Chapters I to III
| Date | July 1758 |
| Location | Fort Carillon at Ticonderoga between Lake George and Lake Champlain |
| Context | A military campaign by British and American colonial forces against Fort Carillon as part of the conquest of New France. This campaign was an extension into north-eastern America of the Seven Years War in Europe and was planned in London at the behest of William Pitt, Prime Minister |
| Theme | Military Battle scene, Fort Carillon |
| Main character | Ensign John à Cleeve of Cleeve Court in Devon |
| Nationalities |
British |
Chapters IV to IX
| Date | July 1758 |
| Location | Lake Champlain and the Richelieu River, the Adirondack Mountains and the St. Lawrence River |
| Plot | The journey of John à Cleeve, Sergeant Barboux and Menehwehna across the Adirondacks and the retreat of Bateese Guyon and Sergeant McQuarters back to the Richelieu River. An attack by Iroquois Indians and the death of Armand des Noel-Tilly, heard from a distance |
| Main characters |
John à Cleeve |
| Nationalities |
British |
| Short story | 1: Manabozho’s Toe |
Chapters X to XVI
| Date | August 1758 |
| Location |
The Seigniory of Boisveyrac on the St. Lawrence River to Fort Amity or Amitié further upstream
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| Plot | At Boisveyrac John à Cleeve is mistaken for a wounded French soldier from Fort Carillon. Diane des Noel-Tilly, daughter of the Commandant of Fort Amity, falls in love with him |
| Theme | Romance and intrigue Love triangle – John à Cleeve, Diane and Dominique Guyon |
| Main characters | John à Cleeve, Diane des Noel-Tilly, Menehwehna, an Ojibwas chief |
| Nationalities |
British |
Chapters XVII to XX
| Date | August 1758 to August 1760 |
| Location | August 1758 to August 1760 |
| Context | The life of the Ojibway or Ojibwas Indian and the Council of Fort Niagara Scenes from Indian life Love triangle two – Netawis (John à Cleeve), Azoka and Ononwe |
| Nationalities |
British |
| Short stories |
1: Daimeka` |
Chapters XXI to XXVI
| Date | November 1759 to September 1760 |
| Location | The St. Lawrence River |
| Context | The British campaign on the St. Lawrence to capture Fort Amitié, Quebec and Montreal |
| Themes |
The campaign by American colonists to conquer Canada led by Richard Montgomery |
| Main characters |
The Seignior of Boisveyrac, his brother M. Etienne and his daughter Diane |
| Nationalities |
British |
| Short story | 4: Greeks and Persians |
Chapter XXVII
| Date | December 1775 |
| Location | Quebec |
| Context |
The campaign by American colonists to conquer Canada led by Richard Montgomery The defence of the Près-de-Ville by John à Cleeve. |
| Theme |
Military and Romance Battle scene 3 |
| Main characters |
John à Cleeve |
| Nationalities | British Canadian French Canadian American colonists |
Epilogue I
| Date | Summer 1818 |
| Location | The Montgomery residence above the Hudson River in New York State |
| Context | The removal of the remains of Richard Montgomery from Quebec to the cenotaph in New York |
| Theme | The futility of war |
| Characters | The American families of Livingston and Schuyler and the widow of Richard Montgomery |
| Nationality | Nationals of the U.S.A. |
Epilogue II
| Date | 31 December, 1875 |
| Location | Citadel of Quebec |
| Context | The anniversary of the repulse of the American colonists a hundred years before Flashback – the marriage of John à Cleeve and Diane des Noel-Tilly and their removal to Boisveyrac |
| Nationalities |
Canadians |