58-59
trading posts of, 115, 116
its posts destroyed by French, 127

Ohio Valley (_See also_ Celoron de Bienville)
French claims in, 48-58
Indians of, 50, 107, 112, 119, 122
English claims in, 58-64
Virginia and Pennsylvania disputes over, 63
importance as key to West, 64

Ohio Valley battles, 106-127
France establishes forts, 106-108
illness among French, 107-108
Virginia protests invasion, 108-111
English colonies refuse help, 113-114, 129ff.
French detachment defeated, 116-118
Indians join French, 122
French victory at Great Meadows, 125-127
French and British losses, 125 and n.

Ojibwa Indians, 78, 107, 157, 335

Oneida Indians, 276, 357, 436-437

Onondaga Indians, 134-276

Orme, Captain Robert, Aide-de-Camp to Braddock, 146, 153
wounded in ambush, 164
describes the ambush, 170-171

Osage Indians, 77

Osborn, Admiral, intercepts French fleet, 386

Osgood, Captain, in Acadia, 196, 198

Oswego, English fur trading post, 49
its attraction to Indians, 68-69

Oswego, Fort, battle for, 285-291
sickness and hunger of troops, 279
weakness of defenses, 280
camp conditions, 286
surrender to French, 289
losses at, 289-290
burned, 290
Loudon blames Shirley for loss, 293

Ottawa Indians, 50, 61, 78, 122, 157, 333, 335

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Paris, treaty of, (1763), 619

Parkman, William, comments on Abercromby, 411

Parker, Colonel of Fort William Henry, 334

Patton, John, English trader, 75

Pean, Chevalier, 80, 106-107, 359, 367, 368
his frauds, 372
jailed and tried, 605

Pean, Mme., 80, 372

Penn, Thomas and Richard, 240-241

Penn, William, 46

Pennahouel, Ottawa Chief, 336, 337

Peniseault, Antoine, accomplice of Bigot, 367-368
jailed and tried for fraud, 605

Peniseault, Mme., 372-373

Pennsylvania in 1750's, 44-45
refuses funds for Ohio Valley defense, 130-131, 240ff.
Indian massacres in, 235-248, 295
conflict between Governor and Assembly, 240-247

Pepperell, regiment of, 229, 270

Periere, leads Indian war party, 299-300

Peter the Great of Russia, 36

Peter the III of Russia, 614

Petrie, John lost, Indian prisoner, 357

Peyton, Lieutenant, escapes scalping, 504-505

Philadelphia, celebrates Louisbourg victory, 403

Phillips, L