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France and England in North America, Part III: La Salle, Discovery of The Great West

Francis Parkman

the Spaniards at, 469; desolation of, 469. St. Louis, Lake of, 13, 14, 19. St. Louis, Rock of, see "_Starved Rock_." St. Louis River, the, 307, 484. Saint-Lusson, Daumont de, sent out by Talon to discover copper mines on Lake Superior, 49; winters at the Manitoulin Islands, 50; received by the Miamis, 50; at Saut Ste. Marie, 51; takes possession of the West for France, 52; proceeds to Lake Superior, 56; returns to Quebec, 56. St. Malo, 5. St. Paul, site of, 257. St. Peter, the Valley of the, unprovoked massacre by the Sioux in, 254, 260. St. Peter River, the, 486. Saint-Simon, 343. St. Simon, mission of, 41, 42. St. Sulpice, Seminary of, 10; buys back a part of La Salle's seigniory, 16; plan an expedition of discovery, 16. Ste. Barbe, mines of, 348. Sainte Claire, 152. Sainte-Famille, the, association of, a sort of female inquisition, 111; founded by Chaumonot, 111; encouraged by Laval, 111. Ste. Marie, Falls of, 155. Ste. Marie du Saut, the Sulpitians arrive at, 27; Jesuit mission at, 39; a noted fishing-place, 39; Saint-Lusson takes possession for France of, 52. San Antonio, the, 469. Sanson, map of, 139. Santa Barbara, 348. Sargent, Winthrop, 182. Sassory tribe, the, 423. Sauteurs, the, 39; the village of, 51. Sauthouis, the, 300. Saut Ste. Marie, the, 27; a noted fishing-place, 42; gathering of the tribes at, 51, 475. Sauvolle, 489. Schenectady, 483. Schoolcraft, the Falls of St. Anthony, 267. Scioto River, the, 32. Scortas, the Huron, 238. Seignelay, Marquis de, memorials presented to, 35, 120, 274, 342; La Barre defames La Salle to, 322, 344; object of La Salle's mission, 352; letters of Beaujeu to, 354-356; complaints of Beaujeu, 370; complaint of Minet, 378; receives Beaujeu coldly, 389; Jesuit petitions to, 459; Cavelier's report to, 462, 463. Seignelay River (Red River), the, 167, 347, 348, 484. Seneca Indians, the, 14, 19, 20; villages of, 21; their hospitality to La Salle, 21; cruelty of, 22, 29, 91; Pierron among, 115; village of, 138; jealous of La Motte, 140; La Motte seeks to conciliate, 140, 141; pacified by La Salle, 142; the great town of, 279; Denonville's attack on, 460. Seneff, bloody fight of, 134. Severn River, the, 203. Sévigné, 343. Sévigné, Madame de, letters of, 179. Shawanoes, the, 23, 225, 285, 307; join La Salle's colony, 316, 320. Shea, J. G., first to discover the history of Joliet, 58; the journal of Marquette, 75; death of Marquette, 81, 82, 115; the "Racines Agnières" of Bruyas, 136; the veracity of Hennepin, 244; critical examination of Hennepin's works, 247; Tonty and La Barre, 454; story of Mathieu Sâgean, 486. Silhouette, the minister, 34. Simcoe, Lake, 203, 293. Simon, St., memoirs of, 167. Simonnet, 126. Sioux Indians, the, 6; at the Jesuit mission of St. Esprit, 40; break into open war, 41; the Jesuits trade with, 110, 182, 207, 228; capture Father Hennepin, 245, 250; suspect Father Hennepin of sorcery, 253; unprovoked massacres in the valley of the St. Peter, 254; Hennepin among, 259-282; divisions of, 260; meaning of the word, 260; total number of, 261; use of the sweating-bath among, 263; Du Lhut among, 276, 307, 480. Sipou (Ohio) River, the, 307. "Sleeping Bear," the, promontory of, 81. Smith, Buckingham, 471. Society of Jesus, the, a powerful attraction for La Salle, 8; an image of regulated power, 8. Sokokis Indians, the, 227. Soto, De, Hernando, see, _De Soto, Hernando_. South Bend, village of, 164. Southey, the poet, 182. South Sea, the, 6, 14, 38, 46, 52, 63, 70. Spain, war declared against, 464; claims the Gulf of Mexico, 468. Spaniards, the, discover the Mississippi, 3; Talon's plans to keep them in check, 48; Louis XIV. irritated against, 344; in Mexico, 349; at Fort St. Louis of Texas, 469. Spanish Inquisition, the, 350. Spanish missions, the, 414, 471. Sparks, exposes the plagiarism of Hennepin, 247, 468. "Starved Rock," 169; attracts the attention of La Salle, 192; Tonty sent to examine, 192, 205, 217, 221, 239; description of, 313; La Salle and Tonty intrench themselves at, 313; described by Charlevoix, 314; origin of the name, 314. "Sturgeon Cove," 77. Sulpice, St., 9. Sulpitians, the, plan an expedition of discovery, 16; join forces with La Salle, 17; set out from La Chine, 19; journey of, 19, 20; meeting with Joliet, 23; determine to visit the Pottawattamies, 24; La Salle parts with, 25; spends the winter at Long Point, 25; resume their voyage, 26; the storm, 26; decide to return to Montreal, 26; pass through the Strait of Detroit, 26; arrive at Ste. Marie du Saut, 27; the Jesuits want no help from, 27; comparison between the Récollets and, 112. Superior, Lake, 5; Ménard attempts to plant a mission on southern shore of, 6; Allouez explores a part of, 6; Joliet attempts to discover the copper mines of, 23, 27; the Jesuits on, 37; the Jesuits make a map of, 38; Saint-Lusson sets out to find the copper mines of, 49; Saint-Lusson takes possession for France of, 52, 273, 276, 475; map of, 476, 477, 479, 481. Susquehanna River, the, 483. Sweating-baths, Indian, 262. Table Rock, 139. Tadoussac, 59. Taensas, the, great town of, 301; visited by Membrè and Tonty, 301; differ from other Indians, 304. Tahuglauk, the, 486. Taiaiagon, Indian town of, 138. Tailhan, Father, 35, 49. Talon, 15. Talon, among the Texan colonists, 471. Talon, Jean, Intendant of Canada, sends Joliet to discover the copper mines of Lake Superior, 23; claims to have sent La Salle to explore, 31; full of projects for the colony, 48; his singular economy of the King's purse, 48; sends Saint-Lusson to discover copper mines on Lake Superior, 49; resolves to find the Mississippi, 56; makes choice of Joliet, 56; quarrels with Courcelle, 56; returns to France, 57, 60, 109. Talon, Jean Baptiste, 472. Talon, Pierre, 472. Tamaroas, the, 223, 235, 286, 297. Tangibao, the, 305. Tears, the Lake of, 256. Tegahkouita, Catharine, the Iroquois saint, 275, 276. "Teiocha-rontiong, Lac" (Lake Erie), 476. Teissier, a pilot, 407, 421, 425, 451, 458. Tejas (Texas), 470. Terliquiquimechi, the, 348. Tetons, the, 260. Texan colony, the, fate of, 464-473. Texan expedition, La Salle's, 391-419, 434. Texan Indians, the, 470. Texas, fertile plains of, 308; French in, 348; shores of, 374; La Salle lands in, 379; application of the name, 470, 483. Theakiki, the, 167. Thevenot, on the journal of Marquette, 75; map made by, 478. Third Chickasaw Bluffs, the, 297. Thomassy, 115, 175, 296, 298, 302, 308. Thouret, 201, 238, 333, 342. Thousand Islands, the, 89. Three Rivers, 3, 86, 90. Thunder Bay, 275. Tilly, Sieur de, 99. "Tintons," the, 481. Tintonwans, the, 260. Tongengas, the, 300. Tonty, Alphonse de, 467. Tonty, Henri de, 127; renders assistance to La Salle, 128; in Canada, 129; La Motte at Niagara, 140; sets out to join La Motte, 141; almost wrecked, 142; at the Niagara Portage, 144-147; the building of the "Griffin," 144-148; the launch, 149; 154, 155; rejoins La Salle, 162; among the Illinois, 172; the attempt to poison La Salle, 179; Hennepin sent to the Mississippi, 187; La Salle's parting with, 188; sent to examine "Starved Rock," 192; 194; deserted by his men, 199, 217; the journey from Fort Crèvecoeur, 201; La Salle's best hope in, 202; La Salle sets out to succor, 203; La Salle has fears for the safety of, 209; sets out to examine "Starved Rock," 217; in the Illinois village, 223; attacked by the Iroquois, 225; intercedes for the Illinois, 228; peril of, 229; a truce granted to, 229; departs from the Iroquois, 233; falls ill, 236; friends in need, 237; La Salle hears good news of, 287; meeting with La Salle, 292; sets out from Fort Miami, 296; among the Arkansas Indians, 300; visits the Taensas, 301; illness of La Salle, 310; sent to Michilimackinac, 311; intrenches himself at "Starved Rock," 313; left in charge of Fort St. Louis, 326, 334, 337; attempts to attack the Spaniards of Mexico, 349, 355, 361, 421, 425; the assassination of La Salle, 430, 433; the murder of Duhaut, 448; among the Assonis, 452; plans to assist La Salle, 453-455; his journey, seeking news of La Salle, 454, 455, 458; in the Iroquois War, 460; Cavelier conceals La Salle's death from, 461; learns of La Salle's death, 464; revives La Salle's scheme of Mexican invasion, 465; sets out from Fort St. Louis of the Illinois, 465; deserted by his men, 465; courage of, 465; difficulties and hardships, 466; attacked by fever, 467; misrepresented, 467; praises of, 467; joins Iberville in Lower Louisiana, 467, 486. Topingas, the, 300. Torimans, the, 300. Toronto, 27, 138. Toronto Portage, the, 293. Toulon, 463. "Tracy, Lac" (Lake Superior), 476. Trinity River, the, 413, 424, 434, 439, 465. Tronson, Abbé, 344, 463. "Tsiketo, Lac" (Lake St. Clair), 220. Turenne, 17. Two Mountains, Lake of, 82. Upper Lakes, the, see _Lakes, Upper_. Ursulines, the, 95. Utica, village of, 79, 169, 170, 220, 239. Vaudreuil, 276. Vera Cruz, 468, 472. Vermilion River, the, 221, 225, 226. See also _Big Vermilion River, the_. "Vermilion Sea" (Gulf of California), the, 15, 38, 74, 480. "Vermilion Woods," the, 241. Verreau, H., 98. Vicksburg, 300. Victor, town of, 21, 140. "Vieux, Fort Le," 314. Villermont, Cabart de, letters of Beaujeu to, 357-360; letter of Tonty to, 454. Virginia, 288, 346, 483. "Virginia, Sea of," 6, 74. Voltaire, 7. Watteau, Melithon, 150. Weas, the, join La Salle's colony, 316. West Indies, the, 181, 404, 446, 489. Wild Rice Indians (Menomonies), the, 61. William, Fort, 275. William III. of England, 282. Winnebago Lake, 43, 44, 62. Winnebagoes, the, Jean Nicollet sent to, 4; quarrel with the Hurons, 4; location of, 42; at Saut Ste. Marie, 51. Winona, legend of, 271. Winthrop, 213. Wisconsin, shores of, 157. Wisconsin River, the, 5, 63, 245, 265, 266, 272, 278, 477, 478, 480. Wood, Colonel, reaches the Mississippi, 5. Yanktons, the, 260. Yoakum, 470. You, 210. Zenobe (Membré), Father, 181.
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