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.
MONTS, SIEUR DE, an associate of Champlain, 106.
MUSKHOGEES (same as Creeks), a Maskoki tribe, 9.
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.
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.
PEORIA, the first habitation of white men in Illinois near the site of, 241.
"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.
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.
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.