accuses de Villebon allowing English to trade, 68; his petty scandals, 68. Goyer, father, recollet: attends de Frontenac's death-bed, preaches fun- eral sermon, ii. 324.
Grand Agnier: Indian chief, ii. 207; killed, 222.
Grand-fontaine, Hubert d'Aubigny de : receives Acadia on behalf of French, ii. 179.
Grand, Pré (modern Horton): march of troops to, iii. 346; colonel Arthur Noble in command, 347; attacked, 348; defeat of British garrison, 349; their surrender, 349. Grandville: taken prisoner by Phips, exchanged at Quebec, ii. 245. Grandville fort, on Junita: destroyed,
Grant: ensign, at Louisbourg, iv. 126. Grant, major: his advance upon fort Duquesne, iv. 201; his attack of fort, 202; his defeat, 203; taken prisoner,
Grants of land: laws concerning, i. 363.
Granville commands militia, de
Denonville's expedition, ii. 79. Grassier, jesuit: at Louisiana, iii. 228. Greason, Robert: killed by French near fort Loyall, ii. 339.
Great Britain: style of, adopted, ii.
Green bay a mission at its head, i. 215.
Griffon, le: constructed by de La Salle,
i. 457; origin of name, 458; com- pleted May [1679], 458 ; vessel launched, 458; taken up to Squaw island, 458; to lake Erie, 459; her crew, 459; proceeds on voyage, 459; laden with furs at Green bay, 462; founders, supposed in lake Michigan, 462.
Grinnington, captain: in command of
expedition to Hudson's bay, iii. 28. Grollet found by Spaniards among Indians, ii. 153; deserter from de La Salle, 158.
Groselliers, Médart Chouart, de: mar-
riages, iii. In. [see Hudson's bay]. Guignas, père taken prisoner with party on Mississippi, iii. 272; in- duces his Indian captors to join the French, 272; visits fort Chartres, 272.
Gulliver's travels: ii. 59.
Guns: first given to Indians by La Rochelle traders, i. 61.
Guyart, Marie: [see mère de l'Incar- nation].
Habitant: his mode of life, i. 440. Haldimand, Frederick : second in com- mand, Niagara, iv. 316; his services, 317; his character unjustly assailed, 317 his birth, 318.; left in com- mand at Oswego, 319; attacked by Saint Luc de la Corne, 319; his defence, 319; called upon by John- son to proceed to Niagara, 327; appeals to Amherst, 327; acting governor of Three Rivers, 447; es- tablishes locality of law courts, 447; his ordinances, 447; against those pleading in bad faith, 448; expresses opinion, there was no emigration to France, 448; his ordinances, 449; his proclamations, 449.
Half-King, Indian chief: present with Washington on the Ohio, iii. 452; joins Washington at Great Meadows, 453.
Halifax fort: constructed by Winslow, iii. 461.
Halifax, Nova Scotia : founded, iii.419;
first population, 419; first meeting of council, 419; character of oath discussed, 420; should be enforced without exemption, 420; settlements looked upon suspiciously by Canadian authorities, 423; saw mill attacked, 428; outrages in neighbourhood of, 439; population, 440; absence of religious instruction, 440; difference from foundation of New Orleans, 440.
Halkett, Sir Peter: in command first division Braddock's force, iii. 472. Hamel, Mgr. iv. 420n. Hamilton, governor of Pennsylvania : sends Croghan to Miamis, iii. 448. Hamilton, lieutenant: taken prisoner, iii. 430; receives letter from Le Loutre, 489; letter sent to Lawrence, 489. "Hampshire": foundering of, at fort York, Hudson's bay, iii. 35. Handfield, captain: sent to Mines, iii. 428.
Hannonsacha, Indian chief: killed at Michillimackinac, ii. 43.
Hanover: treaty of, and consequences, iii. 295.
Hanson, John: story of, iii. 189. Hardy, admiral sir Charles, governor
of New York: not favourable to Shir- ley, iii. 557; in command at New York, iv. 32; escorts Loudoun's force, 32; arrives at Halifax, 33. Harley, Robert, earl of: in power, ii. 534; his policy, 535; his character, 562.
Harman at Norridgewock, iii. 191. Hart, colonel: tried by court martial, iv. 178.
Havannah taken, iv. 493. Haverhill, on the Merrimac: massacre
at [1697], ii. 384; attacked [1704], iii. 92; [1708], 93. Haviland in command on lake Cham- plain, iv. 383; advances against île aux Noix, 396; lands east side of lake, 397; takes shipping, 398; fort surrenders, 399; advances to St. John's, fort abandoned, 399; sends colonel Darby to Chambly, 399. Hawthorne, col. : unsuccessfully attacks Naxouat, ii. 382.
Hazzen, lieutenant: ascends the St. John, iv. 153.
Hay, lord Charles: his conduct at Hali- fax, iv. 34; afterwards in London, 34n.
Hay: made prisoner at Beauséjour, iii. 497; killed, 499.
Hayes, fort, Hudson's bay: taken by
de Troyes, iii. 15; named by French fort Saint Louis, 28.
Hearne, Samuel: his expedition, iii. 38in. Hébert first settler, Quebec, i. 53; cultivates land, 56.
Hendrick, Mohawk chief: killed, iii. 530.
Hennepin, Louis, recollet: his early
career, i. 450; his want of truth, 450; joins de La Salle, 450; returns to Cataraqui for more recollets, 458; sent by de La Salle to Upper Missis- sippi, 469; the misrepresentations in his volume, 479; ascends Mississippi, 480; he and his companions taken by the Sioux, 481; first European to record falls of St. Anthony, 481; descends Mississippi with hunting party, 481; released by du Luth, 482; returns to Montreal, 483. Henrietta Maria, i. 9; her French ser- vants sent away by Charles I., i. 10; 1061.
Henry II. of France: i. 8. Henry III. of France: i. 9. Henry IV. of France: i. 9; his death, 35.
Herbin attempts to force British out- posts east of Quebec, driven back, iv. 364.
Heron, captain Patrick: in command at Canso, iii. 302. Hertel, de
sends news to Montreal of Schuyler's advance to, ii. 253; with brother released by Indians, 301; leaves Three Rivers on raiding expe- dition, destroys Salmon falls, 337; joins de Portneuf, 338. Heu, father d' with Senecas, ii. 447. Hiens starts with de La Salle for Canada, ii. 153; concerned in his murder, 156; murders Duhaut, 159. Hill, Abigail [Mrs. Masham]: ii. 454. Hill, General [brother of Mrs. Masham]: ii. 454; appointed to command Quebec expedition, 455; his early life, 455; his appointment as colonel
opposed by Marlborough, 456; ob- tained through influence of Mrs. Masham, 457; Swift's account of him, 457; his character, 458; regi- ments constituting expedition, 459 and . ; abandons projected expedi tion on wreck of vessels, 465; arrives in London, 468 and ". Hobby, sir Charles: knighted, iii. 100n.; left in charge of fort Annapolis, III; orders expedition to obtain timber,
Hocquart, Gilles : appointed intendant [1731], iii. 269; opposed to bishop Dosquet in his interference with trade, 283; investigates mines throughout the country, 290; makes botanical collection, 291; replaced by Bigot, 300.
Hogarth, William : favoured by Bute, iv. 490; his caricature, "The Times," 490; his death, 490; supposed to have made etching against Pitt, 491n. Holbourne, admiral: in command of fleet sent to America, iv. 31; arrives at Halifax, 33; sails to Louisbourg, 35; caught in hurricane, 35; loss of his vessels, 35.
Holdernesse, lord: resigns to make room for Bute, receiving pension, iv. 478.
Holmes, admiral: given duty of de-
stroying French ships above Quebec, iv. 256; ascends river, 260. Holmes, sir Robert: sails to New York [1661], i. 353.
Hopital général de Quebec: founded by de Saint Vallier, iii. 258; anniver- sary of his ordination observed there, 258; scene at de Vallier's burial, 260; some irregularities reproved, 282. Hopkins, lieutenant at Louisbourg, iv. 126.
Hopson, Peregrine Thomas: assumes government Nova Scotia, iii. 441; enforces proper treatment of Aca- dians, 441; makes peace with Mic- macs, 442; his description of Acadia,
443; in command of land forces, iv. 32. Horchouasse Iroquois chief, sent to France a prisoner, ii. 80.
Horse the French-Canadian love of, ii. 483; restrictions in possession of, 484.
Horse-flesh served out as rations, iv. 76; conduct of women, 79; difficulty with troops, 77; behaviour of de Lévis, 76.
Horses. none in Canada at an early
date, i. 156; first imported, 329. Hospital, nuns, Montreal: established i. 368.
Hosta, d', French officer killed in Schuyler's attack on Laprairie, ii. 254.
Howe, a member of Halifax council: murdered by order of Le Loutre, iii. 437.
Howe, admiral: takes "l'Alcide" and "le Lys," iii. 461. Howe, Brigadier, lord: advances to Palatine settlement, iv. 71 ; at Schenectady, 71; at Half-way brook, 159; killed, 165; his character, 165.; his death without influence on the result of that day, 165; not sent out to control Abercrombie, 166. Houel, Louis, of Brouage: i. 47. Hudson's bay: supposed to be great sea reported to Champlain, i. 33; Talon's expedition, 390; letter of Louis XVI. to de la Barre, ii. 46; two Frenchmen reach river Ottawa from, 70; expedition to, 70; first mention of, iii. I; conference in Lon. don, I; forts established, 2; first overland expedition, 3; no authority for reported expedition of des Grosel- liers and Radisson, 5.; stated in [1660], all known of Hudson's bay through Indians, 5; routes from shores of lake Superior, 6; impossi- bility of land journey from lake Su- perior to port Nelson, 6; des Grosel- liers and Radisson dismissed from English service, 9; de Troyes' ex-
pedition [1686], 14; forts re-named by French, 28; in possession of French [1695], 32; forts retaken by English [1696], 32; ceded to Great Britain treaty of Utrecht, 43; present character of, 44.
Hudson's bay Co.: unable to obtain aid to recover forts, ii. 230; petition king, iii. 21; importance of text of petition, 21; influence of, 21; peti. tion queen Anne, 39; their only pos- session fort Albany, 41; pretensions of the company at this date, 42; claim only to east and south of bay, 42.
Hudson River, New York: as means
of communication, iv. 157; above Albany, 157".
Hudson, valley of: i. 349, discovery in [1609], 351; traditions concerning it, 351.
Huet, recollet father: i. 55. Huguenot sailors: not allowed to sing psalms on the St. Lawrence, i. 80; form two-thirds of the crew, 80; continue to sing psalms, 8o. Huguenots leave Holland and Eng- land for south Carolina, iii. 220. Hull, Mr. John T. of Portland: ii.
338n.; 341n.; 353".
Hunter, Robert, governor of New York: ii. 446; sends Schuyler to pull down block-house, erected by Joncaire, 470; establishes settlement of Palatines on the Mohawk, 471; describes feeling in New York, 472; detains three officers as spies, 472. Huron dictionary: first compiled by recollets, i. 72.
Huron missions: commencement of,
i. 149. Hurons complain of difficulty experi enced in passing through Algonquin country, i. 70; 127; at Quebec, 128; refuse to carry back jesuit fathers, 128; attacked by Iroquois, 148; ill- judged policy towards them, 154; lose their warlike instincts, 204; seized with terror, proceed to Chris-
tian islands, 208; their privations, 209; attacked by Iroquois, fate of survivors, 212; some established at Three Rivers, 228; proceed to Mont- real to be incorporated with Onon- dagas, 239.
Hurons of Detroit: appeal for aid to Indians of Two Mountains, iii. 275; proceed to Montreal, 393. Hussey, commandant of fort Lawrence: meets Le Loutre, iii. 489. Hutchinson, Thomas, lieut.-governor, Massachusetts: iv. 238; raises pion- eers for Wolfe, 238; his history of Massachusetts, ii. 235; iv. 239n.
Iberville, Pierre Le Moyne d', third son of Charles Le Moyne: receives letter written by Tonty to de La Salle, ii. 160; expedition against Schenectady, 205; returns to Montreal, 209; expe- dition of, to Hudson's bay, 299; expe. dition to Pemaquid, 364; takes Eng- lish frigate, 376; in Louisiana, 395 ; in de Troyes' expedition, iii. 14; placed in charge fort Albany, Hud- son's bay, 18; sent with naval expe- dition to Hudson's bay, 28; does not carry out expedition of [1693], 30; commands expedition of [1694] against fort Nelson, takes fort, 31; winters in Hudson's bay, 32; retakes forts, James' bay; his expedition of [1697], 33; naval action before fort, 34; his account of action, 35; his expedition to Newfoundland [1696- 1697], 50-58; sails for Louisiana, 212; reaches Chandeleur islands, 213; ascends Mississippi, 214: his doubts until receives livre de prières, 214; obtains Tonty's letter to de La Salle, 214; constructs fort at Biloxi, 215; sails for France, 215; returns to Louisiana, 216; ascends Missis- sippi to Natchez, 216; returns to Biloxi, 216; visited by Canadian courcurs de bois, 217; establishes
fort Rosalie, 218; his report on trade, returns to Louisiana, 221; establishes Mobile, 221; his death,
Île aux Coudres : described, iv. 232n. Île aux Noix: attacked by Haviland, iv. 397; surrenders, 398. Île aux Oies: attacked, i. 231. Île Saint Jean. [See Prince Edward island.]
Immigrants arrival of [1665], i. 332. Indian trade: the several posts, iv. 455; made free by Amherst, 457; at Three Rivers, 457; British rule distinguished by its justice with re- gard to, 458.
Indians, the described by Lalemant,
i. 76; condition of, in [1682], ii. 31; dissatisfied with the attempt of the British colonists to obtain possession of land, iv. 188.
Invasion fears of, in England, iv. 102 and n.
Ireland struggle of [1688] prevents troops being sent to America, iii. 28. Irish brigade at Fontenoy: iii. 326n. Iroquois in [1604], at Tadousac, spoken of as enemies, i. 22; two ambassa- dors come to Quebec [1622], 68; first attack on Canada, in [1641], 74; on the war path, 84; threaten Three Rivers, 175; retreat, 176; roam up and down the Saint Lawrence, 185; threaten Quebec, 187; assault mis- sions, 204; seized with panic, re- treat, 207; burn captives, 207; threaten Three Rivers [1652], 218; no Huron to be spared, 220; plot to surprise Three Rivers, 221; offer peace, 222; make peace [1653], 224; offer to make peace [1658], 246; suffer from war [1663], 312; send deputation to Quebec, 313; aggres sions of, ii. 39; unsuccessfully attack fort on the Illinois, 44; treaty at Albany with, 48; at Montreal, 87; peace signed with de Denonville, 96; note on, 166; their policy against French, 214; sign peace with de
James' bay: forts re-taken [1693], iii. 28. James II. his passiveness with regard to America, iii. 19; orders English governors to live in good intelligence with the French, 19; subservience to France, 22; ready to sacrifice American possessions, 27.
Jeannin, president : i. 44. Jeffreys, lord: signs treaty of [1686], iii. 19.
Jeremie: his narrative of French settle- ment river Nelson, iii. 8; account of d'Iberville's naval action, 35- Jesuits name mentioned in edition [1632] at the expense of recollets, i. 18; their policy, 30; all powerful under Mary of Medicis, 35; first sent to Canada [1625], 72; their ar- rival at Quebec, 73; received by recollets, 73; the relations commen- ced in [1626], 75; missions com- menced [1626], 81; regard Canada as a field for missions, 102; re-estab- lish themselves in Quebec [1632], III; influence of the published re- lations, 160; their political aspira- tions, 179; devotion of early mission- aries, 180; their missions, 198; disadvantages to be overcome, 200; looked upon as magicians, 200; pro. gress made slowly, 201; exposed to hostility of Iroquois, 202; send
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