Duquesne de Menneville, Michel Ange, Marquis de

Appointed governor of New France 1752, in succe ion to La Jonquière. His policy was to intercept communication between New England and the western Indians and thus to restore the Indians to dependence on France. In the spring of 1753 sent a force of a you sand men under Morin to the Ohio district; a fort was built at Presque Isle and another, Fort Le Bœuf, inland on River Le Bœuf. Disease made ravages among the troops, and while 300 were left to garrison the forts, the remainder were compelled to return to Montreal, and Duquesne's plans for a further advance were frustrated. Neverthele the Indians were brought into submi ion to the French. Improved the organization of the government of the colony, and through thorough discipline raised the efficiency of the colonial troops. Succeeded in 1755 by the Marquis de Vaudreuil. Bib. : Parkman, Montcalm and Wolfe ; Bradley, The Fight for Canada ; Fiske, New France and New England .