i. 231, 331;

on the scheme for reaching the Pacific Ocean, ii. 6; ii. 52.

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. 131; on the council at Georgetown, i. 235; on Lovewell’s expeditions against the Indians, i. 262; on the plan to attack Louisbourg, ii. 64, 78, 112.

Belknap Papers, the, ii. 144.

Belleisle, Madame de, i. 117.

Bellemont, Ensign, ii. 293.

Bellin, ii. 14.

Bellomont, Lord, governor of Massachusetts, letter from Brouillan to, i. 7; his reports to the Lords of Trade, i. 9; on the ministers among the Indians, i. 12; tries to influence the Indians against the Jesuits, i. 12.

Bennett, Captain, i. 202.

Benoit, M., ii. 288.

Berkshire, ii. 230.

Berwick, village of, Indian attacks on, i. 48, 99, 266.

Biddeford, village of, i. 46, 266; ii. 80.

Bienville, Jean Baptiste de, resolves to find a better way to Santa Fé, i. 368.

Bienville, Le Moyne de, i. 301; 366 at Biloxi, i. 302; explores the Mississippi, i. 302; his meeting with Capt. Louis Bank, i. 303; accusations against, i. 307; De Muys sent to succeed, i. 307; Artaguette reports favorably upon the charges against, i. 307; La Mothe-Cadillac succeeds, i. 309; La Mothe-Cadillac’s quarrel with, i. 313; reappointed governor of Louisiana, i. 318; renewed accusations against, i. 320; Perier takes his place, i. 320; again made governor of Louisiana, i. 322; resigns, i. 323; the “Father of Louisiana,” i. 323; i. 360.

Bighorn Mountains, the, ii. 31.

Bighorn Range, the, ii. 29, 31.

Bigot, François, the intendant, i. 38; ii. 37, 97, 98, 108; on the English attack on Louisbourg, ii. 111; on the English attack on the Island Battery, ii. 121, 122; on the weak condition of the Louisbourg garrison, ii. 131; on the siege of Louisbourg, ii. 144; ii. 273, 274, 290, 293, 311.

Billaine, Louis, ii. 261.

Billerica, village of, i. 259.

Biloxi, the harbor of, French establishment at, i. 302, 305, 312.

Biscay, Bay of, ii. 158.

Blackfeet Indians, the, ii. 34.

Blackhawk, the famous chief, i. 344.

Black Hills, the, i. 353; ii. 23.

Black Point, Indian attack on, i. 48.

Black River, the, ii. 221.

Blake, Nathan, captured by the Indians, ii. 215.

Blancs Barbus, see _Mandans, the_.

Blastrick, Jean, ii. 311.

Bleeker, visits Onondaga, i. 12.

Blenheim, i. 163.

“Blockhouse,” loose use of the term, ii. 241.

Blue Earth River, i. 351.

“Bobasser,” see _Beaubassin, Sieur de_.

Bobé, Father, sets forth the claims of France, ii. 46-50, 257-274.

Bodmer, Charles, the artist, among, the Mandans, i. 345; ii. 20.

Boisbriant, Major Pierre Dugué de, i. 307; in command of “the Illinois,” i. 329; i. 360.

Boishébert, ii. 185, 188, 189, 194.

Bolingbroke, Lord, i. 163.

Bollan, William, secures reimbursement for Massachusetts from England for expenditures on the Louisbourg expedition, ii. 142, 143; letters of, ii. 143; ii. 315.

Bomazeen, Captain, i. 37; captures Elisha Plaisted, i. 53, 54.

Bonaventure, Captain, on the trade between Boston and the French of Acadia, i. 108, 115; his relations with Madame de Freneuse, i. 116; attacked by De Goutin, i. 117; on the friction between the temporal and spiritual powers in Acadia, i. 118; ii. 132, 286, 308.

Bonaventure, Madame de, i. 154.

Bonaventure, the priest, i. 194.

Bonavista, i. 132.

Bonner, Captain, makes a plan of Boston, i. 170.

Bonner, John, i. 88.

Borland, i. 107.

Boston, French plans for the destruction of, i. 5, 6;