neglect of Nova Scotia, iii. 139; his foreign policy, 253. Stanwix
brigadier at carrying-place
on the Mohawk, iv. 159; ordered to
Stanwix, fort, lake Oneida: at carry-
ing-place constructed, iv. 189. Stark, Rogers: lieutenant, iv. 7. Stephen, Sir James: iii. 496. Stephen, one lieutenant: his infamous conduct when carrying provisions to Rogers, iv. 341.
Sterling, Lord: i. 87n.
Stevens, lieutenant : attacked near fort Stanwix, iv. 317.
Stobo, captain Robert: sent as hostage
to fort Duquesne, iii. 458; plan of fort Duquesne, made by him, 484; found in Braddock's baggage, 484; sentenced to be hanged, 484n. ; escapes, arrives at Louisbourg, re- turns to Quebec, iv. 249n.; joins Amherst at Crown Point, 344. Stoughton : lieutenant-governor
Massachusetts, ii. 367. Subercase, Daniel Auger de: governor of Acadia, iii. 85; his services, 85; arrives in Acadia, 86; complains of interference of priests in civil matters, 87; defends port Royal, 99; his difficulties, 99n. ; surrenders fort, 99; his letter to Nicholson, 102; hopes to revisit port Royal with a force to retake it, 107.
Sully, minister of Henry IV.: opposed to expedition to Canada, i. 21n.; at the Louvre after death of Henry IV., 118.
Sunderland, Robert Spencer, earl of: signs treaty of [1686], iii. 19; his character, 23.
Superior council: condemn canons of Quebec, iii. 263.
Swift, Jonathan, dean: knew "Jack
Saint-Ange, de: at fort Chartres, iii. 273.
Saint Anne fort constructed, île La- mothe, i. 331.
Saint Anne, en bas : burned, iv. 261. Saint Castin, baron de: settles in Acadia, ii. 181; reproved for irregu larities of life, 187; his career at Pentegoet, 190; approves of Indian raids, 192; gives unfavourable opinion of proposed neutrality, 259; marriage of, 356; plot to kidnap, 365; at cap- ture of Pemaquid, 379.
Saint Castin, the younger : receives commission, iii. 105; instructed to harass troops at Port Royal and act in accord with missionaries, 105; threat- ens Acadians if they act peaceably, 119; Gaulin supposed author of letter, 119.
Saint Charles fort: lake of the Woods, iii. 369.
St. Cirq: French officer killed in Schuyler's attack on Laprairie, ii.
St. Cosme missionary priest in Acadia, ii. 384. St. Croix
settlement at, i. 25; priva- tions suffered there, 26; Champlain's description of, 26; abandonment of settlement, 26; expedition to south- ward, 27.
Saints' days abolished, iii. 359. St. Denys, Juchereau de : in Louisiana, iii. 220.
Saint Esprit mission [la Pointe] lake Superior established [1670], iii. 6. Saint François Xavier: i. 75. Saint Germain-en-Laye: treaty of, i. 109; ii. 173.
Saint Hélène, de: son of Charles Le Moyne; attacked by Iroquois, ii. 87; in command of expedition against Schenectady, 205; killed in Phips' attack of Quebec, 242; with de Troyes' expedition, iii. 14.
St. Louis fort on Illinois, founded by
de La Salle, ii. 116.
Saint Louis rapids [Lachine rapids]:
called after a Frenchman named Louis drowned there [1611], i. 38. Saint-Luc de la Corne: in command of Indians at William Henry, iv. 59; their number, 59 and n. ; their char- acter, 59; sent to Galops rapids, 220; attacks Oswego and retreats, 319.
St. Lusson, de: takes possession of shores of lake Erie, i. 390. Saint Maixent: confederated French nobles assemble at, i. 120. Saint Mary: station on the Wye, i. 200; described, 201; abandoned, 209. Saint Mary, Sault: mission of Jogues
and Raymbault, i. 212.
Saint Mary: mission lake Superior established [1641], iii. 6. St. Ours captain de Denonville's expedition against Senecas [1687], ii. 79; second in command [1708],
iii. 92. Saint Ovide, de: governor of Cape Bre- ton, iii. 132; his correspondence with Shute, 140; embarrassed by Philipp's letter, 146; his reply, 147; his secret instructions to the missionaries, 147; suggests answers to Acadians when refusing oath, 147.
Saint Pierre, fort, Rainy lake: iii. 369. Saint Pierre, Legardeur de: in com-
mand at Michillimackinac, iii. 393; finds Indians ill-disposed, 393; ap- pointed to command expedition west of lake Superior, leaves Montreal, 413; did not himself go beyond fort de la Reine, 413; sends de Niver- ville to the Saskatchewan, 413; his fort attacked by Assiniboines, 415; returns to Montreal, 415; ap- pointed to command of Ohio, 447; receives Washington at fort le Bœuf, 451; his death, 531.
St. Poncy, curé of Annapolis: sum- moned before council, iii. 167: his behaviour, sent out of country, 167; sent back by de Saint Ovide, 167. Saint Regis Indian settlement estab lished, iii. 549.
Saint Roch burned, iv. 261. Saint Sulpice, seminary of: assumes obligations of company, i. 309; additional ecclesiastics arrive, 367; disliked by bishop de Laval, 368; dissatisfaction with de Frontenac's appointments, 420; refuses to dis miss de Fénelon, 442.
Saint Thérèse name given by French to fort, Hudson's bay, iii. 10. Saint Thérèse: on the Richelieu, fort constructed, i. 330.
Saint-Vallier, Jean Baptiste de la Croix- Chevrières de, second bishop of Que- bec sails for Canada, ii. 62; letters as to state of society, 66; conse- crated, 67; his volume on Canada, 67; his opinion of Saint Castin, 190; visits Acadia, 192; will not advise as to reception of de Fron- tenac, 219; his disputes with de Frontenac, 273; prohibits perform- ance of plays, 276; assails de Mareuil, 276; dispute with seminary, 291; proceeds to France, 292; captured at sea, 421; returns to his diocese, 489; his death, iii. 258; his burial cause of serious quarrel, 259; his body exposed at Chapelle Ardente, 259; his burial, 261; attempt to interrupt ceremony, 261.
Tadousac: Chauvin's voyage to, i. 13. Tailer, James: Boston pirate sent to Quebec, ii. 183. Talmage, lieutenant in command of blockhouse at Schenectady, ii. 207. Talon, Jean, intendant: arrives in Canada, i. 327; remonstrates against company, 332; his powers, 356; misunderstanding with de Courcelles, 357; returns to France, 357; te- appears in Canada, 357; his charac- ter, 358; his services, 358; his ex- ertions to develop the province, 373; organizes expedition of father Albanel, 390; marks of royal fa- vour, 393; leaves Canada, 393; ob- tains Seigneury of des Islets, erected into barony, 435; one his last acts to permit use of brandy in fur trade, 440.
with de La 128; left be- rescued from
Tamouratoua: Indian chief, ii. 251. Taréha Indian chief, ii. 295; 302. "Tartuffe," Molière's: difficulty con- cerning at Quebec, ii. 275. Tassemaker, Peter: minister at Schen- ectady killed by French, ii. 208. Tast, du arrives with fleet at Quebec,
ii. 252. Taxous Indian chief, ii. 367; incited to agression by father Thiery, 370. Teanaustayé [see St. Joseph]. Teganissorens: Iroquois chief arrested at Quebec, ii. 45; seized by Hurons, 97. Temple, Richard: first lord Grenville,
iv. 97n. ; his behaviour to George II., 97; his fable with regard to Pitt's behaviour, 116; as related by lord Mahon, 116.; Horace Walpole's opinion of, 116.; his character and intrigues, 117; his evil influence on Pitt, 118; his story to be rejected, 119.
Temple, Thos.: gets grant of land in Acadia from Cromwell, ii. 177; ordered to deliver up the country,
Terrebonne iron mines worked, iii. 291.
Tessier pilot in de La Salle's expedi- tion, ii. 147; starts with de La Salle for Canada, 153; continues journey after the murder, 159; abandons protestant faith on arrival at Quebec, 161n.; arrives at France, 162. Tessouat: i. 45.
Têtes de Boule: iv. 457.
Textile plants of Dominion : ii. 440. Thayendenaga, [Joseph Brandt]: ii. 167.
Themines, Marechal de: i. 57. Thibaut, captain: i. 34.
Thompson, Mr. James, of Quebec : iv. 274.
Three Rivers, district of: Champlain meets Indians there, i. 33; fort con- structed, 70; 130; exposed to attack, 174; attacked [1652], 219; harvest, iv. 268; Burton appointed governor, 440; courts of law, 441; Haldimand temporarily governor, 447; the law courts, 447.
Thury, father, jesuit priest : with Abenakis, ii. 192; his narrative of massacre by Canabas, 193; of sur render of Pemaquid, 196; present at attack of York [1691], 351; describes chiefs as being desirous of peace with New England, 367; incites chief Taxous against peace, 370; warns de Frontenac some steps must be taken to secure Indians, 378; present at the attack of Pemaquid [1696], 378; thanked for influencing Indians, iii. 67.
Ticonderoga: described, iii. 528; forti- fications proceeded with, 550; project. against by British abandoned, iv. 5; French force, activity of, 44; extravagance of Indians, 53; Aber- crombie's attack of intrenchments, 159; site of defences, 167; mass of
abatis and fallen trees, 167; incident during action recorded by Pouchot, 175.
"Tilbury" the wreck of, iv. 35. Tilly, de attacks Indian allies of French by mistake, ii. 222. Tilly, de l'Isle arrives at Lachine with western Indians, ii. 224. Tilly, Legardeur de: appointed to council, i. 302: reinstated, ii. 32. Toast of British troops of all ranks on leaving Louisbourg: iv. 238. Tobacco early account of, i. 5. Tonnancour, de, canon of Quebec : protests against course taken by Du- puy, iii. 263; his conduct arraigned, 264.
Tonty, Henri de: accompanies de La
Salle, i. 449; at Green bay, 475; hears of loss of "le Griffon," 475; narrative of occurrences in Illinois, 475-7; finds his way to lake Michi- gan, 478; joins de la Durantaye in his attack of Albany traders, ii. 76; sent by de La Salle to Canada, 109; despatched to Illinois, passes winter there, 112; descends Mississippi to rescue de La Salle, 160; hears of de La Salle's murder, 161; death of, 436n.; letter to de La Salle, iii. 214n. Tonty, Alphonse: refused permission to join expedition, ii. 127; at Michilli- mackinac, 417; his exactions de- scribed by d'Aigremont, 436; in com- mand at Cataraqui, his misconduct, 436.
Torçac, de officer "de la Reine," killed, iv. 6.
Toulon blockaded by British fleet, iii. 300.
Townshend, colonel: killed, iv. 333. Townshend, George, marquis of his talent for caricature, iv. 96n.; ap. pointed brigadier at Quebec, 225; his previous career, 225; his letter to his wife from Quebec, 226n. ; accidental- ly brought into prominence, 227; Horace Walpole's opinion of him, 227; his contrast to Wolfe, 227; as- sumes command, 285; his inactivity after the action, 287; criticised in a letter to a brigadier-general, 303n. Toxus his death, iii. 176. Tracy, marquis de arrives in Canada, i. 329; organizes expedition to the Mohawk, 343; expedition starts, 344; described, 345-7; returns to France, 348.
Trade controlled, ii. 485; regulations with regard to Law's company, 507; its depressed condition, iii. 129; with the Indians in [1730], 283. Trapping ii. 486.
Traverse, la: difficulties of its naviga- tion, iv. 232.
Treaty of neutrality: between France and England, possessions beyond seas, iii. 19; its conditions, 20. Treaties: St. Germain-en-Laye, 29th March [1632], restoration to France of Quebec [taken 1629] and Cape Breton, i. 108; 109; Westminster, 2nd November [1656], France claims Acadia and mainland [taken 1654], ii. 177; Breda, 31st July [1657], Acadia, &c., ceded to France, ii. 179; London, 16th November [1686], treaty of neutrality, iii. 19; Rys- wick, 20th September [1697], sur- render to France of nearly all Hud- son's bay, iii. 39; Utrecht, 31st March [1713], surrender to Great Britain of Hudson's bay, Nova Sco. tia [Acadia] and Newfoundland, ii. 480; Aix-la-Chapelle, 30th April [1747] [preliminaries], iii. 361; Oc- tober [1748] [final treaty], restora-
tion to France of Louisbourg and Cape Breton [taken 1745], iii. 364; Paris, 10th February [1763], surren- der to Great Britain of Canada, iv. 497; clauses affecting America, 505. Tremblay, father: agent Quebec Sem- inary, ii. 292. Trépezet
detached to observe Aber- crombie's force, iv. 163; sends for orders, 164; deserted by Indians, loses his way, 164; his party defeat- ed with serious loss, 164. Tressard refused permission to accom- pany Champlain, i. 37.
Tronson superior St. Sulpice, Paris, ii. 162; 164.
Trouvé, father: taken prisoner by Phips, brought with him to Quebec, ii. 233; exchanged, 245; account of his capture, 345.
Troyes, de commands Hudson's bay expedition [1686], iii. 14; ascends Ottawa to the Matawan, 14; follows Ottawa and Abbitibbi to James' bay, 14; attacks fort Hayes, 15; proceeds to fort Rupert, 15; the fort taken, 16; sails for fort Albany, 17; fort capitulates, 18; his good conduct, 18n. ; in command at fort Niagara, 85; dies there, 85.
Trudeau, Canadian officer at attack of Mobile, iii. 234.
Tufet leads expedition from Bordeaux to Acadia, ii. 173.
Turenne defeats Spanish army before Dunkirk, i. 10.
459; meeting of states to consider, 459; failure of attempt, 470. United States: origin of signature in commerce for the dollar, iii. 205. Urfé, d', sulpician: waits upon de Frontenac interest of de Fénelon, i. 427; accompanies de Fénelon to France, 430; complains that de Fron- tenac had opened his letters, 431; his cousin marries Colbert's son, ob- tains protection from Colbert, 431. Ursins, des at Quebec with ships of war, ii. 318.
Ursuline convent, Quebec: founded,
i. 171; early difficulties, 172; re- built, ii. 33; second fire, 77. Utrecht, treaty of: its provisions, ii. 480; 520; narrative of events, 519- 555; negotiations, 522; closed, 524 ; resumed, 528; concluding negotia- tions, 541; dissatisfaction with the peace, 545.
Valérian, père: his sermon at the cathedral, iii. 264; summoned before council, 265.
Valiant, father: sent by de Denonville to Albany, ii. 91; with Senecas, 409; maintains peace, 415. Valigny, de a captain under de La Salle, ii. 127.
Vallière, de La: arrives in Acadia from
Canada, ii. 181; grants licenses to English fishermen, 182. Valrennes, de, commandant fort Fron- tenac destroys fort, ii. 201; sent against Schuyler, 253; attacks him, 255.
Valterie, de la joins expedition to Michillimackinac, ii. 268.
Vanbraam, captain: hostage with French, iii. 458.
Van Corlaer governor of Albany, i. 186.
Van Epps: prisoner with Indians, escapes to Albany, ii. 264.
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