Duquesne, Fort, established, 115
     garrison reinforced, 121
     site of, 156
     strength of, 156-157
     Braddock ambushed from, 161
     Washington urges capture of, 439
   Forbes marches on, 439-459
     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

   E

   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