enemy begs for mercy, i. 293; they surrender, i. 295; his re- port 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 Louis- bourg, 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 capitu- late, 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 Mas- sachusetts 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 Deer- field, i. 69; refuses to buy the release of prisoners, i. 86; his correspondence with Vaudreuil concerning the exchange of pris- oners, 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; character- istics of, i. 105; sent as prisoner to England, i. 105; made lieu- tenant-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 con- quest of Canada, i. 136; his let- ters to Lord Sunderland, i. 145; joins in the Canadian expedition, i. 165-168; his conference with the Abenakis at Portsmouth, i.
Du Laurent, ii. 274. DuLhut, Greysolon, occupies De- troit, i. 22. Dummer, Fort, Massachusetts and New Hampshire dispute owner- ship 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; his first meeting with the council, i. 241; his diffi- culties 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.
Dumontel, Jean, marriage of, i.
Dunkirk, the American, ii. 64. Dunstable, town of, i. 257; at- tacked 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.
Endicott, Hon. William C., ii. 42.
Duquesne, governor of Canada, 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 ques- tions between France and, i 185; refuses to resign Acadia, i. 186; her policy of inaction towards her colonies, i. 199; di- vision of the contest between France and, ii. 44; receives the news of the victory at Louis- bourg with joy and astonish- ment, ii. 142; repays provincial outlays on the Louisbourg ex- pedition, ii. 143; fails to do her duty by the Acadians, ii. 203; Bobe's claim that she has no rightful titles to North America
except those France may grant | Farnsworth, David, at Number
her, ii. 257-274. 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. Eraque, D', i. 353.
Erie, Lake, i. 22; ii. 57.
Essex, village of, ii. 157.
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 com- pany to hunt Indians, i. 259; wounded, i. 262; death of, i. 266.
Featherstonbaugh, 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.
Estournel, Vice-Admiral d', ii. 162; Filles de la Congrégation, i. 188.
suicide of, ii. 163.
Ethier, Dr., on the attack on Deer-
Fisheries, the Acadian, i. 111; New England has a lion's share of, i. 111,146; the Newfoundland, i. 186; at Matinicus, ii. 65.
Exeter, town of, attacked by the Fish Kill River, the, ii. 210.
French and Indians, i. 99.
FABRY, Sieur, see La Bruyère, Fabry de.
Falmouth, hamlet of, Indian at- tack on, i. 45; rises from its ashes, i. 222. "Falmouth," the, i. 151. "Far Indians," the, i. 13; oppos- ing interests of the French, the English, and the Five Iroquois Nations in, i. 14, 15.
Farmer, on the death of Cadillac, i. 19.
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 clergy- men 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 In- dians," i. 14; appeal to King William for protection against the French, i. 33; deed over
their beaver-hunting ground to King William, i. 33; Abraham Schuyler seeks to gain their aid in the conquest of Canada, i. 138; their policy with the French and English, i. 139; acknowl- edged to be British subjects, i. 184; the Tuscaroras joined to, i. 274; a change comes over, i. 274; importance of their friend- ship, 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; con- vene with Governor Clinton at Albany, ii. 206; deeply im- pressed by the burning of Sara- toga, 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.
dened 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 Jon- quière's expedition, ii. 168; her strong desire to recover Acadia, ii. 169; Bobe's claim that Eng- land 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 char- acter 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.
Foster, Deacon Josiah, killed by Frederic of Prussia seizes Silesia,
the Indians, ii. 216. Foster, Joseph, ii. 162, 164, 165. Fox, on Lovewell's Expedition, i.
Fox River of Green Bay, the, In- dian 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 de- clares war against, i. 4; bur-
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 mo tives, i. 100-102.
French of Acadia, the, trade be- | Fryeburg, village of, i. 256, 257,
tween 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 Mar- guerite, i. 89; her marriage, i.
French priests, the, in Acadia, ii.
French River, the, i. 76.
Fundy, Bay of, i. 123; ii. 182,
Fur-trade, the, between the French and the Indians, i. 14; restric- tions 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.
Gardner, attacks the French and Indians, i. 98.
French, Thomas, town clerk of Garnier, Charles, i. 139, 215.
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; Bonaven- ture'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 strong- est champion for the policy of expansion, i. 21; i. 101; hum- bles the pride of the Five Na- tions, i. 274; i. 348; ii. 11, 212, 318.
Gaspé, ii. 185.
Gaspé, Bay of, i. 171.
Gaspereau, the river, ii. 189, 194, 195, 196.
Gaulin, missionary of the Mic- macs, 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 de la Petite Cerise, ii. 33. Gens de l'Arc, see Bow Indians. Gens du Serpent, see Snake Indians.
George I., i. 205, 206.
Frontenac, Fort, i. 29, 138, 142; 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
Frye, Jonathan, chaplain of Love- well's expeditions, i. 260; mor- tally wounded, i. 264; death of, i. 266.
Frye, General Joseph, i. 269.
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