Le Tardif, Olivier, 82, 83, 84, 103. Lippincott's _Gazetteer_, cited, 33. Lord of Roberval, 14, 15. Macard, Nicolas, 84, 100. Mackinaw, Straits of, 55. Manitoulin Islands, 50, 51. Mantoue (Mantoueouee--Makoueoue), tribe of, 56. Margry, Pierre, in _Journal Général de l'Instruction Publique_, 29, 72, 84. Marguerie, François, 95, 99. Marguerie, Maria, 99. Marquette, Father James, 68, 69. Marsolet, Nicolas, 84, 100. Mascoutins (Macoutins--Mascoutens--Maskeutens--Maskouteins-- Musquetens--Machkoutens--Maskoutench--Machkoutenck--Les Gens de Feu--The Fire Nation--Assistagueronons--Assistaehronons), 51, 52, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70. Masse, the Jesuit, 41. Menomonees (Maromine--Malhominies--Les Folles Avoine), 57, 58. Miamis, 67. Michigan, signification of the word, 65. Mississippi, meaning of the word, 67. Montmagnais, 36, 41. Montmagny, M. de, 70, 75, 76, 77, 105. Nantoue. See Mantoue. Nation des Puans (Nation des Puants--Nation of Stinkards). See Winnebagoes. Nation du Castor (Nation of Beavers). See Beaver Nation. Nation of the Sault. See Chippewas. Nenascoumat, an Indian chief, 95. Neutral Nation, 51, 61, 65. Nez Percés (Naiz percez). See Beaver Nation. Nicolet, Gilles, 88, 89. Nicolet, John, arrives in New France, 26; sent by Champlain, in 1618, to the Algonquins of Isle des Allumettes, 28; goes on a mission of peace to the Iroquois, 29; takes up his residence with the Nipissings, _ib._; recalled by the government to Quebec, 30; employed as interpreter, _ib._; Champlain resolves to send him on a western exploration, 33; Nicolet had heard of the Winnebagoes, 39; prepares, in June, 1634, to visit this and other nations, 40; starts upon his journey, 42; why it must have been in 1634 that Nicolet made his westward exploration, _ib._, _et seq._; travels up the Ottawa to the Isle des Allumettes, 46; goes hence to the Huron villages, 47; object of his mission there, 48; starts for the Winnebagoes, 49; reaches Sault Sainte Marie, 51; did he see Lake Superior? 54; discovers Lake Michigan, 55; arrives at the Menomonee river, 56; ascends Green Bay to the homes of the Winnebagoes, 60; has a great feast with the Indians, 62; goes up Fox river to the Mascoutins, 63; visits the Illinois tribe, 71; returns to the Winnebagoes, _ib._; Nicolet's homeward trip in 1635--he calls upon the Pottawattamies, 72; stops at the Great Manatoulin to see a band of Ottawas, 78; reaches the St. Lawrence in safety, 74; settles at Three Rivers as interpreter, 77; his kindness to the Indians, 78; has a narrow escape from drowning, 81; helps defend Three Rivers from an Iroquois attack, _ib._;