Missionaries: in parishes in neighbour-
hood of Montreal complain of neglect
and indifferent treatment, ii. 485.
Missionaries, British; few sent by col-
onists among Indians, ii. 416.
Missionary priests [French]: appeal to
jealousy of Indians, ii. 375; their
devotion to duty, 396; their presence
a comfort and consolation to the
Indian, 416.
Mississippi: discovery of, i. 399; at-
tracts attention, 401; descent by
Jolliet and Marquette, 401-404; de
La Salle's descent of, 484-486; early
Spanish expeditions to, 487; mouths
of, iv. 214; fort upon, 225; country
north of attracts attention, 252;
first settlements made north of the
Illinois, 270.
Mobile: established, iii. 221; furs
stored there, 223.
Mohawk river: description of, iii. 537 ;
the carrying-place, 538.
Mohawks attack Dupuy, i. 235; at-
tack island of Orleans, 236; carry
off prisoners chanting song of victory
before Quebec, 236; demand incor-
poration of Hurons, 239; their ag-
gression, 264; offer peace [1663],
312; their treachery, 312.
Monceau, de: [see d'Anteuil the
younger].
Monckton, Robert, brigadier: ordered
to attack fort Beauséjour, iii. 495;
sent to Boston to complete organiza-
tion, 495; detached to the Saint
John, iv. 151; ascends the river and
destroys settlement, 152; appointed
second in command at Quebec, 223:
his services, 225; takes possession of
Point Levis, 244; severely wounded
at Quebec, 284.
Mondelet, Dominique, judge: his de-
scription of the regne militaire,"
Money early currency, i. 155.
Monroe, lieutenant-colonel : defends
fort William Henry, iv. 24; sum-
moned to surrender by Montcalm,
34; will defend his fort, 35; sends
messages to Webb, 55; strength of
garrison, 56; his capitulation, 63,
[see William Henry].
Monseignat, de: reflections on Phips'
attack, ii. 248; 340n. ; clerk of Con-
seil Supérieur, 420.
Montagnais: the tribe of, i. 33; 71.
Montcalm, Louis Joseph, de: his
young years and character, iii. 551;
his memory not esteemed in Canada,
552; organizes attack of Oswego,
562; leaves fort Frontenac, 562;
arrives before Oswego, 563: attacks
fort, 564 its surrender, 565; prison-
ers taken, 565; his conduct
Oswego, 569; song in his honour,
570; returns to Montreal, iv. I; his
success made complete by Webb's
proceedings, I; proceeds to Carillon,
6; unsatisfactory relations with de
Vaudreuil, 6; objects to la petite
guerre, 7; opposed to marriages of
young officers, 16; recommends men
be encouraged to marry, 17; his dis-
like of high play, 17; arrives at Ticon-
deroga, 49; advances against William
Henry, 51; joins de Lévis before
fort, 53; sends summons of surren
der, 54; his letter, 54; difficulty in
absolving him from blame for subse-
quent proceedings, 54; strength of
his force, 59n.; character of Indian
force, 60; sends Webb's intercepted
letter to Monroe, 61; opens his bat-
teries, receives order of Saint Louis,
61; his judgment in dealing with
the Indians, 62; surrender of fort,
62; terms granted, 63; massacres by
Indians, a stain on his character, 67;
his subsequent conduct, 68; his letter
to de Moras, 79; his description of
Canada, 86; arrives at Ticonderoga,
162; passes to left bank of river,
163; his force at the intrenchment,
166; repulses assault on his position,
170; leaves for Montreal, 190; op.
posed to maintenance of forts at far
distances, 217; orders grain to be
gathered in, 219; arrives at Quebec,
221; rejects money sent by Wolfe to
grenadier for saving Ochterlony, 255;
proceeds to Dechambeau, 258: sends
a battalion to Sillery, 267; hears of
Wolfe's landing, 277; orders forces
to Quebec, 277; no alternative but to
fight, 279; French losses, 28on.; 286;
mortally wounded, 285; his death,
286; his monument at Quebec, 304.
Montigny, de: with de Ramezay's ex-
pedition, ii. 448.
Montigny, de, Sieur: [see Laval].
Montmagny, Charles Huault, de: gov-
ernor, i. 158; traces plan of Quebec,
159; visits Three Rivers, 160; op-
poses settlement at Montreal, 182;
accompanies de Maisonneuve, 183;
builds fort on Richelieu, 185; at-
tempts to make peace, 187; retires
from his office, 190.
Montmorency: taken possession of by
Wolfe, iv. 246; Indians under de
Repentigny, from ambush, attack
detachment from, 251.
Montmorency, de: appointed to vice-
royalty, i. 60 ;
writes Champlain,
61; executed, 104.
Montorgueuil, captain:
Chedabucto, ii. 346.
Montreal [Mont Royal]: selected by
Champlain for settlement, i. 37;
traces of Indian cultivation, 37;
spoken of by him as "le sault,"
39; several vessels at in [1611], 39;
Champlain may be considered the
founder, 54; first settlement, 176;
the site named by père le Jeune, 177;
foundation of the city, 183; settle-
ment escapes notice, 183; first Iro-
quois attack, 184; first marriage and
birth, 225.; fort attacked, 247;
defended, 248; affected by Indian
hostility, 249; described in [1661],
268; parish church established, 278;
Albany traders frequenting, iii. 287;
employment given on fortifications,
owing to distress, 288; fortifications
extended, their cost, 358; surrender
Montreuil, de: second in command
attack of Johnson, iii. 524; his ne-
glect of Dieskau, 534.
Monts, de: i. 14; expedition leaves
France, 23; prejudiced against
Canada, 24; proceeds to St. Croix,
Acadia, 25; abandons settlement,
26; returns to France, 27; arrives
at Port Royal to carry back settlers
to France, 29; resolves on new
explorations, 29; determines to pro-
ceed to the Saint Lawrence, 29;
joins Champlain at La Rochelle, 40.
Moody, colonel: arrives at Placentia,
Moody, Rev. Mr. : his grace at banquet
capture of Louisbourg, iii. 318n.
Moore, governor of south Carolina :
attacks saint Augustin, iii. 222.
Moranget, nephew of de La Salle :
sails on expedition, ii. 128; attacks
Indians, 141; desires stores to be
brought from Martinique, 141; starts
with de La Salle for Canada, 153;
murdered, 156.
Morel: an official friend of de Seignelay,
ii. 127.
Mornay, Duplessis de: appointed co-
adjutor bishop, iii. 262; succeeds de
Saint Vallier, 262; sends authority
to de Lotbinière to administer diocese,
262; resigns his see, 284.
Morris, major sent to Cape Sable, iv.
151.
Mortmain law enforced, iii. 359; its
conditions, 360.
Mosquito, the i. 156 and n.
Moulton commands attack against
Norridgewock, iii. 190.
Moxus, Indian chief: ii. 355-
Murders near Montreal: i. 381.
Murray, James, brigadier [son of lord
Elibank] appointed to a command,
iv. 227; his service, 227; letters shew
unfriendliness to Wolfe, 227; in
command of troops sent up the Saint
Lawrence, 257; attacks Pointe aux
Trembles, beaten back, 257; estab-
lishes himself at Saint Antoine, 257;
attacks Dechambeau, 257; appointed
governor of Quebec, 293; his want
of money, 298; obtains it from the
troops and navy, 298; position of
his government, 356; deficiency in
firewood, 356; prisoners of war
embarked, 357: fleet sails away, 357;
his arrangements with regard to cord-
wood, 357; fortifies Saint Foy, 357;
discipline maintained, 358; garrison
suffers from cold, 359; regulates
markets, 359; establishes value of
coin, 359; hears reports of intended
attack of garrison, 360; takes pos-
session of Point Lévis, 360; sickness
of garrison, 361; his want of money,
361; expects attack to be made, 364;
fortifies Cap Rouge, 364; orders
Canadian inhabitants to leave town,
365; story of the gunner on the ice,
365; refuted by Murray's diary, 365;
hears of landing of French, 366; with-
draws his outposts, 366; trying con-
dition of weather, 366; marches his
force outside the walls, 368; numbers
of British troops present, 368; 369n.;
battle of 28th April, 368; British
retire, 369; British losses, 369; de-
fends city, 371; sends "Racehorse"
to Halifax, 372; in letter to Halifax
explains his reasons for fighting out-
side of walls, 372; days of the siege,
373; arrival of "the Lowestoff,"
373; other ships follow, 373; Col-
ville's ships two days later, 373;
ascends the Saint Lawrence, 383;
with his force advances to Montreal
by water, 394; issues proclamation,
394; lands at Sorel, burns place,
395; feels "cruel necessity," 395;
arrives at Contrecœur, 396; receives
proposal of surrender from de Vau-
dreuil, 396; preparations for opposi-
tion to his advance, 402; lands on
island of Montreal, 402; appointed
governor of Quebec, 441; governor-
general, 463; reports distress at
Quebec and its relief, 464.
Musgrave, Dr.: iv. 496.
Muys, de, governor of Louisiana: his
death, iii. 224.
Natchez: visited by d'Iberville, iii. 216;
children thrown into flames, 216;
fort built by de Bienville, 232; shew
bad spirit, 237; outbreak, 238;
massacre of French, 238; defeated
by de Loubois, 240; conquered by
Perrier, 241.
Naudière, Mde. de la: mentioned from
the pulpit, ii. 288.
Naxouat, fort: erected by de Villebon,
ii. 355; chiefs called upon to attend
here, 367; attacked by colonel Haw-
thorne, 383.
Negroes laws regarding, iii. 237n.
Nelson, John taken prisoner to Que-
bec, ii. 350; kindness of to de
Meneval, 364; gives warning to
Boston of proposed attack of, 364.
Nesmond, marquis de: sent with fleet
to attack Boston, ii. 316; returns to
France, 318.
Neutral tribe: attacked by Senecas,
i. 204.
Newcastle, duke of: iii. 164; his
neglect of Nova Scotia, 165; his
ignorance of American affairs, 327:
attempts to find support in the house
of commons, iv. 92; selects sir
Thomas Robinson, 93; administra-
tion affected by Braddock's defeat,
94; resigns, 96; dismissed by Bute,
487; his dignified conduct, 487.
New England colonies: their activity,
i. 114; their foundation, 191; felt
power of New France, ii. 445.
Newfoundland: taken possession of by
Dumont, i. 285; squadron arrives
from France [1697], iii. 32; d'Iber-
ville's campaign, 33; attack of by
French, iv. 493; Bute's sacrifice of
the fisheries, 498.
New France: opinion in France un-
favourable to [1630], i. 102; fear
that colony would drain France of
its population, 103: value of its
fisheries and mines recognized by
Richelieu, 104.
New Orleans: founded, iii. 233;
visited by Charlevoix, 233n.; gender
of the word in French, 233n.; seat
of government, 236.
"New subjects," the: Gage's opinion
concerning, iv. 441; the king's in-
structions regarding, 450; difference
of treatment to that of former times,
451; estimate held of the habitants
under French rule, 451; their politi-
cal education by the proclamations
made, 451; first raised to independ-
ence under British rule, 451; their
treatment by Gage, 455; no brighter
passage in imperial history, 466.
New York: an English colony, i. 355;
taken by Dutch, 413: feeling with
regard to attack on Schenectady, ii.
442; difficulties with provincial
troops, iii. 328; currency, 330n.;
449n.; province would attend to her
own Indians only, 449; legislature
attempts to conciliate Six Nations,
Niagara, falls of: supposed early allu-
sion to, i. 22.
Niagara, fort: traced out by de Tonty
and Hennepin, i. 457; established
by de Denonville, ii. 85; abandoned,
86; construction recommended by
Joncaire, 436; built by Joncaire,
512; visited by Charlevoix, 512;
complained of by Burnet, 513; com-
menced by de Léry, 516; placed in
condition, iii. 202; its situation, iv.
311; attacked by Prideaux, 322;
meeting of Indians there, 323; de-
fended by Pouchot, 324; advance of
reinforcements from Ohio forts, 325;
defeated by Johnson, 325; prisoners
taken and losses, 325; surrenders,
326; terms of capitulation, 327;
French losses and prisoners taken,
327; consequences of its loss, 328
and n.
Niagara, river: de La Salle constructs
fort at Lewiston, i. 453.
Nicholson, colonel Francis: appointed
to command expedition against Que-
bec, ii. 444; his career, 445; ad-
vances to lake Champlain, 446;
arrives at Boston, iii. 96; operations
against Port Royal, 97-101; cour-
tesies with de Subercase, IOI ; names
place Annapolis, 102; his letter to
de Vaudreuil, 103.; his rancour
against Vetch, 128; summons meet-
ing of inhabitants, 133.
Nichols, colonel: at Half-way brook,
iv. 177.
Nicollet, Jean: an interpreter, i. 175;
his discoveries, 212; his career, 213;
marries Marguerite Couillard, 213;
first white man who reached lake
Michigan, 214.
Nicolls, colonel Richard: governor of
New York, i. 354.
Nika: Indian hunter with de La Salle,
ii. 153; murdered, 156.
Niverville, de: sent to the Saskat
chewan, iii. 413; a canoe with ten
men ascends river, they report hav-
ing reached les montagnes des roches,
413.
Noble, colonel in command at Grand
Pré, attacked, iii. 347; killed,
348; his troops without snow-shoes,
Noblesse of Canada: their condition as
described by de Denonville, ii. 65.
Norridgewock attacked [1722], iii.
182; attacked [1724], 190.
Norris, sir John: fails to attack French
fleet, iii. 299.
Norton, Rev. John: at fort Massa-
chusetts, iii. 333; his history, 333n.
Notaries: the duty of, iii. 359.
Notre Dame des Victoires: church of,
ii. 248.
Nova Scotia: severed from New Eng-
land, ii. 374; possible design of
jacobites to restore to France, iii.
121; contrast of the conduct of the
French and English ministers with
regard to, 140; meeting of council
[1720], 142; failure of Great Britain
to establish sufficient garrisons, 145;
condition of [1721], 148; uncared
for by the politicians at home in the
time of George I., 148; with pro-
tection, settlement would have come
from New England, 149; estab-
lishment of garrisons recommended,
151; attention directed to, owing to
cession of Louisbourg, 418; Halifax,
foundation of, 419; settlements of
Acadians, 420; council offer reward
for Indian scalps, 428; no Roman
catholic settler permitted, 441.
Noyan, Payan de: commanded at fort
Frontenac, iv. 184n.
Noyau, de: duel with de Lorimier, ii.
219.
Noyelles, de: attacks Sakis, iii. 278;
grants peace, 278.
Noyrot, de, recollet father: sent to
France, i. 77; returns to Canada,
79.
Oath reign of William III., altered,
iii. 154.; administered to French
Canadians on submission, iv. 371n.
Ochiltree, lord: i. 101n.
Ochterlony, captain: his death, iv.
255.
Ohio French claim to, iii. 297;
attracts attention of de la Galisson-
nière, 390; no claim for pretensions of
French sovereignty, 396; expedition
of de Céloron, 396-408; four British
traders arrested, 416; Gist's explora-
tions, 446; Croghan's explorations,
447; description of, 447; influence
of English traders, 449; the Indians
pass to side of French, 451.
"Old Killick": iv. 241n.
Olier, M. founder St. Sulpice, i. 178;
sends priests to Montreal, 240.
"One hundred associates": company
established by Richelieu, i. 92; re-
duced to forty-five, 284; abandon
their charter, 293.
Oneidas: send deputation to Mont-
real, iv. I.
Onion river [Ouinoisqui]: ii. 414.
Onondagas: apply for jesuit mission, i.
226; send deputation, 233; destroy
tribe of Eries, 239; danger of de-
tachment sent, 242; French escape
from, by stratagem, 242; wait upon
de Tracy, 335; agree to mediate
between Senecas and French, ii. 50;
terms accepted by de la Barre, 56;
send embassy to de Frontenac,
296; sent deputation to Montreal,
iv. I declare themselves neutral, 4.
Ononthio: meaning of, ii. 105n.
Orleans, island of: attacked by Iro-
quois, i. 195; notices on church door,
iv. 242, description of, 242.
Orme, captain Robert: aide-de-camp
of Braddock, iii. 465; his journal,
465n.
Oswego, established by Burnet : ii.
514; protested against by Christian
Iroquois, 515; reinforced, iii. 468;
Shirley arrives there, 538; weak
condition of garrison, 550; attacked
by Montcalm, 564; its surrender,
565; depressing influence arising
from its loss, 567; conduct of French
Indians at siege, 569; consequences
of its capture, iv. 2; 3n.; Indian
massacres on taking, 19n.; its im-
portance admitted, 27; 28; provis
ions arrive in bad condition, 28; its
recognized importance, 312; attack-
ed by Saint Luc de la Corne, 321.
Ottawa river rapids to Portage du
Fort, i. 45n.
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