Five Nations of the Iroquois, the, receives poor treatment from New York, i. 9, 10; suffered greatly from war, i. 10; the Dutch and English do little to protect, i. 11; French agents, among, i. 11; Protestant clergymen among, i. 12; the French try to preserve neutrality among, i. 12; the English try to spur them on to active hostility, i. 13; their interest in the “Far Indians,” i. 14; appeal to King William for protection against the French, i. 33; deed over their beaver-hunting ground to King William, i. 33; 377 Abraham Schuyler seeks to gain their aid in the conquest of Canada, i. 138; their policy with the French and English, i. 139; acknowledged to be British subjects, i. 184; the Tuscaroras joined to, i. 274; a change comes over, i. 274; importance of their friendship, i. 275; jealous of French designs, ii. 51; refuse to allow the French to build a fort at Niagara, ii. 52; finally yield to the French, ii. 53; refuse to destroy Oswego, ii. 54; convene with Governor Clinton at Albany, ii. 206; deeply impressed by the burning of Saratoga, ii. 211; agree to go against the French, ii. 212. Flanders, i. 164. Flat Point, ii. 97, 102. Flat Point Cove, ii. 87, 125. Florida, i. 161; ii. 49. Flynt, Rev. Henry, i. 222, 230. Folsom, on the Indian attack on Wells, i. 46. Fort Hill, i. 166. Fortified houses, i. 39. Foster, Deacon Josiah, killed by the Indians, ii. 216. Foster, Joseph, ii. 162, 164, 165. Fox, on Lovewell’s Expedition, i. 270. Fox River of Green Bay, the, Indian population on, i. 275, 278, 332; i. 338, 340, 343; ii. 57. Foxes, the, i. 14, 275. See also, _Outagamies, the_. France, Great Britain gains a maritime preponderance over, i. 3; drunk with the wild dreams of Rousseau, i. 4; England declares war against, i. 4; burdened with an insupportable load of debt, i. 183; critical questions between England and, i. 185; does not neglect Acadia, i. 200; occupies the mouth of the Mississippi River, i. 298; John Law undertakes to deliver it from financial ruin, i. 315; division of the contest between England and, ii. 44; Father Bobé sets forth the claims of, ii. 46-50; fortifies the West, ii. 57; angered by the capture of Louisbourg, ii. 157; D’Anville’s expedition, ii. 158-162; La Jonquière’s expedition, ii. 168; her strong desire to recover Acadia, ii. 169; Bobé’s claim that England has no rightful titles to North America except those which may be granted her by, ii. 257-274. Franche-Comté, i. 217. Francis, Dr. Convers, on the character of Rale, i. 229, 231, 249. Francis I., ii. 258. Francœur, heights of, ii. 301. Franklin, Benjamin, lacking in enthusiasm, ii. 70.