Lévis, French General, 268, 269, 272, 279 Levitt, 119 Leyden, 79, 80, 83 Literature, 183, 184 Locke, John, 66 Locke's _Fundamental Constitution_, 66, 71 Logan, James, 156 Lok, Michael, 11 London Company, 24, 25, 31, 34-42 Long Island, 118, 129, 130, 133, 135-38 Loudoun, Earl of, 267, 268 Louis XIV., 138, 140, 208, 211, 217, 219, 221, 223, 228, 231, 243, 244 Louis XV., 280 Louisburg, 244, 247-52, 268, 270, 272, 276 Louisiana, 167, 219, 247, 275 Lovelace, Francis, 137, 138 Lucas, _Historical Geography of the British Colonies--Canada_, 248 _n._, 263 _n._ Ludwell, Philip, 71 Lynn (America), 171 M Macaulay, Essays, 78 _n._ Macaulay, Lord, 86 Magellan, Straits of, 15 Maine, 8, 35, 77, 94, 119-23, 126, 229, 230, 248, 249 Maisonneuve, 209 Malplaquet, 232 Manhattan Island, 130, 249 Manning, Captain, 138 Manoa, city of, 3 March, Colonel, 233 Marie de Medici, 35, 204 Marin, 257 Marlborough, Duke of, 223, 234, 237, 241-43 Marquette, Jacques, 214-16, 222 Martha's Vineyard, 180 Martin, Advocate of the London Company, 35 Martinique, 73 Mary, Queen, 225 Maryland, 54-62, 74, 107, 150, 187, 190-93, 196, 197, 198, 235, 255, 257, 259, 261, 262 Masham, Mrs, 241 Mason, Captain John, 109, 110, 123, 126 Mason, family of, 124 Massachusetts, 76, 86-100, 112, 114-17, 121-26, 137, 140, 143, 168, 171-82, 227, 228, 230, 232-38, 242, 244-46, 248, 254, 257, 259, 260, 263, 264, 271, 281 Mather, Cotton, 183 Mather, Increase, 102, 105 Mathews, Samuel, 45 Mathews, Virginian settler, 41 Maumee, 247 Maverick, 136 Mayhew, Thomas, 179 Mazarin, Cardinal, 208 Meade, _Old Churches of Virginia_, 196 _n._ Mellborne, Jacob, 142 Membré, Father, 218 Menendez, 63 Mercer, Colonel, 266 Merrimac River, 233 Merry Mount, 87 Meta Incognita, 12 Metacam, 97, 98 Mexico, 9 Mexico, Bay of, 78, 167, 215, 217, 219 Miami Indians, 257 Michillimackinac, 247 Milford (America), 118 Miller, Thomas, 67 Minnesota River, 218 Minuit, 131 Missionaries, 179, 180 Mississippi River, 72, 213-15, 217 Missouri River, 215, 218 Mitchell, _Contest in America_, 247 _n._ Mohawk River, 249 Mohawks, 236, 262, 267, 275 Monckton, General, 276 Monongahela River, 258, 261 Montcalm, Marquis de, 246, 266-69, 272, 273, 277-79 Montmagny, 208 Montmorenci, Duc de, 206 Montmorency, Falls of, 277 Montreal, 204, 208-10, 232, 235, 280 Moore, Colonel, 72 Moore, James, 72 Morley, _Walpole_, 173 _n._, 192 _n._ Morris, Lewis, 154, 191 Morton, 87 Moryson, Colonel Francis, 48, 49 Motley, Thomas, 59 Moulton, Captain, 245 Murray, General, 276, 279, 280 Muscovy Company, 9 N Nantes, Revocation of Edict of, 202 Nantucket, 180, 228 Narragansett Bay, 91, 94 Narragansett Indians, 109 Naumkeag, 87 Navigation Acts, 52, 99, 128, 129, 170, 174, 281