Jesuits, the, their entry into New France, 1; their self-sacrificing labours, 4; in possession of all the missions of New France, 25; as educators, 63; their devotion to the Virgin Mary, 85; religious zeal, 109; provide instruction for the colonists, 124; at the defence of Quebec, 230; shelter the seminarists after the fire, 240, 241
Joliet, Louis, with Marquette, explores the upper part of the Mississippi, 11, 59, 82, 146, 153
Jogues, Father, his persecution and death, 5, 62, 65
Kondiaronk (the Rat), Indian chief, his duplicity upsets peace negotiations with the Iroquois, 216-18; his death, 235
La Barre, Lefebvre de, replaces Frontenac as governor, 168, 185; holds an assembly at Quebec to inquire into the affairs of the colony, 190; demands reinforcements, 191; his useless expedition against the Iroquois, 193; his recall, 193
La Chaise, Father, confessor to Louis XIV, 174, 238
Lachesnaie, village, massacred by the Iroquois, 228
Lachine, 116, 147, 148; the massacre of, 225-7
Lalemant, Father Gabriel, his persecution and death, 5, 62; his account of the great earthquake, 42-5; references, 16, 35, 38
Lamberville, Father, describes the death of Garakontié, Indian chief, 74, 215
La Montagne, the mission of, at Montreal, 9, 74, 125
La Mouche, Huron Indian, deserts Dollard, 71
La Salle, Cavelier de, 16, 116; Fort Cataraqui conceded to, 145; his birth, 147; comes to New France, 147; establishes a trading-post at Lachine, 147, 148; starts on his expedition to the Mississippi, 148; returns to look after his affairs at Fort Frontenac, 149; back to Crèvecoeur and finds it deserted, 149; descends the Mississippi, 150; raises a cross on the shore of the Gulf of Mexico and takes possession in the name of the King of France, 151; spends a year in establishing trading-posts among the Illinois, 151; visits France, 151; his misfortunes, 152; is murdered by one of his servants, 152; Bancroft's appreciation of, 152, 153; his version of the Abbé de Fénelon's sermon, 160, 161
Latour, Abbé de, quoted, 33; on the liquor question, 36-8; _re_ the Sovereign Council, 40; describes the characteristics of the young colonists, 100; on Laval, 187, 188, 264
Lauson-Charny, M. de, director of the Quebec Seminary, 55, 134