Category: History - American
The Western Sea.--Schemes for reaching it.--Journey of Charlevoix.--The Sioux Mission.--Varennes de la Vérendrye: his Enterprise; his Disasters; visits the Mandans; his Sons; their Search for the Western Sea; their Adventures.--The Snake Indians.--A Great War-party.--The Rocky...
“L’année Dernier 1719 je presenté un Memoire Concernant les prétensions reciproques de la grande bretagne et de la france par Raport aux Colonies des deux Nations dans L’Ameriqu...
20. CHAPTER XXII. SHIRLEY AND THE ACADIANS.“... Having lately procur’d from Fort Major Phillips of Annapolis Royal the late Lieutenant Governour Armstrong’s Original Instrument mention’d in my late State of the Province...
10. CHAPTER XVI.THE WESTERN SEA.--SCHEMES FOR REACHING IT.--JOURNEY OF CHARLEVOIX.--THE SIOUX MISSION.--VARENNES DE LA VÉRENDRYE: HIS ENTERPRISE; HIS DISASTERS; VISITS THE MANDANS; HIS SONS; TH...
16. CHAPTER XXII. 169EFFORTS OF FRANCE.--APATHY OF NEWCASTLE.--DILEMMA OF ACADIANS: THEIR CHARACTER.--DANGER OF THE PROVINCE.--PLANS OF SHIRLEY.-- ACADIAN PRIESTS.--POLITICAL AGITATORS.--NOBLE’S EXP...
12. CHAPTER XVIII. 59WAR OF THE AUSTRIAN SUCCESSION.--THE FRENCH SEIZE CANSEAU AND ATTACK ANNAPOLIS.--PLAN OF REPRISAL.--WILLIAM VAUGHAN.--GOVERNOR SHIRLEY: HE ADVISES AN ATTACK ON LOUISBOURG.--THE...
14. CHAPTER XX. 117A RASH RESOLUTION.--THE ISLAND BATTERY.--THE VOLUNTEERS.--THE ATTACK.--THE REPULSE.--CAPTURE OF THE “VIGILANT.”--A SORTIE.--SKIRMISHES.--DESPONDENCY OF THE FRENCH.--ENGLISH CAMP...
18. CHAPTER XXIV. 230FRONTIER DEFENCE.--NORTHFIELD AND ITS MINISTER.--MILITARY CRITICISMS OF REV. BENJAMIN DOOLITTLE.--RIGAUD DE VAUDREUIL: HIS GREAT WAR-PARTY; HE ATTACKS FORT MASSACHUSETTS.--SERGE...
13. CHAPTER XIX. 90SETH POMEROY.--THE VOYAGE.--CANSEAU.--UNEXPECTED SUCCORS.--DELAYS.-- LOUISBOURG.--THE LANDING.--THE GRAND BATTERY TAKEN.--FRENCH CANNON TURNED ON THE TOWN.--WEAKNESS OF DUCHAMBO...
17. CHAPTER XXIII. 205From the East we turn to the West, for the province of New York passed for the West at that day. Here a vital question was what would be the attitude of the Five Nations of the...
15. CHAPTER XXI. 145LOUISBOURG AFTER THE CONQUEST.--MUTINY.--PESTILENCE.--STEPHEN WILLIAMS: HIS DIARY.--SCHEME OF CONQUERING CANADA.--NEWCASTLE’S PROMISES.--ALARM IN CANADA.--PROMISES BROKEN.--PLAN...
11. CHAPTER XVII. 44OPPOSING CLAIMS.--ATTITUDE OF THE RIVAL NATIONS.--AMERICA A FRENCH CONTINENT.--ENGLAND A USURPER.--FRENCH DEMANDS.--MAGNANIMOUS PROPOSALS.--WARLIKE PREPARATION.--NIAGARA.--OSWEG...
39. i. 178;Crown Point, i. 141; ii. 55; the French intrenched at, ii. 55, 56; La Corne urges the fortifying of, ii. 56; fort built at, ii. 56; Shirley plans to attack, ii. 156, 207, 234; R...
92. i. 299;Rhode Island, the colony of, i. 8, 121; joins an expedition against Port Royal, i. 125; ordered to furnish troops for the conquest of Canada, i. 135, 143; decides to attack Port...
50. ii. 143;Iberville, Le Moyne d’, plans for an expedition against New England, i. 6; offers to plant a colony in Louisiana, i. 300; 382 his offer accepted, i. 300; enters the Mississippi...
38. i. 36;join the expedition against New England, i. 56; draw out of an expedition against New England, i. 96; promise Schuyler not to attack New England, i. 100; in the conquest of Cana...
51. i. 335;Knowles, Admiral Charles, on the character of the Acadians, ii. 172; urges the expulsion of the Acadians, ii. 177; Charlestown named after, ii. 228; ii. 327, 328, 335, 336, 345,...
52. i. 315;La Vérendrye, Chevalier, among the Mandans, ii. 20; his adventures searching for the Pacific, ii. 22-35; discovers the Rocky Mountains, ii. 35; jealousy of rivals, ii. 35; disco...
54. i. 299;Iberville offers to plant a colony in, i. 300; the first foundations of, i. 302; marriageable girls sent from France to, i. 306, 314; famine and pestilence in, i. 306; farmed ou...
101. i. 348, 350, 351;strange customs of, i. 352; their hostile disposition toward the French, ii. 5, 7, 8; murder Annean’s party, ii. 13; persecute the Mandans, ii. 17; their enmity toward the Snake...
88. ii. 47, 49, 50;Portsmouth, i. 5, 49, 51; proposed French and Indian attack on, i. 96, 97; Vetch at, i. 136; conference between Governor Dudley and the Abenakis at, i. 220; ii. 65, 155, 182.
40. i. 33;deed over their beaver-hunting ground to King William, i. 33; 377 Abraham Schuyler seeks to gain their aid in the conquest of Canada, i. 138; their policy with the French and En...
33. i. 231, 331;Belknap, on the Indian attack on Wells, i. 46; on the loss of life in Queen Anne’s War, i. 47; on Major Church at Port Royal, i. 124; on March’s failure against Port Royal, i. 1...
77. ii. 218, 230;Nova Scotia, i. 110, 191, 212; ii. 159, 174, 175, 176, 312, 313, 314, 316, 320, 321, 322, 324, 325, 326, 327, 328, 329, 330, 331, 333, 335, 337, 339, 341, 342, 344, 345, 346, 34...
113. i. 235;Footnotes were renumbered sequentially and moved to the end of the chapter or appendix section to which they pertain. The anchor for Footnote 189 was missing in the original and...
102. i. 131;36. ii. 42, 60, 85, 104, 114, 256, 314, 315, 318, 321, 322, 333,Brouillan, Jacques François de, urges peace between England and France, i. 6; his letter to Governor Bellomont, i. 7; in command of Acadia, i. 110; paucity of his fighting resou...
41. i. 101;109. ii. 168, 212;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.
85. i. 206;Ponchartrain, the colonial minister, interview of Cadillac with, i. 27; accepts Cadillac’s plan, i. 28; letters from Cadillac to, i. 30-32; gives over Detroit to Cadillac, i. 32...
66. i. 96;the English plan to attack, i. 135, 140; excited in expectation of Nicholson’s attack, i. 142; Walker’s expedition plans to attack, i. 165; ii. 6; La Vérendrye at, ii. 13; the E...
75. ii. 52;Nicholson, Colonel Francis, commands the conquest of Canada, i. 136, 139; his march to Wood Creek, i. 140; his meeting with Ramesay, i. 140, 141; pestilence in his camp, i. 143;...
62. i. 105;Michilimackinac, the Jesuit mission of, i. 17; La Mothe-Cadillac at, i. 17; the centre of the western fur-trade, i. 17; the favorite haunt of the _coureurs de bois_, i. 17; curi...
37. ii. 86;27. ii. 312, 316, 317, 318, 319, 322, 326, 327, 328, 330, 331, 333,Anville, Duc d’, ii. 157, 158; disasters of, ii. 159-162; death of, ii. 162; burial of, ii. 162; chief aim of his expedition, ii. 169; ii. 175, 235, 330, 346.
97. i. 37;on the French and Indian attack on Haverhill, i. 99; opposes Governor Dudley, i. 106; his benevolence towards the Indians, i. 223; at the council at Georgetown, i. 224; his spee...
44. ii. 107;on the attack of the English, ii. 108; on the capture of the “Vigilant” by the English, ii. 124; on the number of English at Louisbourg, ii. 134; on the siege, ii. 137; on the r...
105. 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 ef...
28. ii. 34, 40;78. i. 350;Pacific Ocean, the, plans for reaching, ii. 3; probable cost of reaching, ii. 4; report of Charlevoix on, ii. 5; the brothers La Vérendrye search for, ii. 22-35; Captains Lewis...
43. ii. 200;Habitant de Louisbourg, the, on Duvivier’s attack on Annapolis, ii. 62, 63; on the plan to attack Louisbourg, ii. 68; on the garrison at Louisbourg, ii. 95; on the poor conditio...
55. i. 30;Margry, Pierre, i. 18, 21, 25, 26, 27, 28, 30, 298, 299, 300, 301, 302, 303, 304, 354, 355, 356, 358, 360, 366, 368; ii. 12, 25, 36; on the achievements of the family of La Vére...
65. i. 300;Mohawk Indians, the, Jesuits among, i. 13; in the conquest of Canada, i. 139; Peter Schuyler takes five of their chiefs to England, i. 147; their flattering reception, i. 147; W...
35. ii. 47, 60;108. ii. 150;Walker, Admiral, Sir Hovenden, naval command of the expedition against Canada given to, i. 164; in Boston, i. 169; the loss of his transports, i. 172-174; gives up the expeditio...
103. i. 272;i. 274; ii. 44, 46, 48, 50; leaves unsettled the questions of boundary, ii. 59; cedes Acadia to England, ii. 173; ii. 203, 205, 258, 262, 263, 264, 267, 272, 273, 338, 356.
25. ii. 51, 154, 156, 206, 207;84. ii. 136;shares the honor of victory with Warren, ii. 138, 139; rivalry between Warren and, ii. 140, 141; made a baronet, ii. 142; governs Louisbourg jointly with Warren, ii. 146; mutiny...
23. ii. 260, 262, 266, 267, 270, 272, 320, 326, 336, 338, 341, 345,Acadians, the, trade of Boston merchants with, i. 7, 115; take the oath of allegiance to Queen Anne, i. 191; break their oath, i. 191; apply to Vaudreuil for aid, i. 192; the Fr...
100. ii. 186, 190, 198, 200;reoccupies Grand Pré, ii. 201; unable to do for Acadia all that the emergency demanded, ii. 204; blames Newcastle’s government, ii. 204; letter from Captain Stevens to, ii. 229;...
45. i. 164;93. ii. 154;Schuyler, Peter, on the New York war, i. 8; contributes to the support of New York, i. 9; understands the character of the Indians, i. 10; his visit to Onondaga, i. 12; on the f...
110. i. 33;Williams, John, minister at Deerfield, i. 57; his letter to the governor, i. 59; attacked by the French and Indians, i. 61; 415 captured, i. 62; on the attack of Deerfield, i. 6...
29. i. 156, 157;Beauharnois, Charles de, the intendant, on the treachery of the Abenakis, i. 37; on the French expedition against New England, i. 56; on Beaucour’s unsuccessful expedition again...
64. ii. 170;Mississippi Company, the, Louisiana passes into the hands of, i. 315; efforts of the French government to maintain, i. 315, 316; removes L’Épinay and reappoints Bienville as gov...
49. i. 235;Hutchinson, Thomas, on the French and Indian attack on Haverhill, i. 99; on the negotiations for neutrality between Dudley and Vaudreuil, i. 104; on the opposition to Governor D...
21. ii. 236;Acadia, i. 7; French claims regarding the extent of its territory, i. 47; its government, i. 110; the old régime in, i. 110-119; friction between the temporal and spiritual powe...
24. ii. 175;Shirley’s plan for securing the allegiance of, ii. 177; Shirley’s plan to convert them to Protestantism, ii. 180; Ramesay tries to persuade them to join his expedition against A...
73. i. 328, 368;New York, French plans for the destruction of, i. 5, 6; assistance received in waging war from the different colonies by, i. 8; in a wretched condition for defence, i. 9; privat...
91. ii. 200;Raudot, the Canadian intendant, on the French and Indian attack on Haverhill, i. 99; his letters to Ponchartrain, i. 119; urges the occupation by the French of Cape Breton, i. 186.
53. ii. 312, 313, 317, 318, 321, 322, 326, 327, 328, 329, 333, 344,Louis XIV., the War of the Spanish Succession springs from the ambition of, i. 4; places his grandson on the throne of Spain, i. 4; recognizes the son of James II. as King of En...
81. i. 217;at the conference at Portsmouth, i. 220; attend a council at Georgetown, i. 224; attack the fort on St. George’s River, i. 244; Colonel Westbrook sent against, i. 244; their att...
68. ii. 201;New England, loose use of the name, i. 5; French plans for the destruction of, i. 5; the whole burden of war falls upon, i. 16; the Abenakis spurred on by the French against, i....
80. i. 222;on the council at Georgetown, i. 228; at Georgetown, i. 234; on the Indian attack on Oxford, i. 243; on the Micmac raids, i. 244; the Boston treaty, i. 255; on Lovewell’s expedi...
104. i. 139;on Ramesay’s expedition against Nicholson, i. 141; on the pestilence in Nicholson’s camp, i. 143; 412 Ponchartrain recommends Costebelle’s scheme to, i. 158; warned of the Engli...
72. ii. 156;responds to Shirley’s call to the defence of Annapolis, ii. 182; suffers from Indian border attacks, ii. 217; disputes the claim of Massachusetts to Fort Dummer, ii. 217; ii. 26...
96. ii. 52;58. i. 335;Massachusetts, the colony of, i. 7; the whole burden of war falls upon, i. 16; the settlements of Maine a dependency of, i. 40; the cost of killing an Indian, to, i. 100; passes...
111. i. 84;Williams, Samuel, in Indian captivity, i. 75; at Montreal, i. 83; forced to turn Catholic, i. 83; returns to his creed, i. 84; exchanged, i. 84; death of, i. 84.
32. ii. 186, 187, 189, 190, 191, 192, 194, 195, 196;on the losses at Grand Pré, ii. 198; on the courtesies exchanged between the French and the English at Grand Pré, ii. 199; his account of the French victory at Mines, ii. 200.
76. i. 217;description of their village, i. 218; at the convention at Portsmouth, i. 220; embittered against the English, i. 223; alarmed by the intrusion of settlers, i. 224; attend a cou...
9. CHAPTER XXIV.Frontier Defence.--Northfield and its Minister.--Military Criticisms of Rev. Benjamin Doolittle.--Rigaud de Vaudreuil: his Great War-party; he attacks Fort Massachusetts.--Serge...
60. ii. 156;responds to Shirley’s call to the defence of Annapolis, ii. 182; suffers from Indian border attacks, ii. 217; New Hampshire disputes her claim to Fort Dummer, ii. 217; her settl...
57. ii. 315, 316, 318, 322;Mascoutins, the, on Rock River, i. 278; at Detroit, i. 280; their camp attacked, i. 285; the siege, i. 286; their desperate position, i. 287; make overtures to Dubuisson, i. 287...
79. i. 37, 38;on the Indian attacks on the frontier of Maine, i. 46; on Caleb Lyman’s attack on the French Indians, i. 50; on the attack of Deerfield, i. 70; on Beaucour’s unsuccessful expedi...
107. ii. 185;commands the expedition against Noble, ii. 185; a winter march, ii. 187; the plan of attack, ii. 190, 191; the attack, ii. 129; 413 severely wounded, ii. 192; ii. 198.
31. ii. 7, 8;tries to obtain aid from the court for La Vérendrye, ii. 13; on the Mandans, ii. 21; demands the demolition of Oswego, ii. 54; on the establishment of Crown Point, ii. 56; on th...
1. CHAPTER XVI.The Western Sea.--Schemes for reaching it.--Journey of Charlevoix.--The Sioux Mission.--Varennes de la Vérendrye: his Enterprise; his Disasters; visits the Mandans; his Sons; th...
5. CHAPTER XX.A Rash Resolution.--The Island Battery.--The Volunteers.--The Attack.--The Repulse.--Capture of the “Vigilant.”--A Sortie.--Skirmishes.--Despondency of the French.--English Camp...
61. ii. 66, 67;Massachusetts, Fort, ii. 231, 232, 236; Rigaud plans to attack, ii. 237-240; description of, ii. 241; site of, ii. 243; the attack, ii. 243, 244; a parley, ii. 247; capitulation...
99. ii. 157, 158, 164, 168;resolved to keep Acadia, ii. 170; Newcastle leaves the defence of Acadia to, ii. 171; his letters to Newcastle on the Acadian dilemma, ii. 171, 175, 176, 179; letter from Mascar...
3. CHAPTER XVIII.War of the Austrian Succession.--The French seize Canseau and attack Annapolis.--Plan of Reprisal.--William Vaughan.-- Governor Shirley: he advises an Attack on Louisbourg.--The...
7. CHAPTER XXII.Efforts of France.--Apathy of Newcastle.--Dilemma of Acadians: their Character.--Danger of the Province.--Plans of Shirley.--Acadian Priests.--Political Agitators.--Noble’s Expe...
6. CHAPTER XXI.Louisbourg after the Conquest.--Mutiny.--Pestilence.--Stephen Williams: his Diary.--Scheme of Conquering Canada.--Newcastle’s Promises.--Alarm in Canada.--Promises broken.--Plan...
26. i. 194;Duquesnel’s plans against, ii. 61; its condition, ii. 61; failure of Duvivier’s attack on, ii. 63; Duvivier again lays siege to, ii. 126; the French plan to attack, ii. 162, 164...
87. i. 125;failure of the expedition, i. 129-131; New England plans another attack on, i. 145; the attack on, i. 151; surrenders to Nicholson, i. 153; its name changed to Annapolis Royal,...
46. i. 91;106. i. 190;69. i. 156, 161; 39574. ii. 206;112. ii. 148;4. CHAPTER XIX.Seth Pomeroy.--The Voyage.--Canseau.--Unexpected Succors.-- Delays.--Louisbourg.--The Landing.--The Grand Battery taken.--French Cannon turned on the Town.--Weakness of Duchambo...
70. i. 56;the Abenaki tribes of, i. 101; joins an expedition against Port Royal, i. 125; ordered to furnish troops for the conquest of Canada, i. 135; her prompt response, i. 138, 143; de...
48. i. 303;67. ii. 157, 164, 168;his apathy regarding the defence of Acadia, ii. 170; Shirley’s letters regarding the Acadian dilemma to, ii. 171, 175, 176, 179, 312, 314, 317, 320, 322, 325, 330, 331, 342, 345...
90. ii. 172, 175, 176;tries to persuade the Acadians to join his expedition against Annapolis, ii. 181; retreats from Grand Pré to Chignecto, ii. 182, 183, 184; plans to surprise Noble, ii. 184; acci...
98. ii. 143, 144;restores order in Louisbourg, ii. 146, 147; 408 his schemes to conquer Canada, ii. 150; Newcastle’s promises to, ii. 153; Newcastle fails to keep his promises, ii. 155; abandons...
47. i. 306;59. ii. 69;make-up of her contingent, ii. 81, 82; bankrupt condition of, ii. 142; reimbursed by England for expenditures on the Louisbourg expedition, ii. 142; restored to financial health...
95. i. 100;favors the proposed conquest of Canada, i. 137; sails for Europe with five Mohawk chiefs, i. 146, 147; their flattering reception, i. 147; on the Mohawk chiefs in England, i. 14...
2. CHAPTER XVII.Opposing Claims.--Attitude of the Rival Nations.--America a French Continent.--England a Usurper.--French Demands.-- Magnanimous Proposals.--Warlike Preparation.--Niagara.-- Osw...
34. i. 55;trade between the French of Acadia and, i. 108; French scheme to ruin, i. 161; make plans for the Canadian expedition, i. 164, 165; 367 distrusts the English troops, i. 166; Bon...
89. i. 96;sent out against Nicholson’s expedition, i. 140; accomplishes nothing, i. 141; on the number of Nicholson’s force, i. 142; complains of English instigation, i. 331; sent to Acad...
71. ii. 55;joins Shirley’s expedition against Louisbourg, ii. 69, 70, 71; make-up of her contingent, ii. 82; reimbursed by England for expenditures on the Louisbourg expedition, ii. 143; s...
83. ii. 125;disagreement with Warren, ii. 126-129; comes to an understanding with Warren, ii. 130; receives Duchambon’s offer of capitulation, ii. 132; the surrender, ii. 133; discontent of...
30. i. 232;averse to violent measures against the Indians, i. 337; slandered by Dupuy, i. 338; on Lignery’s expedition against the Outagamies, i. 339; on the scheme to reach the Pacific Oc...
8. CHAPTER XXIII.82. ii. 72;22. ii. 154;42. ii. 187, 188, 189;56. ii. 127, 171;86. i. 121;63. i. 197, 203, 207, 235;94. i. 96;