Huron, Lake,
discovered and explored, 10–14, 25–28, 37, 65, 71, 88, 150, 218;
travel on, 282;
commerce of, 336, 337, 360, 372.
Illinois,
part of Northwest Territory, 155;
becomes a state, 193;
Black Hawk War in, 201–214;
in 1840, 266, 267, 269, 270;
in 1850–1860, 299, 300, 302, 304, 305;
in Civil War, 318.
Indiana,
part of Northwest Territory, 155, 165;
becomes a territory, 191;
becomes a state, 193;
in 1840, 266, 267;
in Civil War, 318.
Indian treaties,
with La Salle, 56;
with La Barre, 76–83;
with Le Moyne, 102;
with Johnson, 131–133, 145, 149;
with Wayne (Treaty of Greenville), 162, 164, 219, 222;
with Cass, 198–200, 224, 225;
with U. S. government, 202.
Indian tribes,
_Iroquois_ or Five Nations, location and organization, 11, 12, 232;
their relations to the French, 17–22, 36–38, 54, 60, 74–84;
at Niagara, 102, 217;
_Hurons_, location, 12–16;
at war with Iroquois, 16–23, 36, 37;
_Algonquins_, 12, 114;
_Neutral Nation_, 33;
_Ojibways_, 114;
_Ottawas_, 114, 120, 144, 145;
_Illinois_, 114, 134;
_Chippewas_, 138–145;
_Sauk_ and _Fox_, 202–214.
_For Mohawks, Oneidas, Onondagas, Cayugas, Senecas_, see under
_Iroquois_.
Iroquois Trail, 231, 232, 251.
Jesuits,
missions to Hurons, 25–38;
to Iroquois, 38;
at Sault Ste. Marie, 34, 35, 39;
at La Pointe, 39, 41;
at Manitoulin Island, 41.
Jogues, Father Isaac, Jesuit missionary,
among Hurons, 32, 34;
visits and names Sault Ste. Marie, 35;
captured and killed by Iroquois, 35, 36.
Johnson, Sir William,
captures Niagara, 106–111;
Indian conferences, 131, 132, 133, 146–149.
Johnston, Albert, 207.
Joncaire, 101, 108.
La Barre, Gen. Le Febvre de, 73–84;
expedition against Iroquois, 74–84.
La Motte, companion of La Salle, 53–56.
La Pointe, 39, 41.
La Salle, Robert Cavelier, Sieur de,
early career, 49–51;
builds the _Griffon_, 56–60;
on Lakes Erie, Huron, and Michigan, 61–71.
Le Caron, Father Joseph, 10, 15, 16.
Le Moyne, Charles (1st), 103.
Le Moyne, Charles (2d), with La Barre, 75, 80, 82, 104.
Le Moyne, Charles (3d), builds Fort Niagara, 102–104.
Le Moyne, Father, 38.
Lewiston, 54, 102, 232, 238.
Lincoln, Abraham,
in Black Hawk War, 206;
debates with Douglas, 300, 302, 308–311;
nominated for presidency, 311–314.
Lockport, 253, 256, 257, 264.
Logan, Gen. John A., 3, 316.
Lumber,
forest distribution, 342, 343;
industry, 343–347.
McDougall, Lieut., at Detroit, 124, 126.
Mackinac (called Michilimackinac, Mackinaw),
trading post, 66, 67, 88, 218, 223, 224, 281;
Northwest Fur Company and American Fur Company station, 335–338,
357;
lumber region, 344;
fort at, 118, 135–150, 166, 168, 169, 177, 224, 268.
Manitoulin Island, 41, 281.
Marquette, 42, 218.
Massachusetts land cession, 220.
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