Acadians, the, trade of Boston merchants with, i. 7, 115; take the oath of allegiance to Queen Anne, i. 191; break their oath, i. 191; apply to Vaudreuil for aid, i. 192; the French and the English rivals for, i. 193, 194; 362 Costebelle complains of the apathy of, i. 197; increase in the population of the, i. 199; Governor Phillips undertakes to force them to take the oath of allegiance, i. 206; Governor Phillips’ so-called success, i. 208, 209; totally devoid of natural leaders, i. 210; refuse to join Duvivier against Annapolis, ii. 62; addicted to hoarding, ii. 172; characteristics of, ii. 172; Mascarene’s treatment of, ii. 172; between two fires, ii. 172, 173; known as the “Neutral French,” ii. 173; illiteracy of, ii. 173; incompetent to meet the crisis, ii. 173; their pleasures, ii. 174; social equality of, ii. 174; their commendable domestic morals, ii. 174; population of, ii. 174; greatly excited by the appearance of D’Anville’s fleet, ii. 175; Shirreff urges that they are a standing menace to the colony, ii. 175; Shirley’s plan for securing the allegiance of, ii. 177; Shirley’s plan to convert them to Protestantism, ii. 180; Ramesay tries to persuade them to join his expedition against Annapolis, ii. 182; again placed between two dangers, ii. 201; their letters to Ramesay and to Mascarene, ii. 201, 202; Ramesay’s peremptory orders to, ii. 203; deplorable position of, ii. 203; England fails to do its duty by, ii. 203; Shirley and, ii. 312-357. Acadian seas, the, i. 104, 120. Acadian village, the, life at, i. 113. Adams, i. 195. Adams, Mr., of Medfield, i. 230. Adams, town of, ii. 231. Addison, i. 147. Aillebout, Captain d’, commandant at the Island Battery, ii. 120, 284, 303. Aix-la-Chapelle, the Peace of, signing of, ii. 256. Akins, Mr., i. 211. Alabama River, the, ii. 51. Alabama, State of, i. 301. Albany, fort at, i. 9; efforts of the English to draw the fur-trade to, i. 14; ii. 51, 154, 156, 206, 207; left uncovered, ii. 210; ii. 212, 213, 235, 245, 254, 273. Albany traders, the, opposed to the proposed conquest of Canada, i. 137. Aldrich, John, wounded at Fort Massachusetts, ii. 246, 251, 253. Alexander VI., Pope, i. 305. Alexander, Deacon Ebenezer, blockhouse of, ii. 231. Alexander, Joseph, escapes from the French and Indians, i. 71. Alford, John, ii. 115. Algonquins of the Ottawa, the, sent from Montreal against the English border, ii. 217. Algonquins, the, i. 223. Alleghanies, the, i. 296; ii. 45, 48. Allein, i. 117. Allen, Caleb, escapes from the Indians, ii. 250. Allen, Eunice, escapes from the Indians, ii. 250.