A

Acadia (Nova Scotia), Louisburg designed to protect, 29.

Acadians, refuse to emigrate, 34;

and refuse to become British subjects, 35;

why called Neutrals, 36;

desire to remove elsewhere, 36.

Aix-la-Chapelle, Peace of, 127.

Annapolis, N. S., attempted capture of, 43;

attack on, frustrated, note 100.

Auchmuty, Robert, proposes the taking of Louisburg, note 58.

B

Boston, defenceless condition of, 11.

Bradstreet, Colonel John, at Louisburg, 70.

Brooks, Captain, killed at Louisburg, 113.

C

Canada, the key to, 12;

its political and economic weaknesses, 24 et seq.;

compared with the English colonies, 25;

the fur monopoly, 26;

scheme for building up the colony, 28.

Canso, seized from Louisburg, 43, note 45;

prisoners taken there prove useful, 49;

army rendezvous at, 69;

environs of, 76;

works thrown up at, 77.

Cape Breton Island, face of the country, 16;

mountains of, 17;

Gabarus Bay, 23;

first suggestions of its importance to Canada, 28;

natural products of, 29;

advantageous situation as a port of delivery and supply, 29;

left to Canada by stupid diplomacy, 30;

its chief harbors, 31;

the Bras d’Or, 31;

called Ile Royale, 32;

plan for getting colonists, 33, 34;

strategic points on the straits, 76;

ice blockade of, 77;

restored to France, 127.

Cape Breton Coast, approach to, 14;

blockaded by ice, 77.

Circular battery of Louisburg, its design, 93;

silenced, 116.

Coffin, Moses, of Newbury, Mass., anecdote of, 104.

Connecticut in Louisburg expedition, 57;

her forces join Pepperell, 78.

D

Dauphin Bastion, of Louisburg, 93;

destructive fire upon, 110.

De Costebello, at Louisburg, 33.

De Saxe, Marshal, defeats the English, 41.

Duchambon, commander of Louisburg, 84;

recalls a detachment, 95;

refuses to surrender, 96;

changes his mind, 117;

and opens a treaty, 118.

Dwight, Joseph, at Louisburg, 66 and note 71.

E

English Harbor (Louisburg), 71.

Royal Battery, situation and importance of, 23;

taken, 86;

attempt to retake it, 87;

its importance to Americans, 88.

Ryal, Captain, sent to England, 41.

S

St. Anne, described, 31.

Saint Ovide, at Louisburg, 35.

St. Peter’s, destruction of, determined on, 76;

is effected, 96.

Seacoast defences of Mexico, Cuba, etc., 9;

of the English colonies, 10, 11;

of Canada, 11.

Shirley, Gov. William, saves Annapolis, 43;

notifies ministry, 44;

writes Commodore Warren, 44;

grasps the situation, 48;

his personal traits, 48, 49;

determines to take Louisburg, 50;

applies to legislature, 52;

meets defeat, 53;

arouses public sentiment, 54;

carries his point, 55;

sets to work, 56;

hears from Warren, 69;

attempts to order plan of attack, 73, 74.

Straits of Canso, 31.

T

Tournay, invested, 41.

Tufts, William, his bravery, 113.

Tyng, Commodore Edward, commands colonial fleet, 67; note 72.

U

Utrecht, how the Peace of, affects the colonies, 30.

V

Vaughan, William, who he was and what he did, 49, 50; note 58;

volunteers for Louisburg, 63;

leads a scouting party, 85;

and takes Royal Battery, 86.

Vigilant, French war-ship, taken, 110.

W

Waldo, Samuel, at Louisburg, 67 and note 71;

occupies Royal Battery, and fires first shot, 89.

War of the Austrian Succession, its policy outlined, 40;

produces war between England and France, 41;

hostilities begin at Nova Scotia, 44.

Warren, Commodore Peter, orders sent to, 44;

arrives at Canso and proceeds off Louisburg, 78;

takes the Vigilant, 110;

is re-enforced, 111;

his plan for taking the city, 111;

agrees to a general attack, 116;

he ignores Pepperell, 119;

made an admiral, 130.

Whitefield, Rev. George, 62;

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