e British, and Vauquelin taken prisoner. On
his release returned to France, and was arrested. =Index=: =WM= Hero of
Louisbourg, 81; in charge of frigates _Atalante_ and _Pomone_, 243.
=Bib.=: Doughty, _Siege of Quebec_.

=Vaux, Mme. de.= =WM= Grandmother of Montcalm, 4.

=Vendremur, Corneille de.= =Ch= Clerk, returns to France, 209.

=Ventadour, Henri de Levy, Duc de= (1595-1651). Viceroy of Canada,
1625-1627. Served for a time in the army, and is said to have taken holy
orders. In any event took a deep interest in the spiritual welfare of
Canada, and after acquiring the viceroyalty instrumental in sending out
the first Jesuit missionaries in 1625. In 1627, on the formation of the
Company of New France by Richelieu, purchased the viceroyalty from De
Ventadour. Pointe Levy, or Levis, opposite Quebec, was named after him.
=Index=: =F= Lieutenant-general of New France, 17. =Ch= Appointed
viceroy of New France, 151; resigns, 168. =Bib.=: Parkman, _Pioneers of
France_.

=Vercheres, Marie-Madeleine Jarret.= Born in 1678 in the fort on her
father's seigniory on the St. Lawrence River, twenty miles below
Montreal. In 1692 she heroically defended this fort, with the assistance
of her two young brothers, two soldiers, and an old man of eighty. When
the settlers were working in the fields, a band of Iroquois suddenly
appeared and began their work of slaughter. Madeleine had barely time to
reach the fort. She found everyone, including the two soldiers,
demoralized, and, taking command, she ordered the little band to keep up
constant firing. The Iroquois beseiged the fort for two days, but
finally retired discomfited; and relief came from Montreal in another
week. In 1706 she married Thomas Tarien de la Naudiere; and in 1722 De
la Perrade. In her later years she received a pension for life. The date
of her death is not known. =Index=: =F= Defends fort against Iroquois,
319. =Bib.=: Parkman, _Frontenac_; Richard, _Supplement to Report on
Canadian Archives_, 1899.

=Vergennes, Charles Gravier, Count de= (1717-1787). Born in Dijon.
Educated there at the Jesuit College. In 1740 entered the diplomatic
service, being sent to Lisbon. In 1741 took part in the negotiations
that resulted in the election to the empire of the elector of Bavaria,
Charles VII. In 1752 attended the Congress of Hanover. From 1754 to 1768
ambassador at Constantinople. In 1771-1774, when minister at the court
of Sweden, supported the revolution in favour of Gust