Mohawks, the, 165 Montreal, the fall of, 1760, 183 N _Nashua_, the disappearance of, 102 Neuters, a tribe of Indians, 165 New York Steel Company, the, 125 Niagara Falls, money expended above, 9 Niagara Falls Hydraulic Power and Manufacturing Company, 133 Niagara Falls Power Company, the, 133 Nicolet, Jean, 167 North Tonawanda, the growth of, 130 O “Observation room,” the, of a freighter, 142 Ohio River, the country north of, 8 Ojibwas, the, 164 Oliver Mining Company, the, 32 Oneida Indians, the, 165 Onondaga Indians, the, 165 _Ontario_, the battle-ship, 192 Ontario Power Company, the, 134 Ore beds, the, of Minnesota, 4 Ore docks, the, at Duluth, 43 Origin, the, of the Great Lakes, 161 _ff._ _Ostrich_, the resting place of the, 110 Oswego, a trading-post at, 180 Ottawas, the tribe of the, 164 Owners, the ship, 1 P Palatinate, the War of the, 179 Passenger steamers, the, 69 Passenger traffic, the, 68 _ff._ Pay-rolls, the, of Buffalo, 126 Perry, Commodore, the victory of, 211 Pessano, Antonio C., 15 _Pewabic_, the, in Thunder Bay, 106; the finding of, 109 Phœnix mine, an accident in the, 32 Pike, Brigadier-General, 201 Pilot-house, the, on a Lake steamer, 149 Pine wood, the total amount from Michigan, 57 “Pittsburg of the North,” the, 124. (See Duluth) Pittsburg Steamship Company, the, 12 “Plate department,” the, of a shipyard, 22 Point Pelee, the battle of, 187 Pontiac, the Indian chief, 85 Port Arthur, the shipping of, 62 Porter, Moses, 193 Pottawatomies, a tribe of Indians, 164 Purre, Don Eugenio, departure of, 192 Put-in-Bay, historical events at, 84; the great naval battle of, 210 Q Queen Anne’s War, 180 _Queen of the West_, the loss of the, 99 _ff._ Queenston, the attack on, 198 Queenston Heights, the battle of, 84 R Richardson, W. C., 40 Riveting machines, the, 24 Roberts, Captain, at St. Joseph, 195 Rocky River, the change of position of, 191 Romans of the Wilderness, the, 180 Roosevelt, President Theodore, account by, 206 Ruggles’ Grove, overlooking the Lake, 79 S Sacketts Harbour, operations at, 213 Sacs, a tribe of Indians, 165 Sailors on the Lakes, 1 Sandusky, Port, the capture of, 184 Sault Ste. Marie canals, the, 27 Savages, the first, near the Lakes, 164 Schantz, A. A., General Manager, 72 _Scorpion_, the battle-ship, 218 Sellwood, Captain Joseph, 29 Seneca Indians, the, 165 Seven Years’ War, the beginning of the, 181 Shattuck’s Grove, an inexpensive resort, 79 Sheadle, J. H., 14 Ship-builders, the, of the Lakes, vi Ships, the, of the Great Lakes, 1 Shuffle-board, the playing of, 150 Signals in code used on the Lakes, 156 Silver-ware on a freighter, 144 Sinclair, Captain, on Lake Huron, 217 Sioux Indians, the, 165 Snyder, W. P., 30