France and England in North America, Part III: La Salle, Discovery of The Great West
character of La Salle, 433, 454;
the remains of Fort St. Louis of the Illinois, 468.
Charon, creditor of La Salle, 150.
Charron, Madame, 111.
Chartier, Martin, 337.
Chassagoac, chief of the Illinois,
meeting with La Salle, 192.
Chassagouasse, Chief, 192.
Chateauguay, forest of, 14.
"Chaudière, Lac de la" (Lake St. Clair), 476.
Chaumonot, the Jesuit,
founds the association of the Sainte Famille, 111.
Chefdeville, M. de, 406, 407, 418, 463.
Cheruel, 167.
Chicago, 50, 236, 460, 462, 477.
Chicago Portage, the, 320.
Chicago River, the, 31;
Marquette on, 78, 296.
Chickasaw Bluffs, the, 311.
Chickasaw Indians, the, 184, 296, 307, 320, 468.
Chikachas (Chickasaws), the, 307.
China, 6, 14, 29.
China, Sea of, 38, 83.
Chippewa Creek, 139, 145.
Chippeway River, the, 272.
"Chucagoa" (St. Louis) River, the, 484.
Chukagoua (Ohio) River, the, 307.
Clark, James, 169, 170;
the site of the Great Illinois Town, 239.
Coahuila, 469.
Colbert, the minister,
Joliet's discovery of the Mississippi announced to, 34;
Frontenac's despatch, recommending La Salle, 99;
La Salle defamed to, 119;
a memorial of La Salle laid before, 122, 344, 345, 480.
Colbert River (Mississippi), the, 35, 244, 307, 346, 376, 477, 479, 482.
"Colbertie" (Mississippi Valley), 479.
Collin, 187.
Colorado River, the, 411, 415.
Comet of 1680, the Great, 213.
"Conception, Rivière de la" (Mississippi River), 477.
Conti, Fort, 128;
location of, 129, 148.
Conti, Lac de (Lake Erie), 129.
Conti, Prince de (second),
patron of La Salle, 106;
letter from La Salle, 118.
Copper mines of Lake Superior, 23;
Joliet attempts to discover, 23;
the Jesuits labor to explore, 38;
Indian legends concerning, 39;
Saint-Lusson sets out to discover, 49.
Coroas, the,
visited by the French, 305, 310.
Coronelli, map made by, 221, 484.
Corpus Christi Bay, 375.
Cosme, St., 69, 314, 454;
commendation of Tonty, 467.
Courcelle, Governor, 11, 15, 17, 35;
quarrel with Talon, 56;
schemes to protect French trade in Canada, 85.
Couture,
the assassination of La Salle, 433;
welcomes Joutel, 453, 455, 456, 461, 464.
Creeks, the, 304.
Crees, the,
at Saut Ste. Marie, 51.
Crèvecoeur, Fort, 34;
built by La Salle, 180;
La Salle at, 180-188;
destroyed by the mutineers, 199;
La Salle finds the ruins of, 211.
Crow Indians, the,
make war upon the dead, 207.
Cuba, 372, 389.
Cussy, De, governor of La Tortue, 367, 368.
Dablon, Father Claude the Jesuit,
at Ste. Marie du Saut, 27, 51;
reports the discovery of copper, 38;
the location of the Illinois Indians, 41;
the name of Lake Michigan, 42;
joins Father Allouez at the Green Bay Mission, 43;
among the Mascoutins and the Miamis, 44;
the Cross among the Foxes, 45;
the authority and state of the Miami chief, 50;
Allouez's harangue at Saut Ste. Marie, 55;
rumors of the Dutch fleet, 88, 112.
Dacotah (Sioux) Indians, the, 260.
Dauphin, Fort, 128;
location of, 129.
Dauphin, Lac (Lake Michigan), 155.
Daupin, François, 203.
Dautray, 187, 199, 210, 306.
De Launay, see _Launay, De_.
De Leon, see _Leon, Alonzo de_.
De Leon (San Antonio), the, 469.
Del Norte, the, 469.
De Marle, see _Marle, De_.
Denonville, Marquis de, 21, 121, 275, 454;
in the Iroquois War, 460;
announces war against Spain, 464;
commendation of Tonty, 467.
Des Groseilliers, Médard Chouart,
reaches the Mississippi, 5.
Deslauriers, 118.
Desloges, 384.
Des Moines, 65.
Des Moines River, the, 477, 478.
De Soto, Hernando,
buried in the Mississippi, 3.
Des Plaines River, the, 79, 477, 479.
Detroit, 26.
Detroit River, the, 31, 197, 279.
Detroit, the Strait of,
first recorded passage of white men through, 26;
the "Griffin" in, 151;
Du Lhut ordered to fortify, 275, 475.
Divine, the Rivière de la, 167, 479.
Dollier, see _Casson, Dollier de_.
Douay, Anastase, 69, 155;
joins La Salle's new enterprise, 353, 372;
in Texas, 388;
at Fort St. Louis, 399, 405, 406, 412, 413, 414, 415, 416,
417, 418, 420, 421, 422, 428;
the assassination of La Salle, 432;
unreliable in his writings, 433, 435;
doubt and anxiety, 437, 446;
the murder of Duhaut, 448, 449;
sets out for home, 451, 458;
visit to Father Allouez, 459;
character of, 462.
Druilletes, Gabriel,
at Saut Ste. Marie, 51;
teaches Marquette the Montagnais language, 59.
Duchesneau, the intendant, 69, 78, 101, 102, 125, 126, 138, 156,
164, 197, 217, 218, 219, 235, 274, 275, 480.
Du Gay, Picard, 186, 187, 250, 251, 253;
among the Sioux, 259, 261, 265, 266, 268, 269, 270, 272, 273.
Duhaut, the brothers, 368, 400.
Duhaut, the elder,
return of, 401;
at Fort St. Louis, 405;
plots against La Salle, 410, 420, 424;
quarrel with Moranget, 425;
murders Moranget, Saget, and Nika, 426;
assassinates La Salle, 429;
triumph of, 435;
journey to the Cenis villages, 438;
resolves to return to Fort St. Louis, 446;
quarrel with Hiens, 446;
plans to go to Canada, 448;
murder of, 448.
Du Lhut, Daniel Greysolon, 182;
meeting with Hennepin, 273;
sketch of, 274;
exploits of, 275, 276;
route of, 276;
explorations of, 276-278;
among the Assiniboins and the Sioux, 276;
joined by Hennepin, 278;
reaches the Green Bay Mission, 279, 322;
in the Iroquois War, 460, 481, 482.
Dumesnil, La Salle's servant, 415.
Dumont,
La Salle borrows money from, 127.
Duplessis,
attempts to murder La Salle, 166.
Dupont, Nicolas, 99.
Du Pratz,
customs of the Natchez, 304.
Durango, 350.
Durantaye, 275;
in the Iroquois War, 460.
Dutch, the,
trade with the Indians, 219;
encourage the Iroquois to fight, 324.
Dutch fleet, the,
rumored to have captured Boston, 88.
East Indies, the, 489.
Eastman, Mrs., legend of Winona, 271.
"Emissourites, Rivière des" (Missouri), 70.
English, the,
hold out great inducements to Joliet to join them, 76;
French company formed to compete at Hudson's Bay with, 76;
trade with the Indians, 219;
encourage the Iroquois to fight, 324.
"English Jem," 421.
Eokoros, the, 486.
Erie, Lake, 23, 25, 26, 29, 31, 96, 124, 141, 146, 151, 196, 197,
275, 279, 309, 333, 475, 476, 477, 479, 483.
Eries, the,
exterminated by the Iroquois, 219.
Esanapes, the, 486.
Esmanville, the priest, 375, 379.
Espiritu Santo Bay, 394, 471.
Estrées, Count d', 344.
Faillon, Abbé,
connection of La Salle with the Jesuits, 8;
the seigniory of La Salle, 12, 13;
detailed plan of Montreal, 13;
La Salle's discoveries, 29;
La Salle in need of money, 49;
throws much light on the life of, 58, 98;
on the establishment of the association of the Sainte Famille, 112;
plan of Fort Frontenac, 121.
Fauvel-Cavelier, Mme., 463.
Fénelon, Abbé, 16;
attempts to mediate between Frontenac and Perrot, 97;
preaches against Frontenac at Montreal, 98.
Ferland,
throws much light on the life of Joliet, 58.
Fire Nation, the, 44.
Five Nations, the, 11.
Florida, 483.
Florida Indians, the,
lodges of, 442.
Folles-Avoines, Nation des, 61.
Forked River (Mississippi), the, 5.
Fox River, the, 4, 43, 50, 62, 477.
Foxes, the
at the Jesuit mission of St. Esprit, 40;
location of, 43;
Father Allouez among, 45;
incensed against the French, 45;
the Cross among, 45, 287.
France,
takes possession of the West, 52;
receives on parchment a stupendous accession, 308.
Francheville, Pierre, 58.
Francis, St., 249.
Franciscans, the, 133.
Franquelin, Jean Baptiste Louis,
manuscript map made by, 169, 221,
309, 316, 317, 347, 390, 481, 482, 483, 484, 485.
Fremin, the Jesuit, 21.
French, the,
Hurons the allies of, 4;
in western New York, 19-23;
the Iroquois felt the power of, 42;
the Foxes incensed against, 45;
the Jesuits seek to embroil the Iroquois with, 115;
seeking to secure a monopoly of the furs of the north and west, 219;
in Texas, 348;
reoccupy Fort St. Louis of the Illinois, 468.
French River, 28, 462.
Frontenac, Count,
La Salle addresses a memorial to, 32;
announces Joliet's discovery of the Mississippi to Colbert, 34;
speaks slightingly of Joliet, 34;
succeeds Courcelle as governor, 56, 57, 60, 67;
letter from Joliet to, 76;
favorably disposed to La Salle, 85;
comes to Canada a ruined man, 85;
schemes of, 86;
at Montreal, 87;
his journey to Lake Ontario, 88;
faculty for managing the Indians, 89;
reaches Lake Ontario, 89;
at Cataraqui, 90;
addresses the Indians, 91;
admirable dealing with the Indians, 92, 93;
his enterprise a complete success, 95;
confers an inestimable benefit on all Canada, 95;
his plan to command the Upper Lakes, 96;
quarrel with Perrot, 96;
arrests Perrot, 96;
has Montreal well in hand, 96;
the Abbé Fénelon attempts to mediate between Perrot and, 97;
the Abbé Fénelon preaches against, 98;
championed by La Salle, 99;
recommends La Salle to Colbert, 99;
expects to share in profits of La Salle's new post, 101;
hatred of the Jesuits, 102;
protects the Récollets, 109;
intrigues of the Jesuits, 118, 125, 201, 232, 235, 238, 274;
entertains Father Hennepin, 280, 292;
recalled to France, 318;
obligations of La Salle to, 434;
commendation of Tonty, 467, 479, 480, 481.
Frontenac, Fort, 34;
granted to La Salle, 100;
rebuilt by La Salle, 101, 112;
La Salle at, 120;
plan of, 121;
not established for commercial gain alone, 122, 148, 203, 292;
La Barre takes possession of, 325;
restored to La Salle by the King, 351, 476.
Frontenac (Ontario), Lake, 128, 476, 477, 479.
Frontenac, Madame de, 167.
"Frontenacie, La," 481.
Fur-trade, the,
the Jesuits accused of taking part in, 109, 110;
the Jesuits seek to establish a monopoly in, 114.
Gabriel, Father, 158, 159, 227, 237.
Gaeta, 128.
Galinée, Father, 17;
recounts the journey of La Salle and the Sulpitians, 19, 20, 26;
cruelty of the Senecas, 22;
the work of the Jesuits, 28;
makes the earliest map of the Upper Lakes, 28, 106, 140, 475.
Galve, Viceroy, 469.
Galveston Bay, 374, 376, 385.
Garakontié, Chief, 91.
Garnier, Julien, 59;
among the Senecas, 141.
Gayen, 384.
Geest, Catherine
mother of La Salle, 7;
La Salle's farewell to, 364.
Geest, Nicolas, 7.
Gendron, 139.
Genesee, the Falls of the, 476.
Genesee River, the, 140, 142, 279.
Georgian Bay of Lake Huron, 27, 203.
Giton,
La Salle borrows money from, 150.
Gnacsitares, the, 486.
Gould, Dr. B. A.,
on the "Great Comet of 1680," 213.
Grandfontaine, Chevalier de, 56.
Grand Gulf, 300.
Grand River, 23, 25.
Gravier, 244, 297;
the Arkansas nation, 300.
Great Lakes, the, 4;
Joliet makes a map of the region of, 32;
early unpublished maps of, 475-485;
Champlain makes the first attempt to map out, 476.
Great Manitoulin Island, the, 41.
"Great Mountain," the Indian name for the governor of Canada, 156.
Green Bay of Lake Michigan, the, 4, 31, 42, 43, 75;
La Salle at, 155; 236.
Green Bay Mission, the,
Father Allouez sent to found, 43;
Marquette at, 62;
Father Hennepin and Du Lhut reach, 279.
"Griffin," the,
building of, 144-148;
finished, 149;
voyage of, 151-153;
at St. Ignace of Michilimackinac, 154;
set sail for Niagara laden with furs, 156;
La Salle's forebodings concerning, 163;
loss of, 181, 322.
Grollet, 445, 446, 448, 470, 471;
sent to Spain, 472.
Guadalupe, the, 469.
Gulliver, Captain, 486.
Hagaren, King of the Acanibas, 487-489.
Hamilton, town of, 23.
Harrisse, Henry, 76, 481, 482.
Haukiki (Marest) River, the, 167.