S———, Miss Sylvia, I. 188.
Sabbath, the, observance of, I. 240, 295, 296.
Sabrevois, I. 486.
Sackett's Harbor, former name of, I. 408.
Sacs, the, I. 130, 486-489.
Saint-Andrew, II. 126.
Saint-Ange, I. 83.
St. Augustin, II. 307, 314, 336, 342.
Saint-Blin, II. 37 note.
St. Charles River, the, II. 21, 200, 201, 285, 289, 300, 302, 307, 314, 348, 436; the French camp, II. 208, 209.
St.-Denis, Ruisseau, II. 287.
Saint Florentine, Marquis de, I. 15.
St. Francis, the mission of, I. 209, 371, 480, 485, II. 251, 321; Jesuit influence, II. 144; the Abenakis attacked by Rogers, II. 251, 253-258 note.
St. Francis River, the, II. 254.
"St. François," brig, I. 115.
St. George, I. 470, II. 75, 355.
St. Germain, I. 14.
St. Helen, Island of, I. 458, II. 375.
Saint-Ignace, Mére Aimable Dubé de, II. 442.
St. James, I. 30.
St. Jean, Isle, I. 98, 107, 109, 110, 235, 281, II. 74, 75, 78.
St. Jean River, the, I. 115, 241-253, 282, 283, II. 78, 368, 385.
St. Joachim burned by order of Wolfe, II. 261.
St. John, city, I. 428, II. 301, 367, 368.
St. John, Fort, I. 24, 453; abandoned by the French, II. 368.
Saint John's taken by the French, and retaken by the English, II. 402.
Saint Joseph River, the, I. 40.
Saint-Julien, Lieutenant-Colonel de, the defence of Louisbourg, II. 59.
St.-Laurent, visit of Knox to the church of, II. 207, 208.
St. Lawrence, Gulf of, I. 39, 115, 123, II. 79, 80, 384; islands in, ceded to Great Britain, II. 405.
St. Lawrence River, the, I. 3, 4, 20, 22, 38, 65, 68, 123, 124, 365, 453, II. 8, 79, 172, 175, 176, 179, 182, 192-195, 249-253, 368; rapids of, II. 178, 242, 370, 371; measures of defence taken during the siege of Quebec, II. 200, 201, 204, 208-213, 219, 289, 304; danger in passing through the Traverse, II. 204-206; steepness of the banks, II. 228; action of the fleet of Holmes, II. 278-285; expedition of Lévis, II. 341; humanity rewarded, II. 343, 344; arrival of the "Lowestoffe," II. 355; the river blockaded, II. 360; islands ceded to Great Britain, II. 405.
St. Louis, I. 37, II. 28.
St. Louis, the cross of the Order of, II. 174, 426.
St. Louis, site of, I. 41.
St. Louis, Lake, II. 371.
St. Lucia, II. 401, 405.
St. Malo, II. 33, 47.
St. Michael, II. 267.
St. Nicolas, II. 279, 280.
Saint-Ours, I. 491.
Saint-Ours, Madame de, I. 458.
St. Patrick's Day, I. 446; at Fort Cumberland, II. 182.
St. Paul, village sacked and burned, II. 261.
St. Paul's Church, II. 76, 398.
St. Phillippe, a French hamlet, I. 41.
Saint-Pierre, Legardeur de, I. 129, 143, 144; journey of exploration made by, I. 130-138; letter from Governor Dinwiddie introducing Washington, I. 132, 133-135; his dealings with Washington, I. 134, 135, 138; leads the Indians in the expedition of Dieskau, I. 297; his death, I. 303.
St. Pierre Island, given to France, II. 405.
St. Roch, II. 222, 300, 311, 344.
St. Sacrament, Lac, name of, changed to Lake George, I. 315.
St.-Servan, capture of, II. 47.
Saint-Véran, Madame de, the mother of Montcalm, I. 356, 359; letters from her son quoted, I. 360-362, 372, 373, 454, 457, II. 112 note, 164, 174, 176.
St. Vincent, II. 401, 405.
St. Yotoc, I. 48.
Sainte Anna-de-la-Pérade, II. 19.
Sainte-Claude, Mère de, II. 331.
Sainte-Foy, II. 306, 327-358, 381; Quebec after the siege, II. 321-333; occupied by the English, II. 335, 342; expedition of Lévis against Quebec, II. 342-358, 442, 444.
Sainte-Marie, Fort, garrison at, I. 75.
Sainte-Thérèse, II. 366.
Samos, post of, II. 276, 288, 291.
Sander. See Lauder.
Saratoga, I. 387, 401, 452; the fort burned, I. 174.
Sardanapalus, II. 44.
Sardinia, I. 19.
Saul, George, commissary of supplies, I. 278, 279.
Saunders, Admiral, II. 192; aids Wolfe in the reduction of Quebec, II. 192, 194 note, 268, 272-274, 282, 290; his fleet sails for England, II. 317.
"Sauvage," the, ship, I. 363.
Saxe, Marshall, I. 12, 180, 182, 310; his death, I. 10, 181.
Saxony, I. 10, II. 38; joins the league against Prussia, I. 355.
Saxony, Elector of, the, I. 10.
Scarroyaddy, Indian chief, I. 204.
Schenectady, village of, I. 321, 322, II. 7, 86.
Schuyler, General, I. 319, II. 98, 126, 127; action between Bradstreet and Villiers, I. 394-396.
Schuyler, Mrs., I. 319; her affection for Lord Howe, II. 91, 98.
Schuyler, Pedrom, II. 98.
Schuyler family, the, I. 32, 33.
Scioto, town of, I. 48, 49.
Scioto River, the, I. 55.
Scipio, I. 420.
Scotch, the, in Pennsylvania, I. 31, 339.
Scotland, II. 49, 185.
Scott, Lieutenant-Colonel George, I. 246; the siege of Beauséjour, I. 249-253; his gallant action, II. 60.
Scurvy, I. 131, II. 339, 352.
Ségur, Count, quotation from, I. 16.
Seneca, Lake, I. 54.
Senecas, the, I. 44; visited by Bienville, I. 44, 45; efforts of the French to convert, I. 65, 70, 71, 171; their alliances, II. 142-144.
Senegal, II. 47, 400, 406.
Senezergues, mortally wounded, II. 303.
Seven Years War, the, I. 3, 4, II. 38, 39, 405-407, 409; deportment of British officers, II. 119.
Seventy-eighth Regiment, the, at Quebec, II. 298 note.
Sewell, Colonel Matthew, I. 310; letter to Holdernesse quoted, I. 310.
Sharpe, Governor of Maryland, I. 191, 201, 202; council of governors held with Braddock, I. 191-195.
Shawanoes, the, I. 40, 45, 46, 48, 57, 130, 209, 391, 392; their attitude towards the English, I. 59, 203, 329, 343, 344, II. 150, 151; present at a convention of Indians, II. 142, 143.
Shebbeare, Dr., I. 196 note, 197 note.
Shepherd, Captain, I. 434; his capture and escape, I. 434, 435.
Sheppard, Jack, I. 7.
Sherbrooke, II. 258 note.
Shingas, Indian chief, II. 145.
Ship, sign of the, a tavern, I. 227.
Ship-building, I. 72, 73.
Shippensburg, II. 136, 142.
Shirley, Captain John, son of Governor Shirley, I. 323, 326; extracts from his letter to Governor Morris, I. 323, 324; a victim of the war, I. 324 note; his popularity, I. 324 note.
Shirley, William, Governor of Massachusetts, I. 123, 168; tries to repel the French invasions, I. 141, 170, 171, 192, 234; his dealing with the Assembly of Massachusetts, I. 168, 169, 241, 285 note; council held with Braddock, I. 191-195; his French wife, I. 192; defends taxation by Parliament, I. 193; his troops, I. 194, 246, 320, 326, II. 380; the decisions of the council at Albany, I. 194, 195; leads the expedition against Niagara and Fort Frontenac, I. 194-196, 318-329, 374, II. 127; desires Mackellar to draw plans for Braddock's expedition, I. 221 note; his view of Dunbar's conduct, I. 233 note; becomes commander-in-chief of the troops in America, I. 233, 245, 328; his correspondence with Governor Lawrence quoted, I. 239; his plan with regard to expelling the French from Nova Scotia, I. 234, 239-241, 245-247, 257; the expedition sent against Crown Point, I. 285-317; his campaigns boldly planned, I. 318; border warfare, I. 318-350; at Fort Oswego, I. 322-324; loss of his sons, I. 323, 324 note; councils of war called, I. 325, 326; the Niagara expedition abandoned, I. 326, 381; his quarrels with Johnson and with Delancey, I. 327, 328; letters from Governor Morris quoted, I. 340, 343; plans for a new campaign, I. 381, 382, 393, 447; renews his expedition against Niagara, and Frontenac, I. 381-383, 393; recalled from command, I. 383, 399, 400, 420; a cabal formed against, I. 383; his zeal and courage, I. 384, 400; his boatmen placed under Bradstreet, I. 393, 405; sends men to defend Oswego, I. 393-398, 405, 413 note, 420; interview with Loudon, I. 399; Oswego seized by the French, I. 407-416; vindicates himself, I. 413 note, 420, 420 note; causes leading to his failure, I. 417, 418; Loudon prejudiced against, I. 420, 468; sails for England, I. 421; made governor of the Bahamas, I. 421; the opinion of Franklin concerning, I. 421; succeeded by Governor Pownall, II. 84.
Shirley, William, son of the governor, secretary of Braddock, I. 187, 188, 191; letter quoted concerning Braddock's expedition, I. 201, 202; shot through the head, I. 219, 229, 323; letter to Governor Morris quoted, I. 323.
Shirley, Fort, I. 423.
Short, Richard, drawings of Quebec after the siege, II. 327 note.
Shubenacadie River, the, I. 113.
Shute, John, I. 444.
Silesia, I. 19, 353, 345, II. 40, 388.
Silhouette, I. 122, 123.
Sillery, II. 215, 274, 276, 288, 333, 344, 346, 347, 444.
Sinclair, Sir John, quartermaster-general, I. 198, II. 133, 137; in Braddock's expedition, I. 214; wounded in the battle of the Monongahela, I. 219, 227; despatch sent from General Forbes, II. 137; his peculiarities, II. 138, 139; his dealings with Lieutenant-Colonel Stephen, II. 138, 139.
Small-pox, the, I. 83.
Smith, Colonel James, I. 211; cruelties practised by the Indians upon, I. 209, 210; his statement concerning the defeat of Braddock's army, I. 221-223.
Smith, John, I. 227.
Smith, William, his remark concerning the provincial army, I. 292.
Smith, William, a Rhode Island soldier, his bravery, II. 108.
Smollett, I. 6, 159, 178.
Smyth, and English traveller, I. 164 note.
"Siren," the, I. 247.
"Sirène," the ship, I. 363.
Six Nations, the, I. 57; desire to remain neutral, I. 390. See Five Nations.
Sodus Bay, I. 72.
Sorel, II. 364, 365.
Soubise, I. 10.
South Bay, I. 295, 296, 298, 301, 313, 388, 435, 496, II. 121, 241.
South Carolina, I. 33, 139, 151, 152, 176; commissioners sent to meet the Indians at Albany, I. 61; extent of British frontier, II. 381.
Spain, I. 9, 19, II. 49, 395; succession of Carlos III., II. 396; the Family Compact, II. 396, 397; change of rulers, II. 396, 399; influence of Pitt, II. 400, 401; expedition of Pococke, II. 401, 402; receives Havana from England, II. 405; the peace of Paris, II. 405, 406; acquisitions in America, II. 406, 413; sinking into decay, II. 411.
Speakman, Captain, despatches sent to Winslow, I. 276.
Spikeman, Captain, one of Rogers' scouting-party, I. 441; adventures of the expedition, I. 441-445.
Spithead, embarkation of Wolfe, II. 192.
Split, Cape, I. 268.
Spruce-beer, I. 259, II. 236, 237, 354.
Stanhope, Earl, II. 194 note.
Stanley, his sketch of the Duc de Choiseul, II. 393, 394; at Versailles, II. 395.
Stanley, Dean, II. 433.
Stanwix, Brigadier, new fort to be erected at the Great Carrying Place, II. 129; builds Fort Pitt, II. 159; to relieve Pittsburg, II. 236; Pittsburg endangered, II. 244.
Stanwix, Fort, II. 242.
Stark, John, I. 432, 446; his celebrity, I. 291; in the expedition against Crown Point, I. 291; adventures in a scouting-party of Rogers, I. 441-445; wounded, I. 451 note; serves under Abercromby, II. 94.
Stephen, Adam, matters pertaining to Washington and Jumonville, I. 151 note, II. 422; trouble with Sir J. Sinclair, II. 138, 139; sent to succor Rogers, II. 256, 257.
Sterne, I. 6.
Stevens, the Indian interpreter, I. 288; escapes from Quebec, II. 278.
Stewart, Captain, I. 220.
Still, Isaac, II. 149, 150.
Stillwater, I. 387, 452.
Stirling, II. 185.
Stobo, Major Robert, I. 159, II. 277; detained at Quebec as a hostage, II. 277; his escape, II. 277, 278; gives Wolfe the result of his knowledge of Quebec, II. 277, 278; his memoirs, II. 278 note.
Stockbridge, II. 256.
Stone, William L., I. 316 note, II. 237 note.
Stuarts, the, I. 6, II. 49, 392.
"Success," the, I. 247.
Suffield, I. 402.
Sugar-trade, the, II. 403.
Sulpitian priests, the, I. 38, 52, 66, 458, II. 144.
Superior, Lake, I. 75, 372, 486.
Susquehanna River, the, I. 342, 343, 391, II. 143.
"Sutherland," the, II. 224, 280, 284.
Sweden joins the league against Prussia, I. 355; the Seven Years War, II. 38, 39; peace with Prussia, II. 399.
Swedes in Pennsylvania, I. 31.
Sydney, II. 78.