410
     his boasts and exaggerations, 445-446, 464, 482, 483, 532-533
     Montcalm placed over him, 462
     his defense of Quebec, 481-505
     his blunders and indecision, 526, 544, 551-553, 556
     responsibility for loss of Quebec, 559
     blames Ramesay for surrender, 561
     corruption of his government (See also Bigot) 373-374, 562,
        563
     retires to Montreal, 576
     prepares Montreal defense, 589-590, 593
     forced to surrender, 597-598
     rebuked by Louis XV, 599
     sails for France, 604
     jailed and tried for fraud, 605

   Vaudreuil, Rigaudde, (See Rigaud)

   Vauquelin, bravery of, 395
     captured by British, 586

   Verchires, M. de, 72

   Vergor, Duchambon de, Commandant of Beausejour, 177
     his appearance and character, 178-179
     Le Loutre and, 179
     besieged by British, 182-184
     surrenders the fort, 185
     his trial for cowardice and acquittal, 186, 535
     guards heights of Abraham, 533, 535
     captured by Wolfe’s men, 540

   Vicars, Captain John, 279-280

   Villeray, Commandant at Fort Gaspereau, surrenders to British, 186
     tried for cowardice, 186

   Villiers, Coulon de, French officer, 121-122
     marches on Fort Necessity, 123ff.
     defeats Washington’s forces, 125-127
     marches on Oswego and repulsed, 277
     taken prisoner, 515

   Virginia in 1750’s, 43-44
     refuses funds for Ohio Valley defense, 112
     social life in Williamsburg, 128-129
     votes funds after Fort Necessity defeat, 129-130
     Indian massacres in, 235 238-239, 267
     fear of slave uprisings, 236

   Vitre, Denis de, forced to pilot British fleet, 486

   Voltaire, 25, 35
     letter from Frederick the Great, 607

   W

   Waggoner, Captain, 163, 236

   Walpole, Horace, 29
     opinion of Edward Cornwallis, 83
     of Braddock, 144-148
     of Duke of Newcastle, 137-138
     comments on George Townshend, 478
   on Wolfe and Quebec victory, 564-565
     on French siege of Quebec, 587
     on death of George II, 609
     on Pitt, 619

   Ward, Ensign, surrenders to French, 115

   Warde, George, Wolfe’s boyhood friend, 476

   Washington, George, 25, 58, 106-127, 167
     as envoy to French at Fort le Boeuf, 108-111
     adventure at Murdering Town, 110-111
     defeats French detachment, 116-118
     his character at 22 years, 119, 126n., 237-238
     defense of Fort Necessity, 120-125
     defeat at Fort Necessity, 126-127, 627-628
     named Braddock’s Aide-de-Camp, 153
     describes Braddock’s march 159-160
     his courage at ambush, 164
     describes ambush, 170-171
     commands Virginia troops guarding border, 235-237
     his difficulties with Governor Dinwiddie, 439
     urges capture of Fort Duquesne, 439-440
     criticized by Forbes, 441, 443