s, 409

Connor, James, scout, 290

Contrecoeur, Commandant at Fort Duquesne, 115, 118, 122, 157
awaits success of Braddock ambush, 159
his report on Braddock's rout, 628-630

Cope, Jean-Baptiste, Indian chief, treachery of, 90-91, 100

Corflans, French Admiral, his fleet crippled by British, 615

Cornwallis, Edward, Governor of Acadia (1749), 83
Wolfe's opinion of, 83
Walpole's comments on, 83
his patience and moderation, 83, 85, 94-96
asks pledge of allegiance from Acadians, 86
discovers treachery of French clergy, 92-93
sends troops to Beaubassin, 98

Corpron, accomplice of Cadet, 368, 373
jailed and tried for fraud, 605

Courserac, Chevalier de, 401

Crawford, Rev. William, comments on conditions in British camp,
283-284

Croghan, George, trader, 52, 59-60, 62-63
French offer reward for his scalp, 75-76
brings Indians to help Braddock, 154

Crown Point Expedition, 207-226
William Johnson named commander, 207
French prepare defense, 209
Johnson marches, 210ff.
battle at Lake George, 217-226
French routed, 221
British losses, 223
expedition a failure, 224
fort abandoned by French, 510
occupied and rebuilt by British, 511

Cumberland, Duke of, 30, 139, 294, 380, 383, 384

Cumberland, Fort, prepared for Braddock's expedition, 152

Cummings, Colonel, at site of Fort William Henry, 428

D

Dalling, Major, 573

Dalquier, Colonel, 551, 581

Dalzel, Captain, killed at Detroit, 433

De Cosne, British embassy secretary, 142

Delancey, New York Governor (1754), 132n., 226
asked for help against French in the Ohio, 114
attends Braddock's conference, 146
sides with William Johnson, 234
his cabal against Shirley, 270

Delancey, Oliver, British soldiers quartered on, 306

Delaware Indians, 50, 53, 54, 62-63, 101, 122, 154, 234, 275, 276,
296-298

Delouche, sends fire ships against Wolfe, 491

Demoiselle, Miami Chief, 57, 60-61, 78
killed by French Indians, 79

Desandrouin, French engineer, 418

Desauniers, Demoiselles, Canadian traders, 66

Desgouttes, naval commander at Louisbourg siege, 396, 400

Desherbes, harasses British in Acadia, 88ff.
Detroit, early days as French fort, 72
French try to build it up, 73
small-pox in, 77

Diderot, 35

Dieskau,