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 efforts to build a fort at Niagara, ii. 52; ii. 235.

Vaudreuil, Rigaud de, sets out against the English, ii. 235; plans to attack Fort Massachusetts, ii. 237; journal of, ii. 237; the march, ii. 238, 239; his estimate of the garrison, ii. 243; the attack, ii. 243, 244; wounded, ii. 245; a parley, ii. 247; capitulation, ii. 248, 249; his humane treatment of prisoners, ii. 253; his account of his expedition, ii. 253.

Vaughan, William, of Damariscotta, ii. 64; advises an attack on Louisbourg, ii. 64; sketch of, ii. 65; captures the Grand Battery, ii. 98, 99, 110; his rash resolution, ii. 117, 118.

Vera Cruz, i. 301, 315.

Verchères, death of, i. 98.

Verelst, the Dutch artist, i. 147.

Verger, Ensign, ii. 293.

Verrazzano, voyages of, ii. 47, 49, 258, 259, 262.

Verrier, the engineer, ii. 101, 292, 293, 305, 308.

Versailles, i. 113, 119; ii. 6.

Vetch, Captain Samuel, i. 87, 103, 104, 107, 126; his plan for the conquest of Canada, i. 133; his history, i. 133; his marriage, i. 134; characteristics of, i. 134; sails for England, i. 134; his requests granted by the court, i. 135; waiting for the promised fleet, i. 144; in the attack on Port Royal, i. 147, 151; commissioned as governor of Port Royal, i. 154; commands the provincials in the Canadian expedition, i. 170; on board the “Despatch,” i. 173; disgusted by the inefficiency of Walker and Hill, i. 176; his journal, i. 182;