Matheson, James, advocates reclamation of Niagara, 77 _Michigan_, brig, sent over the Falls, 133 Milet, Father, at Fort Niagara, 193 Mohawk River in the Ice Age, 60 Montresor, Capt., blockhouse, 15 Morgan, William, mentioned, 202 N _Nation, The_, on the "desecration of Niagara," 78 Neuter Nation first inhabit Niagara frontier, 156 _seq._ Newark, see Niagara-on-the-Lake "New Jerusalem," Major Noah's, 9 New York State Reservation, history of, 77-96 _New York Times_, on opening of New York Reservation, 94-95 _Niagara Book, The_, cited, 28 Niagara Falls, N. Y., described, 96-98 Niagara Falls Hydraulic Power and Manufacturing Co., 102, 104, 110, 111-112, 118-119 Niagara Falls Power Co., 101, 104, 111-112, 118-119 Niagara, Lockport, and Ontario Power Co., 114-115 Niagara-on-the-Lake, 50, 227-230 Niagara Reservation Act, 79-82, 84 Niagara River, historic importance, 2; drainage area, 2-4; description of the upper, 8-22; upper rapids of, 10-15; islands of, 12-22; historic sites of upper, 14-16; Falls of, 20 _seq._; bridges over, 21 _seq._; music of, 24-27; Howells on repose of, 28; air pressure at Falls of, 34-37; when dry, 38; in winter, 39; changes in, 41-42; Mrs. Van Rensselaer on colour of, 42-44; view of, from Queen Victoria Park, 44; a tour around, 20-51; the lower, described, 46-51; the geology of, 52-71; recession of Falls of, 63-71; George Frederick Wright on age of, 66-70; during era of private ownership, 72-77; struggle for passage of "Reservation Act," 77-82; _Golden Book of_, names in, 79; as producer of power, 99-122; volume of, 99; tunnel beneath, 106; manufacturing companies, use of, 111-113, 117; use of water of, discussed, 111-122; Burton Act concerning, Taft on, 117-120; Blondin, career on, 123-129; performances of cranks on, 129-152 (see Farini, Dixon, Webb, Graham, etc.), _Maid of the Mist_ sails lower, 144-146; controlled by Iroquois, 153-156; Neuter Nation inhabit banks of, 156-157; French occupation of, 158-213; Cartier hears of, 165; described by Galinee, 166-167; Hennepin describes, 167 _seq._; reached by La Salle, 173-186; the _Griffon_ built on, 181 _seq._; first fort built on, 189; sufferings of first French troops on, 191-194; name of, discussed by Marshall, 194-195; Joncaire on, 197-198; in Old French War, 200 _seq._; French lose, 209-212; in Revolutionary War, 217-226; fixed as international boundary line, 223-226; Loyalists settle upon, 227 _seq._; in the War of 1812, 263 _seq._ Nissen, Peter, exploits at Niagara, 149-151 Noah, Maj. N. N., "New Jerusalem," 9 O Official opening of New York Reservation, 85-95 _Ohio River, The_, see Hulbert "Old Indian Ladder," 46 Old Stone Chimney mentioned, 15