French Pathfinders in North AmericaJohnson, William Henry
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French Pathfinders in North America
Johnson, William Henry
America -- Discovery and exploration -- French; New France -- Discovery and exploration
"MEDICINE," in what sense the word used, 138, note.
MEMBRE, FATHER, accompanies La Salle down the Mississippi, 251, his
description of the Arkansas Indians, 251.
MENENDEZ, PEDRO, DE AVILES, appointed Spanish Governor of Florida, 83;
attacks Ribaut's vessels off the St. John's, 89; founds St. Augustine,
90; surprises Fort Caroline, 92; massacres the garrison, 93, and
shipwrecked crews of Ribaut's vessels, 94.
MIAMIS, an Algonquin tribe, 7.
MICHILLIMACKINAC, trading-post and mission-station, 235.
MICMACS, an Algonquin tribe, 7.
MILLE LACS, a lake in Minnesota, 301.
MILWAUKEE, La Salle near the site of, 236.
MISSIONARIES, ROMAN CATHOLIC, unselfish devotion of, 147 _et seq._
MISSISSIPPI RIVER, western boundary of Maskoki group, 9.
MISSOURI RIVER, Mouth of, first seen by Joliet and Marquette, 180.
MITCHIGAMEAS, a branch of the Maskoki family, 181.
MOBILE settled, 283; first capital of Louisiana, 283.
MOHAWKS, a tribe of the Iroquois League, 9.
MOHEGANS, an Algonquin tribe, 7.
MONOPOLY OF FUR-TRADE, evils of, 122.
"MONTEZUMA, EMPEROR," Mistake as to, 15.
MONTREAL founded by Champlain, 133.
MONTS, SIEUR DE, an associate of Champlain, 106.
MOQUIS, a tribe of Pueblo Indians, 10.
MUSKHOGEES (same as Creeks), a Maskoki tribe, 9.
NANTICOKES, an Algonquin tribe, 7.
NARRAGANSETTS, an Algonquin tribe, 7.
NATCHEZ INDIANS visited by La Salle, 252; described by Father Gravier,
253, note; their subsequent history, 253, note.
NAUSETT HARBOR, Champlain's trouble there with Indians, 110.
NAVAJOES, an offshoot of Athapascan stock, 7.
NEW BISCAY, northern province of Mexico, 262.
NEW FRANCE, FATHER OF, title of Samuel de Champlain, 104.
NEW ORLEANS founded, 283; early struggles, 285.
NIAGARA FALLS described by Father Hennepin, 232.
NICOLLET, JEAN, ambassador to Winnebagoes, 169; reaches Wisconsin
River, 171.
OHIO RIVER, Mouth of, first seen by Joliet and Marquette, 180.
ONEIDAS, a tribe of the Iroquois League, 9.
ONONDAGAS, a tribe of the Iroquois League, 9; in what sense leading
tribe, 31.
ONONTIO, Indian name for French Governor, 177.
ORATORS, Indian, how trained, 33.
OTTAWA RIVER, Indian route followed by Champlain, 133.
OTTIGNY, a lieutenant under Laudonniere, 77.
OUTINA, an Indian chief, dupes the Frenchmen into fighting his battles,
85.
PACIFIC, THE, reached by northern route, 320.
PASSAMAQUODDIES, an Algonquin tribe, 7.
PAWNEES, a native stock; its range, 10.
PEORIA, the first habitation of white men in Illinois near the site of,
241.
PEQUOTS, an Algonquin tribe, 7.
PHRATRY, a group of clans, 23.
"PICTURED ROCKS," THE, described by Radisson, 208.
PIERRIA, ALBERT DE, left in command of the fort at Port Royal, 71;
murdered by his own men, 73.
POCAHONTAS, not a princess, 16.
PONTGRAVE, an associate of Champlain, 105.
PORT ROYAL, Nova Scotia, settled, 108; abandoned, 115.
PORT ROYAL, South Carolina, named by Ribaut, 69.
PORT ST. LOUIS, name which Champlain gave to site of Plymouth, 109.
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