Vaughan, William, of Damariscotta, ii. 64; advises an attack on Louisbourg, ii. 64; sketch of, ii. 65; captures the Grand Battery, ii. 98, 99, 110; his rash resolution, ii. 117, 118. Vera Cruz, i. 301, 315. Verchères, death of, i. 98. Verelst, the Dutch artist, i. 147. Verger, Ensign, ii. 293. Verrazzano, voyages of, ii. 47, 49, 258, 259, 262. Verrier, the engineer, ii. 101, 292, 293, 305, 308. Versailles, i. 113, 119; ii. 6. Vetch, Captain Samuel, i. 87, 103, 104, 107, 126; his plan for the conquest of Canada, i. 133; his history, i. 133; his marriage, i. 134; characteristics of, i. 134; sails for England, i. 134; his requests granted by the court, i. 135; waiting for the promised fleet, i. 144; in the attack on Port Royal, i. 147, 151; commissioned as governor of Port Royal, i. 154; commands the provincials in the Canadian expedition, i. 170; on board the “Despatch,” i. 173; disgusted by the inefficiency of Walker and Hill, i. 176; his journal, i. 182; i. 190; the first governor of Nova Scotia, i. 191. Vetch, William, death of, i. 134. “Vigilant,” the, captured by the English, ii. 123; ii. 126, 127, 129, 131, 138, 280, 281, 301. Villebon, i. 111. Villermont, Cabart de, i. 298; at Grand Pré, ii. 191. Villiers, Coulon de, strikes the Outagamies a deadly blow, i. 339; ii. 185; commands the expedition against Noble, ii. 185; a winter march, ii. 187; the plan of attack, ii. 190, 191; the attack, ii. 129; 413 severely wounded, ii. 192; ii. 198. Villieu, M. de, i. 118. Vincennes, Sieur de, comes to the aid of Detroit, i. 282, 284, 295, 297; ii. 57. Virginia, the colony of, i. 8, 148; not a serious rival in the fur-trade, i. 272; ii. 150; supports the plan to conquer Canada, ii. 152. _Voyageurs_, at Detroit, i. 279, 327; at “the Illinois,” i. 328; growing fewer in numbers, i. 347. Wabash River, the, ii. 57. Wainwright, Col. Francis, commands an expedition against Port Royal, i. 125. Waldo, Brigadier, ii. 84, 101, 111, 119, 144. Waldron, Mrs. Adelaide Cilley, ii. 74. Waldron, Richard, on the capture of Elisha Plaisted, i. 54. Walker, Admiral, Sir Hovenden, naval command of the expedition against Canada given to, i. 164; in Boston, i. 169; the loss of his transports, i. 172-174; gives up the expedition, i. 176; disgraced, i. 182; death of, i. 182; his journal, i. 182. Walker’s expedition, i. 156-182. Wallace, town of, ii. 186. Walpole, Horace, on the absurdities of the Duke of Newcastle, ii. 151. Walton, Colonel, accusations against, i. 240; dismissed by the Massachusetts Assembly, i. 242.