Chapter XXII: Shirley and the Acadians (5)

Utrecht, the Treaty of, i. 184, 190, 192, 193, 196, 197, 200, 206,
212, 220, 251;
followed by a threefold conflict for ascendency in America,
i. 272;
i. 274; ii. 44, 46, 48, 50;
leaves unsettled the questions of boundary, ii. 59;
cedes Acadia to England, ii. 173;
ii. 203, 205, 258, 262, 263, 264, 267, 272, 273, 338, 356.

Vaillant, the Jesuit, i. 11.

Vallé, Lieutenant, ii. 298.

Vantadour, Duc de, ii. 268.

Varennes, the family history of, ii. 9.

Varennes, Pierre,
birth of, ii. 9;
early history of, ii. 9.
See also _La Vérendrye, Pierre Gaultier de Varennes de_.

Varennes, René Gaultier de,
marriage of, ii. 8;
becomes governor of Three Rivers, ii. 8.

Vauban, ii. 78.

Vaudreuil-Cavagnal Pierre Rigaud de, governor of Canada,
on the treachery of the Abenakis, i. 37;
his responsibility for Queen Anne’s War, i. 46;
sends a large war-party against New England, i. 55;
reports the attack on Deerfield to Ponchartrain, i. 68;
buys John Williams from the Indians, i. 79;
his correspondence with Dudley concerning the exchange of
prisoners, i. 90;
on Beaucour’s unsuccessful expedition against Connecticut, i. 95;
on the attack on Haverhill, i. 97;
on the French loss of life, i. 98;
on Dudley’s refusal to permit a raid into Canada, i. 100;
attitude of Ponchartrain toward the policy of, i. 102;
Dudley proposes a treaty of neutrality to, i. 103;
his conditions, i. 103, 104;
falsely accused to Ponchartrain, i. 104;
on the destruction of the Jesuit mission-house at Onondaga,
i. 139;
on Ramesay’s expedition against Nicholson, i. 141;
on the pestilence in Nicholson’s camp, i. 143; 412
Ponchartrain recommends Costebelle’s scheme to, i. 158;
warned of the English preparations against Canada, i. 178;
unable to give aid to the Acadians, i. 192;
praises the zeal of the Acadian missionaries, i. 204;
prevents peace being made at Georgetown, i. 233;
the delicacy of his position with the Abenakis, i. 236;
turns the Indians again against New England, i. 250;
proclaims the Abenakis to be his allies, i. 250;
his commission to Rale, i. 250;
correspondence between Dummer and, i. 250-252;
receives the English envoys, i. 252;
Dubuisson’s report on the Outagamies at Detroit, to, i. 296;
his report on the attack of the Outagamies on the Illinois,
i. 330;
determines to destroy the Outagamies, i. 331;
in despair over the difficulty of keeping the western tribes
quiet, i. 335;
on the scheme to reach the Pacific Ocean, ii. 6;
his efforts to build a fort at Niagara, ii. 52;
ii. 235.

Vaudreuil, Rigaud de,
sets out against the English, ii. 235;
plans to attack Fort Massachusetts, ii. 237;
journal of, ii. 237;
the march, ii. 238, 239;
his estimate of the garrison, ii. 243;
the attack, ii. 243, 244;
wounded, ii. 245;
a parley, ii. 247;
capitulation, ii. 248, 249;
his humane treatment of prisoners, ii. 253;
his account of his expedition, ii. 253.

Vaughan, William,
of Damariscotta, ii. 64;
advises an attack on Louisbourg, ii. 64;
sketch of, ii. 65;
captures the Grand Battery, ii. 98, 99, 110;
his rash resolution, ii. 117, 118.

Vera Cruz, i. 301, 315.

Verchères, death of, i. 98.

Verelst, the Dutch artist, i. 147.

Verger, Ensign, ii. 293.

Verrazzano, voyages of, ii. 47, 49, 258, 259, 262.

Verrier, the engineer, ii. 101, 292, 293, 305, 308.

Versailles, i. 113, 119; ii. 6.

Vetch, Captain Samuel, i. 87, 103, 104, 107, 126;
his plan for the conquest of Canada, i. 133;
his history, i. 133;
his marriage, i. 134;
characteristics of, i. 134;
sails for England, i. 134;
his requests granted by the court, i. 135;
waiting for the promised fleet, i. 144;
in the attack on Port Royal, i. 147, 151;
commissioned as governor of Port Royal, i. 154;
commands the provincials in the Canadian expedition, i. 170;
on board the “Despatch,” i. 173;
disgusted by the inefficiency of Walker and Hill, i. 176;
his journal, i. 182;
i. 190;
the first governor of Nova Scotia, i. 191.

Vetch, William, death of, i. 134.

“Vigilant,” the,
captured by the English, ii. 123;
ii. 126, 127, 129, 131, 138, 280, 281, 301.

Villebon, i. 111.

Villermont, Cabart de, i. 298;
at Grand Pré, ii. 191.

Villiers, Coulon de,
strikes the Outagamies a deadly blow, i. 339;
ii. 185;
commands the expedition against Noble, ii. 185;
a winter march, ii. 187;
the plan of attack, ii. 190, 191;
the attack, ii. 129; 413
severely wounded, ii. 192;
ii. 198.

Villieu, M. de, i. 118.

Vincennes, Sieur de,
comes to the aid of Detroit, i. 282, 284, 295, 297;
ii. 57.

Virginia, the colony of, i. 8, 148;
not a serious rival in the fur-trade, i. 272;
ii. 150;
supports the plan to conquer Canada, ii. 152.

_Voyageurs_, at Detroit, i. 279, 327;
at “the Illinois,” i. 328;
growing fewer in numbers, i. 347.

Wabash River, the, ii. 57.

Wainwright, Col. Francis, commands an expedition against Port Royal,
i. 125.

Waldo, Brigadier, ii. 84, 101, 111, 119, 144.

Waldron, Mrs. Adelaide Cilley, ii. 74.

Waldron, Richard, on the capture of Elisha Plaisted, i. 54.

Walker, Admiral, Sir Hovenden,
naval command of the expedition against Canada given to, i. 164;
in Boston, i. 169;
the loss of his transports, i. 172-174;
gives up the expedition, i. 176;
disgraced, i. 182;
death of, i. 182;
his journal, i. 182.

Walker’s expedition, i. 156-182.

Wallace, town of, ii. 186.

Walpole, Horace, on the absurdities of the Duke of Newcastle, ii. 151.

Walton, Colonel, accusations against, i. 240;
dismissed by the Massachusetts Assembly, i. 242.

Wanton, Governor, ii. 71, 76, 81.

Warren, Commodore Peter, ii. 83;
joins the expedition against Louisbourg, ii. 84, 93, 108, 109,
119, 125;
disagreement with Pepperrell, ii. 127-129;
comes to an understanding with Pepperrell, ii. 130;
receives Duchambon’s offer of capitulation, ii. 132;
the surrender, ii. 133;
shares the honor of victory with Pepperrell, ii. 138, 139;
rivalry between Pepperrell and, ii. 140, 141;
made an admiral, ii. 142;
governs Louisbourg jointly with Pepperrell, ii. 146;
made governor of the fortress of Louisbourg, ii. 150;
in sympathy with Shirley’s plan to conquer Canada, ii. 152;
ii. 168, 212;
ii. 277, 285, 304, 305, 308, 317, 318, 326, 329, 333, 335, 348.

Warren, Mrs. Peter, at Louisbourg, ii. 147.

Washington, George, i. 339;
at Fort Le Bœuf, ii. 39;
defeated at Fort Necessity, ii. 185.

Webster, Mount, i. 256.

Weeping, over strangers, the custom of, i. 352.

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

Wells, Jonathan,
fortified house of, i. 58;
fugitives in, i. 62;
leads a party against the French and Indians, i. 66;
petitions the General Court for an allotment of land, i. 67.

Wells, Thomas, i. 42, 43.

Wells, Mrs. Thomas, i. 42;
murdered by the Indians, i. 43.

Wells, village of, i. 39, 40;
effects of the Indian wars on, i. 40;
new church built in, i. 41;
far from a religious community, i. 41;
life still exceeding rude at, i. 42;
troop of horse sent to, i. 49; 414
attacked by the French and Indians, i. 99;
becomes the eastern frontier, i. 220;
ii. 81.

Wendell, Jacob, ii. 162.

Wentworth, Governor Benning, of New Hampshire, i. 270; ii. 70;
joins Shirley in planning against Louisbourg, ii. 70, 71;
his ambition to be commander-in-chief, ii. 72, 73.

Westbrook, Colonel, at Norridgewock, i. 218;
sent to Norridgewock to arrest Rale, i. 238;
sent against the Penobscots, i. 244;
burns Panawamské, i. 244, 245.

Western Company, the, see _Mississippi Company, the_.

Western Indians, the,
become less important to Canada, i. 216;
ii. 217.

Western mission, the great, i. 215.

Western Sea, the, i. 354, 368; ii. 3, 4.

West Gate, the, of Louisbourg, ii. 106, 109, 110, 130.

West India Company, the, i. 360; ii. 266.

West Indies, the, i. 111, 164; ii. 158, 161, 333.

West River, i. 73; ii. 15.

West Virginia, i. 51.

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

Wheeler, i. 239.

Wheelwright, Hannah, interrupted wedding of, i. 51.

Wheelwright, John, palisaded house of, i. 51.

Whipple, i. 365.

Whitefield, George, ii. 76.

Whitehall, town of, ii. 237, 238.

White Mountains, the, i. 43, 256, 259, 261.

White River, i. 75, 76; ii. 15.

Whiting, wounded in Lovewell’s expeditions against the Indians,
i. 262.

Wichita River, the, i. 357.

Wichitas, the, i. 357.

Wild cherry, the, used as food, ii. 34.

Willard, Rev. Joseph, killed by the Indians, i. 244, 251.

Willard, Secretary, ii. 143.

Willard’s regiment, at Louisbourg, ii. 90, 103.

William, Fort, at St. John,
attacked by Subercase, i. 132;
the French repulsed by, i. 132;
captured by Saint-Ovide, i. 132.

William and Mary, Fort, ii. 74.

William and Mary’s War, i. 36;
the “woful decade” of, i. 50.

William III., King of England,
the Five Nations appeal for protection against the French to,
i. 33;
receives a deed of their beaver-hunting ground from the Five
Nations, i. 33.

Williams College, ii. 239, 242.

Williams, Eleazer, impostures of, i. 91;
his personal appearance, i. 92;
his story of the “Bell of St. Regis,” i. 92.

Williams, Captain Ephraim, ii. 232;
in command at Fort Massachusetts, ii. 241;
the founder of Williams College, ii. 242;
sketch of, ii. 242;
death of, ii. 242.

Williams, Esther, released from Indian captivity, i. 87.

Williams, Eunice,
in Indian captivity, i. 75;
at Caughnawaga, i. 80;
becomes an Indian squaw, i. 90, 91.

Williams, Major Israel, ii. 232.

Williams, John,
minister at Deerfield, i. 57;
his letter to the governor, i. 59;
attacked by the French and Indians, i. 61; 415
captured, i. 62;
on the attack of Deerfield, i. 69;
his experiences during captivity, i. 71-79;
his sufferings, i. 77;
proves a stubborn heretic, i. 78, 79;
bought by Vaudreuil, i. 79;
kindly treated by Vaudreuil, i. 81;
sent to Château Richer, i. 82;
his grief at his son Samuel’s conversion to Catholicism, i. 83;
on the methods employed by the Jesuits in converting prisoners,
i. 84;
released from captivity, i. 88;
on the French and Indian expedition against Connecticut, i. 95.

Williams, Rev. John, ii. 148.

Williams, Mrs. John,
captured by the French and Indians, i. 72;
separated from her husband, i. 72;
killed by the Indians, i. 73.

Williams River, i. 74.

Williams, Roger, ii. 71.

Williams, Samuel,
in Indian captivity, i. 75;
at Montreal, i. 83;
forced to turn Catholic, i. 83;
returns to his creed, i. 84;
exchanged, i. 84;
death of, i. 84.

Williams, Stephen,
on the attack of Deerfield, i. 70, 71, 74;
carried up the Connecticut, i. 75;
released from Indian captivity, i. 88;
ii. 148;
chaplain at Louisbourg, ii. 149;
diary of, ii. 149.

Williams, Stephen W., i. 57, 91.

Williams, Thomas, ii. 242.

Williams, Colonel William,
letters from Captain Stevens to, ii. 224, 225, 226, 228, 229;
ii. 243.

Williamson, list of the New England navy, ii. 83.

Williamson,
on the Indian attack on Wells, i. 46;
i. 222;
on the council at Georgetown, i. 228;
i. 235;
on Lovewell’s expeditions against the Indians, i. 262.

Williamstown, ii. 239, 242.

Williamstown valley, the, ii. 240, 251.

Wilson, Gen. James Grant, on Samuel Vetch, i. 134.

Wind River Range, the, ii. 31.

“Windsor,” the, i. 175.

Windsor, village of, i. 209; ii. 189.
See also _Pisiquid_.

Winnebagoes, the, on Fox River, i. 275;
called to a council at Green Bay, i. 336;
i. 340, 350.

Winnepesaukee Lake, i. 96, 259.

Winnipeg, the city of, site of, ii. 14.

Winnipeg Lake, ii. 4, 12, 14.

Winnipeg River, the, ii. 14.

Winooski River, the, i. 76, 77.

Winsor, Justin, i. 147, 222.

Winter Harbor,
Indian attack on, i. 44;
surrenders, i. 47;
attacked by the French and Indians, i. 99.

Winthrop, Fitz-John, governor of Connecticut, i. 70.

Wisconsin, State of, i. 91, 278.

Wisconsin River, the, i. 342, 351; ii. 6, 57.

Wiwurna, the Norridgewock chief,
at the council at Georgetown, i. 225;
dialogue between Governor Shute and, i. 225, 226.

Woburn, i. 260.

Wolcott, General Roger,
holds second rank in the expedition against Louisbourg, ii. 72,
84, 94, 102, 121, 137;
journal of, ii. 144.

Wolfe, i. 162.

Wood Creek, i. 135, 140, 141, 142, 177; ii. 230, 237, 254.

Woods, Lake of the, ii. 4;
massacre at, ii. 12.

Woods, Sergeant, with Lovewell in his expeditions against the 416
Indians, i. 261.

Worcester, village of, ii. 157.

Wright, Daniel, ii. 232.

Wright, Ebenezer, petitions the General Court for an allotment of
land, i. 67.

Wroth, Ensign, i. 208.

Wyatt, Lieutenant, attacked by Indians, i. 48.

Wyman, Ensign Seth,
joins Lovewell’s expeditions against the Indians, i. 260, 262;
his heroic defence against the Pequawkets, i. 263, 267.

Xavier, the exalted zeal of, i. 214.

Yankton Indians, the, ii. 34.

Yellowstone Park, the, ii. 30.

Yellowstone River, the, i. 360, 367; ii. 24, 28, 29.

York,
settlement of, i. 39;
Indian attacks on, i. 48, 99;
i. 51; ii. 78, 136.

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