Count Frontenac: Makers of Canada, Volume 3LeSueur, William Dawson
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Count Frontenac: Makers of Canada, Volume 3
LeSueur, William Dawson
Canada -- History -- To 1763 (New France); Frontenac, Louis de Buade, comte de, 1620-1698
Troyes, Chevalier de, leads expedition to Hudson's Bay, 205;
joins expedition against Iroquois, 209;
in charge of fort at Niagara, 214
U
Urfe, abbe d', haughtily treated by Frontenac, 110
Ursuline Convent, Quebec, foundation of, 28, 30;
sister Margaret Bourgeoys urged to join, 39
V
Vaillant, Jesuit father, sent as negotiator to Albany, 218
Valrennes, M. de, commandant of Fort Frontenac, 233;
tries to cut off retreat of Peter Schuyler at Chambly, 313
Vauban, M. de, French engineer, prepares plans for defence of Quebec,
326
Vaudreuil, M. de, acts as chief-of-staff to Governor Denonville, 209;
acting governor of Montreal, 225;
surprises and destroys band of Indians at Repentigny, 308
Ventadour, Henri de Levis, Duke of, lieutenant-general of New France,
17
Vercheres, Mlle. Madeleine, defends fort against Iroquois, 319
Verreau, abbe, on attempt to civilize Indians, 168;
on character of Frontenac, 360
Villebon, governor of Acadia, mentions burning of a prisoner, 328
Villeray, Louis Rouer de, first councillor, 106;
Frontenac's opinion of, 110;
his right to title of "esquire" challenged by Frontenac, 139;
waits on Frontenac, 255, 256
Villieu, M. de, leads Abenaquis in attack on English settlements, 330
Vincent, Jesuit father, celebrates first mass at Montreal, 34
Vitre, Charles Denis de, member of Sovereign Council, 106
W
Walley, Major, second in command to Phipps, 281;
lands with troops on Beauport flats, 292;
his forces suffer severely, 298;
draws off his men, leaving artillery behind, 300;
his explanation of defeat of expedition, 300
West India Company, creation of, 49;
failure of, 149
Winthrop, Fitz-John, of Connecticut, commands expedition against
Montreal, 279;
arrives at Albany, and pushes on to Wood Creek, 280;
returns to Albany and to Hartford (Connecticut), 281
Wood Creek, expedition against Montreal encamps at, 280
=Transcriber's Notes:=
hyphenation, spelling and grammar have been preserved as in the original
Page 203, extirpating Protestanism ==> extirpating Protestantism
Page 249, that of Pemquid ==> that of Pemaquid
Page 250, fort at Pemquid ==> fort at Pemaquid
Page 287, much as may be, ==> much as may be.
Page 291, she tell us ==> she tells us
Page 307, the neigbourhood. ==> the neighbourhood.
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