369, 370; at Montreal, II. 372; letter from Montcalm given in the original, II. 427, 428.
Braddock, Major-General, I. 181, 286, 318; ordered to America with regiments, I. 181-183; his arrival at Hampton, I. 187; opinion of, expressed by Dinwiddie, I. 187, 188; opinions of, held by different persons, I. 187-190; characteristics of, I. 187-191; anecdotes of, I. 188-190; story told of duel with Colonel Gumley, I. 189; beloved as Governor of Gibraltar, I. 189, 190; interview with Dury, I. 190; parting visit to George Anne Bellamy, I. 190; doubts concerning the office held at Gibraltar, I. 190 note; position held by, in the Coldstream Guards, I. 191; arrival of the regiments at Hampton, I. 191; opinion of, held by Horace Walpole, I. 191; sends for the governors of the colonies to meet in council, I. 191-195; his instructions laid before the council at Albany, I. 193, 194; in sympathy with Shirley's plans, I. 193, 194; to lead the expedition against Fort Duquesne, I. 194; decisions of the Council at Albany, I. 194, 195; suggestions of, approved by the Council at Albany, I. 195; matters to be laid before the colonial Assemblies, I. 195; suggestions of, with regard to ship-building, I. 195; error in regard to his campaign, I. 196; lands in Virginia, I. 196; supplies scarce, I. 197-199; aided by Franklin, I. 198, 199; his expedition against Fort Duquesne, I. 198, 227-233, II. 423-426; need of wagons, I. 199; his troops, I. 200, 214, 220 note; his estimate of the provincial troops, I. 200, 201; relations with Washington, I. 201; his horses and wagons, I. 199, 201; invites Washington to become his aide-de-camp, I. 203; tries to secure the aid of Indians, I. 203, 204; his reception of Captain Jack and his company, I. 204; departure of his expedition for the scene of action, I. 204, 205; his scorn of Indians, I. 204, 205; road made for his expedition, I. 204-206, II. 133, 137, 161; difficulties of the march, I. 205, 206; consultation with Washington, I. 206; his forces reach Little Meadows, I. 206; illness among his men, I. 206; his mode of advance, I. 206, 207; fords the Monongahela, I. 207, 212; rumors of his approach reach Fort Duquesne, I. 210, 211; nature of the country through which he passed, 213-216; destructive fire of the French and Indians, I. 216, 217; confusion among the English troops, I. 216, 218; his ignorance of American warfare, I. 217; horrors of the battle, I. 217-219; number of his army lost in the battle of the Monongahela, I. 219, 220, 220 note; shot in the lungs, I. 220; his papers left to the Indians, I. 220; retreat of his troops, I. 220-227; his defeat, I. 220-227, 221 note, 293, 322, 323, 329, 340, 414, II. 221, 423-426; plans drawn by Mackellar for his expedition, I. 221 note; condition of, I. 223; his sufferings, I. 224; reinforcements for, under Dunbar, I. 223, 224; confusion in his camp, I. 225; panic among the troops, I. 225; his death, I. 225, 226, 323, 328, II. 134; remarks concerning the soldiery, I. 225, 226; buried in the road, I. 226; mentioned in Campbell's letter, I. 227; letter from Washington quoted, concerning, I. 230; Shirley made commander-in-chief, I. 233; the Council at Alexandria, I. 234, 286; letters of, warn Dieskau of danger, I. 288, 289; his dead soldiers left to the wolves, but afterwards buried, I. 312, II. 159, 160; his captured papers reveal the plans of the English, I. 324; his instructions to Major-General Shirley, I. 326 note; his roads used by the invaders, I. 331; his battalions, I. 382; journal of his expedition, I. 196 note; compared with Forbes, II. 134.
Braddock, Fanny, stories of, I. 188, 189; her death, I. 188, 189.
Bradstreet, Lieutentant-Colonel John, men placed under, by Shirley, I. 393; his boatmen carry provisions to Oswego, I. 393, 394; action with Villiers' forces, I. 394-396; his success, I. 395-397; his boatmen sent to Oswego, I. 405; serves under Abercromby, II. 93; reconnoitres the landing, II. 94; his action after the death of Lord Howe, II. 98; his armed boatmen, II. 105; troops given him to conquer Fort Frontenac, II. 127, 128; conquest of Fort Frontenac, II. 127-129; mercy shown to his prisoners, II. 128, 129; advances towards Albany, II. 129; his return to Oswego, II. 129; Fort Frontenac dismantled, II. 129; importance of his conquest, II. 129; supplies destroyed by, II. 155; reported to advance upon Lake Ontario, II. 197.
Brandenburg, House of, promoted to royalty, I. 17.
Brest, I. 182, 184, 288, 362; embarkation of Dieskau's expedition, I. 182, 183; French armament at, I. 183.
Bréard, his official knavery, II. 23, 24; accused of fraud in Canada, II. 385.
"Britannia," ship, II. 33; captured by privateers, II. 33.
British colonies. See English colonies.
British ministry, the, I. 199, 285, II. 40, 397; the plan for building a naval station at Chebucto, I. 92, 93; attitude of, toward the Indians, I. 171; the French forts to be attacked, I. 240, 241; hostility to Shirley in New York, I. 328; the removal of Shirley from his command, I. 383, 384; ill effect of a letter from Wolfe, II. 323; changes in, II. 393; Newcastle resigns his position, II. 400; plans of Pitt laid before, II. 397.
British Museum, the, I. 126 note, 202.
British Provinces, the, I. 283.
Britons, II. 208.
Broadway, II. 76.
Broglie, I. 10.
Brown, Lieutenant, the attack on Louisbourg, II. 59-61; aids Wolfe when shot, II. 296.
Brunswick, II. 47.
Brunswick, Ferdinand of, II. 399, 400.
Buchanan, letter to, from John Campbell, I. 227.
Buchannon. See Buchanan.
Buffaloes, I. 56.
Buisson, the, II. 370.
Bull, Fort, I. 374; attacked and reduced by Léry, I. 374, 375.
Bullitt, Captain, expedition of Major Grant, II. 152, 154.
Burd, Colonel, his mode of warfare, II. 135; interview with Forbes, II. 138; Indian allies join the army, II. 139, 140.
Burgesses slow to enforce obedience among the Virginia troops, I. 331.
Burghers, the, of France, I. 14.
Burgoyne, John, II. 102; his expedition, II. 402; mention made of Langlade, in connection with Braddock's defeat, II. 426.
Burke, Captain, cruelly treated by Indians, I. 511; his remarks concerning Wolfe quoted, II. 267, 268.
Burnaby, "Travels in North America" cited, I. 163 note.
Burned Camp, I. 490, II. 94; origin of name, I. 489.
Burney, Thomas, escapes from Indians, I. 85.
Burton, Lieutenant-Colonel, his encounter with the French in Braddock's expedition, I. 218; his report concerning the provincial camp, I. 401, 402; orders given to bring his men to the Point of Orleans, II. 281; his men embark for the heights, II. 288; dying command of Wolfe, II. 297.
Bury, Viscount, his charges against Massachusetts refuted, II. 84, 85; his "Exodus of the Western Nations" cited, II. 84 note.
Bussy, M. de, comes to London as envoy, II. 395.
Bute, Earl of, II. 393, 397; made secretary of state, II. 393; propositions made by Choiseul to Pitt, II. 395; comes into power, II. 398; anecdote for the dislike of the people for, II. 398; succeeds Newcastle as First Lord of the Treasury, II. 400; desires peace with France, II. 402, 403; peace made between France and England, II. 405.
Buttes-à-Neveu, II. 290, 345, 354.
Byng, Admiral, I. 36, II. 46.