Chapter XXII: Shirley and the Acadians (3)

Chateauguay, accusations against, i. 307.

Château Richer, John Williams at, i. 82.

Château St. Louis, the, i. 26, 51; ii. 273.

Chaudière River, the, i. 5, 6, 213, 217.

Cherokees, the, i. 324.

“Chester,” the, i. 151;
captured by Paradis, i. 170;
ii. 165, 334.

Chevereaux, i. 201.

Chevry, M. de, i. 102.

Cheyenne Indians, the, ii. 22, 34.

Chibucto, i. 110; ii. 157, 158, 160, 161, 162, 164, 175.

Chibucto Bay, D’Anville’s fleet in, ii. 261; ii. 164, 165.

Chibucto Harbor, ii. 326, 327, 329, 331, 334, 344.

Chicago, i. 33, 338, 342.

Chicago portage, the, i. 341.

Chickasaws, the, make war on the French, i. 321, 323; i. 324, 329,
356.

Chignecto, Acadian settlement of, i. 196, 208; ii. 170, 175, 176,
181, 183, 198, 203, 313, 323, 343, 344, 346, 347, 349, 351, 352,
353.
See also _Beaubassin_.

Chignecto Bay, ii. 184.

Chimney Point, ii. 254.

China, i. 368.

Choctaws, the, make war on the French, i. 321; i. 324.

Choke-Cherry Indians, the, ii. 33;
village of, ii. 34.

Christian, the Mohawk, i. 248.

Church, Major Benjamin,
attacked by the French and Indians, i. 63;
in King Philip’s War, i. 121;
proposes a stroke of retaliation against the French, i. 121;
Governor Dudley approves his plan, i. 121;
attacks Grand Pré, i. 123;
at Port Royal, i. 123.

Church, Thomas,
on Major Church’s attack on Grand Pré, i. 123;
on Major Church at Port Royal, i. 124.

Cid, the, of Canada, see _Iberville, Le Moyne d’_.

Cimarron, the, i. 367.

Circular Battery, the, at Louisbourg, ii. 130, 139.

Clairembault, the regiment of, i. 19.

Clark, Captain,
among the Mandans, ii. 17;
makes his way to the Pacific, ii. 35.

Clark, Fort, i. 367.

Cleaves, Lieutenant Benjamin,
at Louisbourg, ii. 112;
his diary, ii. 112, 144.

Clement, sells liquor to the Indians, ii. 213.

Clesson, Lieutenant, ii. 250, 251.

Clinton, governor of New York, ii. 156;
convenes the deputies of the Five Nations at Albany, ii. 206;
dispute between James de Lancey and, ii. 207;
hampered at every turn, ii. 207;
his controversy with the Assembly, ii. 208;
complains to Newcastle, ii. 209; 371
sees the value of William Johnson, ii. 212.

Clock, George, ii. 213.

Cobb, Captain Sylvanus, ii. 164.

Cobequid, Girard at, ii. 185; ii. 187, 188, 200, 202.
See also _Truro_.

Cobequid Bay, ii. 188.

Cockerill, Thomas, i. 137.

Cod fishery, ii. 318.

Coffin, i. 107.

Colbert, the minister, the wholesome policy of, i. 4.

Cole, Isaac,
killed by Indians, i. 52.

Colombière, ii. 185, 194.

Colorado, i. 367.

Colton, Mrs., i. 91.

Comanches, the, i. 359, 360, 361, 362, 363, 364.

Compagnie des Indes (Law’s Mississippi Company), ii. 48.

Company of Rangers, the, ii. 339, 344.

Company of the Colony of Canada, the,
founded by the King, i. 29;
the entire control of the fur-trade given to, i. 29;
burdens of, i. 29;
discontent, i. 30.

Conajoharie Castle, ii. 213.

Condé, Prince de, ii. 268.

Conflans, Captain de, ii. 158, 160, 161.

Congregation of Missions, the, ii. 46.

Connecticut, the colony of, i. 8;
unsuccessful expedition of the French and Indians against the
settlements of, i. 95;
refuses to join an expedition against Port Royal, i. 125;
ordered to furnish troops for the conquest of Canada, i. 135;
her prompt response, i. 137;
decides to attack Port Royal, i. 145, 150;
ordered to make ready for the Canadian expedition, i. 165;
joins Shirley’s expedition against Louisbourg, ii. 69, 72;
make-up of her contingent, ii. 82;
reimbursed by England for expenditures on the Louisbourg
expedition, ii. 143;
supports the plan to conquer Canada, ii. 152;
promises to assist Boston in case of French attack, ii. 157;
ii. 313.

Connecticut River, the, i. 50; ii. 214, 217, 218, 221.

Continental war, the, i. 163.

Conway, i. 256.

Coos Meadows, the, i. 50, 76.

Copp’s Hill, i. 166.

Corlaer, ii. 236, 265.
See also _Schenectady_.

Cornbury, Lord, governor of New York, i. 8, 59, 331.

Corsairs, the French, i. 112.

Corse, Elizabeth, marriage of, i. 89.

Cortlandt, contributes to the support of New York, i. 9.

Coste, Jacob, ii. 288.

Costebelle, governor at Placentia, i. 133;
on England’s real purpose in delaying promised aid to New
England, i. 156;
warns Vaudreuil of the English preparations against Canada,
i. 178;
his mandate from the King, i. 189;
in command at Louisbourg, i. 194;
complains of the apathy of the Acadians, i. 197.

Côte de Beaupré, the, i. 348.

Coulon, see _Villiers, Coulon de_.

County courts, the, i. 41.

_Coureurs de bois_, the,
at Michilimackinac, i. 17;
at Detroit, i. 279;
at “the Illinois,” i. 328.

Courtemanche,
falls ill at Boston, i. 87;
ii. 185.

Covenanters, the, i. 193. 372

Coxe, i. 303.

Crafts, Benjamin,
diary of, ii. 148;
death of, ii. 148.

Craggs, Secretary, i. 198, 203, 206.

Cranston, Governor, i. 181.

Crawford Notch, i. 256.

Creeks, the, i. 324.

Crespel, Père Emanuel, i. 339.

Cristineaux, the, ii. 10;
offer to join the French against the Sioux, ii. 13;
mislead La Vérendrye concerning the Pacific, ii. 15.

Croisil, on the Kennebec, i. 234.

Crow Indians, the, ii. 25.

Crown Point, i. 141; ii. 55;
the French intrenched at, ii. 55, 56;
La Corne urges the fortifying of, ii. 56;
fort built at, ii. 56;
Shirley plans to attack, ii. 156, 207, 234;
Rigaud at, ii. 254;
description of, ii. 254, 255;
demolished by Amherst, ii. 255;
ii. 350.

Crozat, Antoine,
Louisiana farmed out to, i. 310;
extent of his monopoly, i. 311;
his disappointments, i. 315;
gives up his charter, i. 315.

Cummings, William, wounded in Lovewell’s expeditions against the
Indians, i. 260.

Cushnoc, stone fort at, i. 222.

Cutter, Captain Ammi, at Canseau, ii. 92.

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. 373

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; 374
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,
lieutenant-governor of Massachusetts, i. 240; 375
his first meeting with the council, i. 241;
his difficulties with the Assembly, i. 242;
sends a force against Norridgewock, i. 245;
accuses Vaudreuil of instigating the Indians, i. 250;
correspondence between Vaudreuil and, i. 250-252.

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.

East Bay, ii. 237.

East Boston, i. 166.

East Hoosac, town of, ii. 231.

East Indies, the, ii. 256.

East Jersey, i. 8.

Eastern Indians, the, English declare war against, i. 239.

Eastern missions, the, cultivated with diligence by the Jesuits,
i. 216.

“Edgar,” the,
Walker’s flagship, i. 171, 172;
blown up in the Thames, i. 181.

Edward, Fort, i. 140.

Eliot, John, attacked by the Indians, i. 244.

“Eltham,” the, ii. 93.

Ely, Joseph, wounded at Number Four, ii. 228.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo, ii. 79.

Emery, Samuel, minister at Wells, i. 41.

Endicott, Hon. William C., ii. 42.

Engelran, Father, i. 30.

England,
the War of the Spanish Succession, i. 3;
insulted by Louis XIV., i. 4;
declares war against France, i. 4;
her object in delaying promised aid to New England, i. 156;
critical questions between France and, i. 185;
refuses to resign Acadia, i. 186;
her policy of inaction towards her colonies, i. 199;
division of the contest between France and, ii. 44;
receives the news of the victory at Louisbourg with joy and
astonishment, ii. 142;
repays provincial outlays on the Louisbourg expedition, ii. 143;
fails to do her duty by the Acadians, ii. 203;
Bobé’s claim that she has no rightful titles to North America
except those France may grant her, ii. 257-274. 376

English, the,
do little to protect the Indians, i. 11;
rumors spread by the French against, i. 11;
wish to spur the Five Nations to active hostility, i. 13;
their interest in the “Far Indians,” i. 14;
importance of Detroit to, i. 22;
send envoys to Montreal, i. 252;
their conference with the Penobscots at the St. George, i. 254;
the Boston treaty ratified, i. 255.

English colonies, the, ii. 46.

English Revolution, the, i. 192.

English traders, the, i. 275, 276;
had one powerful attraction for the Indians, i. 277;
ii. 212.

English Turn, i. 302.

Éraque, D’, i. 353.

Erie, Lake, i. 22; ii. 57.

Escatary, ii. 288, 300.

Essex, village of, ii. 157.

Estournel, Vice-Admiral d’, ii. 162;
suicide of, ii. 163.

Ethier, Dr., on the attack on Deerfield, i. 70.

Eugene, Prince, i. 119.

Exeter, town of, attacked by the French and Indians, i. 99.

Fabry, Sieur, see _La Bruyère, Fabry de_.

Falmouth, hamlet of,
Indian attack on, i. 45;
rises from its ashes, i. 222.

“Falmouth,” the, i. 151.

“Far Indians,” the, i. 13;
opposing interests of the French, the English, and the Five
Iroquois Nations in, i. 14, 15.

Farmer, on the death of Cadillac, i. 19.

Farnsworth, David, at Number Four, ii. 218.

Farnsworth, Samuel, at Number Four, ii. 218, 219.

Farnsworth, Stephen, at Number Four, ii. 218.

Farrar, Jacob, mortally wounded by the Pequawkets, i. 264.

Farwell, Josiah,
escapes from the Indians, i. 258;
raises a company to hunt Indians, i. 259;
wounded, i. 262;
death of, i. 266.

Featherstonhaugh, the geologist, i. 353.

Félix, Père, i. 118.

Ferland, i. 341; ii. 107.

Ferryland, destroyed by the French, i. 132.

Feudalism, Canadian, develops good partisan leaders, i. 126.

“Feversham,” the, i. 151.

Field, Ensign, ii. 232.

Fight Brook, i. 268.

Filles de la Congrégation, i. 188.

Fisheries, the Acadian, i. 111;
New England has a lion’s share of, i. 111, 146;
the Newfoundland, i. 186;
at Matinicus, ii. 65.

Fish Kill River, the, ii. 210.

Five Nations of the Iroquois, the,
receives poor treatment from New York, i. 9, 10;
suffered greatly from war, i. 10;
the Dutch and English do little to protect, i. 11;
French agents, among, i. 11;
Protestant clergymen among, i. 12;
the French try to preserve neutrality among, i. 12;
the English try to spur them on to active hostility, i. 13;
their interest in the “Far Indians,” i. 14;
appeal to King William for protection against the French,
i. 33;
deed over their beaver-hunting ground to King William, i. 33; 377
Abraham Schuyler seeks to gain their aid in the conquest of
Canada, i. 138;
their policy with the French and English, i. 139;
acknowledged to be British subjects, i. 184;
the Tuscaroras joined to, i. 274;
a change comes over, i. 274;
importance of their friendship, i. 275;
jealous of French designs, ii. 51;
refuse to allow the French to build a fort at Niagara, ii. 52;
finally yield to the French, ii. 53;
refuse to destroy Oswego, ii. 54;
convene with Governor Clinton at Albany, ii. 206;
deeply impressed by the burning of Saratoga, ii. 211;
agree to go against the French, ii. 212.

Flanders, i. 164.

Flat Point, ii. 97, 102.

Flat Point Cove, ii. 87, 125.

Florida, i. 161; ii. 49.

Flynt, Rev. Henry, i. 222, 230.

Folsom, on the Indian attack on Wells, i. 46.

Fort Hill, i. 166.

Fortified houses, i. 39.

Foster, Deacon Josiah, killed by the Indians, ii. 216.

Foster, Joseph, ii. 162, 164, 165.

Fox, on Lovewell’s Expedition, i. 270.

Fox River of Green Bay, the,
Indian population on, i. 275, 278, 332;
i. 338, 340, 343; ii. 57.

Foxes, the, i. 14, 275. See also, _Outagamies, the_.

France,
Great Britain gains a maritime preponderance over, i. 3;
drunk with the wild dreams of Rousseau, i. 4;
England declares war against, i. 4;
burdened with an insupportable load of debt, i. 183;
critical questions between England and, i. 185;
does not neglect Acadia, i. 200;
occupies the mouth of the Mississippi River, i. 298;
John Law undertakes to deliver it from financial ruin, i. 315;
division of the contest between England and, ii. 44;
Father Bobé sets forth the claims of, ii. 46-50;
fortifies the West, ii. 57;
angered by the capture of Louisbourg, ii. 157;
D’Anville’s expedition, ii. 158-162;
La Jonquière’s expedition, ii. 168;
her strong desire to recover Acadia, ii. 169;
Bobé’s claim that England has no rightful titles to North
America except those which may be granted her by, ii. 257-274.

Franche-Comté, i. 217.

Francis, Dr. Convers, on the character of Rale, i. 229, 231, 249.

Francis I., ii. 258.

Francœur, heights of, ii. 301.

Franklin, Benjamin, lacking in enthusiasm, ii. 70.

Franquet, journal of, ii. 174.

Frederic of Prussia seizes Silesia, ii. 59.

Frédéric, Fort, ii. 56, 234, 235. See also _Crown Point_.

French, the,
rumors spread against the English by, i. 11;
try to keep the Five Nations neutral, i. 12;
their interest in the “Far Indians,” i. 14;
importance of Detroit to, i. 22;
Queen Anne’s War due to, i. 46;
their claims for the territory of Acadia, i. 47;
spur on the Abenakis against New England, i. 48;
their motives, i. 100-102.

French of Acadia, the, 378
trade between Boston and, i. 138.

French colonies, the, ii. 46.

French Cross, ii. 182.

French, Deacon, i. 60.

French explorers, characteristics of, i. 346.

French, Freedom,
converted and baptized as Marie Françoise, i. 89;
her marriage, i. 89.

French Indians, the,
in the Coos meadows, i. 50;
attacked by Caleb Lyman, i. 50;
ravaging the frontiers, ii. 213.

French, Martha,
baptized as Marguerite, i. 89;
her marriage, i. 89.

French priests, the, in Acadia, ii. 178, 179.

French River, the, i. 76.

French, Thomas, town clerk of Deerfield, i. 60, 68, 89.

French traders, the, i. 15.

French West Indies, the, i. 308.

Freneuse, Madame de,
Brouillan’s relations with, i. 114;
Bonaventure’s relations with, i. 116;
her quarrel with Madame de Saint-Vincent, i. 117.

Fresh-water Cove, ii. 97.

Fronsac, ii. 295, 304.

Frontenac, Count,
admiration of Cadillac for, i. 19;
the strongest champion for the policy of expansion, i. 21;
i. 101;
humbles the pride of the Five Nations, i. 274;
i. 348; ii. 11, 212, 318.

Frontenac, Fort, i. 29, 138, 142; ii. 55.

Frye, Jonathan,
chaplain of Lovewell’s expeditions, i. 260;
mortally wounded, i. 264;
death of, i. 266.

Frye, General Joseph, i. 269.

Fryeburg, village of, i. 256, 257, 261, 268.

Fundy, Bay of, i. 123; ii. 182, 198, 331, 345.

Fur-trade, the,
between the French and the Indians, i. 14;
restrictions placed by the King upon, i. 29;
Cadillac has transferred to him the monopoly in, i. 32.

Fur-trading, ii. 57, 58.

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,
rises from its ashes, i. 222;
Governor Shute calls a council with the Indians at, i. 224; 379
the second council at, i. 233.

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;
captured by Vaughan, ii. 98, 99;
the English occupation of, ii. 102;
ii. 106, 109, 111, 118, 119, 121, 135.

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. 380

Guinea, i. 309, 311, 319.

Habitant de Louisbourg, the,
on Duvivier’s attack on Annapolis, ii. 62, 63;
on the plan to attack Louisbourg, ii. 68;
on the garrison at Louisbourg, ii. 95;
on the poor condition of the garrison, ii. 96;
on the capture of the Grand Battery, ii. 100;
ii. 107;
on the attack of the English, ii. 108;
on the capture of the “Vigilant” by the English, ii. 124;
on the number of English at Louisbourg, ii. 134;
on the siege, ii. 137;
on the rivalry between Pepperrell and Warren, ii. 140, 141;
remarkable letter of, ii. 144;
describes the siege of Louisbourg, ii. 274, 287.

Hadley, village of, i. 57.

Hagar, displays heroism in the defence of Haverhill against the French
and Indians, i. 98.

Hale, Captain, at Louisbourg, ii. 111.

Hale, Colonel Roberetter from John Payne to, ii. 88, 69.

Hale’s Essex Regiment, ii. 148.

Halifax, i. 110;
settlement of the English at, i. 205;
ii. 158, 161, 177, 178.

Hampton, village of, Indian attack on, i. 48.

Harcourt, Duc d’, i. 305.

Harding, Stephen, attacked by Indians, i. 43.

Harley, Lord Treasurer, i. 163.

Harmon, Captain,
sent out against Norridgewock, i. 245;
the official journal of, i. 248.

Harpswell, i. 239.

Harvard College, i. 40.

Haskell, ii. 327.

Hassall, Benjamin, deserts from Lovewell, i. 263, 265, 267, 270.

Hastings, John, at Number Four, ii. 219.

Hatfield, village of, i. 57;
proposed French and Indian attack on, i. 95;
ii. 232.

Haverhill,
French and Indian attacks on, i. 49, 97;
i. 259.

Hawks, Ebenezer, killed by the Indians, ii. 50.

Hawks, Sergeant John, ii. 242, 243;
sketch of, ii. 244;
in charge at Fort Massachusetts, ii. 243;
attacked by Rigaud, ii. 244, 245;
a parley, ii. 247;
capitulation, ii. 248, 249;
journal of, ii. 248;
becomes a lieutenant-colonel, ii. 255;
in the French war, ii. 255.

Heath, Captain, sent against the Penobscots, i. 254.

Heath, Joseph, i. 218, 233.

Heath, town of, ii. 231.

Heathcote, Colonel, ii. 51.

Hill, John,
appointed to command the troops in the Canadian expedition,
i. 164;
poorly fitted for his position, i. 175;
gives up the expedition, i. 176;
his journal, i. 182.

Hill, Mrs., i. 181.

Hill, Samuel, captured by the Indians, i. 44, 87, 103.

Hilton, Col. Winthrop,
commands an expedition against Port Royal, i. 125;
destroys Norridgewock, i. 218.

Hix, Jacob, dies of starvation, i. 76.

Hobby, Sir Charles, in the attack on Port Royal, i. 151, 153, 154.

Hochelaga, Cartier at, i. 18, 279.

Hocquart, i. 340;
ii. 8;
on the establishment of Crown Point, ii. 56; 381
ii. 154, 171, 172.

Holland, i. 163.

Holton, Eleazer, ii. 231.

Hook, Sergeant, at Falmouth, i. 45.

“Hoosac Patent,” the, ii. 239.

Hoosac River, the, ii. 236, 237, 238, 239;
Dutch settlements on, ii. 239;
ii. 243.

Hoosac Road, the, ii. 251.

“Hope,” the, i. 88.

Hôpital Général of Paris, the, i. 314.

Horse Indians, the, ii. 22, 24, 25, 26.

Hospital Nuns, the, of Quebec, i. 25.

Hough, on the legend of the “Bell of St. Regis,” i. 92.

Housatonic River, the, ii. 230.

Howe, Captain, murder of, ii. 180; ii. 193, 194, 196, 197, 198.

Hoyt,
on the “Old Indian House,” at Deerfield, i. 68;
i. 91;
on the defence of Number Four, ii. 229.

Hoyt, David,
attacked by the French and Indians, i. 63;
dies of starvation, i. 76.

Hoyt, Mrs. David, wounded by the French and Indians, i. 63.

Hubert, plans to explore the Missouri, i. 354, 355.

Hudson Bay,
claimed by England, i. 184;
the forts of, i. 186;
i. 306;
failure to find western passage to, ii. 3;
La Vérendrye secures possession of, ii. 14.

Hudson River, the, i. 15, 139, 273; ii. 210.

Huecos, the, i. 357.

Huguenots, the,
petition Louis XIV. for permission to settle in Louisiana,
i. 303;
the petition refused, i. 304.

Huillier, Fort l’, i. 351, 353.

Hunter, Governor, of New York, ii. 51, 52.

Huron Indians, the,
villages of, i. 18;
thorough savages, i. 18;
Cadillac’s estimate of, i. 18;
draw out of an expedition against New England, i. 96;
i. 235;
at Detroit, i. 275, 279, 280, 283, 284;
set out against the Outagamies, i. 341.

Huron-Iroquois customs, survival at Michilimackinac of, i. 18.

Huron Lake, i. 22, 28; ii. 57.

Hurst, Benjamin, murdered by the French and Indians, i. 90.

Hurst, Sarah, i. 90.

Hurtado, General, i. 368.

Hutchinson, Thomas,
on the French and Indian attack on Haverhill, i. 99;
on the negotiations for neutrality between Dudley and
Vaudreuil, i. 104;
on the opposition to Governor Dudley, i. 107;
on the Queen’s sustaining Governor Dudley, i. 109;
on Major Church at Port Royal, i. 124;
on March’s failure against Port Royal, i. 131;
on Shannon’s order to attack Quebec, i. 149;
on the council at Georgetown, i. 228;
on the controversy between Governor Shute and the Massachusetts
Assembly, i. 240;
on the Indian attack on Oxford, i. 243;
on the death of Rale, i. 247;
on Lovewell’s expeditions against the Indians, i. 262, 270;
on the plan to attack Louisbourg, ii. 64, 85;
ii. 143;
on the English plan to conquer Canada, ii. 153;
ii. 157.

Iberville, Le Moyne d’,
plans for an expedition against New England, i. 6;
offers to plant a colony in Louisiana, i. 300; 382
his offer accepted, i. 300;
enters the Mississippi River, i. 301;
at Biloxi, i. 302;
sails for France, i. 302;
royal instructions to, i. 304;
returns to Biloxi, i. 304;
establishes a post at Mobile Bay, i. 305;
forms a third establishment at Dauphin Island, i. 306;
accused of peculation, i. 306;
i. 354.

“Illinois, the,” i. 327;
annexed to Louisiana, i. 328;
Boisbriant in command at, i. 329.

Illinois Indians, the,
Father Rale among, i. 217, 220;
at Fort St. Louis, i. 275;
at Detroit, i. 283, 289;
furiously attacked by the Outagamies, i. 330, 335;
i. 356.

Illinois River, the, i. 275, 311, 324, 327, 340, 354, 359; ii. 57.

Illinois, State of, i. 278.

Illinois, the mission of the, i. 350.

Indian Old Point, i. 219.

Indian Old Town, i. 254.

Indians, the,
show a lack of confidence in the English, i. 9;
Cadillac’s plan of civilizing, i. 24;
the Jesuits’ plan of civilizing, i. 24;
their forbearance towards female prisoners, i. 76;
the cost to Massachusetts of killing, i. 100;
benevolence of Samuel Sewall towards, i. 223;
their petty attacks on the frontier settlements, ii. 214-216.
See also:--
Abenakis,
Algonquins,
Androscoggins,
Apsarokas,
Arickaras,
Arkansas,
Assagunticooks,
Assiniboins,
Bayagoulas,
Blackfeet,
Blancs Barbus,
Bows,
Caddoes,
Cape Cod,
Cape Sable,
Caughnawagas,
Cherokees,
Cheyennes,
Chickasaws,
Choctaws,
Choke-Cherry,
Comanches,
Creeks,
Crows,
Dakotas,
Eastern,
“Far,”
Five Nations,
Foxes,
French,
Horse,
Hurons,
Illinois,
Iroquois,
Kansas,
Kaskaskias,
Kennebecs,
Kickapoos,
Little Fox,
Malicites,
Mandans,
Mascoutins,
Menominies,
Micmacs,
Minneconjous,
Minnetarees,
Mississagas,
Missouris,
Mohawks,
Mohegans,
Montagnais,
Musquawkies,
Nassonites,
Natchez,
Norridgewocks,
Ojibwas,
Omahas,
Oncpapas,
Oneidas,
Onondagas,
Osages,
Ottawas,
Otoes,
Ouacos,
Outagamies,
Padoucas,
Pawnee Picts,
Pawnees,
Penacooks,
Penobscots,
Pequawkets,
Pigwackets,
Pioyas,
Pottawattamies,
Puants,
Quinipissas,
Renards,
Sacs,
Sacs and Foxes,
Sakis,
Saukis,
Senecas,
Shoshones,
Sioux,
Six Nations,
Snakes,
Sokokis,
Taensas,
Tuscaroras,
“Upper Nations,”
Western,
Wichitas,
Winnebagoes,
Yanktons.

Ingoldsby, Colonel,
lieutenant-governor of New York, i. 137;
in the conquest of Canada, i. 139.

Ipswich, town of, joins the expedition against Port Royal, i. 126.

Ireland, i. 192; ii. 341.

Iroquois Indians, the, i. 17;
superstitions in connection with sexual abstinence, i. 76;
accused of causing the pestilence in Nicholson’s camp, i. 143;
cease to be a danger to Canada, i. 216.

Iroquois of the Lake of Two Mountains, the, 383
sent from Montreal against the English border, ii. 217.

Iroquois of the Mountain, the, i. 235.

Iroquois of Sault St. Louis, the, sent from Montreal against the
English border, ii. 217.

“Island Battery,” the,
at Louisbourg, ii. 94, 95, 99;
attacked by the English, ii. 118, 119;
description of, ii. 120;
failure of the attack, ii. 122, 129;
ii. 130, 139.

Iroquois, the converted, i. 36.

Isle au Cochon, i. 295.

Isle-aux-Coudres, ii. 154.

Isle aux Œufs, i. 174, 175, 179.

Isle d’Aix, ii. 311.

Isle of Wight, the, Dudley lieutenant-governor of, i. 105.

Isle Royale, i. 186, 188, 189, 192, 193, 194, 195, 196, 197, 200,
201, 203, 207, 210; ii. 60, 260, 280, 288, 295.

Isle St. Jean, ii. 186, 198, 207.

Isles of Shoals, the, ii. 74.

Isthmus of Panama, the, i. 134.

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.

Kalm, the Swedish naturalist, i. 177; 384
describes Crown Point, ii. 255.

Kaministiguia, the river, ii. 3; 9;
La Noue at the mouth of, ii. 4.

Kankakee River, the, ii. 57.

Kannan, H., ii. 162, 164.

Kansas Indians, the,
villages of, i. 361, 363;
i. 365.

Kansas River, the, i. 360, 362, 363.

Kaskaskia,
town of, i. 327;
mixed marriages of, i. 328.

Kaskaskias, the, i. 327.

Kaskékouké River, the, ii. 236, 253.

Keene, Indian attack on, ii. 214.

Kellogg, escapes from Indian captivity, i. 87.

Kellogg, Joanna, i. 90.

Kennebec Indians, the, i. 224.

Kennebec lands, the, titles to, i. 222.

Kennebec mission, the, i. 219.

Kennebec River, the, i. 5, 6, 35, 36, 47;
the dividing line between the French and New England, i. 213;
watched with greatest jealousy, i. 213;
the Norridgewocks on, i. 213, 217, 234;
ii. 48, 49, 50, 51, 260, 261, 262, 263, 267, 268, 269, 271, 272.

Kennebunk, i. 40.

Kennetcook River, the, ii. 188.

Kent, killed by Indians, i. 45.

Kentucky, State of, i. 321.

Keyes, Solomon, mortally wounded by the Pequawkets, i. 264, 266.

Kickapoos, the,
on Rock River, i. 278;
i. 335;
villages of, i. 341.

Kidder, Benjamin,
on the expeditions of Capt. John Lovewell, i. 258, 270;
falls seriously ill, i. 261.

Kidder, Frederic, on the treaty between Governor Dudley and the
Abenakis, i. 221.

Kilby, Mr., ii. 315.

King, Colonel, i. 166, 169;
narrow escape of, i. 173;
his journal, i. 182.

King Philip’s War, i. 57, 63, 76, 121, 220, 223.

King’s Bastion, the, at Louisbourg, ii. 106, 111, 130, 292, 294, 296,
301, 302, 304, 306.

“King’s girls,” the, i. 306, 307.

King’s Road, the, i. 40.

Kingston, attacked by the French and Indians, i. 99.

Kittery, town of, i. 39;
attacked by the French and Indians, i. 99;
ii. 72, 75.

Kittery Point, Pepperrell’s house at, ii. 73.

Knowles, Admiral Charles,
on the character of the Acadians, ii. 172;
urges the expulsion of the Acadians, ii. 177;
Charlestown named after, ii. 228;
ii. 327, 328, 335, 336, 345, 352.

Knowlton, Thomas, killed at Fort Massachusetts, ii. 247, 249, 251,
255.

Koller, Sieur, ii. 299, 300.

Labat, M., i. 116;
on the English attack on Acadia, i. 123;
on Major Church at Port Royal, i. 124;
on the failure of the English expedition against Port Royal,
i. 131.

La Baye, Fort, ii. 57.

Laboularderie, M., ii. 291.

Labrador, i. 179.

La Bruyère, Fabry de, i. 368.

Lac des Cristineaux, see _Woods, Lake of the_.

La Chasse, Père,
Superior of the Missions, i. 219;
his eulogy on Father Rale, i. 220; 385
prevents peace being made at Georgetown, i. 233, 234;
his story of the death of Rale, i. 248;
acts as interpreter between the English and the Indians, i. 253;
his animosity toward the English, i. 254.

La Chine, i. 28.

Lacroix, ii. 198.

La Corne, Récollet missionary at Miramichi, ii. 185.

La Corne, Saint-Luc de,
advises the fortifying of Crown Point, ii. 56;
a model of bodily and mental hardihood, ii. 185;
at Grand Pré, ii. 191, 194, 195, 196, 197, 200;
his report of the French victory at Mines, ii. 200.

Laet, De, ii. 262.

La Force, Sieur, ii. 239.

La Forest, at Fort St. Louis, i. 275.

La Fresnière, Sieur de, i. 313, 338;
at Crown Point, ii. 56.

La Galissonnière, M. de, ii. 14;
succeeds Beauharnois in the government, ii. 36;
befriends La Vérendrye, ii. 36;
returns to France, ii. 37.

Lagny, at Grand Pré, ii. 191.

La Harpe, Bénard de, i. 303, 315, 320;
his expedition of exploration, i. 355-359;
i. 368.

La Hontan, the romance of, i. 354.

La Jemeraye,
joins La Vérendrye in his search for the Pacific, ii. 12;
at Fort St. Pierre, ii. 12;
death of, ii. 12.

La Jonquière, Marquis de,
succeeds La Galissonière in the government, ii. 37;
robs the brothers La Vérendrye, ii. 37, 38;
at Chibucto, ii. 163;
makes a last effort, ii. 165;
pursued by the pestilence, ii. 166;
his second expedition, ii. 168;
taken prisoner by the English, ii. 168;
chief aim of his expedition, ii. 169.

La Jonquière, Fort, ii. 40.

Lake country, the, Indian tribes of, i. 330, 337.

Lake George, the battle of, ii. 39, 90, 242.

Lake tribes, the, at Michilimackinac, i. 17.

Lalande, i. 84.

Lalemant, Charles, i. 139.

Lalemant, Gabriel, i. 215.

La Maisonfort, Marquis de,
in command of the “Vigilant,” ii. 123;
taken prisoner, ii. 125;
his letter to the French, ii. 125;
ii. 281, 304, 305.

Lamberville, Jacques, the Jesuit, i. 11;
at Onondaga, i. 138.

La Mothe-Cadillac, Antoine de,
at Michilimackinac, i. 17;
on the Huron Indians, i. 18;
sketch of, i. 19;
his aversion to the Jesuits, i. 19;
family of, i. 19;
early history of, i. 19;
his quarrels with Carheil, i. 20;
a strong champion for the policy of expansion, i. 21;
his motives, i. 22;
presents a memorial to Count de Maurepas, i. 23;
his plans for Detroit, i. 23, 24;
his plan for civilizing the Indians, i. 24;
his plan of a settlement at Detroit opposed by Champigny, i. 26;
sails for France, i. 27;
his interview with Ponchartrain, i. 27;
his letter to La Touche, i. 27;
Ponchartrain accepts his plan, i. 28;
his return to Canada, i. 28;
lays the foundation for Detroit, i. 28;
his delight in ruining Michilimackinac, i. 30;
his relations with the Jesuits, i. 30; 386
his letters to Ponchartrain, i. 30-32;
Detroit given over to, i. 32;
made governor of Louisiana, i. 279, 309;
his report on the condition of the country, i. 309;
petition of the people of Louisiana to, i. 312;
his reply, i. 312;
his quarrel with Bienville, i. 313;
Detroit feels the loss of, i. 327;
on the strange customs of the Sioux, i. 352;
sends Saint-Denis to explore western Louisiana, i. 355.

La Mothe, Jean de, i. 19.

Lanaudière, ii. 185.

Lancaster, village of, i. 259;
attacked by the French and Indians, i. 99.

Lancey, James de,
dispute between Governor Clinton and, ii. 206, 207;
characteristics of, ii. 207.

Languedoc, i. 19.

La Noue, Lieutenant, at the mouth of the Kaministiguia, ii. 4.

“La Palme,” ii. 166;
the story of, ii. 167.

La Perelle, ii. 132, 303.

Laperelle, M. de, ii. 308.

La Perrière, Boucher de, i. 338;
made the military chief of the Sioux mission, ii. 6;
his journey to the Mississippi, ii. 6.

La Plaine, spreads a panic at Quebec, i. 142.

“La Poudrerie,” ii. 186.

La Reine, Port,
on the Assiniboin, ii. 14;
La Vérendrye at, ii. 15, 18, 34;
Saint-Pierre at, ii. 40.

La Renaudière, i. 360, 362, 363.

La Ronde, M. de, i. 116.

La Salle, Chevalier de, i. 28;
his schemes concerning Louisiana, i. 298, 324;
on the Illinois, i. 327;
ii. 11, 57.

La Salle, Nicolas de,
accuses Iberville and his brothers to the minister, i. 306, 308;
i. 315;
proposes to explore the Missouri, i. 354.

“La Société,” ii. 290.

La Touche,
letter from Cadillac to, i. 27;
on the accusations against Brouillan, i. 114.

La Tour, feudal claimant of Acadia, ii. 61.

La Tressillière, Ensign, ii. 311.

Launay, Seigneur de, see _La Mothe, Jean de_.

“Launceston,” the, ii. 84, 93.

Laumet, Seigneur de, see _La Mothe, Jean de_.

Laurain, i. 354.

Lauverjat, Father, among the Penobscots, i. 244, 245.

La Vallière, Sieur de, ii. 125, 290.

La Valterie, Sieur de, i. 179; ii. 239.

Laval University, at Quebec, i. 211.

La Vente, curé of Mobile, i. 307;
his memorial to Ponchartrain, i. 313.

La Vérendrye, Chevalier,
among the Mandans, ii. 20;
his adventures searching for the Pacific, ii. 22-35;
discovers the Rocky Mountains, ii. 35;
jealousy of rivals, ii. 35;
discovers the river Saskatchewan, ii. 36;
ruined hopes, ii. 37, 38;
death of, ii. 42.

La Vérendrye, Pierre Gaultier de Varennes de,
early history of, ii. 9;
at Lake Nipigon, ii. 9;
offers to search for the Western Sea, ii. 10;
not supported by the King, ii. 10;
privileges granted to, ii. 10;
his motives, ii. 11;
undertakes the expedition, ii. 11;
winters at the river Kaministiguia, ii. 12;
followed by a train of disasters, ii. 12; 387
avoids a war with the Sioux, ii. 13;
refused aid by the court, ii. 13;
goes to Montreal, ii. 13;
lawsuit against, ii. 13;
work accomplished by, ii. 14;
secures possession of Hudson’s Bay, ii. 14;
forts established by, ii. 14;
fruitless inquiries, ii. 15;
again starts out for the Pacific, ii. 15;
among the Mandans, ii. 16-20;
his journal, ii. 17;
returns to Fort La Reine, ii. 18;
his adventures searching for the Pacific, ii. 22-35;
discovers the Rocky Mountains, ii. 35;
jealousy of rivals, ii. 35;
promoted to a captaincy in the colony troops, ii. 36;
befriended by Galissonière, ii. 36;
receives the cross of the order of St. Louis, ii. 36;
death of, ii. 36;
ruined hopes, ii. 37, 38;
at Beauséjour, ii. 42.

La Vérendrye (son), murdered by the Sioux, ii. 13.

Law, John,
undertakes to deliver France from financial ruin, i. 315;
flees for his life, i. 319.

Law’s Mississippi Company, ii. 48.

Lawson, i. 107.

Le Ber, Mademoiselle, the recluse of Montreal, i. 179.

Le Blanc, the Acadian notary, ii. 173.

Le Bœuf, Fort, ii. 39.

Lechmere, Lieutenant, death of, ii. 194.

Lee, Colonel, i. 181.

Leisler, Jacob, the revolution under, i. 8.

Le Loutre, Abbé,
missionary among the Micmacs, ii. 61;
his absolute control over the Micmacs, ii. 173;
characteristics of, ii. 179;
his Micmac mission, ii. 188.

Le Moine, on the legend of the “Bell of St. Regis,” i. 92.

L’Épinay,
succeeds La Mothe Cadillac as governor of Louisiana, i. 318;
removed by the Mississippi Company, i. 318.

Le Petit Père, i. 321.

Le Rocher, i. 340.

Léry De,
the engineer, i. 280, 294, 295, 297;
on Ramesay’s expedition against Nicholson, i. 141;
ii. 190.

Les Mines, ii. 126.

Lestock, Admiral, ii. 155.

Le Sueur,
expedition of, i. 348-350;
on the St. Peter, i. 351;
among the Sioux, i. 352;
returns to Louisiana, i. 353;
sails for France, i. 353;
returns to Louisiana, i. 353;
his death, i. 353.

Leverett, John, in the attack on Port Royal, i. 129.

Lewis, Captain,
among the Mandans, ii. 17;
makes his way to the Pacific, ii. 35.

Lewis, C. W., on Lovewell’s Expedition, i. 270.

Lewiston Heights, ii. 52.

Lighthouse Point, ii. 120, 123, 124, 129.

Limoges, the Jesuit, i. 350.

Lignery, Sieur de,
calls a council of Indians at Green Bay, i. 336;
in favor of exterminating the Outagamies, i. 337;
sets out on his expedition, i. 338;
burns the chief village of the Outagamies, i. 339;
failure of his expedition, i. 339.

Lion Rampant, the, i. 127.

L’Isle, De, manuscript map of, i. 353.

Little, Mr., ii. 315.

Little Butte des Morts, i. 340, 343.

Littlefield, Edmund, house of, i. 42. 388

Littlefield, Francis, house of, i. 42.

Little Fox Indians, the, ii. 26.

Little Harbor, Governor Wentworth’s house at, ii. 73.

Little Missouri, the, bad lands of, ii. 23, 24.

Livingston, contributes to the support of New York, i. 9.

Livingston, Captain,
visits Montreal as envoy, i. 85;
secures the exchange of five prisoners, i. 87.

Livingston, Philip, ii. 52.

Livingston, Robert, i. 134;
urges the occupation of Detroit, i. 22.

Long Meadow, ii. 148.

Longueuil, i. 11;
uses pacific measures toward the Indians, i. 336;
on the scheme to reach the Pacific Ocean, ii. 6.

Longueuil (the younger), ii. 54.

Lopinot, Sieur, at Louisbourg, ii. 285, 311.

Lords of Trade, the, i. 8, 9, 12, 198, 202.

Lorembec, ii. 124, 289, 298, 299, 301.

Lorette, the Huron mission of, i. 217, 234.

Lotbinière, ii. 194.

Lothrop, Lieutenant-Colonel, ii. 144.

Louisbourg,
founding of, i. 187;
purely the offspring of the Crown and the Church, i. 188;
the “Dunquerque of America,” i. 188;
its inhabitants, i. 188;
Costebelle in command at, i. 194, 200;
receives news of the War of the Austrian Succession, ii. 60;
English project to capture, ii. 64;
a standing menace to all northern British colonies, ii. 64;
its construction, ii. 64;
completing plans against, 65-89;
besieged by the English, ii. 90-116;
location of, ii. 94;
not properly prepared for the attack, ii. 96;
strength of its fortifications, ii. 117;
surrenders to the English, ii. 133;
French losses at, ii. 133;
comparative work of the army and navy at, ii. 138, 139;
English documents on the siege of, ii. 144;
after the conquest, ii. 145;
restored to the French by the Peace of Aix-la-Chapelle, ii. 256;
the siege described by French witnesses, ii. 274-312;
Duchambon’s report on the siege of, ii. 287-312;
ii. 312, 313, 317, 318, 321, 322, 326, 327, 328, 329, 333, 344,
352.

Louis XIV.,
the War of the Spanish Succession springs from the ambition of,
i. 4;
places his grandson on the throne of Spain, i. 4;
recognizes the son of James II. as King of England, i. 4;
abhors republics, i. 159;
old age of, i. 183;
makes important concessions in America, i. 184;
had deeply at heart the recovery of Acadia, i. 185;
his mandate to Costebelle, i. 189;
refuses to allow the Huguenots to settle in Louisiana, i. 304.

Louis XV., ii. 179;
demands the restoration of Louisbourg by the English, ii. 256.

Louis XVI., of France, i. 91.

Louisiana, i. 22;
La Mothe-Cadillac made governor of, i. 279;
La Salle’s schemes for, i. 298;
Tonty urges the French to seize, i. 298;
Rémonville proposes to form a company for the settlement of, 389
i. 299;
Iberville offers to plant a colony in, i. 300;
the first foundations of, i. 302;
marriageable girls sent from France to, i. 306, 314;
famine and pestilence in, i. 306;
farmed out to Antoine Crozat, i. 310;
the effects of the change, i. 311, 312;
the people petition to La Mothe-Cadillac, i. 312;
his reply, i. 312;
passes over to the Mississippi Company, i. 315;
becomes the basis of financial salvation for France, i. 315;
population of, i. 316;
a prison, i. 316;
the French scheme for peopling, i. 317;
L’Épinay succeeds La Mothe-Cadillac as governor of, i. 318;
Bienville reappointed governor of, i. 318;
the total amount of money sunk in, i. 320;
Sieur Perier succeeds Bienville, i. 320;
Indian wars in, i. 321;
again passes over to the Crown, i. 322;
Bienville again made governor of, i. 322;
Bienville resigns, i. 323;
at last shows signs of growth, i. 324;
plans of the chiefs of, i. 324;
ceded to the United States, ii. 35;
ii. 57, 266.

Louvigny,
makes plans to attack the Outagamies, i. 332;
illness of, i. 332;
sets out on his expedition, i. 332;
attacks the fortified village of the Outagamies, i. 333;
his description of the defences, i. 334;
the Outagamies sue for peace, i. 334;
returns to Quebec with hostages, i. 335.

Lovelace, Lord, governor of New York, i. 135;
death of, i. 137.

Lovewell, Hannah, i. 257.

Lovewell, Captain John, i. 257, 258;
raises a company to hunt Indians, i. 259;
his expeditions, i. 260-268;
seriously wounded, i. 262;
attacked by the Pequawkets, i. 262;
burial of, i. 267.

Lovewell’s Pond, i. 257, 261, 268.

Lower Ashuelot, settlement of, attacked by the Indians, ii. 214.

“Lowestoffe,” the, i. 151.

Loyola, the organizing zeal of, i. 214.

Lund, Thomas, on the Indian attack on Dunstable, i. 258.

Lusignan (père), ii. 185, 190;
letters of, ii. 200.

Lusignan (fils),
wounded, ii. 192;
letters of, ii. 200.

Lydius, Fort, i. 140.

Lyman, Caleb, attacks the French Indians, i. 50.

Lynn, joins the expedition against Port Royal, i. 126.

Madras, ii. 256.

Maillard, the priest, ii. 185, 186, 187.

Maine, State of,
the whole burden of war falls upon, i. 16;
an unbroken forest, i. 34;
its beasts of prey, i. 36;
the Indian tribes of, i. 36;
the settlements of, i. 39;
a dependency of Massachusetts, i. 40;
characteristics of the people of, i. 40;
the Abenaki tribes of, i. 101;
the settlements again inhabited, i. 221;
ii. 260.

Makisabie, war-chief of the Pottawattamies, i. 282.

Malicite Indians, the, i. 220;
join Duvivier’s expedition against Annapolis, ii. 61;
ii. 170.

Mallet, the brothers, in Colorado and New Mexico, i. 367, 368.

Malplaquet, battle of, ii. 9.

Mandans, the, ii. 15; 390
La Vérendrye among, ii. 16, 17;
decline in numbers, ii. 17;
visited by Prince Maximilian, ii. 17;
villages of, ii. 17, 18;
visited by Captains Lewis and Clark, ii. 17;
persecuted by the Sioux and the small-pox, ii. 17;
customs of, ii. 19;
Pierre and Chevalier La Vérendrye among, ii. 20;
Bodmer and Catlin among, ii. 20;
origin of the name, ii. 21;
lodges of, ii. 21;
the “medicine lodge,” ii. 21.

Mandan villages, the, i. 367; ii. 17, 18.

Mandeville, M. de, i. 309.

Manitoba, ii. 10;
fur-trade of, i. 37.

Manitoba, Lake, ii. 14.

Mann, Fort, i. 357.

Mantannes, the, see _Mandans, the_.

Maquas, the, see _Caughnawagas_.

Marblehead, ii. 68, 85.

March, Colonel John,
at Falmouth, i. 45;
attacked by the Indians, i. 45;
attacks the Pequawkets, i. 50, 56;
commander-in-chief of the expedition against Port Royal, i. 125;
characteristics of, i. 126;
ill-fitted for his position, i. 126;
his disorderly camp, i. 127;
his failure, i. 129.

Marcy, i. 357.

Marest, Father, the Jesuit,
aversion of Cadillac for, i. 19;
i. 30;
at Fort St. Louis, i. 327;
i. 331, 350.

Mareuil, the Jesuit,
at Onondaga, i. 138;
on the destruction of the Jesuit mission-house at Onondaga,
i. 139.

Marganne, François de, see _La Valterie, Sieur de_.

Margry, Pierre, i. 18, 21, 25, 26, 27, 28, 30, 298, 299, 300, 301,
302, 303, 304, 354, 355, 356, 358, 360, 366, 368; ii. 12, 25,
36;
on the achievements of the family of La Vérendrye, ii. 42.

Marguerite, see _French, Martha_, and _Stebbins, Abigail_.

Maricourt, i. 11.

Marie Françoise, see _French, Freedom_.

Marie Jeanne, see _Hurst, Sarah_.

“Marie-Joseph,” the, i. 194.

Marin, a French trader, i. 343, 344.

Marin, ii. 126, 131, 185, 194, 196;
attacks Saratoga, ii. 210;
ii. 294, 295, 300.

“Marin,” the, i. 300, 302.

Marlborough, town of, attacked by the French and Indians, i. 99.

Marlborough, Duke of, i. 118;
rancorously attacked, i. 163;
the prestige of his victories, i. 163;
the disgrace of, i. 184.

Marlborough, Sarah, Duchess of, i. 164.

Marquette, the Jesuit,
at Michilimackinac, i. 17;
at Fort St. Louis, i. 327;
ii. 57.

“Mars,” the, ii. 159.

Marshall, N., on Parson Moody, ii. 79.

Martha’s Vineyard, ii. 182.

Martin, Judge M. L., i. 344.

Martinique, i. 130, 192, 193.

Martissan, ii. 106.

Martissan, battery of, at Louisbourg, ii. 304.

Martissans, heights of the, ii. 302.

Maryland, the colony of, i. 8, 148;
supports the plan to conquer Canada, ii. 152;
ii. 261.