EMPEROR, none in North America,15.
ERIES, a Huron-Iroquois tribe,8.
ESKIMO, descendants, perhaps, of ancient "Cave-men,"5.
EUROPEANS, their early mistakes as to Indian life,16.
FAMILY, THE, the root of all society,18; the family-tie the central principle of Indian social life,20.
FILLES À LA CASSETTE sent out to New Orleans by Louis the Fourteenth,284.
FISHERIES, NEWFOUNDLAND, early attracted European visitors,53.
FISKE, The late Dr. John, his theory about the Eskimo,6.
FIVE NATIONS, THE, what tribes constituted,9; only friends of the English,114.
FLORIDA, as understood by Spaniards; extent,90.
FORT CAROLINE, the fort built by Laudonnière on the St. John's,82; great misery through want and sickness,86; distress relieved by coming of Ribaut,89; massacre,90et seq.
FORT CRÈVECOEUR built,240, origin of name,240; destroyed,242.
FORT FRONTENAC (on site of Kingston) built,228; turned over to La Salle,229.
FORT MIAMI, at mouth of St. Joseph River,245,256.
FORT ORANGE, Dutch settlement on site of Albany,159.
FORT ROSALIE, on the Lower Mississippi; slaughter at,253, note.
FORT ST. LOUIS, at Lavaca, Texas, built,266.
FORT ST. LOUIS, on the Illinois, built,256.
FRANCE desirous of christianizing the natives,120.
FRENCH attitude to Indians; how necessarily different from the Spanish,47.
FRENCHMEN, what they achieved in North and Northwest,45; their material object, Furs,46; their conduct contrasted with Spaniards',46.
FRONTENAC, LOUIS DE BUADE, COUNT OF, comes to Canada,227; makes alliance with La Salle,227; opposed by fur-traders,228; recalled,255.
FUNDY, BAY OF, how name originated,110.
FUR-TRADERS classified,188.
FURS, great object of French commercial activity,188.
GASPÉ, French sovereignty first asserted at,55.
GOUPIL, a companion of Father Jogues; his death,158.
GOURGUES, DOMINIQUE DE, takes ample vengeance on the Spaniards at Fort Caroline,96.
GOVERNMENT, INDIAN, what it was like,29.
GRAND COUNCIL of Iroquois League, how composed,31.
"GRIFFIN," THE, first vessel on the Upper Lakes,233.
GROSEILLERS, SIEUR DES, title assumed by Médard Chouart, co-explorer with Radisson of Lake Superior,199.
GUNS sold to Iroquois by Dutch,131.
HAKLUYT, RICHARD, a chronicler of old explorations,86.
HAWKINS, SIR JOHN, founder of English African slave-trade, relieves the distressed Frenchmen,88.
HELPFULNESS, MUTUAL, characteristic of Indian life,41.
HENNEPIN, FATHER Louis, comes to Canada,290; describes Niagara Falls,291; describes a council of Senecas,292; is sent to explore the Upper Mississippi,293; his fraud,294; captured by Sioux,298; his experiences among the Sioux,298et seq,; sees and names Falls of St. Anthony,306; rescued by Du Lhut,308.
HIAWATHA inspires the union of Iroquois tribes,27.
HIAWATHA, Poem of, recalled by Radisson's descriptions,207,210,215.
HOCHELAGA, Indian name for site of Montreal,105.
HOUSEHOLD life of Indians based on community-idea,38; very sociable,40.
HOUSES, INDIAN, how built and arranged,37.
HUDSON BAY FUR COMPANY, its organization by whom suggested,191.
HURON-IROQUOIS, a native stock; its tribes,8.
HURON INDIANS, more advanced than Algonquins,134; Champlain visits their country,134.
IBERVILLE, PIERRE LEMOYNE DE, comes to Louisiana,280.
ILE DES CHATS (Cat Island), why so called,281.
ILLINOIS INDIANS, branch of Algonquin Family, harassed by Iroquois and Sioux,238,244et seq.
INDIANS, probable origin of,3; of one blood,4.
IROQUOIS, one of the great divisions of the Indian race,4; IROQUOIS LEAGUE,27et seq., why relentless towards Hurons and Eries,28.
"JESUIT RELATIONS," Value of, as historical material,149.
JESUITS, Great activity of, in early history of Canada,149; their policy to establish missions,151.
JOGUES, FATHER, Jesuit missionary, discovers Lake George,149; his heroism,158; his pathetic end,164.
JOLIET, Louis,171; sent with Father Marquette to explore the Mississippi,172; their route,172et seq., meet with friendly Illinois,177; receive gift of peace-pipe,178; pass Missouri and Ohio Rivers,180; in danger, above mouth of Arkansas River,181; saved by exhibiting peace-pipe,181; start on return voyage,182; what they accomplished,183; Joliet's misfortune,184; Marquette's death,184.
JOUTEL, a lieutenant of La Salle, in command of fort,267.
KANKAKEE RIVER, route followed by La Salle,237.
KASKASKIA, famous village of the Illinois, visited by Joliet and Marquette,183.
KEOKUK, site of, near place where Joliet and Marquette met friendly Illinois,179.
KEWEENAW POINT, its wealth in copper,210.
KICKAPOOS, an Algonquin tribe,7.
KING, none in North America,15.
"KING PHILIP," Mistake as to,15.
KINGSTON, Ontario, Fort Frontenac near the site of,228.
LA BARRE, successor of Frontenac as Governor of Canada, hostile to La Salle,257.
LA CHINE, how name originated,226.
LAKE CHAMPLAIN discovered by Champlain,127.
LAKE GEORGE, route through, the Indian thoroughfare,127, note.
LAKE NIPISSING, on the Ottawa River route,133.
LAKE PEPIN, for whom called,301; remains of ancient fortification near,301, note.
LAKE SIMCOE, on route of Hurons to Iroquois country,135.
LAKE SUPERIOR explored by Radisson and Groseillers,201et seq.
LA SALLE, SIEUR DE, early connection with the Jesuits,225; comes to Canada,225; goes exploring,226; becomes a supporter of Frontenac,227; goes to France and wins the King,228; in command of Fort Frontenac,229; his ambition,229; visits France and procures extraordinary commission,230; begins his great exploration,231, builds stronghold at mouth of Niagara River,232; builds first vessel launched on Upper Lakes,233; sails on his great enterprise,234; the "Griffin,"235; goes in canoes down Illinois River,238; allies himself with the Illinois,239; builds Fort Crèvecoeur,240; reaches the Mississippi,245; starts for the Gulf of Mexico,250; adventures by the way,251et seq., reaches the Gulf,254; bestows the name Louisiana,254; hardships and hostility on return voyage,255; goes to France,257; appears on coast of Texas,261, his purpose,262; his difficulties and his dilemma,263et seq.; mistake of his pilots,264; loss of his vessels,264,265; loss of men by sickness and Indians,266; builds fort at Lavaca,266; vainly seeks the Mississippi,266et seq.; sets out for Canada,272; assassinated,275; what he had achieved,275; by whom his plan was carried out,278et seq.
LAUDONNIÈRE, RENÉ DE, an officer under Ribaut,68; goes in command of a second expedition to Florida,77; seizes Outina,86; releases him,87; declines proposal of Hawkins to carry him and his men home,88; buys a vessel from him,89; escapes the massacre,94.
LAVACA, Texas, site of La Salle's fort,266.
LE CARON, friar, discoverer of Lake Huron,133,149.
LE JEUNE, an early French missionary, winter's experience with hunting-party of Algonquins,150.
LENAPE, an Algonquin tribe,7.
LÉRY, BARON DE, an early adventurer, left cattle on Sable Island,103.
LEWIS AND CLARK sent out to explore route to Pacific,321; winter among Mandans,321, note.
LIPANS, an offshoot of Athapascan stock,7.
LONG HOUSE, THE, Indian name of Iroquois League,28.
LOUISIANA, the name given by La Salle,254.
MACKENZIE, ALEXANDER, discovers Mackenzie River,318; reaches the Pacific,320.
MANDANS, Indian tribe, first visited by Vérendrye,317; by Lewis and Clark,321, note; by George Catlin,322; his enthusiasm about them,323; his peculiar theory of their origin,326; their singular dwellings,325; story of a Mandan's revenge,323.
MANHATTAN ISLAND first occupied by Dutch as a trading-post,130, note.
MANITOU, Indian for "spirit,"126.
MARQUETTE, FATHER, missionary and explorer.
MARRIAGE must not be between two persons of same clan,22.
MASCOUTINS, western Algonquins,174.
MASKOKI, a native stock; its tribes and its range,9.
MASSACRE ISLAND (Dauphin Island), why so called,280.
MATAGORDA BAY, Texas, scene of La Salle's landing,261.
MATANZAS INLET, French Huguenots butchered there by Menendez,95.
MAUNDEVILLE, SIR JOHN, story of fountain of immortality,78, note.
MAY, RIVER OF, now called the St. John's,67.
"MEDICINE," in what sense the word used,138, note.
MEMBRÉ, FATHER, accompanies La Salle down the Mississippi,251, his description of the Arkansas Indians,251.
MENENDEZ, PEDRO, DE AVILES, appointed Spanish Governor of Florida,83; attacks Ribaut's vessels off the St. John's,89; founds St. Augustine,90; surprises Fort Caroline,92; massacres the garrison,93, and shipwrecked crews of Ribaut's vessels,94.
MIAMIS, an Algonquin tribe,7.
MICHILLIMACKINAC, trading-post and mission-station,235.
MICMACS, an Algonquin tribe,7.
MILLE LACS, a lake in Minnesota,301.
MILWAUKEE, La Salle near the site of,236.
MISSIONARIES, ROMAN CATHOLIC, unselfish devotion of,147et seq.
MISSISSIPPI RIVER, western boundary of Maskoki group,9.
MISSOURI RIVER, Mouth of, first seen by Joliet and Marquette,180.
MITCHIGAMEAS, a branch of the Maskoki family,181.
MOBILE settled,283; first capital of Louisiana,283.
MOHAWKS, a tribe of the Iroquois League,9.
MOHEGANS, an Algonquin tribe,7.
MONOPOLY OF FUR-TRADE, evils of,122.
"MONTEZUMA, EMPEROR," Mistake as to,15.
MONTREAL founded by Champlain,133.
MONTS, SIEUR DE, an associate of Champlain,106.
MOQUIS, a tribe of Pueblo Indians,10.
MUSKHOGEES (same as Creeks), a Maskoki tribe,9.
NANTICOKES, an Algonquin tribe,7.
NARRAGANSETTS, an Algonquin tribe,7.
NATCHEZ INDIANS visited by La Salle,252; described by Father Gravier,253, note; their subsequent history,253, note.
NAUSETT HARBOR, Champlain's trouble there with Indians,110.
NAVAJOES, an offshoot of Athapascan stock,7.
NEW BISCAY, northern province of Mexico,262.
NEW FRANCE, FATHER OF, title of Samuel de Champlain,104.
NEW ORLEANS founded,283; early struggles,285.
NIAGARA FALLS described by Father Hennepin,232.
NICOLLET, JEAN, ambassador to Winnebagoes,169; reaches Wisconsin River,171.
OHIO RIVER, Mouth of, first seen by Joliet and Marquette,180.
ONEIDAS, a tribe of the Iroquois League,9.
ONONDAGAS, a tribe of the Iroquois League,9; in what sense leading tribe,31.
ONONTIO, Indian name for French Governor,177.
ORATORS, Indian, how trained,33.
OTTAWA RIVER, Indian route followed by Champlain,133.
OTTIGNY, a lieutenant under Laudonnière,77.
OUTINA, an Indian chief, dupes the Frenchmen into fighting his battles,85.
PACIFIC, THE, reached by northern route,320.
PASSAMAQUODDIES, an Algonquin tribe,7.
PAWNEES, a native stock; its range,10.
PEORIA, the first habitation of white men in Illinois near the site of,241.
PEQUOTS, an Algonquin tribe,7.
PHRATRY, a group of clans,23.
"PICTURED ROCKS," THE, described by Radisson,208.
PIERRIA, ALBERT DE, left in command of the fort at Port Royal,71; murdered by his own men,73.
POCAHONTAS, not a princess,16.
PONTGRAVÉ, an associate of Champlain,105.
PORT ROYAL, Nova Scotia, settled,108; abandoned,115.
PORT ROYAL, South Carolina, named by Ribaut,69.
PORT ST. LOUIS, name which Champlain gave to site of Plymouth,109.
PORTAGE, CITY OF, site described by Jonathan Carver,174, note.
POTTAWATTAMIES, a friendly Algonquin tribe,248.
POWHATANS, an Algonquin tribe,7.
PUEBLO INDIANS, THE, a native stock; some of its tribes,10.
QUEBEC (Indian, Kebec, "The Narrows"), founded by Champlain,123, slow growth of,142.
QUINIPISSAS, Indian tribe above site of New Orleans, attack La Salle,256.
RADISSON, PIERRE ESPRIT, comes to Canada,191; his adventure and capture,191; his escape and re-capture,196, his second escape,198, why he is not better known,200; starts for the Upper Lakes,201; perilous adventures by the way,201; enters Lake Superior,206; describes the "Pictured Rocks,"208; builds a fort on Lake Superior,211; describes a famine,212; witnesses interesting games,218; brings to Montreal an enormous canoe-fleet loaded with skins,221; offers his services to the English King,221.
RIBAUT, CAPTAIN JEAN, his first expedition to America,67; comes, with large colony, to Fort Caroline,89; goes with his whole force to attack Menendez, at St. Augustine,90; is overtaken by hurricane, driven down the coast and wrecked,91; crews massacred,91et seq.
RIBOURDE, FATHER, murdered,247.
RICHELIEU OR SOREL RIVER, route followed by Champlain,115.
ROBERVAL, SIEUR DE, vainly attempts to colonize Canada,63.
ROCHE, MARQUIS DE LA, story of his disastrous venture,102.
ROCKY MOUNTAINS, THE, western boundary of Dakota-Sioux,10; discovered,318.