“I might mention to your Grace some local Reasons for my Omitting in 357 the Declaration what I have done, but shall not presume to trouble you with any but what I thought it my indispensable Duty to lay before your Grace. “I am with the most dutiful Regard “My Lord Duke, “Your Grace’s most Devoted “and most Obedient Servant “W SHIRLEY.” 358 359 360 INDEX. 361 Abenaki Indians, the, i. 36; villages of, i. 36; their treacherous conference with Governor Dudley, i. 36-38; Queen Anne’s War due more to the French than to, i. 46, 47; spurred on by the French against New England, i. 48, 56; join an expedition against New England, i. 96; claimed as subjects by both the French and the English, i. 185; Father Rale among, i. 217; their conference with Governor Dudley at Portsmouth, i. 220; Vaudreuil proclaims them his allies, i. 250; ratify the Boston treaty, i. 255; sent from Montreal against the English border, ii. 217; ii. 236; urge an attack on Fort Massachusetts, ii. 237. Abenaki lands, the, i. 236. Abenaki missions, the, i. 217, 236. Abenakis of the Androscoggin, the, i. 224. Abenakis of the Kennebec, the, i. 217. Abenakis of the Saco, the, i. 224. Abercrombie, Captain, i. 153. Acadia, i. 7; French claims regarding the extent of its territory, i. 47; its government, i. 110; the old régime in, i. 110-119; friction between the temporal and spiritual powers in, i. 118; forced to make atonement for the sins of Canada, i. 120; changes hands, i. 120-155; the capture of Port Royal means the conquest of, i. 155; claimed by England, i. 184; France tries to hold, i. 184-186; England refuses to resign, i. 186; creed and politics in, i. 193; let alone by the British government, i. 199; documents relating to, i. 211; ceded to England, ii. 49, 50, 173; strong desire of France to recover, ii. 169; ii. 154; Shirley resolved to keep, ii. 170; the key to the British American colonies, ii. 170; left by Newcastle to drift with the tide, ii. 180; ii. 260, 262, 266, 267, 270, 272, 320, 326, 336, 338, 341, 345, 353. Acadian Church, the, friction of the temporal power with, i. 118. Acadian peninsula, the, ii. 60, 184. Acadian priests, the, Shirley’s attitude towards, ii. 178.