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Forbes, John, General, 163.

France, Catholic, 1; treatment of colonies by, 24-25; claims in North America, 26-27; persecution of Protestants, 32-33; failure in war in Europe, 64; cedes part of Canada to England, 65; fails in plans against English, 90-92; lays claim to the West, 98 et seq.; allies herself to Austria, 156-157; sends army to Canada, 158; plans invasion of England, 201; fails in undertakings of 1759, 224; yields everything east of Mississippi, 231.

Franklin, Benjamin, 160.

Frontenac, Louis de Buade, Comte de, Governor of Canada, family, 3; personal characteristics, 3-5; in Canada, 4-5; commands against Iroquois, 9-12; against English, 12-15; deals with Phips’ expedition, 18-20; leads against Iroquois, 22; death (1698), 22.

Frontenac, Fort, 148, 198.

Fur trade, government monopoly, 40; on Hudson Bay, 108, 135-136.