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 Fal-
mouth, 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 mari-
time 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 Mo-
bile 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 am-
bition of Louis XIV., i. 4; i.
134; ii. 9.
Sparhawk, Nathaniel, ii. 115, 116;
at Louisbourg, ii. 136.

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 Num-
ber 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 success-
ful 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 expedi
tion against Port Royal, i. 130.
Subercase, governor of Acadia, on
the French and Indian attack on
Haverhill, i. 102; on the Aca-
dian fisheries question, i. 111,
112; his anxiety over the trade

Toulouse, the Parliament of, i.

19.

Toulouse, Port, i. 196.

Townshend, ii. 51.

173; ii. 203, 205, 258, 262, 263,
264, 267, 272, 273, 338, 356.

VAILLANT, the Jesuit, i. 11.

328, 329, 331.

Vantadour, Duc de, ii. 268.

"Trident," the, ii. 160.

Trinity Bay, i. 132.

Truro, ii. 187. See also Cobequid.

Tucker, Sergeant, captured by In-
dians, i. 52.

ii. 9.

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

99, 121.

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

riage of, ii. 8; becomes governor
of Three Rivers, ii. 8.
Vauban, ii. 78.

Nations, i. 274.

Two Mountains, the Lake of, ii.
217.

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

ULSTER, Protestants from, ii. 177.
Upper Ashuelot, settlement of, at-
tacked 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.

Utrecht, the Treaty of, i. 184, 190,

192, 193, 196, 197, 200, 206, 212,
220, 251; followed by a three-
fold 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.

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 at-
tack on Deerfield to Ponchar-
train, 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 at-
tack on Haverhill, i. 97; on the
French loss of life, i. 98; on
Dudley's refusal to permit a
raid into Canada, i. 100; atti-
tude of Ponchartrain toward the
policy of, i. 102; Dudley pro-
poses a treaty of neutrality to,
i. 103; his conditions, i. 103,
104; falsely accused to Ponchar-
train, 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 Nich

olson's camp, i. 143; Ponchar-|
train 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 George-
town, 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 en-
voys, i. 252; Dubuisson's report
on the Outagamies at Detroit,
to, i. 296; his report on the at-
tack 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 Niag-
ara, ii. 52; ii. 235.
Vaudreuil, Rigaud de, sets out
against the English, ii. 235;
plans to attack Fort Massachu-
setts, 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 prison-
ers, ii. 253; his account of his
expedition, ii. 253.
Vaughan, William, of Damaris-

cotta, ii. 64; advises an attack
on Louisbourg, ii. 64; sketch of,

ii. 65; captures the Grand Bat
tery, 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; com-
missioned as governor of Port
Royal, i. 154; commands the
provincials in the Canadian ex-
pedition, 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

tack, ii. 129; 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; grow-
ing fewer in numbers, i. 347.

WABASH RIVER, the, ii. 57.
Wainwright, Col. Francis, com-
mands an expedition against
Port Royal, i. 125.

Louisbourg, ii. 84, 93, 108, 109,
119, 125; disagreement with
Pepperrell, ii. 127-129; comes to
an understanding with Pepper-
rell, ii. 130; receives Ducham-
bon'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 gov-
ernor of the fortress of Louis-
bourg, 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.

bourg, ii. 147.

ii. 74.

Waldron, Richard, on the capture

of Elisha Plaisted, i. 54.
Walker, Admiral, Sir Hovenden,
naval command of the expedi-
tion 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 absurdi-
ties of the Duke of Newcastle, ii.
151.

Fort Le Bœuf, ii. 39; defeated
at Fort Necessity, ii. 185.
Webster, Mount, i. 256.
Weeping, over strangers, the cus-
tom of, i. 352.

Wells, John, visits Montreal as
envoy, i. 85; secures the ex-
change 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.