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 English, i. 139; acknowledged to be British subjects, i. 184; the Tuscaroras joined to, i. 274; a change comes over, i. 274; importance of their friendship, i. 275; jealous of French designs, ii. 51; refuse to allow the French to build a fort at Niagara, ii. 52; finally yield to the French, ii. 53; refuse to destroy Oswego, ii. 54; convene with Governor Clinton at Albany, ii. 206; deeply impressed by the burning of Saratoga, ii. 211; agree to go against the French, ii. 212.

Flanders, i. 164.

Flat Point, ii. 97, 102.

Flat Point Cove, ii. 87, 125.

Florida, i. 161; ii. 49.

Flynt, Rev. Henry, i. 222, 230.

Folsom, on the Indian attack on Wells, i. 46.

Fort Hill, i. 166.

Fortified houses, i. 39.

Foster, Deacon Josiah, killed by the Indians, ii. 216.

Foster, Joseph, ii. 162, 164, 165.

Fox, on Lovewell’s Expedition, i. 270.

Fox River of Green Bay, the, Indian population on, i. 275, 278, 332; i. 338, 340, 343; ii. 57.

Foxes, the, i. 14, 275. See also, _Outagamies, the_.

France, Great Britain gains a maritime preponderance over, i. 3; drunk with the wild dreams of Rousseau, i. 4; England declares war against, i. 4; burdened with an insupportable load of debt, i. 183; critical questions between England and, i. 185; does not neglect Acadia, i. 200; occupies the mouth of the Mississippi River, i. 298; John Law undertakes to deliver it from financial ruin, i. 315; division of the contest between England and, ii. 44; Father Bobé sets forth the claims of, ii. 46-50; fortifies the West, ii. 57; angered by the capture of Louisbourg, ii. 157; D’Anville’s expedition, ii. 158-162; La Jonquière’s expedition, ii. 168; her strong desire to recover Acadia, ii. 169; Bobé’s claim that England has no rightful titles to North America except those which may be granted her by, ii. 257-274.

Franche-Comté, i. 217.

Francis, Dr. Convers, on the character of Rale, i. 229, 231, 249.

Francis I., ii. 258.

Francœur, heights of, ii. 301.

Franklin, Benjamin, lacking in enthusiasm, ii. 70.

Franquet, journal of, ii. 174.

Frederic of Prussia seizes Silesia, ii. 59.

Frédéric, Fort, ii. 56, 234, 235. See also _Crown Point_.

French, the, rumors spread against the English by, i. 11; try to keep the Five Nations neutral, i. 12; their interest in the “Far Indians,” i. 14; importance of Detroit to, i. 22; Queen Anne’s War due to, i. 46; their claims for the territory of Acadia, i. 47; spur on the Abenakis against New England, i. 48; their motives, i. 100-102.

French of Acadia, the, 378 trade between Boston and, i. 138.

French colonies, the, ii. 46.

French Cross, ii. 182.

French, Deacon, i. 60.

French explorers, characteristics of, i. 346.

French, Freedom, converted and baptized as Marie Françoise, i. 89; her marriage, i. 89.

French Indians, the, in the Coos meadows, i. 50; attacked by Caleb Lyman, i. 50; ravaging the frontiers, ii. 213.

French, Martha, baptized as Marguerite, i. 89; her marriage, i. 89.

French priests, the, in Acadia, ii. 178, 179.

French River, the, i. 76.

French, Thomas, town clerk of Deerfield, i. 60, 68, 89.

French traders, the, i. 15.

French West Indies, the, i. 308.

Freneuse, Madame de, Brouillan’s relations with, i. 114; Bonaventure’s relations with, i. 116; her quarrel with Madame de Saint-Vincent, i. 117.

Fresh-water Cove, ii. 97.

Fronsac, ii. 295, 304.

Frontenac, Count, admiration of Cadillac for, i. 19; the strongest champion for the policy of expansion, i. 21;