La Salle, 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 19, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 41, 44, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 53, 55, 56, 57, 58, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 66, 68, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 92, 94, 96, 97, 98, 101, 103, 110, 111, 115, 117, 118, 121, 122, 123, 124, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 137, 148, 149, 151, 152, 154, 156, 160, 176, 177, 178, 179, 180, 187, 188, 190, 197, 201, 202 account of, 41 barbarity towards body of, 135 character, 42, 135 conspiracy to murder, 133 consult to murder, 133 death of, 5, 29 is murdered, 134 first voyage of exploration, 3 return to France, 8 footman killed, 133 fort taken by Spaniards, 204 goes to discover the river, 90 returns; sets out again, 90 goes out to discover, 99 returns, 107 goes to seek conspirators, 134 Indian killed, 132 made proprietor of Ft. Frontenac, 43 men, 17 mistake, 69 much wronged, 89 patent of nobility, 8 resolves on third expedition, 114 persons with him, 116 the way they traveled, 117 Royal patent to explore Mississippi country, 10 reputation makes enemies, 43 second return visit to France, 10 voyage of exploration (1678–9), 11 sets out on another expedition, 108 discoveries; return, 113 seven men lost and four desert, 114 third return visit to France, 25 well received by natives, 126 Le Gros, 61 bitten by snake, 91 and others die, 97 Liotot, 116, 132, 134, 138, 153 killed, 154 Lisbon, 55 Lost Frenchmen heard of, 130 Louis XIV, 23 Louisiana, 23, 33, 47, 203, 204, 206, 211, 212, 214, 217, 218 Louisville, 4 Machigamea Indians, 184 Madera Island, 55, 56 Magdalen River, 75 Maghai Indians, 126 Man clad like Spaniard, 139 March continued, 137 Mark, Friar, 22 Marquette, 1, 3, 19, 22, 186 Massiot, 54 Matagorda Bay, 89, 97 Maximus, Father, 112 Membre, Father, 26 Men sent by land to discover, 78 Meracouman Indians, 126 Mexico, 10, 25, 207 Bay of, 45, 49, 50, 63, 177, 191 City, 208 Gulf of, 4, 22, 23, 25, 44, 47, 197, 206 Kingdom of, 42, 139 North, 129 Miami, Fort, 15 River, 14, 21, 22 Michilimackinac, 12, 13, 14, 18, 19, 20, 190, 196, 199 Michigan, Lake, 5, 12, 13, 14, 21 Mines of St. Barbara, 42 Minet, Sieur, 76, 88 Mississippi River, 1, 3, 4, 5, 16, 18, 20, 22, 23, 25, 27, 33, 42, 43, 45, 49, 50, 69, 77, 82, 89, 97, 98, 102, 108, 114, 148, 149, 152, 153, 164, 174, 176, 177, 182, 184, 187, 203, 205 River, Banks of many colors, 185 Branches of, 88 Mississippi found at last, 181 mouth of, 21 passed, 75 source of, 44, 204 Indians, 16 Valley, 26 Missouri River, 22, 186, 213 Mitchell, Sieur, 47 Montreal, 2, 4, 8, 9, 18, 41, 42, 49, 196, 199, 200, 201