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INDEX. 



Barbarity, Indian, shocking in- 

 stances of, i. ly, 20, 68, 232, 234, 

 239 n',le, 2'69 note, 298, 343, 357, 

 ii. 20, 21 note, 86, 88, 89. 



Bartram, John, the botanist, quoted, 

 i. 17, 18 note. 



Beaujeau, a French captain, leads 

 a sortie of French and Indians 

 against Braddock's army, i. 108 ; 

 wounded in the fray, 1 1 1. 



Bedford, Fort, repels an Indian at- 

 tack, ii. 10 ; crowded with fugi- 

 tives, 43 ; reinforced, 58. 



Be.eue, captain, commandant at 

 Detroit, i. 167 ; surrenders to 

 Major Rogers, 168. 



Bh-d, Dr. Robert M., his storv of 

 " Nick of the Woods," ii. 117"; 



Blacksnake, a Seneca warrior, ii. 79 

 note. 



Blane, Lieutenant Archibald, com- 

 mands at Fort Ligonier, ii. 43 ; 

 successfuUy defends the fort 

 against an attack of the Indians, 

 46, 47 ; vents Ms complaints of 

 the service, I'oO. 



Bloody Bridge tight, i. 310 et seq. ; 

 great loss of the English, 316. 



Boscawen, Admiral Edwaixl, cap- 

 tures a French squadron previous 

 to a declaration of war, i. 103 ; 

 and thus begins the war of 1755, 

 ih. ; the a:;t cr)ndemned by Eng- 

 lish writers, 103 note. 



Bouquet, Colonel Henry, .his his- 

 tory, ii. 30 ; his letter to Sir 

 Jeffrey Amherst, 27 ; an exce - 

 lent officer, 31 ; his correspond- 

 ence with Amherst and others 

 about the war, 32 et aeq. ; his 

 " truculent letter " to Amherst 

 about extirpating the Indians, 

 37 ; hears of the destruction of 

 the frontier garrisons, 38 ; he will 

 try to send the small-pox among 

 the Indians, and proposes to hunt 

 them with English dogs, 40 ; is 

 displeased with the surrender 

 of Presqu' Is e, 45; c )mpl i^is of 

 the neghgence of the people of 

 Pennsylvania, 49 ; his campaign 

 against the Indians, 55 et seq. ; 

 difficulties and dangers of tl:e 

 march, 59 ; attacked by the In- 

 dians at Bushy Run, 61 ; his 

 masterly stratagem, 60 ; and 

 complete success, 67. See Ap- 



pendix T>. Arrives at Fort Pitt, 

 69 ; his dissatisfaction with the 

 service, 161 ; severely blames the 

 government of Pennsylvania, 

 203 ; sets out from Carlisle on an 

 expedition against the Delawares 

 and Shawanoes, 206 ; is dis- 

 pleased with Colonel Bradstreet, 

 207 ; arrives at Fort Pitt, 208 ; 

 sends a message to the Dela- 

 wares, 209 ; good effect of tiie 

 message, 210 ; difficulties of ti;e 

 march through the woods, 211; 

 the troojjs cross the Muskingum, 

 212; their number and fine ap- 

 pearance, 214; the commander 

 holds a council with the Dela- 

 wares, 215; his speech to them, 

 217-220; effect of the speecli, 

 220 ; his decisive tone, 220 ; the 

 Indians submit and give up their 

 captives, 221, 222; number of 

 the captives, 225; meeting of 

 friends long separated, 230-233 ; 

 some touciiing incidents, 233 ; 

 the troops, having accomplisliecl 

 their work, return home, 240 ; 

 Bouquet made a brigadier-gen- 

 eral, 241 ; his death, 243. See 

 Appendix F, 



Braddock, General Edward, sails in 

 command of a military force for 

 Virginia, i. 102 ; his character, 

 105 ; his duel with Gumley, 105 

 note; his march through the wil- 

 derness, 106 ; difficulties of the 

 advance, ib. ; the ambuscade, 

 109 ; tjie battle. 111 ; the utter 

 deieat, 112; Braddock's insane 

 behavior, ib. ; his death, ib. ; the 

 terrible carnage, 112, 113; the 

 disgraceful rout, 113; the un- 

 happy results, 1 14. 



Bradstreet, Colonel John, captures 

 Fort Frontenac, i. 122, ii. 162; 

 his expedition against the north- 

 western Indians, 163 et Sf-q. ; the 

 troops leave Niagara and embark 

 on Lake Erie, 174, 176 ; he i? 

 shamefully duped by wily In 

 dianfoe.^ 177 ; he is reprimanded 

 by General Gage, 178 7iofe : ar- 

 rives at Sandusky, 179 ; his im- 

 becility, 180; reaches Detroit, 

 181 ; returns to Sandusky, 194. 



Brebeuf, Jean de, a Jesuit mission- 

 ary, his appalhng fate, i. 53. 



