the Continent.

“The Treaty of Utrecht, my Lord, by which the cession of Accadie (or Nova Scotia) with its Inhabitants was made to the Crown of Great Britain does not seem to lay his Majesty under an Obligation to allow the french Inhabitants the Exercise of the Roman Catholick Religion; and as his Majesty is as yet under no Promise to do it, I should hope that Methods might be found for weakening the Ties of Consanguinity & Religion between even the present Generation of the french inhabitants of Nova Scotia & those of Canada, by beginning new ones between his Majesty’s English & french subjects there, and at the same time controuling the pernicious Power of the Romish Priests over the french Inhabitants & the Indians of that Province, which may possibly be cut off or at least obstructed by his Majesty’s making a Promise to continue the french Inhabitants in the free Exercise of their Religion.

“Wherefore as his Majesty has been pleas’d to refer it to my Opinion to fix the Terms of the Declaration, which he has commanded me to make in his Name to the Inhabitants of Nova Scotia; whereby it became my Duty to avoid every thing in it, which appear’d to me to have a Tendency to disserve his Government within that Province, I have taken the Liberty to suspend promissing ’em the free Exercise of the Romish Religion, tho’ it is mention’d in your Grace’s Letter to have been part of what was at first propos’d to have been included in his Majesty’s intended Proclamation, till I could transmit my Sentiments to your Grace, and I should have his Majesty’s farther Directions upon it; & have in the mean time made a Declaration of such Points, as seem’d necessary to be ascertained to the Inhabitants for quieting their Minds, & would not admit of Delay.

“I might mention to your Grace some local Reasons for my Omitting in the Declaration what I have done, but shall not presume to trouble you with any but what I thought it my indispensable Duty to lay before your Grace.

“I am with the most dutiful Regard

“My Lord Duke,

“Your Grace’s most Devoted

“and most Obedient Servant

W Shirley.”





INDEX.

  • Bacon, Captain Daniel, at Louisbourg, ii. 120.
  • Bacouel, ii. 187.
  • “Badine,” the, i. 300.
  • Baker, escapes from Indian captivity, i. 87.
  • Baker, C. Alice, i. 89, 90.
  • Baker, Lieutenant, killed at Grand Pré, i. 123.
  • Bancroft, Robert Hale, ii. 89.
  • Bangor, i. 244, 254.
  • Bank, Capt. Louis, i. 302;
    • his interview with Bienville, i. 303.
  • Banks, Lieutenant, i. 52, 53.
  • Banlieue, the, Acadians of, i. 191, 195, 199.
  • Baptiste, Captain,
    • captured by the English, i. 81;
    • exchanged by the English for John Williams, i. 88.
  • Barachois, the, ii. 106, 109, 279, 293, 294.
  • Barbadoes, the, i. 182.
  • Barnard, Rev. John, i. 126;
    • his experiences in the expedition against Port Royal, i. 128, 130, 131.
  • Barrett, Ensign John, house of, i. 42.
  • Barron, Elias, killed by the Pequawkets, i. 265.
  • Barrot, surgeon of Louisiana, i. 308.
  • Bart, Jean, of Canada, see Iberville, Le Moyne d’.
  • Bartlett, J. R., on the Mohawk chiefs in England, i. 147.
  • Basin of Mines, the, i. 110, 196.
  • Bastide, the English engineer, ii. 107.
  • “Bastonnais,” the,
    • monopolize the Acadian fisheries, i. 111;
    • their trade with the Acadians, i. 115;
    • i. 156, 157;
    • La Ronde Denys sent to treat with, i. 159;
    • take Denys prisoner, i. 160;
    • exasperated by the attacks on Canseau and Annapolis, ii. 64;
    • at Louisbourg, ii. 130, 134.
  • Batten Kill River, the, ii. 210, 238, 253.
  • Batterie de Francœur, the, at Louisbourg, ii. 130, 297, 298, 301, 306.
  • Baxter, Rev. Joseph, i. 225;
    • among the Norridgewocks, i. 228-230;
    • his controversy with Rale, i. 229.
  • Bayagoula Indians, the, i. 301.
  • Baye Verte, i. 196, 206;
  • Bean, Lieutenant, sent out against Norridgewock, i. 245.
  • Beaubassin, Acadian settlement of, i. 123; ii. 184, 185, 198, 200, 202, 203, 260.
  • Beaubassin, Sieur de,
  • Beaubois, Père de, i. 368.
  • Beaucour, commands an unsuccessful attack on the Connecticut settlements, i. 95.
  • Beauharnois, Charles de, the intendant,
    • on the treachery of the Abenakis, i. 37;
    • on the French expedition against New England, i. 56;
    • on Beaucour’s unsuccessful expedition against Connecticut, i. 95;
    • i. 232;
    • averse to violent measures against the Indians, i. 337;
    • slandered by Dupuy, i. 338;
    • on Lignery’s expedition against the Outagamies, i. 339;
    • on the scheme to reach the Pacific Ocean, ii. 6;
    • ii. 7, 8;
    • tries to obtain aid from the court for La Vérendrye, ii. 13;
    • on the Mandans, ii. 21;
    • demands the demolition of Oswego, ii. 54;
    • on the establishment of Crown Point, ii. 56;
    • on the capture of Louisbourg by the English, ii. 140;
    • ii. 171, 172.
  • Beauharnois, Fort, ii. 7;
    • abandoned, ii. 7.
  • Beaujeu, journal of, ii. 170, 184;
    • the hero of the Monongahela, ii. 185;
    • ii. 186, 187, 189, 190, 191, 192, 194, 195, 196;
    • on the losses at Grand Pré, ii. 198;
    • on the courtesies exchanged between the French and the English at Grand Pré, ii. 199;
    • his account of the French victory at Mines, ii. 200.
  • Beauport, seigniory of, i. 25.
  • Beaurain, Chevalier de, i. 353, 354, 357, 358.
  • Beauséjour, Acadian post of, ii. 42.
  • “Beaux Hommes,” les, ii. 25.
  • Beaver-trade, the, proposed restriction to Detroit of, i. 23.
  • Becancour, the Abenaki mission of, i. 217, 233.
  • Bedford, Duke of, ii. 176.
  • Bégon, the intendant,
    • praises the zeal of the Acadian missionaries, i. 204;
    • i. 231, 331;
    • on the scheme for reaching the Pacific Ocean, ii. 6;
    • ii. 52.
  • Belknap,
    • on the Indian attack on Wells, i. 46;
    • on the loss of life in Queen Anne’s War, i. 47;
    • on Major Church at Port Royal, i. 124;
    • on March’s failure against Port Royal, i. 131;
    • on the council at Georgetown, i. 235;
    • on Lovewell’s expeditions against the Indians, i. 262;
    • on the plan to attack Louisbourg, ii. 64, 78, 112.
  • Belknap Papers, the, ii. 144.
  • Belleisle, Madame de, i. 117.
  • Bellemont, Ensign, ii. 293.
  • Bellin, ii. 14.
  • Bellomont, Lord, governor of Massachusetts,
    • letter from Brouillan to, i. 7;
    • his reports to the Lords of Trade, i. 9;
    • on the ministers among the Indians, i. 12;
    • tries to influence the Indians against the Jesuits, i. 12.
  • Bennett, Captain, i. 202.
  • Benoit, M., ii. 288.
  • Berkshire, ii. 230.
  • Berwick, village of, Indian attacks on, i. 48, 99, 266.
  • Biddeford, village of, i. 46, 266; ii. 80.
  • Bienville, Jean Baptiste de,
    • resolves to find a better way to Santa Fé, i. 368.
  • Bienville, Le Moyne de, i. 301;
    • at Biloxi, i. 302;
    • explores the Mississippi, i. 302;
    • his meeting with Capt. Louis Bank, i. 303;
    • accusations against, i. 307;
    • De Muys sent to succeed, i. 307;
    • Artaguette reports favorably upon the charges against, i. 307;
    • La Mothe-Cadillac succeeds, i. 309;
    • La Mothe-Cadillac’s quarrel with, i. 313;
    • reappointed governor of Louisiana, i. 318;
    • renewed accusations against, i. 320;
    • Perier takes his place, i. 320;
    • again made governor of Louisiana, i. 322;
    • resigns, i. 323;
    • the “Father of Louisiana,” i. 323;
    • i. 360.
  • Bighorn Mountains, the, ii. 31.
  • Bighorn Range, the, ii. 29, 31.
  • Bigot, François, the intendant, i. 38; ii. 37, 97, 98, 108;
    • on the English attack on Louisbourg, ii. 111;
    • on the English attack on the Island Battery, ii. 121, 122;
    • on the weak condition of the Louisbourg garrison, ii. 131;
    • on the siege of Louisbourg, ii. 144;
    • ii. 273, 274, 290, 293, 311.
  • Billaine, Louis, ii. 261.
  • Billerica, village of, i. 259.
  • Biloxi, the harbor of, French establishment at, i. 302, 305, 312.
  • Biscay, Bay of, ii. 158.
  • Blackfeet Indians, the, ii. 34.
  • Blackhawk, the famous chief, i. 344.
  • Black Hills, the, i. 353; ii. 23.
  • Black Point, Indian attack on, i. 48.
  • Black River, the, ii. 221.
  • Blake, Nathan, captured by the Indians, ii. 215.
  • Blancs Barbus, see Mandans, the.
  • Blastrick, Jean, ii. 311.
  • Bleeker, visits Onondaga, i. 12.
  • Blenheim, i. 163.
  • “Blockhouse,” loose use of the term, ii. 241.
  • Blue Earth River, i. 351.
  • “Bobasser,” see Beaubassin, Sieur de.
  • Bobé, Father, sets forth the claims of France, ii. 46-50, 257-274.
  • Bodmer, Charles, the artist, among, the Mandans, i. 345; ii. 20.
  • Boisbriant, Major Pierre Dugué de, i. 307;
    • in command of “the Illinois,” i. 329;
    • i. 360.
  • Boishébert, ii. 185, 188, 189, 194.
  • Bolingbroke, Lord, i. 163.
  • Bollan, William,
    • secures reimbursement for Massachusetts from England for expenditures on the Louisbourg expedition, ii. 142, 143;
    • letters of, ii. 143;
    • ii. 315.
  • Bomazeen, Captain, i. 37;
    • captures Elisha Plaisted, i. 53, 54.
  • Bonaventure, Captain,
    • on the trade between Boston and the French of Acadia, i. 108, 115;
    • his relations with Madame de Freneuse, i. 116;
    • attacked by De Goutin, i. 117;
    • on the friction between the temporal and spiritual powers in Acadia, i. 118;
    • ii. 132, 286, 308.
  • Bonaventure, Madame de, i. 154.
  • Bonaventure, the priest, i. 194.
  • Bonavista, i. 132.
  • Bonner, Captain, makes a plan of Boston, i. 170.
  • Bonner, John, i. 88.
  • Borland, i. 107.
  • Boston,
  • Boston Harbor, i. 143.
  • “Boston Packet,” the, ii. 83.
  • “Boston Post Boy,” the, ii. 200.
  • Boston Treaty, the, i. 255.
  • Boucher, Marie, marriage of, ii. 8.
  • Boucher, Pierre, governor of Three Rivers, ii. 8.
  • Boucherville, i. 90.
  • Bougainville, ii. 14.
  • Boularderie, killed at Louisbourg, ii. 98.
  • Bourbon, Fort, on Lake Winnipeg, ii. 14.
  • Bourgmont, Sieur de, i. 360;
    • builds Fort Orléans, i. 361;
    • sets out for the Comanche villages, i. 361;
    • his journey, i. 361-366.
  • Bourke, Captain John G., ii. 43.
  • Bourne, Edward E., i. 40, 42;
    • on the Indian attack on Wells, i. 46;
    • on the capture of Elisha Plaisted, i. 54;
    • ii. 81.
  • Bouton, on Lovewell’s Expedition, i. 270.
  • Bow Indians, the, ii. 26;
    • make an attack on the Snake Indians, ii. 30-33.
  • Boxford, village of, i. 269.
  • Bradford, village of, i. 269.
  • Bradley, Joseph, attacked by Indians, i. 49.
  • Bradstreet, Colonel John, ii. 64, 65;
    • at Louisbourg, ii. 100.
  • “Brahmin caste” of New England, the, i. 269.
  • Brandon, Arthur, i. 48.
  • Brandon, Mrs. Arthur, killed by Indians, i. 48.
  • Brandy, traffic in, i. 20.
  • Brattleboro, town of, i. 73.
  • Brazil, ii. 270.
  • Brébeuf, Jean de, at Matchedash Bay, i. 18; i. 139, 215.
  • Breda, treaty of, ii. 270.
  • Brest, ii. 127, 158.
  • Brest Squadron, the, ii. 327.
  • Breton, Cape, i. 185;
  • Bridgman, Jonathan, wounded at Fort Massachusetts, ii. 246.
  • Brissonnet, the Plain of, at Louisbourg, ii. 279.
  • British America, early maps of, ii. 44.
  • British colonies, the, i. 3.
  • British provinces, the, ii. 45;
    • growing power of, ii. 45.
  • Brittany, ii. 166.
  • Brookfield, attacked by the French and Indians, i. 99.
  • Brooks, Commander, at Louisbourg, ii. 120, 121.
  • Brouillan, Jacques François de,
    • urges peace between England and France, i. 6;
    • his letter to Governor Bellomont, i. 7;
    • in command of Acadia, i. 110;
    • paucity of his fighting resources, i. 111;
    • characteristics of, i. 113;
    • death of, i. 114;
    • accusations against, i. 114.
  • Brown, ii. 95.
  • Brown, Captain, sent out against Norridgewock, i. 245.
  • Brown, John, wounded at Number Four, ii. 228.
  • Brown, John Carter, i. 147.
  • Brulé Indians, the, ii. 34.
  • Brunswick, i. 218;
    • burned by the Indians, i. 239.
  • Bruyas, the Jesuit, i. 11.
  • Brymner, on the journal of La Vérendrye, ii. 17.
  • Buade, Fort, i. 18.
  • Buffalo, the, i. 351.
  • Bullard, John, killed by the Indians, ii. 215.
  • Bunker Hill, battle of, ii. 90, 123.
  • Burchett, Secretary of the Admiralty, i. 165.
  • Burlington, city of, i. 77.
  • Burnet, Governor, of New York, plans to build a fortified trading-house at Oswego, ii. 53.
  • Burr’s regiment, at Louisbourg, ii. 103.
  • Bute, i. 183.
  • Butler, Captain, i. 177.
  • Daccarrette, Sieur, ii. 290, 291, 304.
  • Daguenet, at Louisbourg, ii. 280.
  • D’Aillebout, Captain, see Aillebout, Captain d’.
  • Dakota Indians, the, ii. 34.
  • Damariscotta River, the, ii. 65.
  • D’Anville, Duc, see Anville, Duc d’.
  • D’Argenson, see Argenson, D’.
  • Darien Scheme, the, i. 134.
  • Dartmouth College, i. 91.
  • Dartmouth, Earl of, i. 192.
  • Daulnay, Jean, marriage of, i. 89.
  • Dauphin, the lost, son of Louis XVI., i. 91.
  • Dauphin Battery, the, at Louisbourg, ii. 111.
  • Dauphin, Fort, on Lake Manitoba, ii. 14.
  • Dauphin Island, French establishment at, i. 306, 309, 312.
  • Dauphin’s Bastion, the, at Louisbourg, ii. 130, 279, 286, 297, 298, 301, 302, 303, 305.
  • D’Auteuil, see Auteuil, D’.
  • Davis, in the defence of Haverhill against the French and Indians, i. 97.
  • Davis, Eleazer, wounded by the Pequawkets, i. 265, 266.
  • Deas, D., ii. 162, 164.
  • Debeline, General, ii. 223.
  • Deerfield,
    • village of, i. 56;
    • location of, i. 57;
    • reinforced with a garrison, i. 59;
    • attacked by the French and Indians, i. 59-66;
    • the captives, i. 67;
    • loss suffered by the French, i. 68;
    • not abandoned, i. 69;
    • again attacked by the French and Indians, i. 95;
    • ii. 148, 242, 245, 249, 250, 254.
  • Deerfield River, ii. 250, 251.
  • De Gannes, see Gannes, De.
  • Degonner, the Jesuit, his theory concerning the Pacific, ii. 10.
  • De Goutin, see Goutin, M. de.
  • De Lancey, James, see Lancey, James de.
  • De Léry, see Léry, De.
  • De l’Isle, see L’Isle, De.
  • De Muys, see Muys, De.
  • Denis, ii. 259, 262.
  • Denonville, Marquis de,
    • recognizes the importance of possessing Detroit, i. 22;
    • ii. 53.
  • Denys, M. de la Ronde, i. 157;
    • sent to treat with the “Bastonnais,” i. 159;
    • taken prisoner, i. 160;
    • on the losses of the English expedition against Canada, i. 181;
    • sent to Annapolis, i. 194;
    • in the Acadian settlements, i. 196.
  • “Deptford,” the, i. 125.
  • Derniers, Moïse des, on the illiteracy of the Acadians, ii. 173.
  • Deruisseau, i. 141.
  • Des Chaillons, Saint-Ours, commands an expedition against New England, i. 96.
  • Deschenaux, ii. 274.
  • Des Enclaves, Père, i. 202.
  • Desliettes,
    • in command in the Illinois country, i. 336;
    • proposes to exterminate the Outagamies, i. 336;
    • joins Lignery’s expedition, i. 338.
  • Desligneris, ii. 185, 190.
  • “Despatch,” the, i. 173.
  • Destonnel, Mr., ii. 330.
  • D’Estournel, Vice-Admiral, see Estournel, Vice Admiral d’.
  • Destrahoudal, M., ii. 166, 167.
  • Des Ursins, La Loire, i. 329.
  • Detroit,
    • important location of, i. 22; ii. 57;
    • occupied by Du Lhut, i. 22;
    • Livingston urges the occupation of, i. 22;
    • its rivalry with Michilimackinac, i. 23;
    • Cadillac’s plans for, i. 23;
    • proposed restriction of the beaver-trade to, i. 23;
    • Cadillac lays the foundations for, i. 28;
    • in the hands of the company of the Colony of Canada, i. 29;
    • is given over to Cadillac, i. 32;
    • the Indian population at, i. 275;
    • Dubuisson in command at, i. 279;
    • its loss of strength in the departure of La Mothe-Cadillac, i. 327.
  • Detroit, fort, i. 279.
  • Detroit River, the, i. 29.
  • Dièreville, i. 131.
  • Dieskau, Baron, flotilla of, ii. 237.
  • Dion, ii. 289, 291.
  • Doddridge, i. 51.
  • Dominique, Father, i. 190.
  • Doolittle, Rev. Benjamin, ii. 222;
    • on the defence of Number Four, ii. 229;
    • sketch of, ii. 232;
    • his sudden death, ii. 233;
    • his famous narrative, ii. 233, 234.
  • Dorchester,
    • joins the expedition against Port Royal, i. 126;
    • i. 150.
  • Dorman, Ephraim, ii. 215.
  • Doty, ii. 249.
  • Doucette, at Annapolis, i. 196.
  • Douglas, Dr.,
    • on the plan to attack Louisbourg, ii. 64, 86, 112, 118;
    • on the attack on the Island Battery, ii. 122;
    • on the life at Louisbourg after the conquest, ii. 149.
  • Dover, attacked by French and Indians, i. 95, 99.
  • Downing, Joshua, killed by Indians, i. 52.
  • “Dragon,” the, i. 136, 147, 151.
  • Dragonades, the, i. 4.
  • Drake, S. G., ii. 234.
  • Drowned Lands, the, ii. 237.
  • Dubuisson, Sieur,
    • in command at Detroit, i. 279;
    • dangerous visitors, i. 280;
    • timely succor, i. 282;
    • attacks the camp of the Outagamies, i. 285;
    • the siege, i. 286;
    • overtures from the enemy, i. 287;
    • renewed hostilities, i. 290;
    • wavering allies, i. 291;
    • the enemy begs for mercy, i. 293;
    • they surrender, i. 295;
    • his report to Vaudreuil, i. 296;
    • i. 344.
  • Duchambon, Chevalier,
    • governor of Canada, ii. 96;
    • deficient in capacity, ii. 96;
    • at Louisbourg, ii. 97;
    • on the capture of the Grand Battery, ii. 100, 101, 102;
    • his serious blunder, ii. 103, 107;
    • on the English attack on Louisbourg, ii. 111;
    • summoned to surrender, but refuses, ii. 117;
    • on the English attack on the Island Battery, ii. 121, 122, 124;
    • letter from La Maisonfort to, ii. 125;
    • his reply, ii. 126;
    • on the effect of the English fire, ii. 130;
    • asked by his troops to capitulate, ii. 131;
    • surrenders to the English, ii. 133;
    • on the number of English at Louisbourg, ii. 134;
    • his report on the siege of Louisbourg, ii. 144, 287-312.
  • Ducking-stool, the, i. 41.
  • Duclos, i. 313, 314.
  • Dudley, Captain, i. 173.
  • Dudley, Joseph,
    • governor of Massachusetts and New Hampshire, i. 36;
    • his conference with the Abenakis, i. 37, 38;
    • takes the offensive against the Indians, i. 50;
    • on the French loss at Deerfield, i. 69;
    • refuses to buy the release of prisoners, i. 86;
    • his correspondence with Vaudreuil concerning the exchange of prisoners, i. 90;
    • refuses to allow a raid into Canada, i. 100;
    • urges the capture of Quebec, i. 103;
    • proposes a treaty of neutrality to Vaudreuil, i. 103;
    • characteristics of, i. 105;
    • sent as prisoner to England, i. 105;
    • made lieutenant-governor of the Isle of Wight, i. 105;
    • sent back to Massachusetts as governor, i. 105;
    • opposition of the Puritan party to, i. 105;
    • his abilities, i. 106;
    • accusations against, i. 107;
    • sustained by the Queen, i. 109;
    • approves of Major Church’s plan for retaliation against the French, i. 121;
    • refuses to allow an attack on Port Royal, i. 121;
    • on Mayor Church at Port Royal, i. 124;
    • plans to assist in the conquest of Canada, i. 136;
    • his letters to Lord Sunderland, i. 145;
    • joins in the Canadian expedition, i. 165-168;
    • his conference with the Abenakis at Portsmouth, i. 220.
  • Dudley, Thomas, governor of Massachusetts, i. 105.
  • Dudley, William, i. 87, 103;
    • secretary of the expedition against Port Royal, i. 126, 130;
    • sent by Governor Dummer as envoy to Montreal, i. 252;
    • received by Vaudreuil, i. 252;
    • the interview with the Indians, i. 253.
  • Dufoure, Sieur Janson, ii. 289.
  • Dugué, Lieutenant, joins Cadillac, i. 28.
  • Du Laurent, ii. 274.
  • Du Lhut, Greysolon, occupies Detroit, i. 22.
  • Dummer, Fort,
    • Massachusetts and New Hampshire dispute ownership of, ii. 217;
    • left without a garrison, ii. 217;
    • the New Hampshire Assembly refuses to support, ii. 218;
    • ii. 221.
  • Dummer, Jeremiah, i. 108;
    • on the French attack on St. John, i. 132;
    • agent of Massachusetts in England, i. 162.
  • Dummer, William,
  • Dumont, i. 321.
  • Dumontel, Jean, marriage of, i. 90.
  • Dunkirk, the American, ii. 64.
  • Dunstable,
    • town of, i. 257, 259.
    • attacked by the Indians, i. 258.
  • Duperrier, Captain, ii. 161.
  • Du Pratz, Le Page, i. 333, 355, 366.
  • Dupuy, the intendant,
    • slanders Beauharnois, i. 338;
    • on the scheme to reach the Pacific Ocean, ii. 6;
    • ii. 54.
  • Dupuy, Paul, i. 180.
  • Duquesne, governor of Canada, ii. 42.
  • Duquesnel,
    • the French military governor, ii. 60;
    • sketch of, ii. 60;
    • sends a force against Canseau, ii. 60;
    • his plans against Annapolis, ii. 61;
    • death of, ii. 96;
    • ii. 311.
  • Dutch, the, do little to protect the Indians, i. 11.
  • Dutch traders of Albany, the, i. 15, 16, 275, 276; ii. 212.
  • Du Tisné, expedition of, i. 359, 360.
  • Duvivier, Captain, i. 118;
    • sent against Canseau, ii. 60;
    • sent against Annapolis, ii. 61-63;
    • failure of his expedition, ii. 63;
    • again lays siege to Annapolis, ii. 126, 171;
    • ii. 312, 316.
  • Duxbury, i 121.
  • Gabarus Bay, ii. 93, 97, 277, 290, 291, 300, 306, 311.
  • Gaillard, i. 362, 363, 364.
  • Gandalie, Charles de la, curé at Mines, i. 209.
  • Gannes, Captain de, i. 155; ii. 293.
  • Gardner, attacks the French and Indians, i. 98.
  • Garnier, Charles, i. 139, 215.
  • Gaspé, ii. 185.
  • Gaspé, Bay of, i. 171.
  • Gaspereau, the river, ii. 189, 194, 195, 196.
  • Gaulin,
    • missionary of the Micmacs, i. 191, 194;
    • receives a “gratification,” i. 203.
  • Gayarré, i. 303, 304, 307, 310, 313.
  • General Court of Massachusetts, the, offers a bounty for Indian scalps, i. 50.
  • Gens, the, ii. 22.
  • Gens de la Petite Cerise, ii. 33.
  • Gens de l’Arc, see Bow Indians.
  • Gens du Serpent, see Snake Indians.
  • George I., i. 205, 206.
  • George II.,
    • the accession of, i. 208;
    • restores Louisbourg to the French, ii. 256.
  • George, Fort, i. 222.
  • George, Lake, ii. 208, 237.
  • Georgetown, hamlet of,
  • Germain, Father, the missionary, i. 30; ii. 184.
  • Germany, i. 163;
    • Protestants from, ii. 177, 341.
  • Gibraltar, ii. 147, 150.
  • Gibson, James,
    • assists Shirley in his plans against Louisbourg, ii. 67, 68, 81, 82;
    • journal of, ii. 144.
  • Gill, Charles, on the Gill family, i. 93.
  • Gill, Samuel,
    • captured by the Abenakis, i. 92;
    • converted, i. 92;
    • his marriage, i. 92;
    • his descendants, i. 93.
  • Gillet, killed by the Indians, ii. 250.
  • Girard, priest of Cobequid, ii. 185, 186, 187.
  • Goat Island, i. 151.
  • Goddard, Captain, i. 172.
  • Godolphin, i. 163;
    • the fall of, i. 184.
  • Goldthwait, Captain Benjamin, ii. 190, 191, 195, 197, 200.
  • Goold, William, ii. 200.
  • Gorham, Lieutenant-Colonel, ii. 331, 332, 344.
  • Gorham’s regiment, at Louisbourg, ii. 120, 124.
  • Gould, K., ii. 175.
  • Goutin, M. de,
    • makes accusations against Brouillan, i. 114;
    • his quarrel with Subercase, i. 117;
    • attacks Bonaventure, i. 117;
    • i. 133.
  • Grand Battery, the, ii. 85, 87, 94, 95;
  • Grand Pré, Acadian village of,
    • attacked by Major Church, i. 123;
    • Noble at, ii. 182;
    • description of, ii. 183;
    • ii. 187, 188, 189;
    • the French attack on Noble at, ii. 191-193;
    • capitulation, ii. 197, 198;
    • losses on each side at, ii. 198;
    • ii. 200;
    • reoccupied by the English, ii. 201;
    • ii. 346.
  • Grand River, i. 359, 361.
  • Gratiot, Fort, i. 22.
  • Gravier, the Jesuit, at Fort St. Louis, i. 327.
  • Gray, Deacon John, ii. 80.
  • “Great Awakening,” the, ii. 76, 113.
  • Great Britain, gains a maritime and colonial preponderance over France and Spain, i. 3.
  • Great Butte des Morts, the, i. 343.
  • Great Carrying Place, the, i. 140.
  • Great Lakes, the,
    • Indian tribes of, i. 14;
    • i. 185, 272.
  • Great West, the, conflict for, i. 272.
  • Green, Dr. Samuel A., i. 93.
  • Green Bay, i. 91, 332;
    • Sieur de Lignery calls a council of Indians at, i. 336;
    • fort at, i. 338;
    • ii. 6, 57.
  • Green Bay of Lake Michigan, the, Indian population near, i. 275.
  • Green Dragon Tavern, the, i. 150.
  • Greenfield meadows, i. 71.
  • Green Hill, ii. 104, 106, 132.
  • Green Mountains, the, i. 76.
  • Green River, i. 72.
  • Grey Lock, the noted chief, i. 244.
  • Gridley, Colonel, at Louisbourg, ii. 123, 129, 144.
  • Grignon, Augustus, i. 344.
  • Groton, town of, attacked by the French and Indians, i. 259; ii. 218.
  • Guignas, Father, i. 339;
    • made the head of the Sioux Mission, ii. 6;
    • ii. 7.
  • Guillaume le Sincère, ii. 274.
  • Guinea, i. 309, 311, 319.
  • Jamaica, ii. 270, 275.
  • James I., ii. 262.
  • James II., of England, i. 4, 148.
  • Jaques, Benjamin, kills Father Rale at Norridgewock, i. 247.
  • Jerseys, the, ii. 341.
  • Jesuit missions, the,
    • reproach of, i. 24;
    • meagre results of, i. 26;
    • a change comes over, i. 214.
  • Jesuits, the Canadian,
    • among Indians, i. 11;
    • among the Mohawks, i. 13;
    • at Michilimackinac, i. 17;
    • Cadillac’s aversion for, i. 19;
    • opposed to Cadillac’s plans to civilize the Indians, i. 24;
    • vast possessions of, i. 25;
    • Cadillac’s relations with, i. 30;
    • find John Williams a stubborn heretic, i. 78, 79;
    • refuse to give up Eunice Williams, i. 80;
    • characteristics of, i. 215;
    • their functions become as much political as religious, i. 215;
    • charged to keep firm the bond between the French and the Indians, i. 216;
    • their methods of converting the Indians, i. 216;
    • cultivate with diligence the Eastern missions, i. 216;
    • the early missionaries compared with their successors, i. 217.
  • Jews, the, expelled from Louisiana, i. 316.
  • Jogues, Father Isaac,
    • on the banks of the Mohawk, i. 18;
    • i. 139, 215.
  • Johnson, William,
    • among the Mohawks, ii. 211;
    • charged with Indian affairs by Governor Clinton, ii. 212;
    • loses the support of the Assembly, ii. 212;
    • difficulties of, ii. 212.
  • Joncaire,
    • agent of France among the Senecas, i. 11, 13, 138; ii. 52;
    • his important work in moulding the Indians, ii. 211.
  • Jones, Esther, disperses the Indians at Dover, i. 95.
  • Jones, Josiah, wounded by the Pequawkets, i. 265, 266.
  • Jones, Lieutenant, death of, ii. 193.
  • Jordan, the river, ii. 48, 264, 265.
  • Juchereau, Mother, see Saint-Denis, Mother Juchereau de.
  • Judicial officers, method of electing, i. 41.
  • Justinien, Père, the Récollet, curé of Mines, i. 194, 206.
  • 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.
  • Wabash River, the, ii. 57.
  • Wainwright, Col. Francis, commands an expedition against Port Royal, i. 125.
  • Waldo, Brigadier, ii. 84, 101, 111, 119, 144.
  • Waldron, Mrs. Adelaide Cilley, ii. 74.
  • Waldron, Richard, on the capture of Elisha Plaisted, i. 54.
  • Walker, Admiral, Sir Hovenden,
    • naval command of the expedition against Canada given to, i. 164;
    • in Boston, i. 169;
    • the loss of his transports, i. 172-174;
    • gives up the expedition, i. 176;
    • disgraced, i. 182;
    • death of, i. 182;
    • his journal, i. 182.
  • Walker’s expedition, i. 156-182.
  • Wallace, town of, ii. 186.
  • Walpole, Horace, on the absurdities of the Duke of Newcastle, ii. 151.
  • Walton, Colonel, accusations against, i. 240;
    • dismissed by the Massachusetts Assembly, i. 242.
  • Wanton, Governor, ii. 71, 76, 81.
  • Warren, Commodore Peter, ii. 83;
    • joins the expedition against Louisbourg, ii. 84, 93, 108, 109, 119, 125;
    • disagreement with Pepperrell, ii. 127-129;
    • comes to an understanding with Pepperrell, ii. 130;
    • receives Duchambon’s offer of capitulation, ii. 132;
    • the surrender, ii. 133;
    • shares the honor of victory with Pepperrell, ii. 138, 139;
    • rivalry between Pepperrell and, ii. 140, 141;
    • made an admiral, ii. 142;
    • governs Louisbourg jointly with Pepperrell, ii. 146;
    • made governor of the fortress of Louisbourg, ii. 150;
    • in sympathy with Shirley’s plan to conquer Canada, ii. 152;
    • ii. 168, 212;
    • ii. 277, 285, 304, 305, 308, 317, 318, 326, 329, 333, 335, 348.
  • Warren, Mrs. Peter, at Louisbourg, ii. 147.
  • Washington, George, i. 339;
    • at Fort Le Bœuf, ii. 39;
    • defeated at Fort Necessity, ii. 185.
  • Webster, Mount, i. 256.
  • Weeping, over strangers, the custom of, i. 352.
  • Wells, John, visits Montreal as envoy, i. 85;
    • secures the exchange of five prisoners, i. 87.
  • Wells, Jonathan,
    • fortified house of, i. 58;
    • fugitives in, i. 62;
    • leads a party against the French and Indians, i. 66;
    • petitions the General Court for an allotment of land, i. 67.
  • Wells, Thomas, i. 42, 43.
  • Wells, Mrs. Thomas, i. 42;
    • murdered by the Indians, i. 43.
  • Wells, village of, i. 39, 40;
  • Wendell, Jacob, ii. 162.
  • Wentworth, Governor Benning, of New Hampshire, i. 270; ii. 70;
    • joins Shirley in planning against Louisbourg, ii. 70, 71;
    • his ambition to be commander-in-chief, ii. 72, 73.
  • Westbrook, Colonel, at Norridgewock, i. 218;
    • sent to Norridgewock to arrest Rale, i. 238;
    • sent against the Penobscots, i. 244;
    • burns Panawamské, i. 244, 245.
  • Western Company, the, see Mississippi Company, the.
  • Western Indians, the,
  • Western mission, the great, i. 215.
  • Western Sea, the, i. 354, 368; ii. 3, 4.
  • West Gate, the, of Louisbourg, ii. 106, 109, 110, 130.
  • West India Company, the, i. 360; ii. 266.
  • West Indies, the, i. 111, 164; ii. 158, 161, 333.
  • West River, i. 73; ii. 15.
  • West Virginia, i. 51.
  • Weymouth, joins the expedition against Port Royal, i. 126.
  • Wheeler, i. 239.
  • Wheelwright, Hannah, interrupted wedding of, i. 51.
  • Wheelwright, John, palisaded house of, i. 51.
  • Whipple, i. 365.
  • Whitefield, George, ii. 76.
  • Whitehall, town of, ii. 237, 238.
  • White Mountains, the, i. 43, 256, 259, 261.
  • White River, i. 75, 76; ii. 15.
  • Whiting, wounded in Lovewell’s expeditions against the Indians, i. 262.
  • Wichita River, the, i. 357.
  • Wichitas, the, i. 357.
  • Wild cherry, the, used as food, ii. 34.
  • Willard, Rev. Joseph, killed by the Indians, i. 244, 251.
  • Willard, Secretary, ii. 143.
  • Willard’s regiment, at Louisbourg, ii. 90, 103.
  • William, Fort, at St. John,
    • attacked by Subercase, i. 132;
    • the French repulsed by, i. 132;
    • captured by Saint-Ovide, i. 132.
  • William and Mary, Fort, ii. 74.
  • William and Mary’s War, i. 36;
    • the “woful decade” of, i. 50.
  • William III., King of England,
    • the Five Nations appeal for protection against the French to, i. 33;
    • receives a deed of their beaver-hunting ground from the Five Nations, i. 33.
  • Williams College, ii. 239, 242.
  • Williams, Eleazer, impostures of, i. 91;
    • his personal appearance, i. 92;
    • his story of the “Bell of St. Regis,” i. 92.
  • Williams, Captain Ephraim, ii. 232;
    • in command at Fort Massachusetts, ii. 241;
    • the founder of Williams College, ii. 242;
    • sketch of, ii. 242;
    • death of, ii. 242.
  • Williams, Esther, released from Indian captivity, i. 87.
  • Williams, Eunice,
    • in Indian captivity, i. 75;
    • at Caughnawaga, i. 80;
    • becomes an Indian squaw, i. 90, 91.
  • Williams, Major Israel, ii. 232.
  • Williams, John,
  • Williams, Rev. John, ii. 148.
  • Williams, Mrs. John,
    • captured by the French and Indians, i. 72;
    • separated from her husband, i. 72;
    • killed by the Indians, i. 73.
  • Williams River, i. 74.
  • Williams, Roger, ii. 71.
  • Williams, Samuel,
    • in Indian captivity, i. 75;
    • at Montreal, i. 83;
    • forced to turn Catholic, i. 83;
    • returns to his creed, i. 84;
    • exchanged, i. 84;
    • death of, i. 84.
  • Williams, Stephen,
    • on the attack of Deerfield, i. 70, 71, 74;
    • carried up the Connecticut, i. 75;
    • released from Indian captivity, i. 88;
    • ii. 148;
    • chaplain at Louisbourg, ii. 149;
    • diary of, ii. 149.
  • Williams, Stephen W., i. 57, 91.
  • Williams, Thomas, ii. 242.
  • Williams, Colonel William,
  • Williamson, list of the New England navy, ii. 83.
  • Williamson,
    • on the Indian attack on Wells, i. 46;
    • i. 222;
    • on the council at Georgetown, i. 228;
    • i. 235;
    • on Lovewell’s expeditions against the Indians, i. 262.
  • Williamstown, ii. 239, 242.
  • Williamstown valley, the, ii. 240, 251.
  • Wilson, Gen. James Grant, on Samuel Vetch, i. 134.
  • Wind River Range, the, ii. 31.
  • “Windsor,” the, i. 175.
  • Windsor, village of, i. 209; ii. 189.
  • Winnebagoes, the, on Fox River, i. 275;
    • called to a council at Green Bay, i. 336;
    • i. 340, 350.
  • Winnepesaukee Lake, i. 96, 259.
  • Winnipeg, the city of, site of, ii. 14.
  • Winnipeg Lake, ii. 4, 12, 14.
  • Winnipeg River, the, ii. 14.
  • Winooski River, the, i. 76, 77.
  • Winsor, Justin, i. 147, 222.
  • Winter Harbor,
    • Indian attack on, i. 44;
    • surrenders, i. 47;
    • attacked by the French and Indians, i. 99.
  • Winthrop, Fitz-John, governor of Connecticut, i. 70.
  • Wisconsin, State of, i. 91, 278.
  • Wisconsin River, the, i. 342, 351; ii. 6, 57.
  • Wiwurna, the Norridgewock chief,
    • at the council at Georgetown, i. 225;
    • dialogue between Governor Shute and, i. 225, 226.
  • Woburn, i. 260.
  • Wolcott, General Roger,
    • holds second rank in the expedition against Louisbourg, ii. 72, 84, 94, 102, 121, 137;
    • journal of, ii. 144.
  • Wolfe, i. 162.
  • Wood Creek, i. 135, 140, 141, 142, 177; ii. 230, 237, 254.
  • Woods, Lake of the, ii. 4;
    • massacre at, ii. 12.
  • Woods, Sergeant, with Lovewell in his expeditions against the Indians, i. 261.
  • Worcester, village of, ii. 157.
  • Wright, Daniel, ii. 232.
  • Wright, Ebenezer, petitions the General Court for an allotment of land, i. 67.
  • Wroth, Ensign, i. 208.
  • Wyatt, Lieutenant, attacked by Indians, i. 48.
  • Wyman, Ensign Seth,
    • joins Lovewell’s expeditions against the Indians, i. 260, 262;
    • his heroic defence against the Pequawkets, i. 263, 267.
  • Xavier, the exalted zeal of, i. 214.