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private letter of Washington to, i. 687; departure of, from Newburyport, i. 688; army of, reduced by sickness and desertion, i. 689; treachery of Indian messengers of, i. 690; desertion of, by Colonel Enos, with his whole division--unparalleled hardships endured by the troops of, i. 692; encampment of, on the eastern shore of Lake Megantic, i. 693; destruction of vessels of, while descending the Chaudiere--message of, to Montgomery, carried by young Aaron Burr, i. 694; joined at Sertignan by Norridgewock Indians, i. 695; friendly reception of, by the _habitans_ of the valley of the Chaudiere--approach of, known in Quebec through Indian treachery--fears excited in Quebec by the arrival of the troops of, at Point Levi, i. 696; names of men in the expedition of, afterward distinguished, i. 697; operations of, at Quebec, delayed by a snowstorm--Heights of Abraham scaled by, i. 701; reliance of, on the friendliness of the people of Quebec, i. 702; retirement of, from before Quebec--communication of, with Montgomery, i. 703; commendation of, by Washington for his conduct in the Quebec expedition, i. 713; wounded in the attempt to storm the fortifications of Quebec, i. 720; withdrawal of, to an entrenched camp--attempts of, to cut off supplies from the garrison of Quebec, i. 723; made brigadier-general, ii. 95; his urgent request of reinforcements from Wooster--letter of, to Congress, urging further efforts for the conquest of Canada, ii. 98; sorties from Quebec repelled by--compelled to resort to continental money for the purchase of supplies, ii. 99; ineffective fire opened by, upon Quebec--small-pox in the camp of--arrival of General Wooster at the camp of--departure of, for Montreal, ii. 100; letter of Schuyler to, expressing regret at the conduct of Wooster, ii. 101; efforts of, to obtain a surrender of prisoners, from Captain Forster, ii. 149; warning given to, at Montreal, of the approach of the British, ii. 164; goods of Montreal merchants seized by (_note_), ii. 165; retreat of, from Montreal, ii. 165; narrow escape of, from the British at Longueuil, ii. 166; the last man that left the shores of Canada, ii. 167; flotilla constructed by, at Ticonderoga--post taken by, with his flotilla, at _Isle-aux-Tetes_, ii. 255; great intrepidity displayed by
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