France and England in North America, Part III: La Salle, Discovery of The Great West
Hennepin, Louis,
connection of La Salle with the Jesuits, 8;
at Fort Frontenac, 121;
meets La Salle on his return to Canada, 130;
receives permission to join La Salle, 131;
his journey to Fort Frontenac, 132;
sets out with La Motte for Niagara, 132;
portrait of, 133;
his past life, 133;
sails for Canada, 134;
relations with La Salle, 134, 135;
work among the Indians, 135;
the most impudent of liars, 136;
daring of, 137;
embarks on the journey, 137;
reaches the Niagara, 138;
account of the falls and river of Niagara, 139;
among the Senecas, 140, 141;
at the Niagara Portage, 145-147;
the launch of the "Griffin," 148, 149;
on board the "Griffin," 151;
St. Anthony of Padua the patron saint of La Salle's great
enterprise, 152;
the departure of the "Griffin" for Niagara, 157;
La Salle's encounter with the Outagamies, 161;
La Salle rejoined by Tonty, 163;
La Salle's forebodings concerning the "Griffin," 163;
population of the Illinois Valley, 169;
among the Illinois, 173, 174;
the story of Monso, 177;
La Salle's men desert him, 178;
at Fort Crèvecoeur, 181;
sent to the Mississippi, 185;
the journey from Fort Crèvecoeur, 201;
the mutineers at Fort Crèvecoeur, 218; 234;
sets out to explore the Illinois River, 242;
his claims to the discovery of the Mississippi, 243;
doubted veracity of, 244;
captured by the Sioux, 245;
proved an impostor, 245;
steals passages from Membré and Le Clerc, 247;
his journey northward, 249;
suspected of sorcery, 253;
plots against, 255;
a hard journey, 257;
among the Sioux, 259-282;
adopted as a son by the Sioux, 261;
sets out for the Wisconsin, 266;
notice of the Falls of St. Anthony, 267;
rejoins the Indians, 273;
meeting with Du Lhut, 273;
joins Du Lhut, 278;
reaches the Green Bay Mission, 279;
reaches Fort Frontenac, 280;
goes to Montreal, 280;
entertained by Frontenac, 280;
returns to Europe, 280;
dies in obscurity, 281;
Louis XIV. orders the arrest of, 282;
various editions of the travels of, 282;
finds fault with Tonty, 467, 479, 481;
rivals of, 485, 486.
Hiens, the German, 411, 421, 425;
murders Moranget, Saget, and Nika, 426;
quarrel with Duhaut and Liotot, 446;
murders Duhaut, 448;
joins the Cenis on a war expedition, 450, 465;
fate of, 472.
Hillaret Moïse, 147, 178, 187, 193, 217, 218.
Hitt, Col. D. F., 317.
Hohays, the, 261.
Homannus,
map made by, 484.
Hondo (Rio Frio), the, 469.
Horse Shoe Fall, the, 139.
Hôtel-Dieu at Montreal, the, 13, 98.
Hudson's Bay,
Joliet's voyage to, 76;
Albanel's journey to, 109, 346, 484.
Hudson's Strait, 480.
Humber River, the, 138, 203.
Hunaut, 187, 210, 287.
Hundred Associates, Company of the, 57.
Huron Indians, the,
quarrel with the Winnebagoes, 4;
allies of the French, 4;
at the Jesuit mission of St. Esprit, 40;
Marquette among, 40;
terrified by the Sioux, 41;
destroyed by the Iroquois, 219.
Huron, Lake, 26, 27, 31;
the Jesuits on, 37, 41;
Saint-Lusson takes possession for France of, 52;
La Salle on, 152, 475, 476, 479.
Huron Mission, the, 27.
Huron River, the, 196.
"Hyacinth, confection of," 159.
Iberville, the founder of Louisiana, 455;
joined by Tonty, 467, 472, 473.
Ignatius, Saint, 78.
Illinois, Great Town of the, 170;
deserted, 191;
La Salle at, 205;
description of, 221;
Tonty in, 223;
abandoned to the Iroquois, 230;
site of, 239.
Illinois Indians, the,
at the Jesuit mission of St. Esprit, 40;
location of, 40, 41, 60;
Joliet and Marquette among, 66, 77, 78, 154, 155, 161;
La Salle among, 171-173;
hospitality of, 173;
deep-rooted jealousy of the Osages, 174, 203;
war with the Iroquois, 210, 220;
the Miamis join the Iroquois against, 220;
rankling jealousy between the Miamis and, 220;
an aggregation of kindred tribes, 223;
characteristics of, 223;
Tonty intercedes for, 228;
treaty made with the Iroquois, 231;
attacked by the Iroquois, 235;
become allies of La Salle, 287, 307;
at "Starved Rock," 314;
join La Salle's colony, 315, 316;
very capricious and uncertain, 322, 477.
Illinois, Lake of the (Lake Michigan), 42, 75, 155, 477, 479.
Illinois River, the, 31, 33, 34;
discovered by La Salle, 35;
Joliet and Marquette on, 74, 132;
La Salle on, 168;
various names of, 16, 204;
ravaged granaries of, 213, 220;
Father Hennepin sets out to explore, 242, 245, 296;
La Salle's projected colony on the banks of, 313, 315, 316, 405, 406;
Joutel on, 457, 477, 478, 481, 484.
Illinois, State of,
first civilized occupation of, 181.
Illinois, Valley of the, population of, 169.
Immaculate Conception, the, doctrine of,
a favorite tenet of the
Jesuits, 61.
Immaculate Conception, Mission of the,
Marquette sets out to found, 77.
Incarnation, Marie de l', 111.
Indians, the,
Father Jogues and Raymbault preach among, 5;
ferocity of, 11;
manitous of, 26, 44, 68;
their game of la crosse, 50;
the tribes meet at Saut Ste. Marie to confer with
Saint-Lusson, 51-56;
reception to Joliet and Marquette, 63;
lodges of, 75;
reception to Frontenac, 90;
Frontenac's admirable dealing with, 92, 93;
Alphabetical list of tribes referred to:--
Abenakis,
Acanibas,
Agniers,
Akanseas,
Algonquins,
Alkansas,
Amikoués,
Andastes,
Arkansas,
Assiniboins,
Assonis,
Caddoes,
Cadodaquis,
Camanches,
Cenis,
Chaouanons,
Chickasaws,
Chikachas,
Coroas,
Creeks,
Crees,
Crows,
Dacotah,
Eries,
Fire Nation,
Five Nations,
Floridas,
Foxes,
Hohays,
Hurons,
Illinois,
Iroquois,
Issanti,
Issanyati,
Issati,
Kahokias,
Kanzas,
Kappas,
Kaskaskias,
Kickapoos,
Kilatica,
Kious,
Kiskakon Ottawas,
Knisteneaux,
Koroas,
Malhoumines,
Malouminek,
Mandans,
Maroas,
Mascoutins,
Meddewakantonwan,
Menomonies,
Miamis,
Mitchigamias,
Mohawks,
Mohegans,
Moingona,
Monsonis,
Motantees,
Nadouessioux,
Natchez,
Nation des Folles-Avoines,
Nation of the Prairie,
Neutrals,
Nipissings,
Ojibwas,
Omahas,
Oneidas,
Onondagas,
Osages,
Osotouoy,
Ottawas,
Ouabona,
Ouiatenons,
Oumalouminek,
Oumas,
Outagamies,
Pah-Utahs,
Pawnees,
Peanqhichia,
Peorias,
Pepikokia,
Piankishaws,
Pottawattamies,
Quapaws,
Quinipissas,
Sacs,
Sauteurs,
Sauthouis,
Senecas,
Shawanoes,
Sioux,
Sokokis,
Taensas,
Tamaroas,
Tangibao,
Terliquiquimechi,
Tetons,
Texas,
Tintonwans,
Tongengas,
Topingas,
Torimans,
Wapoos,
Weas,
Wild-rice,
Winnebagoes,
Yankton Sioux.
Irondequoit Bay, 20.
Iroquois Indians, the, 11;
alone remain, 37;
felt the power of the French, 42;
the "Beautiful River," 70;
Onondaga the political centre of, 87;
the Jesuits seek to embroil them with the French, 115;
ferocious character of, 207;
war with the Illinois, 210;
ferocious triumphs of, 219;
break into war, 219;
trade with the Dutch and the English, 219;
jealous of La Salle, 219;
joined by the Miamis against the Illinois, 220;
attack on the Illinois village, 225;
grant a truce to Tonty, 230;
take possession of the Illinois village, 230;
make a treaty with the Illinois, 231;
treachery of, 231;
Tonty departs from, 233;
attack on the dead, 234;
attack on the Illinois, 235, 320;
encouraged to fight by the Dutch and English traders, 324;
attack Fort St. Louis, 327.
Iroquois War, the,
havoc and desolation of, 5, 219;
a war of commercial advantage, 219;
the French in, 460.
Isle of Pines, the, 372.
Issanti, the, 260.
Issanyati, the, 260.
Issati, the, 260.
"Issatis," the, 481.
Jacques, companion of Marquette, 78, 80.
Jansenists, the, 110.
Japan, 6, 14.
Japanese, the, 487.
Jesuitism,
no diminution in the vital force of, 103.
Jesuits, the,
their thoughts dwell on the Mississippi, 6;
La Salle's connection with, 8;
La Salle parts with, 9;
influence exercised by, 16;
want no help from the Sulpitians, 27;
a change of spirit, 36, 37;
their best hopes in the North and West, 37;
on the Lakes, 37;
labor to explore the copper mines of Lake Superior, 38;
a mixture of fanaticism, 38;
claimed a monopoly of conversion, 38;
make a map of Lake Superior, 38;
the missionary stations, 46;
trading with the Indians, 47;
doctrine of the Immaculate Conception a favorite tenet of, 61;
greatly opposed to the establishment of forts and trading-posts
in the upper country, 88;
opposition to Frontenac and La Salle, 102;
Frontenac's hatred of, 102;
turn their eyes towards the Valley of the Mississippi, 103;
no longer supreme in Canada, 104;
La Salle their most dangerous rival for the control of the West, 104;
masters at Quebec, 108;
accused of selling brandy to the Indians, 109;
accused of carrying on a fur-trade, 109, 110;
comparison between the Récollets and Sulpitians and, 112;
seek to establish a monopoly in the fur-trade, 114;
intrigues against La Salle, 115;
seek to embroil the Iroquois with the French, 115;
exculpated by La Salle from the attempt to poison him, 116;
induce men to desert from La Salle, 118;
have a mission among the Mohawks, 118;
plan against La Salle, 459;
maps made by, 478.
Jesus, Order of, 37.
Jesus, Society of, see _Society of Jesus_.
Jogues, Father Isaac,
preaches among the Indians, 5, 59.
Joliet, Louis,
destined to hold a conspicuous place in history of
western discovery, 23;
early life of, 23;
sent to discover the copper mines of Lake Superior, 23, 58;
his failure, 23;
meeting with La Salle and the Sulpitians, 23;
passage through the Strait of Detroit, 27;
makes maps of the region of the Mississippi and the Great Lakes, 32;
claims the discovery of the Mississippi, 33;
Frontenac speaks slightingly of, 34;
at Saut Ste. Marie, 51;
sent by Talon to discover the Mississippi, 56;
early history of, 57;
characteristics of, 58;
Shea first to discover history of, 58;
Ferland, Faillon, and Margry throw much light on the life of, 58;
Marquette chosen to accompany him on his search for the
Mississippi, 59;
the departure, 60;
the Mississippi at last, 64;
on the Mississippi, 65;
meeting with the Illinois, 66;
at the mouth of the Missouri, 69;
on the lower Mississippi, 71;
among the Arkansas Indians, 72;
determines that the Mississippi discharges into the Gulf of
Mexico, 74;
resolves to return to Canada, 74;
serious accident to, 75;
letter to Frontenac, 76;
smaller map of his discoveries, 76;
marriage to Claire Bissot, 76;
journey to Hudson's Bay, 76;
the English hold out great inducements to, 76;
receives grants of land, 76;
engages in fisheries, 76;
makes a chart of the St. Lawrence, 77;
Sir William Phips makes a descent on the establishment of, 77;
explores the coast of Labrador, 77;
made royal pilot for the St. Lawrence by Frontenac, 77;
appointed hydrographer at Quebec, 77;
death of, 77;
said to be an impostor, 118;
refused permission to plant a trading station in the Valley of the
Mississippi, 126, 477;
maps made by, 479, 480, 481, 482.
Joliet, town of, 193.
"Joly," the vessel, 353, 366, 367, 372, 373, 374, 375, 377, 381,
383, 385.
Jolycoeur (Nicolas Perrot), 116.
Joutel, Henri, 69, 314, 363, 367, 368, 372, 374, 375, 377, 379,