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
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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.
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