=Desertions.= =S= Very prevalent, 72; punishments for, 72; causes of, 73. =WM= From ranks of Canadian militia frequent, 152. =Bk= Followed by capture, 60; three shot, 63; two shot, 134; from United States regiments of the line to the Canadian side, 281. =Des Groseilliers.= _See_ Chouart. =Des Marets, Claude Godet, Sieur de.= =Ch= Son-in-law of Pont-Gravé, arrives at Quebec, 47; accompanies Champlain in expedition against Iroquois, 52; at Cap de la Victoire, 139. =De Soyres, Rev. John.= =T= Conducts funeral service of Sir Leonard Tilley, 146. =Desportes, Pierre.= =Ch= An early settler in Quebec, 145, 146; goes to Gaspé, 181; remains in Quebec during English occupation, 196, 208. =Désquérat, Captain.= =F= Killed at Laprairie, 313. =Des Rivières, Captain.= =WM= Accompanies captured British officers to Quebec, 90. =Dessaules, Louis A.= Born 1819. Member of Legislative Council, 1856-1863. Edited _Le Pays_ at Montreal. =Index=: =E= Member of _Parti Rouge_, 108. =C= One of Liberal leaders in Quebec, 25; protests against Dorion entering Cartier's ministry, 106-107. =Bib.=: Works: _Rouge et Noir_; _Lectures sur l'Annexion du Canada aux États-Unis_; _Galilée, Ses Travaux Scientifiques et sa Condamnation_; _La Guerre Américaine_. For biog., _see_ Morgan, _Bib. Can._ =Destouches.= =Ch= Clerk, appointed by Champlain as his second lieutenant, 155; returns to France, 209. =Detroit.= Founded by Antoine de la Motte Cadillac (_q.v._) in 1701. The fort remained under Cadillac's command until 1710. A census taken that year shows six settlers cultivating the land, and twenty-nine soldiers, traders, etc., occupying houses within the fort. De la Forest succeeded Cadillac at the fort, 1710. Fort surrendered to the British, 1760. Pontiac laid siege to the fort, 1763, but failed to capture it. Transferred to United States, 1796. Captured by Brock, in War of 1812; restored by treaty of Ghent. =Index=: =S= The most important of western fortified posts, 51; Great Britain retains possession of, pending settlement of certain questions, 55, 119; threatened by army under Wayne, 133; handed over to United States, 142; River aux Raisins the boundary of territory dependent on, during British occupation, 145. =Dr= Defence of by Major Gladwin, 5; retained with other western posts as security for proper treatment of loyalists, 231; handed over to United States, 291. =Bk= Founded by La Motte Cadillac, its exciting history, 54; Brock determines to attack, 248; its strength and garrison, 249, 250; attacked, 251, 254; Hull surrenders with his whole army, 255; important results of capture, 256. =MS= Under French régime, 11; in days of North West Company, 12. =Hd= Company of 8th Regiment sent to, 137; a source of anxiety, 145; De Peyster in command at, 146, 158; reinforcements sent to, 153; Jehu Hay, lieutenant-governor of, in 1784, 158; doubtful subjects settle round, 161; difficulty of navigation to, 163; Haldimand's letter to Henry Hamilton, lieutenant-governor at, on