Varennes, the family history of, ii. 9. Varennes, Pierre, birth of, ii. 9; early history of, ii. 9. See also _La Vérendrye, Pierre Gaultier de Varennes de_. Varennes, René Gaultier de, marriage of, ii. 8; becomes governor of Three Rivers, ii. 8. Vauban, ii. 78. Vaudreuil-Cavagnal Pierre Rigaud de, governor of Canada, on the treachery of the Abenakis, i. 37; his responsibility for Queen Anne’s War, i. 46; sends a large war-party against New England, i. 55; reports the attack on Deerfield to Ponchartrain, i. 68; buys John Williams from the Indians, i. 79; his correspondence with Dudley concerning the exchange of prisoners, i. 90; on Beaucour’s unsuccessful expedition against Connecticut, i. 95; on the attack on Haverhill, i. 97; on the French loss of life, i. 98; on Dudley’s refusal to permit a raid into Canada, i. 100; attitude of Ponchartrain toward the policy of, i. 102; Dudley proposes a treaty of neutrality to, i. 103; his conditions, i. 103, 104; falsely accused to Ponchartrain, i. 104; on the destruction of the Jesuit mission-house at Onondaga, i. 139; on Ramesay’s expedition against Nicholson, i. 141; on the pestilence in Nicholson’s camp, i. 143; 412 Ponchartrain recommends Costebelle’s scheme to, i. 158; warned of the English preparations against Canada, i. 178; unable to give aid to the Acadians, i. 192; praises the zeal of the Acadian missionaries, i. 204; prevents peace being made at Georgetown, i. 233; the delicacy of his position with the Abenakis, i. 236; turns the Indians again against New England, i. 250; proclaims the Abenakis to be his allies, i. 250; his commission to Rale, i. 250; correspondence between Dummer and, i. 250-252; receives the English envoys, i. 252; Dubuisson’s report on the Outagamies at Detroit, to, i. 296; his report on the attack of the Outagamies on the Illinois, i. 330; determines to destroy the Outagamies, i. 331; in despair over the difficulty of keeping the western tribes quiet, i. 335; on the scheme to reach the Pacific Ocean, ii. 6; his efforts to build a fort at Niagara, ii. 52; ii. 235. Vaudreuil, Rigaud de, sets out against the English, ii. 235; plans to attack Fort Massachusetts, ii. 237; journal of, ii. 237; the march, ii. 238, 239; his estimate of the garrison, ii. 243; the attack, ii. 243, 244; wounded, ii. 245; a parley, ii. 247; capitulation, ii. 248, 249; his humane treatment of prisoners, ii. 253; his account of his expedition, ii. 253.