Massachusetts, the colony of, i. 7; the whole burden of war falls upon, i. 16; the settlements of Maine a dependency of, i. 40; the cost of killing an Indian, to, i. 100; passes a resolve for an expedition against Port Royal, i. 125; ordered to furnish troops for the conquest of Canada, i. 135; plans made for the expedition by, i. 136, 143; decides to attack Port Royal, i. 145; expense of her futile expedition of 1707, i. 146; England’s desire to reduce it to submission, i. 156; enters heartily into the Canadian expedition, i. 167, 168; ii. 55; enters into Shirley’s plans against Louisbourg with pious zeal, ii. 69; make-up of her contingent, ii. 81, 82; bankrupt condition of, ii. 142; reimbursed by England for expenditures on the Louisbourg expedition, ii. 142; restored to financial health, ii. 143; votes to support the plan to conquer Canada, ii. 152; ii. 156; responds to Shirley’s call to the defence of Annapolis, ii. 182; suffers from Indian border attacks, ii. 217; New Hampshire disputes her claim to Fort Dummer, ii. 217; her settlements pushed farther westward into Berkshire, ii. 230; builds a line of forts, ii. 230; ii. 260, 350. “Massachusetts,” the, ii. 83. Massachusetts, the Assembly of, i. 109, 146; controversy with Governor Shute, i. 239, 240. Massachusetts, General Court of, refuses to sanction the plan for an attack on Louisbourg, ii. 66, 67; reconsiders the question favorably, ii. 69. Massachusetts, Fort, ii. 231, 232, 236; Rigaud plans to attack, ii. 237-240; description of, ii. 241; site of, ii. 243; the attack, ii. 243, 244; a parley, ii. 247; capitulation, ii. 248, 249; plundered and set on fire, ii. 249; rebuilt, ii. 255. Matchedash Bay, Brébeuf at, i. 18. Mather, Cotton, the _Decennium luctuosum_ of, i. 50; i. 105; his opposition to Governor Dudley, i. 106, 107. Mather, Increase, i. 105. Matinicus, i. 122; ii. 65. Maumee River, the, ii. 57. Maurault, Abbé, on the Gill family, i. 92, 93. Maurepas, Count de, 392 memorial of Cadillac presented to, i. 23; ii. 200, 237. Maurepas, Fort, on the Winnipeg, ii. 14. Maurepas Gate, at Louisbourg, ii. 149, 150, 296. Maurepas, Lake, i. 302. Maximilian, Prince, of Wied, among the Mandans, i. 345; ii. 17, 18. McKenney, Mrs., killed by the Indians, ii. 216. M’Donald, Captain, ii. 126. Medfield, village of, i. 228. Medford, ii. 99. “Medicine lodge,” the, ii. 21. “Medicine men,” the Indian, the natural enemies of the missionary, i. 219. “Medicines,” Indian, i. 79, 216. Medoctec, Abenaki mission of, i. 236. Memeramcook, ii. 203.