297.
Charlesbourg, II. 21, 22, 265, 307.
Charlestown, II. 256, 257; road built by Amherst, II. 241.
Charlevoix, I. 360.
Charters, I. 25.
Chartres, Fort, I. 40, 41, 76; increasing power of the English, I. 83.
Château battery, the, II. 208.
Châtelet, the, II. 385.
Chaudière River, the, I. 169, 381; fortifications on, I. 192.
Chautauqua Lake, I. 39.
Chebucto, plan for making a naval station by the English, I. 92; harbor of, I. 92. See Halifax.
Chenitou (Chignecto), I. 117 note.
Cherbourg, II. 47.
Cherokees, the, I. 68, 139, 466, II. 417; their service sought by the English army, I. 139, 140.
Chester County, I. 347.
Chesterfield, Lord, I. 8; his opinion of Lord Albemarle, I. 180; acts as mediator, II. 41; his despondency, II. 45.
"Chèvre," the number of her guns, II. 54 note.
Chew, Ensign, II. 140 note.
Chickasaws, the, I. 139.
Chignecto, I. 117 note; preparations of the French to attack, I. 239; proposal to give the land to English settlers, I. 257.
Chignecto Bay, I. 94, 120.
Chignecto Channel, I. 267.
Chiningué, I. 46, 53, 133.
Chinodahichetha, name given by Céloron to the Kenawha River, I. 48 note.
Chipody, I. 120, 121, 247, 254; news of disaster, I. 275.
Choctaws, the, I. 68, 466.
Choiseul, Duc de, II. 393; made minister of foreign affairs, II. 393; sketch of, by Stanley, II. 393, 394; his character, II. 394; propositions made to Pitt, II. 394, 395; terms of peace offered to England, II. 395; his forethought, II. 396; the Family Compact, II. 396; his negotiation with Pitt proves fruitless, II. 396; desires peace with England, II. 402, 403; his predictions concerning American possessions, II. 403, 404.
Christ Church, Philadelphia, II. 162.
Christianity, Indian followers of, I. 41, 42, 485, 487.
Christmas Day, II. 335.
Church of Notre Dame de Quebec, II. 442.
Church of Rome. See Catholicism.
Church of the Jesuits, the, after the siege, II. 328.
Clare River, I. 283.
Claverie, La Friponne, II. 24.
Cleaveland, Miss Abby E., II. 117 note.
Cleaveland, John, chaplain of Bagley's Massachusetts regiment, II. 76, 115; extract from his diary, II. 115, 117 note, 127; report concerning the defences of Abercromby, II. 115, 116; extract from letters to his wife, II. 116, 117 note; preaching on Sunday, II. 117; his illness, II. 120.
Clergy, the, how considered during the reign of George II., I. 7; the condition of, in France, I. 12, 13, 14, 15; corruption of, I. 12; influence of, in regard to the oath of allegiance for the Acadians, I. 106. See Acadians.
Clergy battery, the, II. 208.
Clerk, engineer under Abercromby, II. 103; reconnoitres the French works, II. 103.
Clermont, I. 10; recalled, II. 47.
Clinker, Humphrey, I. 178.
Clinton, George, Governor of New York, I. 88 note; desirability of an Indian alliance, I. 59; invites commissioners from the provinces to meet the Indians at Albany, I. 61; quotation from, concerning the neglect of New York to protect Indian trade, I. 61, 62; Johnson's complaints of the French dealings with the Indians, I. 64; quarrels with the Assembly of New York, I. 73; complaints concerning invasions of territory by the French, I. 79.
Clive, the victory of Plassey, II. 45.
Cobequid, I. 106; formerly the name of Truro, I. 94; Acadian emigration from, I. 109; mountains of, I. 269; failure of the expedition to, I. 280, 281.
Cocquard, Father Claude Godefroy, I. 413; his remarks concerning the fall of Oswego, I. 413.
Cod, Cape, I. 246; soldiers from, for the French campaigns, I. 246.
Coffen, Stephen, deposition of, I. 131 note.
Colbert, II. 410.
Colden, Alexander, II. 432.
Coldfoot, a Miami chief, I. 82.
Coldstream Guards, the, I. 191.
College of the Jesuits, the, after the siege, II. 3-8.
"Comète," number of her guns, II. 54 note.
Commissioners of boundary, I. 122, 123-128, 236-238; commissioners of Indian affairs, I. 172-176, 195.
Condé, I. 10, II. 184.
Conflans, Admiral, II. 401.
Congregationalists in the army, II. 117.
Congress at Albany, of Indians and English, I. 172-176.
Connecticut, I. 61, 246, 286, 291, 304, 402; appointment of the governor of, I. 25; extent of the New England border, I. 28; soldiers in the expedition against Crown Point, I. 290, 291; recruits sent to Johnson, I. 313, 314; to provide an officer for the English garrison, I. 315; money granted to, from Parliament, I. 382 note; her sacrifices in times of war, II. 86; provincials under Abercromby, II. 93; men serving under Putnam, II. 122.
Connecticut River, the, II. 254, 256.
Conner, James, English scout, I. 415; visits Oswego, I. 415; the news of the loss carried to Fort Johnson, I. 416.
Contades, I. 10; appointed to command, II. 47.
Contrecœur, I. 429; succeeds Saint-Pierre in command, I. 143, 144; commandant at Fort Duquesne, I. 147, 208, II. 423; Jumonville sent on an expedition to warn the English to leave the West, I. 148; harangues the Indians, I. 154; consults with Beaujeu, I. 210, 211; his resolution to despatch forces to meet Braddock, I. 210, 211; waits at Fort Duquesne, I. 211, 212; return of the troops after defeating Braddock, I. 221, 222; Dumas succeeds at Fort Duquesne, I. 329, 330; orders concerning prisoners, I. 330 note; receives the cross of the Order of St. Louis, II. 426.
Conway, General, letter from Walpole, II. 358.
Cook, his voyages, II. 411.
Cork, I. 182.
Cope, Major Jean-Baptiste, Indian chief, I. 104; signs a treaty of peace with the English, I. 104, 105; the murder of Capt. Howe, I. 118, 119.
Corbière, Colonel Parker's company taken, I. 484.
Corlaer, Indian word for the English, I. 487.
Corneille, II. 9.
Cornier, Madame, I. 455.
Cornwallis, Lord, I. 93.
Cornwallis, Edward, uncle of Lord Cornwallis, I. 93; made governor of Acadia, I. 93; opinions of Wolfe and Horace Walpole concerning, I. 93, 110; makes the oath of allegiance more strict for the Acadians, I. 97-99; his successor, I. 104; efforts of, to compel the Acadians to swear fidelity to England, I. 105; discovers the treachery of the French, I. 107; misplaced confidence in the French crown, I. 111; angry letter written to the Bishop of Quebec, I. 107; relations with the French and Acadians, I. 107, 108, 110, 111; his speech to the Acadians, I. 110-112; mild rule of, in Nova Scotia, I. 113, 257; his opinion of Le Loutre, I. 114.
Corpron, II. 30; his official knavery, II. 22-24; thrown into the Bastille, II. 385.
Cortland, manor of, I. 32.
Cosnan, Captain, II. 221.
Côte d'Abraham, II. 342.
Côte Ste.-Geneviève, II. 300, 301, 342.
Côteau du Lac, the, II. 370.
Coudres, Isle aux, II. 198, 260; ordered to be evacuated, II. 199; Admiral Durell, at, II. 203.
Coureurs-de-bois, II. 178, 221.
Courserac, II. 81 note; sent to the English camp from Louisbourg, II. 73, 74.
Courtemanche, his advance upon Fort William Henry, I. 491.
Courts-martial in the English army, II. 236.
Courval, the French firerafts commanded by, II. 227.
Crawford, Chaplain William, letter to Timothy Paine, I. 404; his account of the provincial camp, I. 404, 405.
Croghan, George, I. 42, 203; Indian trader, I. 54; expedition of, to the Ohio, I. 54-59; sent to the Miamis to promote friendly feelings, I. 59, 60, 60 note; reward offered for his scalp, I. 79; accusations against, I. 80; brings Indians to Braddock's camp, I. 203.
Crown Point, I. 24, 174, 289, 327, 378, 453, II. 87, 102; capture of, planned, I. 192-194, 285; expedition against, led by Colonel William Johnson, I. 194, 196, 285-317, 374, 382; French designs in relation to, I. 289, 293, 295; reached by Dieskau, I. 296; the battle, I. 303-316; result of the expedition, I. 313, 314; importance of, I. 378; plan of capture by Shirley, I. 381, 382, 384, 398; expeditions of Rogers' rangers, I. 433-437; Winslow's regret at the failures of the English, I. 439; the scouting-party of Rogers, I. 441-445; captured by Amherst, II. 235-240, 265; retreat of the French, II. 238, 239; new fort built by Amherst, II. 240, 241, 252; the situation between French and English, II. 361.
Cruger, Mayor, difficulty in quartering the troops in New York, I. 440.
Cruikshank, Captain, affront given to a provincial regiment, II. 119.
Culloden, battle of, I. 6, 8, 19, II. 185.
Cumberland, Duke of, I. 194, 253, II. 40, 41; his place as a soldier, I. 179; his opinion of Major-General Braddock, I. 181, 182; military plans of, I. 234; his prejudice against Shirley, I. 421; miscarriage of his plans, II. 45; recalled from Germany, II. 47.
Cumberland, Nova Scotia, I. 268.
Cumberland, Penn., I. 423.
Cumberland County laid waste, I. 344.
Cumberland Fort, I. 203, 225-229, II. 133; erection of, I. 200; distance from Little Meadows, I. 206; Colonel James Innes, commander of, I. 226; Indians attack the frontier, and murder the settlers, I. 329-331, 342; name given to Beauséjour, I. 253, 255 (see Beauséjour), 267, 281, II. 181; St. Patrick's Day celebrated, II. 182.
Cummings, C. F. Gordon, II. 436.
Cummings, Colonel, disgraceful order of Abercromby to, II. 114.