its supplies cut off, 454-455
garrison destroys it and retires, 457
British occupy site, 457
its name changed to Pittsburg, 457
its conquest opens the West, 459

Duquesne, Marquis, Governor of Canada (1753), 51n.
sends expedition to occupy the Ohio, 79-80, 106ff.
recalled to France, 209

Durell, Admiral in Wolfe's Quebec fleet, 478
fails to intercept French ships, 482
arrives in Canada, 483, 486

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Edwards, Jonathan, 42

Elder, John, reports Indian attacks, 244

Elizabeth of Russia, 36
her hatred of Frederic the Great, 250
her death, 614

England in the mid 1700's, 29-31
effect of Seven Years War, 26
political aspects, 29, 31
social aspects, 30
her military status, 31
her American colonies, 25, 38-47
her rule in Nova Scotia (_See_ Acadia)
her difficulties in Acadia, 82-102
extent of her claims in Acadia, 104n.
urges colonies to make joint treaties with Indians, 134
her naval strength, 139
her military strength, 139
her leadership weakness, 139
her bad faith toward France, 139-143 and n.
her policy of attack, 140
sends Braddock and troops to Virginia, 140
attacks French troop ships, 142-143
declares war on France (1756), 250
makes treaty with Frederic the Great, 250
loses Minorca, 380
William Pitt takes power, 380-381
her gloomy prospects in 1757, 383
Clive's victory in India, 383
fresh power under Pitt, 384-387
her joy at the fall of Louisbourg, 403
her celebrations on Quebec's surrender, 565
regains Minorca, 618

English colonies in the mid-1700's, 41-47
confined to Atlantic coast, 38
their population, 38
political differences, 41, 43-46
racial strains, 41, 44-45
Puritanism in New England, 42
religious differences, 42, 44
slavery in, 44, 236
jealousy between, 47

Esteve, Montcalm's secretary, 255, 257

Europe in the mid 1700's, 31-38, 379-380, 619
the Seven Years War, 25-26
the treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle, 31, 38, 102
France, 31-36
Germany, 36
Prussia, 36
Russia, 36
Austria, 37
the treaty of Utrecht, 75, 102
political aspects, 250-252
the Peace of Paris, 620-623

Eyre, Captain, 219
winters at Fort William Henry, 305-307
repulses French attack, 311-313

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