Chapter XXII: Shirley and the Acadians (4)

Mascarene, Major,
in command at Annapolis, ii. 61;
attacked by Duvivier, ii. 62; 391
refuses to surrender, ii. 62;
ii. 127, 171;
his treatment of the Acadians, ii. 172;
his letter to Shirley, ii. 172;
ii. 175, 178, 181, 186;
on the losses at Grand Pré, ii. 198;
ii. 200;
letter from the Acadians to, ii. 202;
ii. 315, 316, 318, 322;
letter from Shirley to, ii. 324;
ii. 325, 326, 328, 331, 332, 342, 343, 347, 354.

Mascarene, Paul,
the engineer, i. 191, 198;
on the political work of the Acadian missionaries, i. 202.

Mascoutins, the,
on Rock River, i. 278;
at Detroit, i. 280;
their camp attacked, i. 285;
the siege, i. 286;
their desperate position, i. 287;
make overtures to Dubuisson, i. 287;
renewed hostilities, i. 290;
beg for mercy, i. 293;
they surrender, i. 295;
i. 335;
villages of, i. 341.

Masham, Mrs., i. 164, 181.

Mason, Edward G., i. 328.

Massachusetts,
the colony of, i. 7;
the whole burden of war falls upon, i. 16;
the settlements of Maine a dependency of, i. 40;
the cost of killing an Indian, to, i. 100;
passes a resolve for an expedition against Port Royal, i. 125;
ordered to furnish troops for the conquest of Canada, i. 135;
plans made for the expedition by, i. 136, 143;
decides to attack Port Royal, i. 145;
expense of her futile expedition of 1707, i. 146;
England’s desire to reduce it to submission, i. 156;
enters heartily into the Canadian expedition, i. 167, 168;
ii. 55;
enters into Shirley’s plans against Louisbourg with pious zeal,
ii. 69;
make-up of her contingent, ii. 81, 82;
bankrupt condition of, ii. 142;
reimbursed by England for expenditures on the Louisbourg
expedition, ii. 142;
restored to financial health, ii. 143;
votes to support the plan to conquer Canada, ii. 152;
ii. 156;
responds to Shirley’s call to the defence of Annapolis, ii. 182;
suffers from Indian border attacks, ii. 217;
New Hampshire disputes her claim to Fort Dummer, ii. 217;
her settlements pushed farther westward into Berkshire, ii. 230;
builds a line of forts, ii. 230;
ii. 260, 350.

“Massachusetts,” the, ii. 83.

Massachusetts, the Assembly of, i. 109, 146;
controversy with Governor Shute, i. 239, 240.

Massachusetts, General Court of,
refuses to sanction the plan for an attack on Louisbourg,
ii. 66, 67;
reconsiders the question favorably, ii. 69.

Massachusetts, Fort, ii. 231, 232, 236;
Rigaud plans to attack, ii. 237-240;
description of, ii. 241;
site of, ii. 243;
the attack, ii. 243, 244;
a parley, ii. 247;
capitulation, ii. 248, 249;
plundered and set on fire, ii. 249;
rebuilt, ii. 255.

Matchedash Bay, Brébeuf at, i. 18.

Mather, Cotton,
the _Decennium luctuosum_ of, i. 50;
i. 105;
his opposition to Governor Dudley, i. 106, 107.

Mather, Increase, i. 105.

Matinicus, i. 122; ii. 65.

Maumee River, the, ii. 57.

Maurault, Abbé, on the Gill family, i. 92, 93.

Maurepas, Count de, 392
memorial of Cadillac presented to, i. 23;
ii. 200, 237.

Maurepas, Fort, on the Winnipeg, ii. 14.

Maurepas Gate, at Louisbourg, ii. 149, 150, 296.

Maurepas, Lake, i. 302.

Maximilian, Prince, of Wied,
among the Mandans, i. 345;
ii. 17, 18.

McKenney, Mrs., killed by the Indians, ii. 216.

M’Donald, Captain, ii. 126.

Medfield, village of, i. 228.

Medford, ii. 99.

“Medicine lodge,” the, ii. 21.

“Medicine men,” the Indian, the natural enemies of the missionary,
i. 219.

“Medicines,” Indian, i. 79, 216.

Medoctec, Abenaki mission of, i. 236.

Memeramcook, ii. 203.

Memphremagog, Lake, ii. 221.

Menadou, ii. 288.

Ménard, Jean Louis, marriage of, i. 89.

Menominies, the,
on Fox River, i. 275;
at Detroit, i. 283;
i. 340.

Mercier, ii. 190.

Mer de l’Ouest, the, see _Pacific Ocean_.

Meriel, Father,
forces Samuel Williams to turn Catholic, i. 83;
i. 90.

“Mermaid,” the, ii. 84, 93, 123.

Merrimac River, the, i. 37, 97, 259.

Merry-meeting Bay, i. 239.

Meserve, Lieutenant-Colonel, at Louisbourg, ii. 105.

Mesilac, Sieur, ii. 291.

Messager, the Jesuit, joins La Vérendrye in his search for the
Pacific, ii. 12.

Mexico, i. 298; ii. 46.

Mexico, city of, i. 355.

Mexico, the Gulf of, i. 135, 299;
Spain bent on making good her claim to, i. 301;
i. 319, 324.

Miamis, the, raided by the Saginaws, i. 335.

Michigan, Lake, i. 341; ii. 57.

Michilimackinac,
the Jesuit mission of, i. 17;
La Mothe-Cadillac at, i. 17;
the centre of the western fur-trade, i. 17;
the favorite haunt of the _coureurs de bois_, i. 17;
curious survival of Huron-Iroquois customs at, i. 18;
its rivalry with Detroit, i. 23;
i. 332, 338, 339; ii. 6;
important position of, ii. 57.

Micmac Indians, the, i. 101, 188;
fiercely hostile to the English, i. 191;
the massacre, i. 191;
i. 197, 203, 207, 235;
attack Canseau, i. 244;
join Duvivier’s expedition against Annapolis, ii. 61;
ii. 170;
Le Loutre’s absolute control over, ii. 173.

Micmac missions, Le Loutre’s, ii. 188.

Middlesex, village of, ii. 157.

“Military Movements,” French, ii. 216.

Minas, ii. 178, 312, 316, 323, 326, 334, 343, 344, 345, 346, 347,
349, 351, 354, 355.

Mines, parish of, i. 208, 209;
Ramesay at, ii. 181;
Noble at, ii. 182;
the French victory at, ii. 200;
ii. 202, 260.

Mines Basin, ii. 184, 187, 188, 189.

Minneconjou Indians, the, ii. 34.

Minnesota, State of, i. 348.

Minnetarees, the, ii. 21.

Minot, John, i. 233.

Miramichi, La Corne at, ii. 185.

Miré, ii. 300.

Mississagas, the, i. 281, 295. 393

Mississippi Company, the,
Louisiana passes into the hands of, i. 315;
efforts of the French government to maintain, i. 315, 316;
removes L’Épinay and reappoints Bienville as governor of
Louisiana, i. 318;
the struggle to obtain stock in, i. 318;
the bubble bursts, i. 319;
relinquish the claim to Louisiana, i. 322.

Mississippi River, the, i. 22, 275, 296;
France occupies the mouth of, i. 298;
i. 300;
Spain bent on making good her claims to, i. 301;
Iberville enters, i. 301;
Bienville explores, i. 302;
i. 311, 319, 327, 328, 349; ii. 6, 57.

Mississippi, State of, i. 301, 302, 321.

Mississippi, the Valley of the, i. 22, 185;
occupied by the French, ii. 58.

Missionaries, the Acadian,
beginning of the political work of, i. 201;
Governor Phillips advises the recall of, i. 203.

Mission of Two Mountains, the,
converted Iroquois at, i. 341;
set out against the Outagamies, i. 341.

Missions Étrangères, the priests of, i. 24.

Missouri Indians at Detroit, the, i. 283;
village of, i. 359;
join Bourgmont’s expedition, i. 361;
i. 365.

Missouri River, the, i. 311;
plans to explore, i. 354;
Indian tribes of, i. 360;
ii. 5.

Missouri, State of, i. 359.

Missouri, the, tribes of, ii. 28.

Mitchell, ii. 55.

Mobile, i. 307.

Mobile, the Bay of, French establishment at, i. 305, 312.

Mogg, the Norridgewock chief, killed by the English, i. 247.

Mohawk Indians, the,
Jesuits among, i. 13;
in the conquest of Canada, i. 139;
Peter Schuyler takes five of their chiefs to England, i. 147;
their flattering reception, i. 147;
William Johnson among, ii. 211.

Mohawk River, the,
Father Jogues on the banks of, i. 18;
ii. 83.

Mohegan Indians, the, i. 50.

Monongahela, the, ii. 185.

Montagnais, the, i. 235.

Montigny, ii. 247.

Montmorency, M. de, ii. 268.

Montreal, i. 13;
the fur-trade at, i. 14, 22;
i. 96;
the English plan to attack, i. 135, 140;
excited in expectation of Nicholson’s attack, i. 142;
Walker’s expedition plans to attack, i. 165;
ii. 6;
La Vérendrye at, ii. 13;
the English plan to attack, ii. 153;
war-parties sent against the English border from, ii. 217;
ii. 235.

Moody, Captain,
at St. John, i. 132;
his letter to Sunderland, i. 146;
dismissed by the Massachusetts Assembly, i. 242.

Moody, Father (Parson), see _Moody, Rev. Samuel_.

Moody, Rev. Samuel,
senior chaplain of the expedition against Louisbourg, ii. 78;
anecdotes of, ii. 78-80;
at Canseau, ii. 91;
at Louisbourg, ii. 135, 137.

Moore, Colonel, ii. 144.

Moore’s regiment, at Louisbourg, ii. 103.

Moosehead Lake, i. 36.

Morpain, Captain, 394
opposes the landing of the English, ii. 97;
defeated by the English, ii. 98;
ii. 277, 291.

Morris, ii. 115.

Morville, Comte de, ii. 4.

Moulton, Captain, sent out against Norridgewock, i. 245.

Moulton’s regiment at Louisbourg, ii. 103.

Mount Desert, i. 122.

Mouse River, the, ii. 20.

Musquawkies, the, see _Outagamies, the_.

Mussey, Widow, killed by Indians, i. 48.

Muy, De, the elder,
send to succeed Bienville, i. 307;
death of, i. 307;
ii. 235, 247, 251, 254.

Muy, De, the younger, ii. 235, 238.

Nantasket, i. 165.

Nantasket Roads, i. 165; ii. 88.

Nantes, the Edict of, i. 4;
revocation of, ii. 61.

Napoleonic wars, the, i. 4.

Narantsouak, see _Norridgewock_.

Narragansett Swamp Fight, the, i. 257.

Nassonites, the, i. 356.

Natchez, city of, i, 304.

Natchez Indians, the, i. 304;
massacre the French, i. 320, 321.

Natchitoches, French post at, 355, 356, 358.

Nathaniel, Captain, captures Elisha Plaisted, i. 53.

Naurantsouak, see _Norridgewock_.

Neal, Andrew, fortified house of, attacked by Indians, i. 48.

Necessity, Fort, Washington at, i. 339; ii. 185.

“Neutral French,” the, ii. 173.

Neuvillette, Lieutenant, death of, i. 111.

New Brunswick, i. 110, 212.

Newbury,
proposed French and Indian attack on, i. 96, 97;
i. 126.

Newcastle, Duke of, ii. 84, 86, 87, 105, 107, 118, 127, 142, 143,
144, 146, 147, 150;
at the head of the government, ii. 151;
his absurdities, ii. 151;
approves of Shirley’s plan to conquer Canada, ii. 152;
his promises, ii. 153;
he fails to keep his promises, ii. 154, 155;
ii. 157, 164, 168;
his apathy regarding the defence of Acadia, ii. 170;
Shirley’s letters regarding the Acadian dilemma to, ii. 171,
175, 176, 179, 312, 314, 317, 320, 322, 325, 330, 331, 342,
345, 349, 350, 352, 353, 354;
leaves Acadia to drift with the tide, ii. 180;
ii. 201;
blamed by Shirley for not protecting the Acadians, ii. 204;
Clinton complains to, ii. 209;
letter to Shirley from, ii. 348.

Newcastle, island of, ii. 73, 74.

New England,
loose use of the name, i. 5;
French plans for the destruction of, i. 5;
the whole burden of war falls upon, i. 16;
the Abenakis spurred on by the French against, i. 48;
Vaudreuil sends a large war-party against, i. 55;
another expedition against, i. 96;
contribution to the sufferers of the Island of St. Christopher
from, i. 100;
has a lion’s share in the Acadian fisheries, i. 111;
disappointment in the delay of the British fleet, i. 145;
barred out from the fur-trade by New York, i. 272.

Newfoundland,
divided between two conflicting powers, i. 131;
i. 156, 161; 395
claimed by England, i. 184;
i. 188, 189; ii. 318, 321.

New France,
the early missions of, i. 214;
fatal error of her rulers in not acquiring possession of New
York, i. 273;
has two heads, i. 324.

New Hampshire,
the colony of, i. 7;
the whole burden of war falls upon, i. 16;
i. 56;
the Abenaki tribes of, i. 101;
joins an expedition against Port Royal, i. 125;
ordered to furnish troops for the conquest of Canada, i. 135;
her prompt response, i. 138, 143;
decides to attack Port Royal, i. 145;
expense of her futile expedition of 1707, i. 146, 150;
ii. 55;
joins Shirley’s expedition against Louisbourg, ii. 69, 70, 71;
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;
ii. 156;
responds to Shirley’s call to the defence of Annapolis, ii. 182;
suffers from Indian border attacks, ii. 217;
disputes the claim of Massachusetts to Fort Dummer, ii. 217;
ii. 260, 313, 320, 343, 350.

New Hampshire Assembly, the, i. 109;
refuses to support Fort Dummer, ii. 218.

New Hampshire Regiment, the, ii. 109.

New Haven, i. 136.

New Jersey, State of,
ordered to furnish troops for the conquest of Canada, i. 135;
refuses to comply, i. 137;
quarrel between New York and, ii. 56;
supports the plan to conquer Canada, ii. 152.

New London, i. 165.

New Mexico, i. 311, 346, 354, 357, 360, 367.

New Orleans, site of, i. 302;
feeble foundations laid, i. 318;
i. 328, 368;
Charlevoix at, ii. 5.

Newton, ii. 242.

New York,
French plans for the destruction of, i. 5, 6;
assistance received in waging war from the different colonies
by, i. 8;
in a wretched condition for defence, i. 9;
private assistance received by, i. 9;
its short-sighted treatment of the Five Nations, i. 9, 10;
a mixture of races and religions, i. 10;
Indian trade in, i. 14;
a virtual truce between Canada and, i. 16;
ordered to furnish troops for the conquest of Canada, i. 135;
her decided change of policy, i. 137;
sees the necessity of continuing her warlike policy, i. 146;
ordered to make ready for the Canadian expedition, i. 165;
the only rival of Canada for the control of the West, i. 273;
quarrels with New Jersey, ii. 56;
gives aid to the Louisbourg expedition, ii. 85;
supports plan to conquer Canada, ii. 152;
ii. 156;
her deplorable condition as respects military efficiency,
ii. 206;
ii. 313, 336, 341.

New York Assembly, the, i. 137;
hampers Governor Clinton, ii. 207, 208.

New York City, receives the news of the capture of Louisbourg by the
English, ii. 141.

New York traders, the, i. 15.

Niagara,
the Five Nations refuse to allow the French to build a fort at, 396
ii. 52;
the French build the fort at, ii. 53;
slighted by the western tribes, ii. 54;
important position of, ii. 57.

Niagara, Fort, ii. 57.

Niagara River, the, ii. 51.

Nicholson, Colonel Francis,
commands the conquest of Canada, i. 136, 139;
his march to Wood Creek, i. 140;
his meeting with Ramesay, i. 140, 141;
pestilence in his camp, i. 143;
sails for Europe, i. 146;
commissioned to command the attack against Port Royal, i. 147;
characteristics of, i. 148;
the attack on Port Royal, i. 151;
demands the surrender of the fort, i. 153;
Subercase surrenders to, i. 153;
the journal of, i. 155;
makes ready for the Canadian expedition, i. 164;
his rage at the failure of the fleet, i. 177;
disbands his army, i. 178;
governor of Nova Scotia, i. 191;
resolves to keep the Acadians in the province, i. 195;
ii. 337.

Nicholson, Fort, i. 140.

Niganiche, ii. 96.

Niles, on the Indian attacks on the frontier of Maine, i. 46.

Nims, escapes from Indian captivity, i. 87.

Nipigon, Lake, ii. 9.

Niverville, Boucher de,
sent by Saint-Pierre to the Saskatchewan, ii. 39, 40;
his sufferings, ii. 39, 40;
commands an attacking force against Number Four, ii. 223;
his interview with Stevens, ii. 226;
retires from the siege, ii. 227.

Noble, Colonel Arthur,
at Grand Pré, ii. 182, 183;
critical position of, ii. 183, 184;
Ramesay plans to surprise, ii. 184;
the attack, ii. 191-193;
killed, ii. 193;
military honors rendered to the remains of, ii. 199;
ii. 342, 354.

Noble, Ensign, ii. 191;
shot down, ii. 193;
military honors rendered to the remains of, ii. 199.

Noddle’s Island, i. 165, 166, 169.

Noiville, Noël-Alexandre, priest at Pigiquid, i. 209.

Norfolk, village of, ii. 157.

Norridgewock,
mission village of, i. 37, 50, 217;
description of, i. 218;
destroyed by Colonel Hilton, i. 218;
Colonel Westbrook at, i. 218;
life at, i. 218;
Father Rale at, i. 218, 236;
Dummer sends a force against, i. 245;
the attack on, i. 246-248;
destruction of, i. 250.

Norridgewock Abenakis, the, i. 37;
join an expedition against New England, i. 96;
on the Kennebec, i. 213;
Father Sebastien Rale among, i. 214;
i. 217;
description of their village, i. 218;
at the convention at Portsmouth, i. 220;
embittered against the English, i. 223;
alarmed by the intrusion of settlers, i. 224;
attend a council at Georgetown, i. 224;
urged to war by Rale, i. 231;
the second council at Georgetown, i. 233;
on the warpath, i. 235;
completely broken, i. 256.

Northampton, i. 50;
Indian attack on, i. 94;
ii. 90, 220.

North Carolina, ii. 48, 152.

Northeast Battery, the, at Louisbourg, ii. 110.

Northfield, 397
settlement of, i. 56;
ii. 218, 230;
notoriously dangerous, ii. 231;
early days of, ii, 232.

North Mountain, the, ii. 182.

“Northumberland,” the, ii. 160, 161, 165.

Northwest Battery, the, at Louisbourg, ii. 107.

Norton, Mr., chaplain at Fort Massachusetts, ii. 241, 242, 243, 245,
247, 248, 249, 251.

Notre Dame, church of, at Montreal, i. 90.

Nova Scotia, i. 110, 191, 212; ii. 159, 174, 175, 176, 312, 313,
314, 316, 320, 321, 322, 324, 325, 326, 327, 328, 329, 330, 331,
333, 335, 337, 339, 341, 342, 344, 345, 346, 347, 348, 350, 351,
352, 354, 355, 356.

Nova Scotian Peninsula, the, ii. 49.

Noyes, Dr., i. 222.

Noyon, Jacques de, i. 90.

Number Four,
settled by the Farnsworth brothers, ii. 218;
fort built at, ii. 219;
Indian attacks on, ii. 221;
looks to Massachusetts for defence, ii. 221;
left to its own keeping, ii. 222;
the fort abandoned, ii. 222;
Massachusetts sends Stevens to reoccupy, ii. 222;
attacked by Niverville, ii. 223;
Stevens’ successful defence, ii. 224-227;
name changed to Charlestown, ii. 228.

Ohio River, the, i. 311, 349, 350; ii. 51.

Ojibwas, the, i. 281, 295, 340.

“Old Indian House,” the, at Deerfield, i. 68.

Omahas, the, i. 363, 365.

Oncpapa Indians, the, ii. 34.

Oneida Indians, the, i. 13.

Onion River, the, i. 76.

Onondaga,
the Iroquois capital, i. 11;
the Jesuits at, i. 11;
Protestant clergymen at, i. 12;
the centre of intrigue, i. 13;
Abraham Schuyler at, i. 138;
divided between France and England, i. 138.

Onondaga country, the, Champlain in, i. 18, 279.

Onondagas, the, plunder and burn the Jesuit mission-house at
Onondaga, i. 138.

Ontario, Lake, i. 33; ii. 53, 55, 57.

Orléans, Duke of, i. 315;
interest in the New World revives under regency of, ii. 3;
orders Charlevoix to investigate the Western Sea, ii. 4.

Orléans, Fort, i. 361, 362, 363, 366.

Osage River, the, i. 359.

Osages, the, i. 356;
village of, i. 359;
join Bourgmont’s expedition, i. 361;
i. 365.

Osborne, ii. 114.

Ossipee, Lake, i. 257, 261, 263, 266.

Ossipee River, the, i. 265.

Oswego,
Burnet’s plan for a fortified trading-house at, ii. 53;
its establishment alarms the French, ii. 54;
becomes the great centre of Indian trade, ii. 54;
the French fail to ruin, ii. 54.

Otoes, the, i. 363, 365.

Ottawa, i. 16.

Ottawa Indians, the, i. 14;
villages of, i. 18;
at Detroit, i. 275, 279, 283, 284;
i. 340.

Ottawa River, the, i. 28, 338; ii. 217.

Otter Creek, ii. 221, 235.

Ouacos, the, i. 357. 398

Oushala, the principal Outagamie war-chief, i. 335.

Outagamies, the,
on Fox River, i. 275;
a source of endless trouble to the French, i. 275, 278;
at Detroit, i. 280;
their camp attacked, i. 285;
the siege, i. 286;
their desperate position, i. 287;
make overtures to Dubuisson, i. 287;
renewed hostilities, i. 290;
beg for mercy, i. 293;
they surrender, i. 295;
make a furious attack on the Illinois, i. 330;
the scourge of the West, i. 330;
attacked by the Saginaws, i. 330;
Vaudreuil determines to destroy, i. 331;
Louvigny attacks the fortified village of, i. 333;
sue for peace, i. 334;
again attack the Illinois, i. 335;
called to a council at Green Bay, i. 336;
conflicting plans against, i. 337;
Lignery sets out against, i. 338;
Lignery burns the chief village of, i. 339;
Sieur de Villiers strikes them a deadly blow, i. 339;
another blow, i. 341-344;
incorporate themselves with the Sacs, i. 344;
i. 350;
their hostile disposition toward the French, ii. 5, 7.

Oxford, village of, attacked by the Indians, i. 243.

Oyster River, Indian attack on, i. 94.

Pacific Ocean, the, plans for reaching, ii. 3;
probable cost of reaching, ii. 4;
report of Charlevoix on, ii. 5;
the brothers La Vérendrye search for, ii. 22-35;
Captains Lewis and Clark make their way to, ii. 35.
See also _Western Sea, the_.

Paddon, Captain, i, 172, 173.

Padoucas, the, i. 359, 365.
See also _Comanches, the_.

Padoucas, the River of the, i. 367.

Pain, Father Félix, i. 190, 194.

Palfrey, John G.,
on the controversy between Governor Shute and the Massachusetts
Assembly, i. 240;
on the difficulties of Lieutenant-Governor Dummer, i. 242;
on the Lovewell Fight, i. 271;
ii. 143.

Panawamské,
Abenaki mission of, i. 236;
burned by Colonel Westbrook, i. 244, 245.

Paradis, captures the “Chester,” i. 170.

“Parfait,” the, ii. 165.

Parisian House of Correction, the, i. 317.

Parliament of Paris, the, i. 318.

Parsons, ii. 77, 95, 96, 120, 141.

Parsons, Widow, carried off by Indians, i. 48.

Partridge, Colonel Samuel, on the attack of Deerfield, i. 70.

Passadumkeag, i. 244.

Passamaquoddy Bay, i. 122.

Patterson, on Samuel Vetch, i. 134, 192.

Paugus, war-chief of the Pequawkets, i. 257;
death of, i. 267.

Pawnee Picts, the, i. 357.

Pawnees, the, i. 335, 359, 365.

Pawnee villages, the, i. 367.

Payne, John, letter to Colonel Robert Hale from, ii. 88, 89.

Pearl-fisheries, i. 304, 306.

Pelham, Fort, ii. 231.

Pemoussa, the Outagamie chief, i. 288, 292, 296.

Penacook Indians, the, i. 37.

Penecaut, i. 350, 351, 352, 355.

Penhallow, Captain,
on the conference between Governor Dudley and the Abenakis, 399
i. 37, 38;
on the Indian attacks on the frontier of Maine, i. 46;
on Caleb Lyman’s attack on the French Indians, i. 50;
on the attack of Deerfield, i. 70;
on Beaucour’s unsuccessful expedition against Connecticut, i. 96;
on the French and Indian attack on Haverhill, i. 99;
on Major Church at Port Royal, i. 124;
on the French force at St. John, i. 132;
on the treaty between Governor Dudley and the Abenakis, i. 221;
i. 222;
on the council at Georgetown, i. 228;
at Georgetown, i. 234;
on the Indian attack on Oxford, i. 243;
on the Micmac raids, i. 244;
the Boston treaty, i. 255;
on Lovewell’s expeditions against the Indians, i. 262, 270.

Pennsylvania, i. 51;
ordered to furnish troops for the conquest of Canada, i. 135;
refuses to comply, i. 137;
not a serious rival in the fur-trade, i. 272;
refuses to join Shirley’s expedition against Louisbourg, ii. 69;
supports the plan to conquer Canada, ii. 153;
ii. 341.

Pennsylvania Assembly, the, refuses to support the plan to conquer
Canada, ii. 153.

Penobscot, Abenaki mission of, i. 236.

Penobscot Abenakis, the, i. 37;
join an expedition against New England, i. 96;
join the Micmacs against the English, i. 191;
i. 217;
at the conference at Portsmouth, i. 220;
attend a council at Georgetown, i. 224;
attack the fort on St. George’s River, i. 244;
Colonel Westbrook sent against, i. 244;
their attacks on Fort St. George, i. 254;
Captain Heath sent against, i. 254;
their conference with the English at the St. George, i. 254.

Penobscot Indians, the, ii. 170.

Penobscot River, the, i. 5, 35, 36, 213; ii. 261, 264, 265, 266.

Penobscot village, the, destroyed by Captain Heath, i. 254.

Pensacola, i. 135, 312.

Pensens,
sent to Annapolis, i. 194;
in the Acadian settlements, i. 196.

Pepin, Lake, i. 348, 351; ii. 6.

Pepperrell, Andrew, ii. 116.

Pepperrell, Betsy, ii. 116.

Pepperrell Papers, the, ii. 87, 144.

Pepperrell, William,
on the plan to attack Louisbourg, ii. 64;
chosen commander-in-chief of the expedition against Louisbourg,
ii. 72;
portrait of, ii. 73;
sketch of, ii. 74;
his skill in landing at Louisbourg, ii. 97;
effectiveness of his command, ii. 114;
his generous contributions, ii. 114;
ii. 125;
disagreement with Warren, ii. 126-129;
comes to an understanding with Warren, ii. 130;
receives Duchambon’s offer of capitulation, ii. 132;
the surrender, ii. 133;
discontent of his soldiers at his terms of capitulation,
ii. 136;
shares the honor of victory with Warren, ii. 138, 139;
rivalry between Warren and, ii. 140, 141;
made a baronet, ii. 142;
governs Louisbourg jointly with Warren, ii. 146;
mutiny of the soldiers, ii. 146;
ii. 318.

Pequawket, village of, i. 261.

Pequawket Indians, the, i. 37;
Colonel March attacks, i. 50; 400
attend a council at Georgetown, i. 224;
take up the quarrels of the Norridgewocks, i. 257;
their attack on Lovewell’s party, i. 262.

Perelle, Ensign, i. 152.

Perier, Sieur, succeeds Bienville as governor of Louisiana, i. 320;
difficulties of his position, i. 320;
has little success against the Indians, i. 321;
removed, i. 322.

Perkins, Captain, i. 173.

Perrot, Fort, i. 351.

Perrot, Nicolas, the famous _voyageur_, i. 348; ii. 6.

Perry, Professor A. L., ii. 239, 243.

Perry, John, ii. 252.

Perry, Mrs. John, ii. 252.

Petit Lorembec, ii. 125.

Petit, M., i. 117.

Petty, escapes from Indian captivity, i. 87.

Petty’s Plain, i. 56.

Philadelphia, ii. 70;
receives the news of the capture of Louisbourg by the English,
ii. 141.

Philips’s Regiment, ii. 175, 323.

Phillips, Governor Richard, i. 107;
at Annapolis, i. 198, 202;
advises the recall of the French priests, i. 203;
undertakes to force the Acadians to take the oath of allegiance,
i. 206;
fails in his attempt, i. 207;
reports success, i. 208, 209.

Phippeny, killed by Indians, i. 45.

Phipps, Spencer, ii. 243.

Phips, Sir William, i. 101;
captures Port Royal, i. 155;
brings his fleet safely to Quebec, i. 175.

Pickering, Lieutenant, death of, ii. 193.

Pierce, Captain, killed at Louisbourg, ii. 109.

Pigiquid, i. 209.

Pigwacket Indians, the, see _Pequawkets, the_.

Pine Hill, i. 257.

Pinet, the Jesuit, i. 328.

Pioya Indians, the, ii. 26.

Piscataqua, ii. 327.

Piscataqua River, the, ii. 73, 74.

Pisiquid, village of, i. 209; ii. 189.
See also _Windsor_.

Pitt, i. 162;
goes out of office, i. 183.

Pittsfield, ii. 230.

Placentia,
chief station of the French at, i. 131, 132, 133, 156, 178, 181,
186, 188;
the inhabitants of, i. 189;
Gaulin at, i. 192.

Plaisance, i. 188, 189.

Plaisted, Elisha, interrupted wedding of, i. 51;
captured by Indians, i. 52;
his letter to his father, i. 53;
ransomed, i. 54.

Platte, the, i. 367.

Plessis, Joseph, bishop of Quebec, i. 89.

Plymouth, i. 121.

Plymouth (England), i. 148.

Plymouth Company, the, i. 232.

Pointe à la Chevelure, see _Crown Point_ and _Scalp Point_.

Pointe à Peletier, the, ii. 303.

Pointe Blanche, ii. 288, 289, 291, 301, 306.

Pointe-Plate, ii. 291.

Pomeroy, Seth, at the siege of Louisbourg, ii. 90, 91, 95, 101, 106,
107, 124;
journal of, ii. 144.

Pomeroy, Theodore, ii. 91.

Ponchartrain, the colonial minister,
interview of Cadillac with, i. 27;
accepts Cadillac’s plan, i. 28;
letters from Cadillac to, i. 30-32;
gives over Detroit to Cadillac, i. 32; 401
Vaudreuil reports the attack on Deerfield to, i. 68;
his attitude concerning the inciting of the Indians to war
against the English, i. 102;
letter from Subercase to, i. 116;
De Goutin’s reports to, i. 117;
Subercase’s complaints to, i. 117;
Acadian gossip reported to, i. 118, 119;
Nicholson’s expedition reported to, i. 142;
Subercase’s report of the siege of Port Royal to, i. 155;
approves of Costebelle’s scheme, i. 158;
his letter to the Acadian priests, i. 190;
Iberville and his brothers accused to, i. 306, 307;
La Vente’s memorial to, i. 313;
ii. 318.

Ponchartrain, Fort, built by Cadillac, i. 28, 279.
See also _Detroit, Fort_.

Ponchartrain, Lake, i. 302.

Pontbriand, Bishop, letters of, ii. 200.

Ponthieu, regiment of, ii. 158, 159.

Pontoosuc, see _Pittsfield_.

Popple, Mr., i. 137.

Porpoise, Cape, Indian attack on, i. 44.

Port à l’Anglois, i. 187.

Porte Dauphine, the, see _West Gate_.

Portland, city of, i. 45.

Port Louis, ii. 166, 167.

Port Royal, i. 107, 110;
the seat of government, i. 11.2;
Major Church plans an attack on, i. 121;
Governor Dudley refuses to allow an attack to be made on,
i. 121;
Major Church at, i. 123;
Massachusetts passes a resolve for an expedition against,
i. 125;
failure of the expedition, i. 129-131;
New England plans another attack on, i. 145;
the attack on, i. 151;
surrenders to Nicholson, i. 153;
its name changed to Annapolis Royal, i. 154;
Vetch commissioned as governor of, i. 154;
previously in the possession of New England, i. 154;
its capture means the conquest of Acadia, i. 155;
ii. 47, 49, 50;
Ramesay advances upon, ii. 169;
should be restored to France, ii. 260; ii. 267, 268, 270, 272,
273.
See also _Annapolis_.

Port Royal Basin, i. 127.

Portsmouth, i. 5, 49, 51;
proposed French and Indian attack on, i. 96, 97;
Vetch at, i. 136;
conference between Governor Dudley and the Abenakis at, i. 220;
ii. 65, 155, 182.

Portugal, i. 145; ii. 167, 270.

Poskoiac River, the, ii. 14.

Postes de la Mer de l’Ouest, ii. 14.

Pottawattamies, the, i. 14;
at Detroit, i. 275, 283;
the village of, i. 279.

Poubomcoup, Marie Muis de, i. 118.

Poutrincourt, Baron de, i. 113.

Powder River Range, the, ii. 24.

Preble, Captain, ii. 197.

Prentice, Rev. Mr., ii. 115.

Price, attacks the French and Indians, i. 98.

Priests, the, in Canada, vast possessions of, i. 25.

“Prince d’Orange,” the, ii. 159, 160, 165.

Prince Edward’s Island, i. 207.

Prince, Rev. Thomas, ii. 77.

Protestantism, bound up with the new political order, i. 192.

Protestant Reformation, the, i. 214.

Protestants, the, excluded from Louisiana, i. 316. 402

Providence, i. 147.

“Province Galley,” the, i. 46, 112, 122, 125, 151.

Provincial Assembly, the, ii. 232.

Puants, the, see _Winnebagoes, the_.

Puritanism, the antique, i. 223.

Puritans, the, dislike Joseph Dudley, i. 105.

Purpooduck Point, Indian attack on, i. 45.

Putnam, Israel, at Bunker Hill, ii. 90.

Puyzieulx, De, ii. 274.

Quakers, the, in Pennsylvania, i. 137.

Quary, Colonel, i. 8;
on the trade between Boston and the French of Acadia, i. 108.

Quebec, i. 6;
Dudley urges the capture of, i. 103;
the English plan to attack, i. 135;
excited in expectation of Nicholson’s attack, i. 142;
Viscount Shannon ordered to attack, i. 149;
Walker’s expedition plans to attack, i. 165;
its joy over its deliverance from the English, i. 180;
Saint-Pierre at, ii. 41;
the English plan to attack, ii. 153;
ii. 335, 354.

Quebec, the Bishop of, i. 194, 200; ii. 179, 354, 355.

Queen Anne’s War, i. 3, 17, 34-54;
the attack on Wells, i. 42;
on the Falls of the Saco, i. 44;
on Spurwink, i. 44;
on Cape Porpoise, i. 44;
on Winter Harbor, i. 44;
on Scarborough, i. 44;
on Purpooduck Point, i. 45;
on Falmouth, i. 45;
due less to the Abenakis than to the French, i. 46;
the loss of life, i. 47;
the essential purpose of, i. 47;
attack on Hampton, i. 48;
on Black Point, i. 48;
on York, i. 48;
on Berwick, i. 48;
on Haverhill, i. 49.

Queen’s Bastion, the, at Louisbourg, ii. 301.

Quesnel, i. 363, 364.

Quinipissas, the, see _Bayagoulas, the_.

Rainy Lake, ii. 12;
Fort St. Pierre at, ii. 14.

Rale, Father Sebastien, the Jesuit,
at Norridgewock, i. 37;
the most conspicuous and interesting figure among the later
French-American Jesuits, i. 214;
early life of, i. 217;
among the Abenakis, i. 217;
his work at Norridgewock, i. 218-220;
his knowledge of the Indian languages, i. 220;
on the treaty between Governor Dudley and the Abenakis, i. 221;
on the land trades between the English and the Indians, i. 222;
foments the irritation of the Norridgewocks, i. 224;
his controversy with Baxter, i. 229;
his correspondence with the New England ministers, i. 230;
urges the Norridgewocks to war, i. 231;
prevents peace being made at Georgetown, i. 233, 234;
price placed on his head by the English, i. 237;
Colonel Westbrook tries to arrest, i. 238;
his papers secured by the English, i. 238;
killed by Benjamin Jaques, i. 247;
estimate of his character, i. 248, 249;
his commission from Vaudreuil, i. 250;
at Fort St. Louis, i. 327.

Ralle, Rallé, Rallee, see _Rale_.

Rameau, i. 209, 327. 403

Ramesay, governor of Montreal,
on the attack of Deerfield, i. 70;
on Beaucour’s unsuccessful expedition against Connecticut,
i. 96;
sent out against Nicholson’s expedition, i. 140;
accomplishes nothing, i. 141;
on the number of Nicholson’s force, i. 142;
complains of English instigation, i. 331;
sent to Acadia, ii. 169;
advances upon Port Royal, ii. 169;
ii. 172, 175, 176;
tries to persuade the Acadians to join his expedition against
Annapolis, ii. 181;
retreats from Grand Pré to Chignecto, ii. 182, 183, 184;
plans to surprise Noble, ii. 184;
accident to, ii. 185;
makes good use of the victory over the English at Grand Pré,
ii. 200;
letter from the Acadians to, ii. 201;
his peremptory orders to the Acadians, ii. 203;
ii. 343, 347, 349, 351.

Ramillies, i. 163.

Ramsay, R. A., on the Gill family, i. 93.

Rasle, Rasles, see _Rale_.

Rasser, ii. 293.

Raudot, the Canadian intendant,
on the French and Indian attack on Haverhill, i. 99;
his letters to Ponchartrain, i. 119;
urges the occupation by the French of Cape Breton, i. 186.

Ravistock Parish, ii. 74.

Reade, Gen. J. Meredith, i. 350.

Rebald, Père, i. 368.

Rebateau, M., ii. 158.

Récollet Friars, the, i. 24, 25, 118.

Rednap, the English engineer, in the expedition against Port Royal,
i. 125, 126, 128.

Red River, i. 355.

Red River Raft, the, i. 356.

Reed, Josiah, ii. 252;
death of, ii. 255.

Rémonville, Sieur de,
proposes to form a company for the settlement of Louisiana,
i. 299;
i. 309.

Renaissance, the, far more than a revival of arts and letters, i. 214.

Renards, the, see _Outagamies, the_.

Renaudière, see _La Renaudière_.

“Renommé,” the, ii. 92, 312.

Repentigny, ii. 185.

Rhode Island,
the colony of, i. 8, 121;
joins an expedition against Port Royal, i. 125;
ordered to furnish troops for the conquest of Canada, i. 135,
143;
decides to attack Port Royal, i. 145;
expense of her futile expedition of 1707, i. 146, 150;
French scheme to destroy, i. 162;
ordered to make ready for the Canadian expedition, i. 165;
joins Shirley’s expedition against Louisbourg, ii. 69, 71;
loses faith, ii. 82;
reimbursed by England for expenditures on the Louisbourg
expedition, ii. 143;
supports the plan to conquer Canada, ii. 152;
responds to Shirley’s call to the defence of Annapolis, ii. 182;
ii. 343, 350.

Rhodes, Captain, at Louisbourg, ii. 112.

Ribaut, voyages of, ii. 47.

Richardson, Captain, ii. 91.

Richelieu, Cardinal, ii. 268.

Richmond, Colonel, at Louisbourg, ii. 132.

Richmond, Fort, i. 222, 245.

Richmond, town of, i. 222.

Richmond’s Island, i. 53.

Rigaud, see _Vaudreuil, Rigaud de_.

Rigauville, at Grand Pré, ii. 191. 404

Ring, Joseph, burned alive by Indians, i. 48.

Rio del Norte, the, i. 311.

Rio Grande, the, i. 355.

Rivière-aux-Canards, settlement of, ii. 197, 199, 203.

Robbins, Jonathan, i. 258;
raises a company to hunt Indians, i. 259;
wounded, i. 262, 264.

Roberts, Colonel, burns the fort at Albany, ii. 210.

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

Rochefort, i. 153.

Rochefort Point, ii. 149.

Rochelle, i. 153, 308; ii. 158, 161, 168.

“Rock Mountains,” the, ii. 40.

Rock River, Indian population on, i. 278; i. 341.

Rocky Mountains, the, i. 353; ii. 30;
discovered by the brothers La Vérendrye, ii. 35.

Rogers, John, minister of Boxford, i. 269.

Rogers, Susanna, i. 269;
her verses on the death of Frye, i. 271.

Rolfe, minister at Haverhill, i. 97.

Rolfe, Mrs., killed by the Indians, i. 97.

Roman Catholics, the, expedition against Louisbourg directed against,
ii. 70.

Roman Church, the, i. 201.

Rome, the revolt against, i. 214.

Romish priests, the, ii. 356.

Roosevelt, Theodore, ii. 101.

Rosalie, Fort, i. 320.

Rosebud River, the, valley of, ii. 23.

Rouge, Fort, ii. 14.

Rouillé, Mgr., ii. 38.

Rous, Captain, i. 107;
in the Louisbourg expedition, ii. 83;
English recognition of, ii. 142;
ii. 281.

Rousseau, France drunk with the wild dreams of, i. 4.

Rouville, Hertel de,
commands the expedition against New England, i. 56;
attacks Deerfield, i. 59;
the number of prisoners, i. 67;
wounded, i. 68;
commands a second expedition against New England, i. 96.

Rowe, town of, ii. 231.

Roxbury, ii. 67.

Royal Battery, the, ii. 85, 93, 277, 278, 279, 280, 282, 288, 294.

Royal gate, the, at Louisbourg, ii. 294.

Roy, Jacques, marriage of, i. 89.

“Ruben,” at Louisbourg, ii. 120.

Rum, in Canada, i. 112.

Rutland, i. 244, 251.

Ryswick, the Peace of, i. 4, 7, 11, 59, 134, 213.

Sable, Cape, ii. 164, 165, 201, 320, 326, 328, 345.

Sable, Island, ii. 159, 273.

Sabrevois, Sieur de, ii. 239.

Saco,
hamlet of, i. 46;
rises from its ashes, i. 222;
ii. 75.

Saco, the Falls of the, Indian attack at, i. 44, 256.

Saco River, the, i. 36, 37, 50, 256, 259, 261, 268.

Sacs, the, i. 14;
on Fox River, i. 275;
at Detroit, i. 283, 292;
called to a council at Green Bay, i. 336;
the Outagamies incorporate themselves with, i. 344;
i. 350.

Sacs and Foxes, the, i. 344.

Saddleback Mountain, ii. 243.

Sadler, escapes from the Indians, ii. 250.

Sâgean, Mathieu, the romance of, i. 354. 405

Saginaws, the,
attack the Outagamies, i. 330;
make raids on the Miamis, i. 335.

Saguina, the Ottawa chief, i. 281, 283, 284, 289.

St. André River, the, i. 368.

Saint-Ange, Sieur de, i. 340.

Saint-Ange, the younger, i. 340;
at Fort Orléans, i. 361.

St. Antoine, Fort, i. 351.

St. Bartholomew, Island of, i. 186.

Saint-Castin, Baron Vincent de,
draws up a plan for attacking Boston, i. 6;
fort of, i. 122;
i. 237.

Saint-Castin, the younger, i. 38;
on the Kennebec, i. 234;
arrested by the English, i. 237;
liberated, i. 237;
ii. 261, 266.

St. Charles, Fort, on the Lake of the Woods, ii. 14.

St. Christopher, Island of,
contribution of New England to the sufferers of, i. 100;
i. 186.

Saint-Clair, Lieutenant-General, ii. 153, 155, 328.

St. Croix River, the, i. 213; ii. 260, 266.

Saint-Denis, Juchereau de,
sent to explore western Louisiana, i. 355;
his experiences with the Spaniards, i. 355.

Saint-Denis, Mother Juchereau de, i. 178;
on the deliverance of Quebec from the English, i. 180;
on the death of Admiral Walker, i. 182.

St. Domingo, i. 321, 323.

St. Esprit, ii. 288, 289.

St. Etienne, Lieutenant, ii. 293.

St. Francis,
Abenaki village of, i. 78, 79;
ii. 244.

St. Francis, the Abenaki mission of, i. 217, 234.

St. George, Fort, attacks of the Penobscots on, i. 254.

St. George River, the, i. 213;
fort on, i. 243;
conference between the English and the Penobscots at, i. 254;
ii. 267, 268.

St. Germain, Treaty of, ii. 259, 268, 269, 270.

St. Jean de Luz, ii. 289.

St. John, Secretary of State, i. 163.

St. John,
chief station of the English at, i. 131;
attacked by Subercase, i. 131, 132;
Subercase repulsed, i. 132;
captured by Saint-Ovide, i. 132, 133.

St. John River, the, i. 213; ii. 311.

St. Joseph River, the, i. 281, 340, 341; ii. 57.

St. Lawrence, the Gulf of, i. 104, 186, 324.

St. Lawrence River, the, i. 13, 21, 134, 135, 165, 169, 170, 175,
186, 212; ii. 153, 218, 258, 260, 327, 329.

St. Louis, city of, i. 13, 328.

St. Louis, Fort,
the Illinois Indians at, i. 275;
the Kaskaskias at, i. 327.

St. Louis, mission of, i. 80.

St. Louis, the Rock of, i. 327.

Ste. Marie, ii. 297, 308.

St. Martin, Island of, i. 186.

Saint Michael the Archangel, mission of, ii. 7.

Saint-Ours, ii. 185. See also _Des Chaillons, Saint-Ours_.

Saint-Ovide, Sieur de,
captures St. John, i. 132;
on the apathy of the Acadians, i. 197;
governor at Louisbourg, i. 204, 205;
advises the Acadians concerning the oath of alliance, i. 206.

St. Paul’s Bay, i. 25. 406

St. Peter, Island of, i. 189.

St. Peter River, the, i. 351.

Saint-Pierre, Jacques Legardeur de,
at Fort Beauharnois, ii. 8;
robs the brothers La Vérendrye, ii. 37, 38;
sets out for Manitoba, ii. 39;
his journey, ii. 39-40;
his merit as an officer, ii. 39;
attacked by the Assiniboins, ii. 41;
returns to Quebec, ii. 41;
ii. 185, 299.

St. Pierre, Fort, La Jemeraye at, ii. 12; ii. 14.

Saint-Poncy, i. 201.

St. Regis, the Bell of, story of, i. 92.

St. Regis, mission of, i. 93.

Saint Sacrement, Lake, ii. 265.

Saint-Simon, Duc de,
on Ponchartrain, i. 119;
on the peopling of Louisiana, i. 317.

St. Sulpice, priests of, i. 83.

Saint-Vallier, Monseigneur de, i. 142, 180.

Saint-Vincent, Madame de, i. 117.

Sakis, the, see _Sacs, the_.

Salem, i. 98;
joins the expedition against Port Royal, i. 126;
ii. 68, 85.

Salisbury, i. 92.

Salmon, M., i. 367, 368.

Salpêtrière, the, in Paris, i. 317.

Saltonstall, governor of Connecticut, i. 136.

Sanders, ii. 330.

Santa Fé, i. 367, 368.

“Sapphire,” the, i. 177.

“Saratoga, River of,” ii. 254.

Saratoga,
settlement of, i. 140;
ii. 154;
garrison withdrawn from, ii. 210;
attacked by Marin, ii. 210;
the burning of, ii. 211;
ii. 237, 238, 254, 336.

Saskatchewan River, the, ii. 14;
discovered by Chevalier La Vérendrye, ii. 36.

Saukies, the, see _Sacs, the_.

Sault St. Louis, ii. 217.

Samuel, Captain, i. 37.

Saunderson, on Fort Dummer, ii. 218, 219, 222, 229.

Sauvolle, Sieur de, at Biloxi, i. 302.

Sayer, Joseph, killed by the Indians, i. 43.

Scalp Point, ii. 55.

Scalps, Indian, bounty offered by the General Court of Massachusetts
for, i. 50, 100.

Scarborough, hamlet of,
Indian attack on, i. 44;
rises from its ashes, i. 222;
ii. 75.

Schaticook River, the, ii. 236.

Schenectady, fort at, i. 9; ii. 48, 236, 254, 265.

Schuyler, Abraham, seeks to win the Five Nations for the conquest of
Canada, i. 138.

Schuyler, Peter,
on the New York war, i. 8;
contributes to the support of New York, i. 9;
understands the character of the Indians, i. 10;
his visit to Onondaga, i. 12;
on the factions among the Five Nations, i. 13;
gives warning that Deerfield is to be attacked, i. 59;
warns New England of the proposed French and Indian attack,
i. 96;
gains a promise from the Caughnawagas not to attack New England,
i. 100;
favors the proposed conquest of Canada, i. 137;
sails for Europe with five Mohawk chiefs, i. 146, 147;
their flattering reception, i. 147;
on the Mohawk chiefs in England, i. 147;
on the disbanding of Nicholson’s army, i. 178;
ii. 52;
stationed at Saratoga, ii. 210; 407
on Marin’s attack on Saratoga, ii. 210;
on the burning of Saratoga, ii. 211.

Scotch Highlands, the, ii. 177.

Scott, Miriam, ii. 252.

Scott, Moses, ii. 252.

Sea-rovers, the Boston, i. 112.

Sebasticook River, the, i. 222.

Sedgwick, Major, captures Port Royal, i. 154.

Seminary, the,
at Quebec, i. 26;
burned, i. 83.

Seminary priests, the, of Quebec, i. 25.

Senecas, the,
French influence among, i. 13;
Joncaire among, i. 138;
allow the French to build a fort at Niagara, ii. 53.

Serier, Captain, ii. 60.

Seven Years’ War, the, i. 185, 210, 212; ii. 14, 42, 256.

Sewall, Samuel,
on the conference between Governor Dudley and the Abenakis,
i. 37;
on the French and Indian attack on Haverhill, i. 99;
opposes Governor Dudley, i. 106;
his benevolence towards the Indians, i. 223;
at the council at Georgetown, i. 224;
his speech before the Massachusetts council, i. 241.

Seymour’s regiment, i. 172.

Shannon, Richard, Viscount, ordered to attack Quebec, i. 149.

Shea, J. G., on the siege of Port Royal, i. 155.

Sheaf, on the loss of the British transports, i. 174.

Sheldon, on the Micmac raids, i. 244.

Sheldon (and Temple), ii. 231, 232, 234.

Sheldon, George, i. 60, 67, 84, 89.

Sheldon, Mrs. Hannah,
captured by the French and Indians, i. 64;
exchanged, i. 87.

Sheldon, Ensign John,
fortified house of; i. 58;
attacked by the French and Indians, i. 64;
visits Montreal as envoy, i. 85;
secures the exchange of five prisoners, i. 87;
his second visit to Canada, i. 88;
his third visit to Canada, i. 89.

Sheldon, Mrs. (Ensign) John, killed by the French and Indians, i. 64.

Sheldon, John (son), escapes from the French and Indians, i. 64.

Sheldon, Mary, captured by the French and Indians, i. 64.

Sheldon, Mercy, killed by the French and Indians, i. 64.

Sherburn, Henry, ii. 77.

Sherburn, Captain Joseph,
at Louisbourg, ii. 108, 109;
diary of, ii. 110, 131, 132.

Ship Island, i. 312.

“Shirley,” the, ii. 83, 97, 123, 133, 165.

Shirley, Fort, ii. 231, 232.

Shirley, Governor William, of Massachusetts, ii. 61;
advised to attack Louisbourg, ii. 64;
sketch of, ii. 66;
asks the General Court to sanction his plan of attack on
Louisbourg, ii. 66;
obtains the assistance of James Gibson, ii. 67, 68;
the General Court reconsiders favorably, ii. 69;
obtains co-operation from other colonies, ii. 69;
his choice of a commander, ii. 80;
chooses a naval commander, ii. 82;
his instructions for taking Louisbourg, ii. 86;
as a soldier, ii. 87, 88;
ii. 118, 124, 127, 128, 139, 140, 141;
English recognition of, ii. 142;
ii. 143, 144;
restores order in Louisbourg, ii. 146, 147; 408
his schemes to conquer Canada, ii. 150;
Newcastle’s promises to, ii. 153;
Newcastle fails to keep his promises, ii. 155;
abandons the Canadian conquest, ii. 155;
plans to attack Crown Point, ii. 156;
ii. 157, 158, 164, 168;
resolved to keep Acadia, ii. 170;
Newcastle leaves the defence of Acadia to, ii. 171;
his letters to Newcastle on the Acadian dilemma, ii. 171, 175,
176, 179;
letter from Mascarene to, ii. 172;
his plan to secure the allegiance of the Acadians, ii. 177;
his attitude towards the Acadian priests, ii. 178;
plans for the defence of Annapolis, ii. 182;
ii. 186, 190, 198, 200;
reoccupies Grand Pré, ii. 201;
unable to do for Acadia all that the emergency demanded, ii. 204;
blames Newcastle’s government, ii. 204;
letter from Captain Stevens to, ii. 229;
and the Acadians, ii. 312-357;
letters to Newcastle from, ii. 312, 314, 317, 320, 322, 325, 330,
331, 342, 345, 349, 350, 352, 353, 354;
letter to Mascarene from, ii. 324;
letter from Newcastle to, ii. 348.

Shirley, Mrs. William, at Louisbourg, ii. 147.

Shirreff, William,
urges that the Acadians be removed, ii. 175;
ii. 315.

Shoshone Indians, the, ii. 26.

Shrewsbury, Duke of, i. 147.

Shubenacadie, mission of, ii. 185.

Shubenacadie River, the, ii. 188.

Shute, Col. Samuel,
succeeds Dudley as governor of Massachusetts, i. 224;
calls the Indians to a council at Georgetown, i. 224;
dialogue between Chief Wiwurna and, i. 225, 226;
his second interview with the Indians, i. 227, 228, 235;
his controversy with the Assembly, i. 239;
sails for London, i. 240.

Sibley, John Langdon, ii. 99.

Silesia, seized by Frederic of Prussia, ii. 59.

Simons, Benjamin, ii. 252.

Sioux Company, the,
organization of, ii. 6;
objects of, ii. 6;
officers of, ii. 6;
early history of, ii. 7, 8.

Sioux Indians, the, i. 14;
i. 348, 350, 351;
strange customs of, i. 352;
their hostile disposition toward the French, ii. 5, 7, 8;
murder Annean’s party, ii. 13;
persecute the Mandans, ii. 17;
their enmity toward the Snake Indians, ii. 27;
sub-tribes of, ii. 34.

Sioux mission, the, ii. 6.

Six Nations, the, i. 274;
see also Five Nations, the.

Skene Mountain, ii. 238.

Slade, Dr. Daniel Denison, i. 68; ii. 244.

Small-pox, among the Mandans, ii. 17.

Smead, Captivity, ii. 252;
death of, ii. 255.

Smead, John, ii. 252;
killed by the Indians, ii. 255.

Smead, Mrs. John, ii. 252;
death of, ii. 255.

Smibert, the painter, gives a portrait of Pepperrell, ii. 73.

Smith, i. 147; ii. 54, 208;
on the disputes of Governor Clinton and the Assembly, ii. 209.

Smith, Captain, ii. 261.

Smollett, on the plan to attack Louisbourg, ii. 64;
on the capture of Louisbourg, ii. 142; 409
on the absurdities of the Duke of Newcastle, ii. 151;
on the Peace of Aix-la-Chapelle, ii. 256.

Snake Indians, the, ii. 20, 26;
their enmity toward the Sioux, ii. 27;
the Bow Indians make an attack on, ii. 30-33.

Snelling, i. 344.

“Snow,” a, ii. 83.

Snow, E. A., ii. 43.

Soissons, Count de, ii. 268.

Sokokis Indians, the, i. 256.

Sorel, town of, i. 78.

Southack, Captain, relieves Falmouth, i. 46.

South Carolina, the broad river of, i. 182; ii. 48.

South Fork, the, i. 367.

South Sea, the, i. 164.

Souvigny, Ensign, ii. 293, 311.

Spafford, John, Jr., at Number Four, ii. 219, 220.

Spain,
Great Britain gains a maritime preponderance over, i. 3;
Louis XIV. places his grandson on the throne of, i. 4;
bent on making good her claim to the Mississippi and the Gulf of
Mexico, i. 301;
protests against the French establishment at Mobile Bay, i. 305;
ii. 270.

Spaniards of New Mexico, the, i. 359;
advance to attack the French, i. 360.

Spaniards, the,
occupy Texas, i. 355;
in the lower Missouri, ii. 17.

Spanish River, i. 177, 181.

Spanish Succession, the War of the, i. 3;
springs from the ambition of Louis XIV., i. 4;
i. 134; ii. 9.

Sparhawk, Nathaniel, ii. 115, 116;
at Louisbourg, ii. 136.

Sparks, i. 229, 249; ii. 70.

Spurwink, Indian attack at, i. 44.

“Squirrel,” the, i. 224.

Stanwood, ii. 327.

Stebbins, Abigail, i. 89;
marriage of, i. 90.

Stebbins, Benoni, i. 58;
killed by the French and Indians, i. 63.

Stebbins, Mrs. Benoni, i. 63.

Steele, i. 147, 195.

Stevens, B. F., ii. 229.

Stevens, Captain Phineas,
at Number Four, ii. 219, 220;
sent to reoccupy the fort at Number Four, ii. 222;
characteristics of, ii. 222;
attacked by Niverville, ii. 223;
his defence of the fort, ii. 224;
his letters to Colonel Williams, ii. 224, 225, 226, 228;
his interview with Niverville, ii. 226;
refuses to surrender, ii. 226;
recognition of his successful defence, ii. 228;
letter, to Governor Shirley from, ii. 229;
diary of, ii. 229.

Stoddard, escapes from Deerfield, i. 62.

Stoddard, John, ii. 219, 232, 243.

Stone, on the disputes of Governor Clinton and the Assembly, ii. 209.

Stone, William L., ii. 248.

Storer, John, ii. 80.

Storer, Joseph,
palisaded house of, i. 39;
fugitives at, i. 43.

Storer, Mary, captured by the Indians, i. 44.

Stuarts, the, i. 105.

Stuckley, Captain, in the expedition against Port Royal, i. 130.

Subercase, governor of Acadia,
on the French and Indian attack on Haverhill, i. 102;
on the Acadian fisheries question, i. 111, 112;
his anxiety over the trade between the “Bastonnais” and the 410
Acadians, i. 116;
on Bonaventure’s relations with Madame de Freneuse, i. 116;
his quarrel with De Goutin, i. 117;
in the defence of Port Royal, i. 127;
on the failure of the English expedition against Port Royal,
i. 131;
attacks St. John, i. 131, 132;
defends Port Royal against Nicholson, i. 152;
surrenders to Nicholson, i. 153;
his report of the siege of Port Royal to, i. 155.

Subtil, Captain, ii. 290.

Sudbury, ii. 222.

Sugères, Lieutenant, i. 302.

Sulte, Benjamin, on the family history of the Varennes, ii. 9.

Sumter, Fort, ii. 70.

Sunderland, Earl of, i. 135, 140;
Vetch’s letters to, i. 144;
Dudley’s letters to, i. 145;
his letter to Dudley, i. 145;
joint letters to, i. 146.

“Superbe,” the, ii. 84, 93, 128.

Superior, Lake, i. 33, 349; ii. 3;
great portage of, ii. 12;
ii. 57.

Swanzey, attacked by the Indians, ii. 214.

Swift, i. 163; on the failure of the Canadian expedition, i. 181.

Swiss Cantons, the, ii. 341.

Sydney, harbor of, i. 177.

Symmes, Rev. Thomas, minister of Bradford, i. 269.

Taconic Falls, i. 245, 248.

Taensas, the, i. 305.

Tailor, Colonel, i. 153.

Taos, i. 367.

Tarbell, John,
captured by Indians, i. 93;
becomes a Caughnawaga chief, i. 93.

Tarbell, Zechariah,
captured by Indians, i. 93;
becomes a Caughnawaga chief, i. 93.

“Tartar,” the, ii. 72, 83.

Tartary, i. 368.

Tatmagouche, village of, ii. 187.

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

Temple,
on the Micmac raids, i. 244;
ii. 231, 232, 234.

Tennessee River, the, i. 296; ii. 51.

Tennessee, State of, i. 321.

Terror, the, in France, i. 4.

Texas, the Spaniards occupy, i. 355.

Thames River, the, i. 181.

Thaxter, Samuel,
sent to Montreal by Governor Dummer as envoy, i. 252;
received by Vaudreuil, i. 252;
the interview with the Indians, i. 253.

Thierry, Captain, ii. 101, 292, 293.

Thomassy, i. 355.

Thornton, ii. 327.

Three Rivers,
Varennes governor of, ii. 8;
Rigaud at, ii. 235.

Ticonderoga, Fort, ii. 237.

Titcomb’s Battery, at Louisbourg, ii. 107, 110.

Tiverton, i. 121.

Tonty, Alphonse de, joins Cadillac, i. 28.

Tonty, Henri de, i. 28;
holds a monopoly of the fur-trade, i. 275;
urges the French to seize Louisiana, i. 298;
his reasons, i. 298.

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

Topsham, i. 239.

Toronto, trading-post established by the French at, ii. 55.

Toulouse, Comte de, receives Charlevoix’s report on the Pacific
Ocean, ii. 5.

Toulouse, the Parliament of, i. 19. 411

Toulouse, Port, i. 196.

Townshend, ii. 51.

Townsend, Vice-Admiral, ii. 327, 328, 329, 331.

Trading houses, at Minas, ii. 344.

“Trident,” the, ii. 160.

Trinity Bay, i. 132.

Truro, ii. 187. See also _Cobequid_.

Tucker, Sergeant, captured by Indians, i. 52.

Tufts, William, at Louisbourg, ii. 99, 121.

Turner, attacks the French and Indians, i. 98; i. 365.

Tuscaroras, the, joined to the Five Nations, i. 274.

Two Mountains, the Lake of, ii. 217.

Tyng, Captain Edward, i. 50, 56, 267, 270;
chosen naval commander of the expedition against Louisbourg,
ii. 82.

Ulster, Protestants from, ii. 177.

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

Upper Lakes, the,
Indian tribes of, i. 331;
Charlevoix at, ii. 4;
ii. 51.

“Upper Nations,” the, i. 13.

Ursuline Convent, the, at Quebec, i. 26.

Ursulines, the, of Quebec, i. 25.

Usher, Robert, wounded by the Pequawkets, i. 264.