Pacific Ocean, the, II. 406.
Paine, Timothy, I. 404.
Panama, II. 401.
Panet, Jean Claude, II. 439.
Parfouru, Madame de, II. 427.
Paris, I. 13, 14,
16, 186,
192, 311,
360, 361,
457, II. 47,
322, 374;
questions of American boundary, I.
86 (see France);
trial of the dishonest officials, II.
385, 386.
Paris, the peace of, II.
383-408.
Parker, Colonel, his party captured by Indians, I.
484, 489.
Parkman, Rev. Ebenezer, II.
89 note.
Parkman, George Francis, II. 440.
Parkman, William, opinion of Abercromby, II. 89.
Parliament, the, I. 6, 7,
167, 170,
181, II. 41,
83, 84;
taxation by, I. 171,
177, 193, II.
413;
raises money for campaigns in America, I. 195,
316, 382;
money paid to Massachusetts, II. 85;
elections in 1761, II. 392;
the peace between England and France, II. 406;
resistance of the British colonies, II.
413.
Parliament of Paris, the, I. 363.
Passamaquoddy Bay, II. 183.
Patten, Captain, assists Bradstreet, I. 395.
Patterson's Creek, I. 342.
Patton, John, I. 80.
Paxton, town of, I. 344.
Peabody, his bravery, I. 428.
Péan, I. 458, II.
8, 20;
his wife, I. 87,
88, II. 9,
19, 28,
29;
promotion of, I. 88;
his official knavery, I. 129, II.
22-24,
28,
31-33,
37 note;
letter to Duquesne, I. 129;
effort to descend the Ohio thwarted, I. 130,
131;
at La Chine, II. 9;
thrown into the Bastille, II. 385.
Péan, Madame, I. 87,
88, II.
9, 19,
28, 29.
Peleus, II. 184.
Penisseault, Antoine, II. 20;
official knavery, II.
23, 24;
thrown into the Bastille, II. 385.
Penisseault, Madame, II. 29.
Penn, Richard, proprietary of Pennsylvania, I.
338.
Penn, Thomas, proprietary of Pennsylvania, I.
338.
Penn, William, his plan of union for the colonies, I.
34;
first proprietary of Pennsylvania, I. 338,
339.
Pennahouel, chief of the Ottawas, I. 487;
his speech, I.
487-489.
Pennoyer, Jesse, II. 258 note.
Pennsylvania, I. 227, II.
130;
matters of interest concerning the people and the place, I.
25,
31-33,
35, 37,
42, 45,
54, 59,
60, 86,
193-198,
339;
efforts of Dinwiddie to obtain help from, I.
139-141;
relations of the Assembly with the people, I. 142,
165-168,
337,
339-350,
422, 423, II.
131;
commissioners sent to Albany, I.
173-176;
German population, I. 193;
sufferings of the settlers,
329, 330,
336-350,
365, 422,
423, II.
131, 132;
questions of taxing proprietary lands, I.
337-341,
344-347,
349;
a militia law passed, I. 348;
roads to be made by the army, II.
132-134;
Indian allies sought for, II.
142-147;
expedition of Major Grant, II. 152.
Penobscot River, the, I. 485.
Penobscots, I. 514 note.
Pepperell,
his regiment, I. 194,
320, 382,
398, 410.
Pepperell, Fort, condition of, I. 411.
Perière,
war-party sent out under, I. 429.
Peronney, Captain, killed in battle, I. 230.
Perrot, Isle, II. 371.
Persians, II. 323.
Perth, II. 185.
Peter the Great, I. 17,
18.
Peter III., II. 399.
Peter, Captain, the mission of Frederic Post, II.
149, 150.
Peticodiac, disaster to the English, I.
275, 276.
Petrie, Johan Jost, taken prisoner, II. 7.
Peyroney, Ensign, I. 158.
See Peronney.
Peyton, Lieutenant, his escape from Indians, II.
232.
Philadelphia, I. 196,
219 note,
228, 231,
233, II.
132, 161;
relative size of, I. 31;
its prosperity, I. 336,
337;
influence of the Quakers, I.
336, 337,
339;
council of, I. 426;
difficulty in quartering the troops, I. 439,
440;
rejoicing at the fall of Louisbourg, II.
76-78.
Philippines, the, II. 401.
Philipsbourg, siege of, I. 358.
Philistines, II. 126.
Phillips, governor of Acadia, I. 97,
101 note.
Phillips, Lieutenant, surrender of, II.
13, 14.
Phipps, Governor, letter from John Ashley to, I.
387.
Piacenza, I. 359.
Piankishaws, the, I. 83.
Pichon, Thomas, commissary at Fort Beauséjour, I.
243;
his treachery, I. 243,
243 note;
his writings, I. 243 note,
251 note,
266, II.
81 note.
Pickawillany, I. 52,
55-58,
81, 209;
the Indians cajoled by the English, I. 82,
83;
the town attacked, and the English traders slaughtered, I.
84, 85.
Pique Town (Pickawillany), I. 52;
his importance of, I. 52.
Piquet, Abbé, I. 65 note,
392;
his mission and plans, I. 38,
52,
65-75,
78, 171,
414, 487, II.
242, 369,
417, 418;
his banners, II. 418.
Pisiquid, I. 94,
244.
Pisiquid River, the, I. 268.
Pitt, William, I. 6,
408, II. 40,
190, 432;
his characteristics and his politics, I. 8,
9, II.
42-49,
391, 392,
398, 400,
407;
his relations with Newcastle, I. 179,
400;
his decline in power, I. 469,
470 note, II.
41, 44,
45, 398,
399, 401;
his views and plans for war, II.
47, 48,
83-85,
89, 118,
131, 132,
141, 157,
193, 235,
236, 240,
391, 392,
400, 401,
408;
report made by Pownall, II. 84,
85;
naming of Pittsburg, II. 159;
the expeditions against Louisbourg and Quebec, II.
191-193,
194 note,
268-271,
323, 345;
disliked by George III., II. 391,
392, 397;
negotiations with Choiseul, II.
393-397;
an explanation demanded of Spain, II.
396, 397;
the peace of Paris, II.
400-407;
carried into the House of Commons, II.
406, 407.
Pitt, Fort, built by Stanwix, II. 159.
Pittsburg, II. 235,
236, 244;
site of, I. 46,
60, 142,
143, 207;
naming of the place, II. 159.
Plassey, the victory of, II. 45,
408.
Plates, leaden, bearing inscriptions, I. 43.
See Céloron.
Plymouth Colony, the, I. 245.
Pococke, Admiral, Sir George, II. 401,
402.
Pointe-aux-Trembles, II.
19, 224,
263, 278,
341, 361.
Poisson, Jeanne. See Pompadour.
Poland, I. 10.
Polson, Captain, I. 227,
230.
Pomeroy, Abigail, II. 237.
Pomeroy, Rev. Benjamin, II. 237,
238.
Pomeroy, Daniel, in the expedition against Crown Point, I.
291, 311.
Pomeroy, Rachel, I. 311.
Pomeroy, Lieutenant-Colonel Seth, I. 290;
in the expedition against Crown Point, I.
290, 291;
quotations from his letters, I.
291-294,
311, 312,
316 note;
the battle of Lake George, I.
303, 305,
312 note.
Pomeroy, Seth, jr., I.
291.
Pomeroy, Theodore, I. 316 note.
Pompadour Madame de (Jeanne Poisson), I. 2,
353, II. 44,
394;
her political influence, I.
2, 3,
15, 179,
354, 355,
363, II.
38-45,
173, 174,
393, 409.
Pondicherry, II.
389, 402.
Pont-à-Buot, I. 248.
Pontbriand, Bishop, II. 265,
309.
Pontiac, I. 209,
347 note, II.
122.
Pontleroy, II. 100.
"Porcupine," the, II. 284.
Port Royal (Annapolis), I. 108.
Portland, former name of, I. 169.
Portland, town on Lake Erie, I. 38.
Portneuf, to build a trading-house at Toronto, I. 69,
70.
Portugal, II. 402,
411.
Post, Christian Frederic, II. 144;
his mission, II.
144-149;
sent as envoy to the hostile tribes, II.
144-151;
his journal, II. 147 note,
163 note.
Potomac River, the, I. 59,
191, 200.
Pottawattamies, the, I. 76,
130, 209,
437, 438,
486-489, II.
142.
Pouchot, Captain, I. 374, II.
10, 11;
the attack on Oswego, I. 409,
410;
arrives at the camp of Montcalm, II. 103;
attacked, and surrenders at Niagara, II.
242, 249;
the surrender of Fort Lévis, II.
370.
Poulariez, Colonel, the capitulation of Quebec, II.
291, 303.
Pownall, Thomas, Governor of Massachusetts, I.
513 note, II.
84, 430,
431;
despatch sent to Loudon, II. 1;
statement concerning the war-debt of Massachusetts, II.
84-86.
Prague, the battle of, II. 39.
Prairie à la Roche, I. 41.
Preble, Major Jedediah, I.
275, 276.
Presburg, the Diet at, I. 19.
Presbyterians, the, I. 32, II.
116, 117;
in Pennsylvania, I. 31,
336-339,
347.
Presquisle, I. 89, 128,
131, 137,
144, II. 159,
160, 244;
the fort burned, II. 247.
Prévost, the intendant at Louisbourg, I. 104,
105, II. 72,
81 note;
memorial brought to Drucour, II.
72-74.
Prideaux, Brigadier, II.
235, 236;
the capture at Fort Niagara, II.
242-249,
253;
his death, II. 245,
249.
Prince Edward's Island, I. 98, II.
74, 75.
Princess's Bastion, the, II. 55,
64.
Pringle, Captain, joins a scouting-party, II. 12;
his bravery, II.
13-16.
Protestantism, I. 31,
355.
Province Arms, the, II. 76.
Provincial troops, the, II.
116, 119.
See Army.
"Prudent," the, II.
67-69.
Prussia, political condition of, I. 2,
17, 19,
353-355, II.
399, 400,
405, 409;
the Seven Years War, II. 38,
39, 409;
successes of, II. 46;
campaigns under Frederic, II. 387,
388;
policy of George III., II. 393;
number of lives lost in the war, II. 409.
Puritans, the, i, 26, 29;
the settlers in Massachusetts, I. 26;
the class holding Roundhead traditions, I. 29;
dislike of the ways of the Virginians, I.
30.
Putnam, Israel, in the expedition against Crown Point, I.
291;
his bravery, I. 428,
429;
meeting with Langy's men, II.
96, 97;
his biography, II. 123;
taken prisoner, II. 123,
124;
his adventures, II.
123-126;
tortures inflicted upon, II.
124-126;
exchanged, II. 126,
127.
Puysieux, Marquis de, I. 15.
Pygmalion, I. 465.
Pynchon, Doctor, I. 306.
Pyrrhic dance, the, I. 407.
Pythoness, the, I. 438.
Quakers, the, their attitude towards the Indians,
and their influence in Pennsylvania, I. 31,
32, 141,
166, 193,
196,
337-341,
344-347,
349, 422,
II. 142;
their trades, I. 339.
Quebec, I.
126 note,
184 note,
244, 282,
468, II. 18,
212, 224,
250, 261,
306;
rule of the military governor, I. 22;
chain of French forts connecting the city with New Orleans, I.
36,
39-41;
priests of Acadia controlled by the diocese of, I.
94, 255,
256;
relations with the Acadians, I. 242,
282, 283
(see Acadians);
questions of French conquest, I. 238;
described by Montcalm, I. 456;
the Lenten season, I. 458;
Montcalm retires to, II. 7,
8;
social life among the officials, II.
18-30;
La Friponne, II. 24;
war-policy of Pitt, II.
47, 48;
preparations for an English attack, II.
79, 176;
the expedition fitted out against, II.
191-194;
the siege and reduction of, II.
195-233,
299-325,
325 note, 326 note,
436-438,
442;
census of, II. 178;
natural defences of, II. 178,
209, 289;
preparations for the defence of, II.
198-200,
209, 210,
215
(see Montcalm);
the fireships, II.
201,
210-212,
227;
the Palace Gate, II. 201;
scarcity of food, II. 203;
the Cathedral, II. 208;
the Seminary garden, II. 208;
the Recollets, II. 208;
the Ursulines, II. 208;
the Jesuits, II. 208;
the proclamations issued by Wolfe, II.
213, 214,
223, 225,
226, 261;
the town bombarded, and dwellings burned, II. 214,
215, 261,
262, 265;
the disaster of Montmorenci, II.
228-233,
259, 268,
269;
the siege continued, II.
259-272;
the Upper and Lower Towns, II. 267;
despatches sent from Wolfe to England, II. 270,
272, 323;
the Heights of Abraham ascended, II.
272-288;
action of Holmes's squadron, II.
278, 280;
the last battle between Wolfe and Montcalm, I.
288-297,
298 note,
305;
the Plains of Abraham, II. 289;
the death of Wolfe, II. 297;
the French routed, II.
299-305;
the town abandoned by the army, II.
307-310;
the death of Montcalm, II.
308, 309;
the grief and poverty of the people, II.
310, 311;
Lévis attempts to save the city, II.
312-315;
the capitulation, of, II.,
315-318;
the city left in command of Murray, II. 317;
the rejoicing over the victory, II.
323-325;
authorities for information concerning, II.
325 note, 326 note;
drawings made of the ruins, II. 327;
confusion after the siege, II.
327-331;
kindness of the nuns, II. 330,
331, 335;
the rule of Murray, II.
331-333;
rumors of an attack from the French, II.
335-340;
the expedition of Lévis against,
and the battle of Ste.-Foy, II.
340-358,
442-444;
arrival of the British squadron, II. 355,
356;
the siege raised, II. 357,
358;
the fall of Canada, ii,
360-382;
self-devotion of the missionaries, II. 412;
maps referring to, II.
440, 441.
Quebec, basin of, II.
213, 282.
Quebec, Bishop of, I. 106,
255, 260.
Queen's Bastion, the, II.
55, 68.
Queen's Battery, the, at Quebec, II. 208.
Querdisien-Tremais, to investigate the frauds in Canada, II.
36.