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teer with Rogers' Rangers, 360-361 lost in forest, 362-363 saved from Indians by French officers, 363 Prussia (_See_ Frederick the Great) Puritanism in New England, 42 Putnam, Israel, 210 his expert scouting praised, 299 at Ticonderoga, 416 captured by Indians, 433 his tortures, 434-435 rescued by Marin, 435 prisoner in Montreal, 436 exchanged, 436 Puysieux, Marquis de, 35 Pynchon, Dr., 220 Q Quakers, characteristics of, 239 cause of military paralysis, 240-248 their quarrel with Presbyterians, 239 attitude toward Indians, 239 influence in Pennsylvania, 240-248 oppose defense of borders against Indians, 295 Quebec, (_See also_ Montcalm _and_ Vaudreuil) Montcalm's praise of, 316 suspense over threat to, 324 Montcalm prefers to Montreal, 358, 360 Quebec, Siege of, 481-505, 523-548 threatened with attack, 468, 482 Montcalm and Vaudreuil arrive, 483 troops and Indians pour in, 483 patriotism of its people, 484 English fleet starts up the St. Lawrence, 486 nature of the countryside, 488-489 city's strength as natural fortress, 489 British army lands below, 489 fire ships fail to harm British, 491-492, 501 steady bombardment of, 494-498, 526 British treatment of prisoners, 498-501 French victory at Montmorenci, 523 sickness in Wolfe's army, 526 short rations of French, 526 Wolfe plans new attack, 531-532 heights of Abraham scaled, 540-542 British army forms on plains of Abraham, 543 French forces attack, 544 defeat and rout of French, 546-549 death of Wolfe, 546 death of Montcalm, 547, 555 French and British losses, 547n., 548, 552, 637-638 Quebec, fall of, 549-567 Vaudreuil's behavior after defeat, 550-551, 553, 558 army flees the city, 554 New France ends with, 556 Vaudreuil's responsibility for, 559 garrison refuses to fight, 559 city surrenders, 559 ruin and chaos from bombardment, 567-568 Quebec, under British rule, 571-588 troops suffer from cold and sickness, 571-572, 575 rumors of French attack, 573-574 French try to retake, 580-586 British ships arrive and French retire, 587 R Ramesay, Chevalier de, commandant at Quebec, 485 refuses Montcalm artillery, 544 left without
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