La Mothe-Cadillac, Antoine de, at Michilimackinac, i. 17; on the Huron Indians, i. 18; sketch of, i. 19; his aversion to the Jesuits, i. 19; family of, i. 19; early history of, i. 19; his quarrels with Carheil, i. 20; a strong champion for the policy of expansion, i. 21; his motives, i. 22; presents a memorial to Count de Maurepas, i. 23; his plans for Detroit, i. 23, 24; his plan for civilizing the Indians, i. 24; his plan of a settlement at Detroit opposed by Champigny, i. 26; sails for France, i. 27; his interview with Ponchartrain, i. 27; his letter to La Touche, i. 27; Ponchartrain accepts his plan, i. 28; his return to Canada, i. 28; lays the foundation for Detroit, i. 28; his delight in ruining Michilimackinac, i. 30; his relations with the Jesuits, i. 30; 386 his letters to Ponchartrain, i. 30-32; Detroit given over to, i. 32; made governor of Louisiana, i. 279, 309; his report on the condition of the country, i. 309; petition of the people of Louisiana to, i. 312; his reply, i. 312; his quarrel with Bienville, i. 313; Detroit feels the loss of, i. 327; on the strange customs of the Sioux, i. 352; sends Saint-Denis to explore western Louisiana, i. 355. La Mothe, Jean de, i. 19. Lanaudière, ii. 185. Lancaster, village of, i. 259; attacked by the French and Indians, i. 99. Lancey, James de, dispute between Governor Clinton and, ii. 206, 207; characteristics of, ii. 207. Languedoc, i. 19. La Noue, Lieutenant, at the mouth of the Kaministiguia, ii. 4. “La Palme,” ii. 166; the story of, ii. 167. La Perelle, ii. 132, 303. Laperelle, M. de, ii. 308. La Perrière, Boucher de, i. 338; made the military chief of the Sioux mission, ii. 6; his journey to the Mississippi, ii. 6. La Plaine, spreads a panic at Quebec, i. 142. “La Poudrerie,” ii. 186. La Reine, Port, on the Assiniboin, ii. 14; La Vérendrye at, ii. 15, 18, 34; Saint-Pierre at, ii. 40. La Renaudière, i. 360, 362, 363. La Ronde, M. de, i. 116. La Salle, Chevalier de, i. 28; his schemes concerning Louisiana, i. 298, 324; on the Illinois, i. 327; ii. 11, 57. La Salle, Nicolas de, accuses Iberville and his brothers to the minister, i. 306, 308; i. 315; proposes to explore the Missouri, i. 354. “La Société,” ii. 290. La Touche, letter from Cadillac to, i. 27; on the accusations against Brouillan, i. 114. La Tour, feudal claimant of Acadia, ii. 61. La Tressillière, Ensign, ii. 311. Launay, Seigneur de, see _La Mothe, Jean de_. “Launceston,” the, ii. 84, 93. Laumet, Seigneur de, see _La Mothe, Jean de_. Laurain, i. 354.