i. 350;

their hostile disposition toward the French, ii. 5, 7.

Oxford, village of, attacked by the Indians, i. 243.

Oyster River, Indian attack on, i. 94.

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 and Clark make their way to, ii. 35. See also _Western Sea, the_.

Paddon, Captain, i, 172, 173.

Padoucas, the, i. 359, 365. See also _Comanches, the_.

Padoucas, the River of the, i. 367.

Pain, Father Félix, i. 190, 194.

Palfrey, John G., on the controversy between Governor Shute and the Massachusetts Assembly, i. 240; on the difficulties of Lieutenant-Governor Dummer, i. 242; on the Lovewell Fight, i. 271; ii. 143.

Panawamské, Abenaki mission of, i. 236; burned by Colonel Westbrook, i. 244, 245.

Paradis, captures the “Chester,” i. 170.

“Parfait,” the, ii. 165.

Parisian House of Correction, the, i. 317.

Parliament of Paris, the, i. 318.

Parsons, ii. 77, 95, 96, 120, 141.

Parsons, Widow, carried off by Indians, i. 48.

Partridge, Colonel Samuel, on the attack of Deerfield, i. 70.

Passadumkeag, i. 244.

Passamaquoddy Bay, i. 122.

Patterson, on Samuel Vetch, i. 134, 192.

Paugus, war-chief of the Pequawkets, i. 257; death of, i. 267.

Pawnee Picts, the, i. 357.

Pawnees, the, i. 335, 359, 365.

Pawnee villages, the, i. 367.

Payne, John, letter to Colonel Robert Hale from, ii. 88, 89.

Pearl-fisheries, i. 304, 306.

Pelham, Fort, ii. 231.

Pemoussa, the Outagamie chief, i. 288, 292, 296.

Penacook Indians, the, i. 37.

Penecaut, i. 350, 351, 352, 355.

Penhallow, Captain, on the conference between Governor Dudley and the Abenakis, 399