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Labradorite, 370. La Caron, 20, 23. La Due, W., 239. Laffin, B., 239. Lake Champlain, 321.
Lakes, interior, 323; Paradox, 324 ; Placid, 324, George, 327; Ava- lanche, 381. Lansing, W., 245, 249. Lennon, M., 245, 248. Lewis, 211. Limestone, 419, 428. Livingstone, A. C. H., 232, 241.
Livingstone and Brown 155; take Chambly, 144.
Livingstone, R. W., 274, 281, 282, 290, 295.
Logs, stripped of bark, 473 ; floating, 434, 435, 452, 474 ; Warren co., 476 ; Minerva, 476. Long, Colonel, at battle of Lake George, 58.
Longueil, Carleton defeated by War- ner at. 146.
Loring, Captain, constructs fleet, 108; destroys French vessels at Valcour, 109. Louisburg, fall of, 101. Lumber trade, 433, 434. Lyman, General, at battle of Lake George, 62. Lyon, W., 244, 246.
McCall, P., 238. McCormick, J., 239, 293, 294. McCoy, J. W., 258.
McGinnis, Captain, killed at Lake George, 61.
McGuire, J. G., 292, 293.
McIntire, S. P., 239.
Mckenzie, Col., 252.
McKie, John, Jr., 232, 237.
McLean, Col., returns to Quebec, 149; and defends at, 151.
McLean, J. B., 244.
McLean, P. V. N., 275, 289, 290.
McMullen, Lt., sent back to Crown Point by Rogers, 106. Mc Williams, M., 249.
Manufacturing works at Birming- ham, 459; at New Russia, 459; Crown Point, 469; at Ticonde- roga, 470; Keeseville, 452, 458; at Clintonville, 450 ; in Schroon, 472 ; in Essex, 476 ; Wilmington, 440; Bloomingdale, 440; J. & J. Rogers, 441, 442, 444.
Marin, 68 ; exploits, 69 ; at Fort Ann, 96.
Marsh hay, 125.
Merrill, W. E., 245, 249.
Miller, George, 281. Mineral springs, 343.
Mineralogy and geology, 372.
Minerals and rock of the Adirondac district, 379.
Minerals, list of, 421. Minerva, 212. Moffitt, S., 254, 289.
Mohawks on St. Lawrence, 2; con- quest of, 2 ; their hatred of the French, 2; defeat De Cour- celles, 29; capture Montreal, 31; hereditary boundaries, 37; at battle of Lake George, 58; wish to pursue French, 62; at Ticonderoga, 90.
Molang, 68. Mondelet, Charles, 492.
Montcalm, early history of, 66; ar- rives at Quebec, 69; takes Oswego, 69 ; holds Indian coun- cil, 70; takes William Henry, 71 ; receives order St. Louis, 73; connection with massacre at William Henry, 75; his subse- quent measures, 77; his opinion of Vaudreuil, 80; interference with, 80; thinks of evacuating Ticonderoga, 90; victory of, 94; activity of, 96; quotes
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Montcalm, continued -
Mirabeau, 99; despondency of, 103; his letter, 103, 109; death of, 110; strictures on, 111 ; opi- nion of Canadians, 100; disgusts the Indians, 101; repairs to Quebec, 104; letter on cession of Canada, 116; Bougainville and Pitt, correspondence on, 490; epitaph of, 491; letters of, 492.
Montgomery, Richard, 115; ap- pointed brigadier-general under Schuyler, 142; seizes Isle aux Noix, 142; assumes the com- mand, 144; his early life, 144; attacks St. John's, 144; seizes Sorel, and takes St. John's, 145; his trials, 147; his in- fluence, 148; appears before Quebec, 152; his policy, 153 ; attacks the city, 154; killed, 155 ; burial of, 158.
Montreal, 20.
Montreuil at Lake George, 60.
Mooers, J. H., 275.
Moose, the, 349.
Morgan at the attack of Quebec, 155.
Moriah, account of, 211.
Mould, H. M., 275.
Moulding sand, 446.
Mount Defiance, 178.
Mount Hope, 180, 181; recaptured by Brown, 187.
Mount Independence, 178.
Mountains, 318; Pharaoh, Dix,
Bald, 318; Marcy, 319; Mc- Intire, Dial, Seward, McMar- tin, Colden, Keene, Whiteface, 320.
Munroe, Colonel, capitulates at Wil- liam Henry, 73. Murray, J., 249.
Myers, Corporal, 249.
Nail works, 442, 444, 445, 448.
Nails, at Keeseville, 453.
Natural curiosities, 329.
Natural History, 346.
Nelson, W. G., 459.
Newcomb, 213. Newman, T. W., 250, 251.
New Netherland, cession of, 27.
Nichols, G. F., 274, 276, 280, 281, 282, 287, 288, 290.
Ninety-sixth regiment, history of, 250 ; officers of, mustered out, 255.
Norris, Capt., 276.
North Elba, description of, 214 ; In- dian remains in, 216; Iron works, 216; progress of, 216; negro settlement in, 217.
North Hudson, 212. Northern New York, account of, 336. Northrup, H. J., 275. Norton, F., 245.
O'Callaghan, E. B., 30, 110.
O'Connor, D. A., 275, 289.
One Hundred and Eighteenth Regi- ment, history of, 273; officers of mustered out, 290.
Onontio, 73. Ormsby, L., 231, 237, 238.
Orr, G. S., 244, 248.
Paints, 423.
Paris, treaty of, 116.
Parker, Col., defeated at Sabbath Day Point, 69.
Parkman, 25.
Parmerter, Jacob, 274, 283.
Partisans, French, 67.
Patent, Field's, 123.
Patents, 296.
Pattee, Rev. Mr., 421.
Peabody, O. D., 231, 237, 238.
Pean, Madam, 79.
Pease, C. M., 258.
Penfield, J. A., 257, 260, 265.
Peru Steel and Iron Company, 449.
Phelps, Walter, Jr., 232, 238.
Phillips occupies Lake George, 186.
Physical geography, 317.
Pierce, E., 250, 254.
Pierce, J. H., 274, 282. Pierson, C. B., 256.
Pioneer population, changes of, 129.
Place, Sergeant, 278.
Plattsburg Republican, 169.
Plumbago, see Graphite.
Poke O' Moonshine, 330.
Pontgrave, 11.
Popular organization formed, 129.
Porphyry, 420.
Port Royal founded, 9.
Porteous, J. G., 275, 287.
Potashes, 435.
Potter, J. F., 335.
Potter, Lieut., 289.
Pouchot, 106.
Pourtraincourt, 9.
Prescott, General, capitulates Mon- treal, 147. Pringle, Capt., attacks Arnold, 168.
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Proclamation, king of Great Britain, Oct., 1763, 121. Province, a new, contemplated, 130. Pruyn, C. E., 275, 283, 284.
Public improvements, 484; inland navigation, 484; Rail Roads, 484; Plank Roads, 487. Putnam, battle of, near Whitehall, 83.
Putnam's capture and perils, 97.
Quarries, 428 ; Keeseville, 429; McOmbers, 430; Clark's, 430 ; Essex, 431; Frisbie, 431 ; West- port, 431; Crown Point, 431 ; Ticonderoga, 431.
Quebec, 10; battle of, 110; trade with, 432.
Rail Roads, 486 ; Moriah and West- port, 486 ; Whitehall and Platts- burgh, 486; Northern Air line, 486.
Rainbow Falls, 333.
Ralph, Alexander, 374.
Rangers, American, 67. Ransom, Capt., 279, 282.
Rebellion, the, 219.
Refugees burn Boquet settlement, 189.
Regent of University, 495.
Reggio, Great rock Regione or Rogeo, 37.
Renner, L. F., 258.
Reptiles, 360.
Reynolds, M., 282.
Richards, S. F., 274.
Riggs, Capt., 276.
Rivers, 326; Hudson, 327; outlet Lake George, 327 ; Putnam creek, 327; Boquet, 327; Au Sable, 328.
Roads, public, 205. Roberval, 5.
Roche, De La, 5.
Rogers, a royalist, 98; expedition against St. Francis Indians, 105; incursions into Canada, 114. Rogers & Putnam, battle with Marin near Fort Ann, 96.
Rogers, exploits of, 63 ; note to Mont- calm, 54; defeat of, 82 ; slide, 82. Rogers, J. & J., their business, 445, 446. Rogers, Platt, ferry and bridges, 205. Rowe, C. W., 245, 247, 249. Royal Savage raised, 169. Ryswick, treaty of, 40.
Sabbath Day point, 69. Sable Iron Company, 441. St. Armands, 214.
St. Clair, Arthur, in charge of Ticon- deroga, 177; evacuates it, 182; suspended, 186.
St. Frederick built by French, 42.
St. Pierce, killed, 61.
St. Sacrament, Lake, 50.
Salisbury, Prof., 344.
Salt traffic, 433. Sanborn, J. H., 250.
Sanger, W. H., 293, 294.
Saunders, Lt., 289.
Scalps borne to Montcalmn, 83.
Schenck, J. W., 238.
Schenectady, relieves French army, 29; burning of, 31. Schroon, name of, 212.
Schuyler, Gen. P., 142; commands northern department, 177; his forces, 177; superseded, 186; appointed to command Cana- dian army, 142.
Schuyler, John, attacks La Prairie,33. Schuyler, Peter, attacks La Prairie, 34, 35.
Seaman, J. R., 231, 238, 274, 289.
Second Cavalry, 293.
Senators, state, 493.
Seventy-seventh Regiment, 244; his- tory of, 244; officers mustered out, 249. Sheldon, O. F., 130.
Sheriffs, 493.
Sherman, Sam, 275, 282.
Sherman, S. D., 238.
Ship yards, 475.
Sillery, Murray, defeated at, 114.
Silver, 419. Smith, Gerrit, 217-219.
Smith, W. H., 232, 241.
Snow shoes, battle on, 83.
Spalding, Henry, 260.
Split Rock, 332.
Squirrels, 350. Stannard, Gen., 252 ; report, 288. Stark, exploits of, 64. Statistics, agriculture and political, 495, 496.
Stephens, Lt., abandons Rogers, 107
Stetson, M. V. B., 254, 289. Stevens, C. E., 244, 245, 248, 249. Stevenson, W. H., 275, 276, 277, 281, 282. Stone, Dennis, 282. Stone, J. S., 275, 282. Strong, T. M., 237, 238. Subterranean passages, 334.
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Sullivan, Gen., assumes command of | Vermont, continued -
American army, 160; burns ves- sels at St. Johns and retreats to Crown Point, 161. Surrogates, 494. Suitor, J. A., 239.
Tanneries, 473; in North Hudson, 474; Minerva, 475.
Tar, made for Amherst & Mc-
Donough, 109.
Teller, M. L., 238.
Thirty-eighth regiment, 241; privates in, killed and wounded at Bull run, 242.
Thirty-fourth regiment, 329.
Thomas, Gen., takes command at Quebec, 159; retreats and dies at Sorel, 160. Thomas, G. T., 231, 232, 236, 238,
Thompson, Prof. Zadock, 215, 251, 425, 426. Thompson's Vermont, 178. Thoreau, 25.
Three Rivers, repulse at, 160.
Ticonderoga, account of French works at, 89, 211; De Levis ar- rives at, 90; battle of, 91; inci- dent at, 95 ; notice of the captors of, 138 ; taken, 104; ruins at, 112 ; works at, 178; bridge at, 178; effect of capture of, 185.
Town meetings, how conducted, 204. Townsend,Adjt. General, killed, 104. Treadway, W., 274, 282, 288. Treasurers, county, 494.
Twenty-second regiment, 232.
Utrecht, treaty of, 28.
Valleau, J., 238. Valley of the IIudson, 471.
Vaudrueil, attack on William Henry, 65; at Quebec, 111; persecuted in France, 112; charges against Montcalm, 80; his controversies with Montcalm, 100; surrenders Montreal, 116.
Vaudrueil the younger arrives at Ticonderoga, 95.
Vermont, negotiations of leaders with British, 190; remarks on
negotiations, 199; supplies Gates, 174.
Viall, J. G., 257. Volunteers, call for, 210, 231.
Waldron, A. P., 250. Walker, T., 242.
War declared between France and England, 63.
Wardner, N., 250, 253.
Warner, Seth, covers retreat from Canada, 161; takes Crown Point, 136. Warren, W., 242.
Washburn, M. L., 274.
Washington county formed, 203.
Watson, Elkanah, 417; on the burial of Howe, 88. Webb, General, letter to Monroe, 489; his pusillanimity, 72.
Weed, Alfred, 250, 251.
Weidman, M., 238.
Wells, C. W., 275.
Weston, Clifford, 246.
Westport, account of, 211.
Wetmore, G., 238.
Whale, skeleton of, 426.
Whiskey, 435.
White, Major, 262, 264, 266, 268.
Whiting, Col., rallied fortunes at Lake George, 58.
Wickham, B. F., 237, 238.
Wild land near Whiteface Mt., 435. Wilderness, northern, 335 ; vestiges of roads and bridges in, 32 ; navi- gation in, 484.
William Henry, fort, attacked and taken by Montcalm, 74; massa- cre at, 75.
Williams, Ephraim, 56; killed, 58.
Willsboro', account of, 211; size of, 204; Melchior Hoffnagle first supervisor, and Daniel Sheldon first town clerk, 204.
Wilmington, 214. Wilmington notch, 330.
Wilson, L. E., 238.
Wing, E. A., 282.
Wolfe at Quebec, 110.
Woods, conflagration of, 436.
Wooster, David, 132; brigadier- general under Schuyler, 132 Wright, J. B., 231.
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