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A half-century of conflict. France and England in North America. Part ...

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;;tack, ii. 129 ; severely wounded,ii. 192; ii. 198.Villieu, M. de, i. 118.Viuceunes, Sieur de, comes to theaid <strong>of</strong> Detroit, i. 282, 284, 295,297; ii. 57.Virg<strong>in</strong>ia, the colony <strong>of</strong>, i. 8, 148not a serious rival <strong>in</strong> the furtrade,i. 272 ; ii. 150 ; supportsthe plan to conquer Canada, ii.152.Voi/ageurs, at Detroit, i. 279, 327 ;at "the Ill<strong>in</strong>ois," i. 328; grow<strong>in</strong>gfewer <strong>in</strong> numbers, i. 347.Wabash River, the, ii. 57.Wa<strong>in</strong>wright, Col. Francis, comm<strong>and</strong>san expedition aga<strong>in</strong>stPort Royal, i. 125.Waldo, Brigadier, ii. 84, 101, 111,119, 144.Waldron, Mrs. Adelaide Cilley,ii. 74.Waldron, Richard, on the capture<strong>of</strong> Elisha Plaisted, i. 54.Walker, Admiral, Sir Hovenden,naval comm<strong>and</strong> <strong>of</strong> the expeditionaga<strong>in</strong>st Canada given to, i.164; <strong>in</strong> Boston, i. 169; the loss<strong>of</strong> his transports, i. 172-174;gives up the expedition, i. 176;disgraced, i. 182; death <strong>of</strong>, i.182 ; his journal, i. 182.Walker's expedition, i. 156-182.Wallace, town <strong>of</strong>, ii. 186.Walpole, Horace, on the absurdities<strong>of</strong> the Duke <strong>of</strong> Newcastle, ii.151.Walton, Colonel, accusationsaga<strong>in</strong>st, i. 240; dismissed bythe Massachusetts Assembly, i.242.Wanton, Governor, ii. 71, 76, 81.Warren, Commodore Peter, ii. 83jo<strong>in</strong>s the expedition aga<strong>in</strong>stINDEX. 413Louisbourg, ii. 84, 93, 108, 109,119, 125; disagreement withPepperrell, ii. 127-129 ; comes toan underst<strong>and</strong><strong>in</strong>g with Pepperrell,ii. 130 ; receives Duchambon's<strong>of</strong>fer <strong>of</strong> capitulation, ii.132; the surrender, ii. 133;shares the honor <strong>of</strong> victory withPepperrell, ii. 138, 139 ; rivalrybetween Pepperrell <strong>and</strong>, ii. 140,141 ; made an admiral, ii. 142 ;governs Louisbourg jo<strong>in</strong>tly withPepperrell, ii. 146 ; made governor<strong>of</strong> the fortress <strong>of</strong> Louisbourg,ii. 150; <strong>in</strong> sympathywith Shirley's plan to conquerCanada, ii. 152; ii. 168, 212;ii. 277, 285, 304, 305, 308, 317,318, 326, 329, 333, 335, 348.Warren, Mrs. Peter, at Louisbourg,ii. 147.Wash<strong>in</strong>gton, George, i. 339 ; atFort Le Bceuf, ii. 39 ; defeatedat Fort Necessity, ii. 185.Webster, Mount, i. 256.Weep<strong>in</strong>g, over strangers, thecustom<strong>of</strong>, i. 352.Wells, John, visits Montreal aaenvoy, i. 85 ; secures the exchange<strong>of</strong> five prisoners, i. 87.Wells, Jonathan, fortified house<strong>of</strong>, i. 58; fugitives <strong>in</strong>, i. 62;leads a party aga<strong>in</strong>st the French<strong>and</strong> Indians, i. 66 ;petitions theGeneral Court for an allotment<strong>of</strong> l<strong>and</strong>, i. 67.Wells, Thomas, i. 42, 43.Wells, Mrs. Thomas, i. 42;murdered by the Indians, i. 43.Wells, village <strong>of</strong>, i. 39, 40 ;effects<strong>of</strong> the Indian wars on, i. 40;new church built <strong>in</strong>, i. 41 ;farfrom a religious community, i.41 ; life still exceed<strong>in</strong>g rude at,i. 42 ; troop <strong>of</strong> horse sent to, i.

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