Frontiersmen, life of, 238
frequent fate of, 235-248
Frontenac, Fort, Piquet’s
reception at, 72
Bradstreet attacks,
436
fort surrenders, 437
prisoners protected
from Indians, 437
fort leveled, 437
importance of loss to
France, 437
Fry, Colonel Joshua, 114
illness and death of,
120
with Winslow in Acadia,
200
survives Fort William
Henry massacre, 349-351
his reports on Fort
William Henry massacre, 632-633
G
Gage, Lieutenant-Colonel, with Braddock,
159, 160-161
wounded in ambush, 164
takes over command from
William Johnson at Niagara, 516
Galissoniere, Marquis de la, Governor
of Canada (1749), 103-104
asks for colonists from
France, 38-39, 48
his character and appearance,
48
his plans to link Canada
and Louisiana, 48
his recall to France,
74
Gardiner, Captain of the Monmouth, his historic fight, 386
Gates, officer wounded in Braddock ambush, 164
George II of England, 29
Acadians refuse oath
of allegiance to, 83, 86
his comment on Wolfe,
477
his death, 609
George III of England, 609, 615, 616
Germain, French missionary in Acadia,
88 (See also Piquet,
and
Le Loutre)
incites Indians to attack
British, 90
Germany in the mid 1700’s, 36
German Flats, massacre at, 357
Girard, Acadian priest, 92
Gist, Christopher, trader, 52
explores land for the
Ohio Company, 58-60
guides Washington in
the Ohio. 109ff.
his settlement, 117
brings news of Fry’s
death, 120
Gladwin, defends Fort Detroit, 164
wounded in Braddock
ambush, 164
Glen, South Carolina governor, his correspondence with Dinwiddie, 177
Gorham, Captain, reconnoitres Louisbourg, 325
Graham, Rev. John, describes conditions in British camp, 282-284
Grant, Major
reconnoitres Fort Duquesne,
451-452
his blunders, 452-453
captured by French,
453, 454n.
Forbes upset by reverse,
454
Granville Stockade, burned by French, 295
Gray, Sergeant James, 229
Great Meadows, Washington’s
camp at, 116-117
French victory at, 125
French and British losses,
125 and n.
named Fort Necessity,
120
significance of British
defeat, 127
Gridley, Colonel, 282
H
Haldimand, Colonel, rebuilds Oswego, 511-512
Half-King, Indian Chief, 107
friend of Washington,
109, 116, 117, 120, 121
French try to win, 110
his comments on English
and French, 126
his comments on Washington,
126n.
Halifax, Lord, 139
Halifax, Nova Scotia, founding of,
84
harassed by Indians,
87