Placentia, chief station of the French at, i. 131, 132, 133, 156, 178, 181, 186, 188; the inhabitants of, i. 189; Gaulin at, i. 192. Plaisance, i. 188, 189. Plaisted, Elisha, interrupted wedding of, i. 51; captured by Indians, i. 52; his letter to his father, i. 53; ransomed, i. 54. Platte, the, i. 367. Plessis, Joseph, bishop of Quebec, i. 89. Plymouth, i. 121. Plymouth (England), i. 148. Plymouth Company, the, i. 232. Pointe à la Chevelure, see _Crown Point_ and _Scalp Point_. Pointe à Peletier, the, ii. 303. Pointe Blanche, ii. 288, 289, 291, 301, 306. Pointe-Plate, ii. 291. Pomeroy, Seth, at the siege of Louisbourg, ii. 90, 91, 95, 101, 106, 107, 124; journal of, ii. 144. Pomeroy, Theodore, ii. 91. Ponchartrain, the colonial minister, interview of Cadillac with, i. 27; accepts Cadillac’s plan, i. 28; letters from Cadillac to, i. 30-32; gives over Detroit to Cadillac, i. 32; 401 Vaudreuil reports the attack on Deerfield to, i. 68; his attitude concerning the inciting of the Indians to war against the English, i. 102; letter from Subercase to, i. 116; De Goutin’s reports to, i. 117; Subercase’s complaints to, i. 117; Acadian gossip reported to, i. 118, 119; Nicholson’s expedition reported to, i. 142; Subercase’s report of the siege of Port Royal to, i. 155; approves of Costebelle’s scheme, i. 158; his letter to the Acadian priests, i. 190; Iberville and his brothers accused to, i. 306, 307; La Vente’s memorial to, i. 313; ii. 318. Ponchartrain, Fort, built by Cadillac, i. 28, 279. See also _Detroit, Fort_. Ponchartrain, Lake, i. 302. Pontbriand, Bishop, letters of, ii. 200. Ponthieu, regiment of, ii. 158, 159. Pontoosuc, see _Pittsfield_. Popple, Mr., i. 137. Porpoise, Cape, Indian attack on, i. 44. Port à l’Anglois, i. 187. Porte Dauphine, the, see _West Gate_. Portland, city of, i. 45. Port Louis, ii. 166, 167.