ck, Major-General, 140-173, 174, 207
secret orders, 141
Shirley's opinion of, 144
Walpole's comments on, 144-148
Benjamin Franklin's opinion of, 144
anecdotes about, 145-146
meets with Colonial governors, 146-147
plans attacks on Fort Duquesne, 148-149
his fury at Colonial apathy, 150-151
Benjamin Franklin helps, 151-152
march on Fort Duquesne, 152-160
his ability, 152
George Washington's comments on, 152-153
his opinion and treatment of Indians, 154
hardships of march, 155-156
ambushed and defeated, 161-164, 165n.
horrors of massacre, 163
casualties of his forces, 164 and n.
his personal courage, 164
fatally wounded, 164
his retreat, 164-168
his death, 168
reports of massacre, 168-170
disastrous results of defeat to settlers, 230, 234-248
bones of his men found, 457
Contrecoeur's report on rout, 628-630

Bradstreet, Lieutenant Colonel John, 276-279
convoys stores to Oswego, 277
repels French attack, 278-279
some of his boatmen sent to Oswego, 284
in Ticonderoga campaign, 415, 417-418, 422
his plan to take Fort Frontenac, 436
his success, 437
prevents massacre of prisoners, 437
destroys Fort Duquesne supplies, 454

Breard, naval comptroller at Quebec, 368
jailed and tried for fraud, 605

British Colonial troops, organization and pay, 271-272
discipline of, 272

British Colonies (_See_ English Colonies)

Brown, Lieutenant, carries mortally wounded Wolfe to rear, 546

Bull, Fort, destroyed by French, 264

Bullitt, Captain, 452-453

Burd, Colonel, in Duquesne expedition, 441, 443ff.

Burke, Captain, escapes Fort William Henry massacre, 351

Burney, Thomas, fur trader, escapes from French, 79

Burton, Lieutenant-Colonel,
with Braddock, 163
reports on Winslow's camp, 281-282
with Wolfe at Quebec, 537, 541, 542
receives Wolfe's last order, 546

Bury, Viscount, comments on Massachusetts, 408

Bussy, M. de, French envoy to London, 611

Bute, Earl of, Secretary of
State (1761), 610

Byng, Admiral, 384
defeat at Minorca, 48
death of, 48

Cadet, Joseph, Commissary-General of Canada, frauds of, 368-374
famine caused by, 370
sends supplies to Quebec, 482
jailed and tried for fraud, 605

Campbell, Major Duncan, at Ticondero