Memphremagog, Lake, ii. 221. Menadou, ii. 288. Ménard, Jean Louis, marriage of, i. 89. Menominies, the, on Fox River, i. 275; at Detroit, i. 283; i. 340. Mercier, ii. 190. Mer de l’Ouest, the, see _Pacific Ocean_. Meriel, Father, forces Samuel Williams to turn Catholic, i. 83; i. 90. “Mermaid,” the, ii. 84, 93, 123. Merrimac River, the, i. 37, 97, 259. Merry-meeting Bay, i. 239. Meserve, Lieutenant-Colonel, at Louisbourg, ii. 105. Mesilac, Sieur, ii. 291. Messager, the Jesuit, joins La Vérendrye in his search for the Pacific, ii. 12. Mexico, i. 298; ii. 46. Mexico, city of, i. 355. Mexico, the Gulf of, i. 135, 299; Spain bent on making good her claim to, i. 301; i. 319, 324. Miamis, the, raided by the Saginaws, i. 335. Michigan, Lake, i. 341; ii. 57. Michilimackinac, the Jesuit mission of, i. 17; La Mothe-Cadillac at, i. 17; the centre of the western fur-trade, i. 17; the favorite haunt of the _coureurs de bois_, i. 17; curious survival of Huron-Iroquois customs at, i. 18; its rivalry with Detroit, i. 23; i. 332, 338, 339; ii. 6; important position of, ii. 57. Micmac Indians, the, i. 101, 188; fiercely hostile to the English, i. 191; the massacre, i. 191; i. 197, 203, 207, 235; attack Canseau, i. 244; join Duvivier’s expedition against Annapolis, ii. 61; ii. 170; Le Loutre’s absolute control over, ii. 173. Micmac missions, Le Loutre’s, ii. 188. Middlesex, village of, ii. 157. “Military Movements,” French, ii. 216. Minas, ii. 178, 312, 316, 323, 326, 334, 343, 344, 345, 346, 347, 349, 351, 354, 355. Mines, parish of, i. 208, 209; Ramesay at, ii. 181; Noble at, ii. 182; the French victory at, ii. 200; ii. 202, 260. Mines Basin, ii. 184, 187, 188, 189. Minneconjou Indians, the, ii. 34. Minnesota, State of, i. 348. Minnetarees, the, ii. 21. Minot, John, i. 233. Miramichi, La Corne at, ii. 185. Miré, ii. 300. Mississagas, the, i. 281, 295. 393 Mississippi Company, the, Louisiana passes into the hands of, i. 315; efforts of the French government to maintain, i. 315, 316; removes L’Épinay and reappoints Bienville as governor of Louisiana, i. 318; the struggle to obtain stock in, i. 318; the bubble bursts, i. 319; relinquish the claim to Louisiana, i. 322. Mississippi River, the, i. 22, 275, 296; France occupies the mouth of, i. 298; i. 300; Spain bent on making good her claims to, i. 301; Iberville enters, i. 301; Bienville explores, i. 302; i. 311, 319, 327, 328, 349; ii. 6, 57. Mississippi, State of, i. 301, 302, 321. Mississippi, the Valley of the, i. 22, 185; occupied by the French, ii. 58.