Pontbriand, 429; will be glad to see him, but cannot permit him to exer- cise episcopal functions, 429; can- not think he counselled cruelties committed by Indians, 429; forms plan for apprehension of Le Loutre, 430; learns de la Corne had exacted French oath of allegiance at Chig- necto, 430; proposes to get Catholic priests from Europe, 431; desires to extend full consideration to Acadians, 432; his answer to petition for per- mission to leave Nova Scotia, 432; proof, no desire to force the Acadians to leave, 433; refuses general per- mission to leave, 434; asks for leave to return home, 439; marries daughter of lord Townshend, 439; his charac- ter, 439.
Costabelle: sends munitions of war to Acadia, iii. 117; notified cession of Newfoundland, 130; complains of missionaries, 131.
Cotton, father Pierre: a jesuit, i. 76., 1171.
Courcelles, Daniel de Remy de ap- pointed governor, i. 327; visits lake Champlain, 331; builds flat-bottomed boats, 333; his expedition [1665], 335-9; his losses, 340; ascent of the St. Lawrence, 391; his route from Canada, ii. 205; opens road from Montreal to Chambly, 255.
Couillard, sieur: i. 55; married Hébert's
second daughter, 85; works farm, 85; instructed by Champlain to equip vessel, 85.
Council of [1646]: formed, i. 189. Coureurs de Bois: i. 375; Talon's opinion of them, 375; popular at Montreal, 416; amnesty to, ii. 18; ordered to return to Quebec, 394. Courtemanche, de Repentigny de: lieutenant on expedition against fort Loyall, ii. 338. Courtemanche, de: with Indians, placed to defend island of Orleans [1759], iv. 234; surprises a boat, 234. Courtemanche, de: mission to western
Croghan Indian trader on the Ohio, iii. 448; his treaty with Miamis ob jected to, 448.
Croisnil, de: with Abenakis at George- town, iii. 177.
Cromwell: sends out expedition to
seize Manhattan, ii. 176; takes Aca- dia, 177; death of, 177. Crown Point: taken possession of, iii. 286; its advantages, 286; earl Waldegrave protests against French occupation, 286; true name in Eng- lish, 286.; reinforced, 301; force assembled there, 330; attacked by Amherst, iv. 334; abandoned, 335- Crowne, William: gets patent from Cromwell of land in Acadia, ii. 177. Crozat: his exclusive charter, iii. 229; resigns charter to Law, 232. Cumberland, duke of: unpopularity, iv. 90; persuades king to dismiss ministers, 97; defeated at Hasten- berg, ICO; convention of Clostern Severn, 101; received in anger by king, 101; resigns his appointments,
Cumberland fort: [Wells Creek], iii. 448. Curés: permanency of position, objected to by bishop Dosquet, iii. 279. Currency: unsatisfactory condition of, ii. 21; discussions as to, 24.
Cussy, de governor of Ile Tortue, ii.
Customs: at an early date of settlement, i. 156.
Dablon, père: sent to Onondagas, i. 234; returns with tribe to Quebec, 235; his overland journey to Hud- son's bay, iii. 4.
D'Aiguillon, duchesse: founds hôtel Dieu at Quebec, 161.
Daine, royal notary: mayor of Quebec, signs memoir calling for surrender, iv. 289.
Dalling, major: sent to port d'Espag-
nol [Sydney], iv. 151; takes several prisoners near Quebec, 250. Damiens attempt upon king's life, iv. 41; its consequences, 42; his trial and fearful punishment, 42. Damours: arrest of, by de Frontenac, ii. 14.
Damours, Mde.: presents to council her
husband's petition, ii. 15. Damours, sons of: settle in Acadia, ii.
185; in command of raid, 384. Daniel, Antoine: jesuit father, i. 1017.; ascends to Huron country, 148; re- turns to Quebec, 161; killed at Saint Joseph, 205; his career, 205. Darby, colonel: takcs possession of Chambly, iv. 399.
Daudin, missionary priest: his early career, i. 490; at fort Edward, 491; ordered to Halifax, 491; re- proved, makes submission, 491. Dauphin son of Louis XV., iv. 38n. Dauphin fort: constructed, iii. 374. Davis, capt. Sylvester: rescued by Phips, ii. 245; account of taking of fort Loyall, 338-342; taken prisoner at fort Loyall, 341. Débryeux, Mde. : case of, ii. 286. Decanisora: Onondaga chief, waits on de Callières, ii. 296; described as resembling bust of Cicero, 296; in- forms authorities in Albany of his
proceeding to Quebec, 392; states readiness to release French prisoners, 399.
De Celles, Mr. : ii. 560; iv. 290n. Deerfield, Massachusetts: massacre at, ii. 414; attack upon [1704], iii. 77. Delius minister at Albany, sent to Quebec, ii. 318. Denonville, Jacques René de Brisay de: appointed governor, ii. 58; sails for Canada, 62; character of, 63; recommends purchase of New York, 65; proposes construction of fort at Niagara, 69; correspondence with Dongan, 69; prepares for war with Senecas, 71; expedition organized, leaves Montreal, 79; arrives at Catar- aqui, 80; joined by de Champigny, 80; to hide his design, keeps mis- sionaries at their posts, 81; attack of the Senecas, 82; their defeat, 84; lays waste their country, 85; estab- lishes fort Niagara, 85; returns, 86; correspondence with Dongan as to Senecas, 89; proposes attack on New York, 94; signs peace with Iro quois, 96; leaves Canada, 106; his record as governor considered, 116; establishes mission among Abenakis, 190; orders destruction of fort Fron- tenac, 201. Denonville, Mde. de: last wife of gover- nor-general of French birth in Can- ada, ii. 64.
Denys, Nicholas: early historian of Acadia, ii. 174; taken prisoner by Le Borgne, 175; gets grant from French king, 176; his subsequent history, 1761.
Desaunier, demoiselles: store at Caugh- nawaga, ii. 293.
Desbergères : in command of fort Niag ara when abandoned [1687], ii. 86. Descheneaux, Brassard: iii. 544. Desenclaves, Jean Baptiste : priest in Acadia, at Cape Sable, iv. 151; his career, 151. Deserters: their extraordinary stories to French at Quebec, iv. 246.
Dexter, Samuel: proceeds to Montreal, iii. 195.
Diamond, John: seized, tortured and burned at Wells, by Indians, ii. 357-
Dieskau, baron commander of forces,
iii. 524 desirous of attacking Oswe go, 527; ordered to Crown Point, 527; his force, 527; ascends lake Champlain, 529; marches south, 529; proceeds to attack Johnson, 529; failure of his ambush, 530; attacks advance column, 530; marches against camp, 531; attacks intrenchment, 532; repulsed, 532; wounded and taken prisoner, 533. Dime, le: established, i. 359. Dinwiddie, lieutenant-governor of Vir- ginia: efforts to preserve Ohio terri- tory, iii. 451; sends major Washing- ton with letter, 451n.; difficulties with house of burgesses as to fees, 452; troops at his command, 452; assembles troops under command of Washington, 453; raises embargo on vessels without authority, iv. 33. Discovery: difference of, between
French and English colonies, i. 114. Dissatisfaction in London: failure of
Loudoun's expedition, iv. 36. Distress in Canada: iii. 542. D'Olban recollet father, i. 48.
Dollard: affair of, i. 261; non-identity
of description, 261n.
Dollier, de Casson: alludes to Cham- plain's labours at Montreal, i. 38n. ; arrival in Canada, 343; joins de Tracy's expedition, 343; sent to lake Nipissing, 379; proposes to visit western country, 379; expedition or- ganized, 380; joins in Galinee's ex- pedition, 381 [see Galinée]; addresses de Frontenac, 420; sends message by Le Ber, relative to Fénelon's ser- mon, 424; visited by de la Nauguerre, 424; at Quebec, 426.
Dolu, M., intendant: i. 60; instructs Champlain to take possession of merchandise, 62.
Domergue, French officer: killed in Schuyler's attack on Laprairie, ii. 254.
Dominicié, Basque captain: bearer of letter of Philipps, iii. 141. Donacona Indian chief, i. 4.
Dongan, colonel Thomas, governor of New York: letter of Louis XIV. regarding, ii. 46; his character, 47; correspondence with de la Barre, 48; his dealings with Iroquois, 49; protests against fort at Niagara, 70; summons Senecas to Albany, ii. 88; correspondence with de Denonville, 89; with father Valiant, 91; re- called, 93; remains in America, after- wards proceeds to France, 348n. Donnés lay Jesuit brothers, i. 202. Dosquet, M.: appointed coadjutor bishop, iii. 278; his early career, 278; wrecked in "l'Elephant," 279; difficulties from his position as coad- jutor, 281; at variance with semin- ary, 281; calls upon newly-appointed cures to send in resignation, 281; appoints superior of hospital without knowledge of governor, 282; forbids admission to sacraments parties using liquor in trade, 283; explains his threat of excommunication, 284; pro- ceeds to France, 284; returns bishop of Quebec, 284; resigns his see, 284.
Douart: found murdered, i. 203. Douay, Anastase: recollet priest with de La Salle, ii. 128; starts with de La Salle for Canada, 153; his com- panion when murdered, 157; con- tinues journey after murder, 159; suppresses news of de La Salle's death, 160; arrives in Canada and proceeds to France, 162; returns to Louisiana, iii. 213.
Doucette, John: lieutenant-governor Nova Scotia, iii. 138; calls upon inhabitants to swear allegiance, 139; reports bad condition of fort to Lon- don, 139.
Dover treaty of, i. 413. Drucour, chevalier de: in command of
Louisbourg, iv. 122; retains ships, 129; correspondence with Amherst as to surrender, 136; impossibility of further resistance, 137. Drucour, Mde. de, iv. 142n. Druillètes, Père: missionary to the Abenakis, i. 192; proceeds to New England to obtain treaty of commerce, 192; his account of the colonies, 193; sent officially from Quebec, 194; unsuccessful, 194; selected as missionary to the Ottawas, 238. Dubois, cardinal: his early life, iii. 256. Dubuisson sent to lake Michigan, iii. 392.
Duchambon: governor of Louisbourg,
Du Chesne : on expedition against Schenectady, ii. 209. Duchesnay accompanied expedition [1686], to Hudson's bay, iii. 14. Duchesnay, Geneviève : mère Saint Augustin, iii. 260; ordered to lock doors of hospital, 260; suspended by canons, 261; restored, 266. Duchesnay, Theodore, lieutenant- colonel ii. 240.
Duchesneau, Jacques: appointed in- tendant, i. 433; sails with de Laval, 433; presiding officer of council, 433; acts independently of de Fron- tenac, 435; issues proclamation for-
bidding protestants to exercise their religion, 435; claims official seat in church, 436; supported by de Laval, 436; rebuked by Colbert, 437 ; states de Frontenac to be interested in fur trade, 439; under influence of de Laval, 441; his character, 441; writes Colbert sustaining bishop, 445; contests with de Frontenac, presi- dency of council, ii. I; his letters attacking de Frontenac, 7; replies to minute of council, 28; recalled, 32. Duclos commissaire, Louisiana, iii. 229.
Dudley, Thomas: governor of Massa- chusetts, ii. 424; proposes a truce to de Vaudreuil, 428; holds conference with Indians, iii. 72; reproached for failure before port Royal, 84; his anger at failure of operations against port Royal [1707], 90; sends three commissioners to Casco, 90. Dudley, William: proceeds to Montreal, iii. 195.
Dudouyt, de, vicar general: sent to Paris by de Laval, i. 374, advo- cates the bishops' views, 437; his interviews with Colbert, 441; informs de Laval nothing will be done for a twelvemonth in matter of liquor, 444; recommends suspension of ex- communications, 444; his letter re- lative to chapter at Quebec, ii. 62. Duguay captain royal force, with de Denonville's expedition, ii. 79. Duhaut starts with de La Salle for Canada, ii. 153; his hatred of de La Salle, 155; murderer of de La Salle, 156; circumstances of mur- der, 156; seizes de La Salle's pro- perty, 157; killed by Hiens, 159. Du Luth, Daniel Greysolon: named as a coureur de bois, i. 439; his youth, 482; on lake Superior, 482; hears of Frenchmen on the Mississippi, 482; finds Hennepin near the St. Croix, 482; all proceed to Sioux village, 482; obtains release of Hennepin, 482; ordered by de la Barre to join
expedition against Senecas, ii. 54; makes Albany traders prisoners, 75; defeats Iroquois after massacre at Lachine, 105.
Dumas: present at attack on Braddock,
iii. 484; replaces de Contrecœur, 539; desolates Virginian and Penn- sylvanian frontier, 540.
Du May sent to Tadousac, i. 62. Du Mesnil, Peronne de: arrives in Canada, i. 305; ordered to make in- vestigations, 305; reports company defrauded, 306; calls upon de Mésy, 306; objects to appointments, 306; asks protection of Gaudais, 306; his arrest ordered, 307; sent back to France, 307; his opponents connected by marriage, 307. Dumesnil servant to de La Salle,
eaten by an alligator, ii. 150. Dummer, William, governor, Massa-
chusetts his reply to de Vaudreuil, iii. 187; sends commissioners to Montreal, 195.
Dumont: his account of Canada [1663], i. 153".
Du Plessis: recollet brother, arrives, i. 48; at Three Rivers, 55; his death, 60. Du Plessis, admiral: assists jesuit fathers to ascend with Hurons, i. 148. Duplessis sent to fort Frontenac, iv. 185; proceeds to La Presentation, 186; sends Benoit to Frontenac, 186. Duplessy: sends news from Montreal of Schuyler's attack on Laprairie, ii. 256. Dupuy sent in command to Onon-
dagas, i. 235; his resolute behaviour, 243; his successful retreat, 243. Dupuy, Claude Thomas, intendant: ar- rives in Canada, iii. 251; his disputes with de Beauharnois, 257; his pre- tensions, 257; appointed executor to
bishop de Saint Vallier, 258; pre- pares for his funeral, 259; refuses to recognize vicars-general, 259; summons canons to appear before court, 260; carries out burial of the bishop at hospital, 260; his proceed- ings against canons, 262; opposed by de Beauharnois, 265; leaves for France, 265.
Duquesne, de Menneville, governor-gen- eral arrives in Canada, iii. 445; in- structed to arrest progress of the British on the Ohio, 445: complains of discipline of troops, 446; organ- izes expedition to Ohio, 446; takes possession of valley, 453; calls upon Le Loutre and de Vergor to incite Indians to attack, 461; approves attacks of Abenaquis, 493; replaced by de Vaudreuil, 522. Duquesne fort: commenced, iii. 453; expedition against, iv. 191; the two routes from the east, 195; character of the country, 195; destroyed, 212; taken possession of and named Pitts- burg, 213; the news in England, 222. Duquet: no record of journey to Hud-
Durell, admiral: ordered to the Saint Lawrence, iv. 231; leaves Halifax, 231; his duties on the Saint Law rence, 232; arrives at Île-aux-Cou- dres, 232; three of his young officers taken prisoners, 233; too late to prevent arrival of spring fleet, 233; attempts to land at Saint Paul, 234; buoys out channel, 234. Du Tast: unable to carry out expedition of [1691], iii. 30.
Dutch attack Acadia, ii. 181; driven away by English, 181. Dutch settlement: of New York, i. 352. Du Verger: provincial of recollets, ap-
plied to, to send missionaries, i. 47. Duvivier surprises Canso, iii. 302; ad-
vances towards Annapolis, 302; attacks fort, 305; abandons siege, 307; his birth, 307.; superseded, 307.
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