Champlain (Lake), Crown Point, and
Nova Scotia.

Campaign of 1755-1756, in general, II.
127-396. See Abercromby, Braddock,
Crown Point, Champlain (Lake), Johnson,
Loudoun, Niagara, Oswego, Shirley,
Six Nations, Ticonderoga.
Canada, conquest of, suggested by Shirley
(1746), 1. 163, 203, 206, 220, 284; proc-
lamation for conquest of, I. 323; plan
of operations against, 1. 329, 333; move-
ment against, abandoned (1747), I. 386,
393; release of captives in, I. 506; plans
against (1755), II. 128-129, 197, 238,
296, 305, 379, 426, 442; efforts of French
to extend, II. 150, 240, 350, 380.
Canso (Canseau), women and children

leave, 1. 132, 137; terms of capitulation
of, I. 147; importance of, 1. 152, 191;
resettled, I. 199, 208; stores sent to, I.
221. See Annapolis Royal, Cape Breton,
Louisbourg.

Cape Breton Island, Shirley suggests neu-

trality of, in difficulties with France, 1.
137; originally a part of Nova Scotia, I.
161; advance upon, urged, 1. 159, 161,
167-169; importance of, to French, 1.
177; movement against, I. 181, 193,
196; should not be abandoned, I. 339;
Shirley requests coal lands in, I. 291.
See Louisbourg.

Cape Sable Indians, 1. 135, 139, 151, 157,
233, 258, 283, 348, 351.

Capitulation, of Louisbourg, I. 233, 234, 239.

See Louisbourg. Of Oswego, II. 521.
See Oswego.

Carrying Place, between Kennebec and
Chaudiere rivers, II. 33, 53, 57, 73. See
Great Carrying Place, Oneida Carrying
Place.

Castle William, ordnance for, I. 93; II. II,

24; Shirley appoints committee to su-
pervise repairs on, I. 93n.; defense of, I.
100; deserters from, 1. 152; to be forti-
fied, 1. 158.

Catawba Indians, efforts to secure friendship
of, II. 390, 396, 398.

Cathcart, Charles, Baron, 1. 17, 19n., 25.
Champlain, Samuel de, on the boundaries of
Acadia, II. 55.

Champlain, Lake, campaign against for-

tresses on, suggested, I. 343; English
fortress on, advised by Shirley, II. 67;
importance of, emphasized, 1. 297, 348;
II. 181, 215, 239, 308; plan for campaign
for control of, II. 424; company of ran-

gers for, II. 436; naval forces on, II. 454,
471; victory of Capt. Rogers on, П. 491.
Chandler, John, Massachusetts commis-
sioner at Albany, II. 60.
Chapin, Capt., n. 91.
Chapman, Major, II. 493.
Chappeaurous Bay. See Gabarus.
Charlemont, Mass., defense of, II. 87.
Charlestown, N. H. See Number 4.
Charter government for Nova Scotia. See
Nova Scotia.

Chaudiere River, settlements on, I. 57;
route to Canada, II. 33, 53, 329.
Chebucto, French withdrawal from, I. 360.
Cherokee Indians, importance in South, II.
355, 365; induced to take arms against
the French, II. 390, 394, 396, 398, 416.
Choate, John, Massachusetts commissioner
to Indian conference at Albany, 1. 129,

429.

Clarke, Robert, fugitive from Massachusetts
justice, 1. 212.

Claus, Daniel, informs Johnson regarding

Shirley's agents among the Indians, II.
244n.; familiar with conditions in
Pennsylvania, 439, 441.

Clinton, Govr. George, letters of, I. 425,
449, 487; letters to, I. 392, 393, 398,
399, 426, 427, 441; promises to advance
loyalty of Indians to Crown, I. 425;
conditions of Indian and military affairs,
I. 450-456; urges efforts to offset French
work among the Canadian Indians, I.
487; mentioned, 1. 203, 230, 286, 294;
reclaims Six Nations from French
sympathies, I. 298; I. 301, 302, 311,
345, 353; management of Six Nations
committed to, I. 427; I. 429, 437, 451,
508; II. 183; notice of, I. 425n.
Coal land in Cape Breton, Shirley requests
grant of, I. 291.

Colden, Cadwallader, informs Shirley as to
conditions in New York, I. 441.
Cole, Lt. Col. Edward, II. 254.
Colonial union, for military purposes, sug-
gested, II. 12n., 19; advocated by Shir-
ley, I. xxvii, xxxiii; II. 26, 30, 43, 59, 95,
114, 138, 204; common fund suggested,
II. 101, 204; Massachusetts Assembly
on, II. 51; Franklin on, II. 103; Albany
Congress on (1754), II. 111-118; Con-
gress at New York proposed (1755), II.
251, 252; Provincial troops suggested,
II. 225-226, 238.

Colrain, Mass., plans for defense of, 11.
87.

Commissioners for joint action against
Indians (1748), I. 419.
Commissioners for Indian conference at
Albany (1754), II. 60.
Committee of War (Massachusetts), Lou-
doun to, II. 561.

Congress, Provincial, at Albany (1747), I.

390; (1754), II. 111-118:
Connecticut, a refuge for fugitives from
Massachusetts, I. 212, 230; commis-
sioners for conference at Middletown,
1. 419; expenses in King George's war,
1. 460; quotas of troops (1754), II. 21;
(1755), II. 238; attacked by Indians, II.
88. See Law, Jonathan.
Cook, Dr. (of Boston), 1. 3; his memorial to
the House of Commons, 1. 4.
Coos, N.H., to be fortified, II. 141.
Cornwallis, Edward, 1. 488; Shirley re-
monstrates against favors shown to, I.
503, 505.

Cosby, William, I. 442.
Council (British), Shirley to Lord President
of, 1. 93; approves conduct of Shirley,
I. 142. See Crown, Lords Justices,
Trade, Lords of, and individual ministers,
members of the council.
Council of Massachusetts. See Massachu-
setts, General Court of.
Council of War at New York (1755), dis-
position of remnant of Braddock's army,
II. 214; at Fort Edward, II. 499.
Counterfeiters from Massachusetts hiding
in Connecticut, I. 212, 230.
Courcelle, Lt. Genl. Daniel de Rény Sieur
de, erects Fort Frontenac, II. 351.
Court, Great and General. See Massachu-
setts.

Court martials, Shirley on the establishment
of, I. 194, 195
Credit, Provincial. See Land banks, Paper

currency.

Crown (British), right to forests in Massa-

chusetts, I. 6; loyalty of New England
to, I. 20; instructions to Gov. Shirley, I.
43, 73, 144; Gov. Belcher not always
subservient to, I. 100; French declaration
of war against (1744), I. 112; declares
war against France (1744), I. 117; (1756), |
II. 450; approves conduct of Shirley,
I. 142; Shirley outlines services rendered
to, I. 505; II. 2, 587, 592; money granted
Massachusetts by, I. 506; II. 7; Massa-
chusetts to, II. 24; claim of, on Frontenac,
II. 350; grant to colonies, II. 463; peti-
tions of Shirley to, 11. 588, 590, 592.

See Council (British), Lords Justices,
Bedford, Holderness, Newcastle, and
other ministers by name.

Crown Point, I. 297, 341, 349, 369; II. 134,

207; plans against, I. 302, 343n., 369,
392, 393, 403, 426; II. 120, 146, 162,
186n., 189, 272, 308, 424, 468, 471, 503;
French plans against, 1. 468; Sir Wil-
liam Johnson on, II. 152n., Braddock's
plans against, II. 186n., 203; importance
of, I. 478; II. 67, 137, 181, 189, 282n.;
Sir William Johnson to attack, II. 136,
152-154, 158; refuses, II. 330n.; French
at (1756), II. 456; forces available for
campaign against (1755-1756), II. 219,
226, 372, 454, 469; Shirley urges move-
ment against, 1. xxviii; II. 530-532;
conditions explained to Abercromby II.

471.

Cuba, troops sail for, 1. 81.

Cumberland, Fort (Maryland), danger of
attack upon (1756), II. 447.
Currency, Shirley on, I. xxiv. See Paper
currency.

Cussenac (Cushenoc), English settlement on
Kennebec River, II. 78.

Cutt, Richard, Jr., instructed by Shirley to
enlist volunteers for Louisbourg expedi-
tion, 1. 181.

Dagworthy, Capt. John, rank of, II. 372n.;
compared with Washington, II. 412.
Danforth, Samuel, II. 72.
Declarations of war, French (1744), I. 112;

British (1744), I. 117; (1756), II. 450.
De Lancey, Govr. James, at Shirley's con-
ference with Indians, I. 429; arranges
conference with Six Nations, II. 40;
Shirley consults, regarding expedition
against French and Indians under Sir
William Johnson, II. 133; asked as to
reluctance of New York to coöperate with
Shirley, II. 182; mentioned, II. 96, 111,
153n., 167, 169, 174, 199, 251, 496; sides
with Johnson against Shirley, II. 360.
De Lancey, Oliver, II. 169.
Delaware Indians, ravages in Pennsylvania,
II. 439.
Delaware territories. See Pennsylvania.
Derby, Capt., in Boston riot, I. 412.
Deserters from Castle William, I. 152.
Detroit, Shirley's plans regarding, II. 228,

292.

De Young, John Batiste, states number of
French troops at Quebec and in Canada
(1745), I. 262.

Dieskau, Baron de, wounds at battle of
Lake George, II. 257, 380; troops under,
II. 257, 274, 279, 281; thinks French
can hold Crown Point against Johnson,
II. 302; on Braddock's defeat, II. 319;
mentioned, II. 311, 459, 573; notice of,
II. 256n.

Dinwiddie, Govr. Robert, letters of, n.
211, 384, 48on.; requests supplies for
the South, II. 122n.; urges that Col.
Dunbar be kept in South, II. 212; on
conditions in Virginia (1756), II. 393n.;
success with Catawba and Cherokee
Indians, II. 390, 394; asks Shirley's
decision as to rank of George Washing-
ton, II. 412; on appointment of Loudoun
to command in America, II. 447n.; men-
tioned, I. xxx; II. 135, 202, 217, 472.
Dobbs, Govr. Arthur, II. 448.
Dobson, Capt., II. 209.

Donahew (Donahoe), Capt. Philip, at Louis-

bourg, I. 218, 224, 233.
Duchambon,

French Commander at
Louisbourg, 1. 233, 237, 251; surrenders
the fortress, I. 241n., 279.
Dummer, Lt. Govr. William, treaty with

Indians (1725-1726), II. 77.
Dummer, Fort, 1. 121n., 159.
Dunbar, Col. Thomas, report to Shirley on

behavior of troops at Fort Duquesne,
II. 311; Shirley to, II. 215, 231, 237; is
to attack Fort Duquesne or advance to
Presque Isle, II. 233-234; subordinate
to Shirley, II. 242; conduct after Brad-
dock's defeat, II. 321; mentioned, II.
99, 120, 134, 209, 210, 211, 216п., 217,
219, 2320., 252; notice of, II. 99n.
Dunbarr, Col. (of Boston), I. 4, 7.
Duquesne, Fort, site captured by French

and fort erected, II. 69, 451; Braddock
proceeds against, II. 202; battle at, II.
207, 210, 211, 217, 317; Pennsylvania
willing to attack, II. 390; necessity of
reduction of, II. 394, 397; prospects of
expedition against (1756), II. 446; Shir-
ley explains situation regarding, to Aber-
cromby, II. 471. See also Braddock,
Dunbar, Monongahela.

Duquesne, Marquis, Governor of Canada,
on English children held as slaves, II. 32.
Duquesnel, Governor of Louisbourg,

I. 132, 136, 138, 148, 289.
Durell, Capt. Philip, 1. 158, 190.
Duvivier, negotiations regarding An-
napolis Royal, 1. 150, 152; mentioned
I. 173, 176, 197, 205, 226, 289.

Dwight, Brig. Genl. Josiah, 1. 238; to furnish
soldiers for defense of Massachusetts
frontier, 1. 383; on conditions at Stock-
bridge, II. 139n.; Shirley to, II. 170.

Edward, Fort, II. 306, 387, 460, 497; supplies
for, II. 435; garrison at (1756), II. 456,
459, 554; council of officers at (1756),
II. 501, 505, 513. See Fort Lyman.
Eliot, Dr., I. 305.

Ellison, Robert, memorial of, II. 276.
Ellison, Thomas, II. 195.
Eltham, British frigate, 1. 138.
Embargo, suggested against French, I.
231; II. 130, 239; benefits of, II. 202.
England. See Crown (British).
Erie Lake, importance of control of, recog-
nized by Shirley, II. 148, 180; vessels for,
II. 203, 227-228; Indians near the lake
to be conciliated, II. 474. See also
Ontario.

Erskine, Capt., treatment by Boston
riotors, I. 408.

Erving, John, Jr. (Shirley's banker in Bos-
ton), Shirley directs Johnson to draw
on, II. 168.

Evans, Louis (Lewis), his map of the middle
British colonies, II. 349; quoted, II.
351.

Eveleth, Col. Edward, criticism of, I. 202,
292; notice of, 1. 292n.

Eyre, Capt. William, at battle of Lake
George, II. 255; describes battle to
Shirley, II. 259; mentioned, II. 280;
notice of, II. 259n.

Fairservice, James, is to repair the road to
Oswego, II. 421; work accomplished by,
II. 471.

Falmouth (Portland), place of rendezvous
for Louisbourg expedition, I. 182.
Ferrall, Capt. Matthew, killed in battle of
Lake George, II. 256.

Fisher, John, aids Shirley in negotiations

with Six Nations, II. 233n., 244n.
Fitch, Govr. Thomas, II. 157, 385; ap-
plied to for Connecticut troops to pro-
tect the frontier, II. 422; mentioned,
II. 429, 497, 556. See Connecticut.
Fleet, French and Colonial, 1. 145, 150. See
Navy.

Fletcher, Capt. Thomas, 1. 218, 220; de-
sired to protect the coast of Massachu-
setts, I. 250, 262; trouble with Penobscot
Indians, II. 128n.

Fox, Henry, Shirley reports to, I. 458; an-