M.

Madeleine de Verchères, her heroism, 302-308. Madocawando, Penobscot chief, 345, 360, 363. Mareuil interdicted for play-acting, 325-328. Massachusetts, condition of the colony, 244, 285. Mather, 243, 246. McGregory, expedition to Lake Huron, 128, 147. Meneval, governor of Port Royal, 237; a prisoner at Boston, 240. Meules, intendant of Canada, 72; letter to La Barre, 99; representations to the king, 114; recalled, 136. Michigan, the country claimed by the English, 122. Michillimackinac, trouble there, 76; French stores threatened, 83, 84, 87; expedition of Perrot, 111; threatened Indian hostilities, 121; Indian muster, 145; English traders seized, 146; craft of the Rat, 176; burning of an Iroquois prisoner, 205; in command of Cadillac, 331. Missionaries, French, among the Indians, 24, 68; to be protected (Denonville), 124, 163 n..; (Dongan), 126, 130, 160; instigate Indians to torture and kill their prisoners, 205; incite to murderous attacks, 374. Mohawks, fear the French, 74; their settlements, 93; at Schenectady, 212, 215; visit Albany, 218; mission village at Saut St. Louis, 309; expedition against the tribe, 310-315. Montespan, Mme., 12. Montpensier, Princess, 1; at Orleans, 2; her exile, 4; relations with Mme. Frontenac, 10 (see 12 n.). Montreal, condition under Perrot, 28, 65; arrests made by Perrot, 66; terror at the Iroquois invasion, 179, 191; threatened attack from New York, 236; condition of the country during the Indian invasions, 301; great gathering of traders and Indians, 316; great council of Indians, 443-451. Mosquitoes, 103. Moyne, Le, 106, 208.

N.

Nelson, John, a prisoner at Quebec; warns the Massachusetts colony, 358. Nelson, Fort, on Hudson's Bay, 393. Nesmond (Marquis), to command in attack on Boston, 382, 384. New England colonies unfit for war, 244, 285, 394; relations with Canada, 373; frontier hostilities, 385. New Netherland, colony of, 89. New York, English colonies of; relations with the Iroquois, 75; claims to the western country, 117; intrigues with the Hurons, 118; trade with the north-west, 128; checked by La Durantaye, 146 (see Dongan); relations with Canada, 374. Niagara, Fort, planned by Denonville, 125; Indian muster at, 144; the fort built, 155; destroyed, 166.

O.

Oneidas, 93. Onondaga, 94; council at, 196-200, 401. Onontio, Indian name for governor of Canada, 69, 78, 92 (La Barre); addressed by Big Mouth, 107-109. Orleans, holds for the Fronde, 2. Otréouati (Big Mouth), 95. Ottawa River, its importance to the French, 298. Ottawas, their hostility, 113; a generic name, 145 n.; join Denonville, 148; their barbarities, 153; claimed as British subjects, 158; greet Perrot, 204; jealous of the Hurons, 205; their neutrality overcome, 253-255. Ourehaoué, a Cayuga chief, 195, 200. Oyster River, attack and massacre, 365-367.

P.

Peace of Ryswick, 422; celebrated in Quebec, 426. Pemaquid, capture by French and Indians, 224, 346; scheme of Frontenac, 357; its defences, 358; attack and capture, 378-382. Pentegoet (Castine), 337; held by Saint-Castin, 345; attacked by Andros, 346. Perrot, governor of Montreal, 28; his anger at Bizard, 31; arrested at Quebec by Frontenac, 33; the king's opinion, 40; is restored, 65; his greed, 66; his enmity to Saint-Castin, 344; at the Montreal council, 448. Perrot, Nicolas, the voyageur, 102 n.; at Michillimackinac, 111; his skill in dealing with the Indians, 112, 145, 203, 206. Philip's (King) war, 220. Phips, Sir William, commands the expedition to Port Royal, 236; early life and character, 240-242; as governor of Massachusetts, 243; his expedition to Quebec, 262-285; the summons to surrender, 266; mistakes and delays, 268; cannonade, 272; retreat, 278; French supply-ships, 282; arrival at Boston, 283. Port Royal captured, 236-240. Prisoners (English), their treatment in Canada, 377; restored, 423; French, among the Indians, 421, 424.

Q.

Quebec, capital of Canada, 15; municipal government established by Frontenac, 19; the Lower Town burned, 72; greeting to Frontenac, 191; design of attack bv Massachusetts, 244-246 (see Phips, Sir W.); the defences, 251; arrival of Frontenac with troops, 259; defence against Phips's attack, 261-278; its imminent danger, 279; construction of fortifications, 297.

R.

Rat (the), a Huron chief, see Kondiaronk. Récollet friars befriended by Frontenac, 39, 71, 323, 435; their eulogy of him, 430. Richelieu, 184. Rooseboom, a Dutch trader, 128, 146. Runaways from Canada, sheltered by Dongan, 127. Rupert, Fort (Hudson's Bay), seized by Canadians, 133. Ryswick, peace of, 422, 452.

S.

Saint-Castin, Baron de, on the Penobscot, 221; attacks Fort Loval, 229; at Castine, 337; his career, 342-345; plan to kidnap him, 359; at the attack on Pemaquid, 380; on the Penobscot, 385. Sainte-Hélène, son of Le Moyne, 132, 209; in the attack on Schenectady, 210, 214; in the defence of Quebec, 271, 273; is killed, 276. Saint Louis (Saut de), mission village, 293, 309. Saint Louis, Fort, on the Illinois, 86, 144. Saint Sulpice, priests of, 29, 32, 35, 42. Saint-Vallier, bishop of Canada, 116; applauds Denonville, 169, 183; at Quebec, 247; during Phips's attack, 280, 281; relations with Frontenac, 322, 326; excess of zeal, 328; returns to France, 332. Salmon Falls, attack on, 220, 227. Schenectady, destruction of, 211-216; its effect in Canada, 233; on the Indians, 252. Schuyler, John, attacks La Prairie, 257; carries the treaty of Ryswick to Quebec, 422; Peter, mayor of Albany, 198; leads an attack; his successful retreat, 289-293; in the Mohawk expedition, 312-314; convokes an Indian council, 399. Seignelay, son of Colbert, colonial minister, 61, 101; advices to Denonville, 170. Senecas, the most powerful of the Iroquois, 74, 76; prepare for hostilities, 97; pass for cowards, 100; their fortifications, 114; attack the Illinois, 117; intrigue with the Hurons, 118; Denonville plans to attack them, 122, 136; his campaign, 149-157; they threaten Fort Niagara, 166. Subercase, a French officer, proposes to attack the Iroquois, but is overruled, 178; in the Onondaga expedition, 412.

T.

Talon, the intendant, 15; declines to attend meeting of the estates, 20; returns to France, 21; hostile to Frontenac at the court, 40. Theatricals at Quebec, 324-326, 333. Thury, the priest, 225, 361; persuades Taxous, 363, 368; instigates hostilities, 376. Tonty at Fort St. Louis, 144; at Fort Niagara, 147; in the fight with the Senecas, 150. Toronto, 128. Torture practised by Indians, 181, 300, 413; instigated by the French, 305, 404, 405. Troyes, Chevalier de, 132; at Fort Niagara, 155.

U.

Ursuline Convent at Quebec, 24; during the attack, 280.