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Grand River, 74; schools and churches provided for, 74; Simcoe's
estimate of, 75; engagements made with, faithfully kept, 76; their lands
encroached upon by Americans, 119; their defeat of expedition under St.
Clair, 121; great council of, 122, 124; failure of negotiations with
American commissioners, 123-125. =WM= Generally friendly to France, 17;
appearance of, on field of battle, 31; swell army of Montcalm at Fort
Carillon, 38; their habits in camp, 39; Christian Indians different from
the pagans, 39; attack British boats, 40; general meeting of, called by
Montcalm, 40-42; repulse British force on left bank of Montmorency, 129;
scalp the wounded after battle, 142; paid well for prisoners, but less
amount for scalps, 150; fly from battlefield, 202; form part of Levis's
army, 245; in battle of Ste. Foy, 265. =Hd= Their lands secured by
treaty, 12; allies of the French, 13, 16, 21; help Pouchot at Niagara,
25; Sir William Johnson's following of, 28, 29; irregular traffic with,
prohibited, 32, 54; fears of an uprising among, 55; impressed by
enlistment of French-Canadians under British flag, 57; in Florida, 66,
71, 73; Haldimand's treatment of, 91-93, 131, 145, 146, 147, 150, 153,
157, 258-259, 266, 347; uncertain allies, 126, 137, 170, 260; rebels try
to gain for France, 127-128, 134, 136, 279; indignant at terms of peace
between Britain and colonies, 256-257; American cruelty towards, 307.
=F= Menacing attitude of, 17; defrauded by traders, 18, 154; not readily
receptive of Christian doctrine, 167. =Dr= Those with Burgoyne worse
than useless, 178; ignored in treaty of peace between Britain and
American colonies, 231; their lands invaded by frontiersmen, 233;
attacked by American troops, 234; trouble with western tribes, 249, 262,
276. =L= Violent effects of intoxicating liquor upon, 36, 37; three of
the nations sue for peace, 53; conversion of, very precarious, 62;
difficult to civilize them, 63, 126; sincere devotion of many, 64. _See_
Abnaki; Algonquian; Cree; Creek; Delaware; Dene; Etchemin; Huron;
Illinois; Iroquois; Micmac; Ottawa; Tete de Boule. =Bib.=: Hodge,
_Handbook of American Indians_; Brinton, _The American Race_; Bancroft,
_Native Races of the Pacific States_; Catlin, _Manners, Customs, and
Condition of the North American Indians_; Drake, _Aboriginal Races of
North America_; Lafitau, _Moeurs des Sauvages Ameriquains_; Maclean,
_Canadian Savage Folk_; Morgan, _Houses and House-Life of the American
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