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Maisonneuve, Chomedey, Sieur de, military leader of the settlement at Montreal, [196]; spends the first winter at Quebec, [202]; poorly accommodated there, [203]; has a quarrel with the governor, [204]; beloved by his followers, [205]; compared to Godfrey, the leader of the first crusade, [207]; lands at Montreal, [208], [261]; plants a cross on the top of the mountain, [263]; his great bravery, [275].
Manabozho, a mythical personage, [lxviii]; the chief deity of the Algonquins, yet not worshipped, [lxxii], [lxxix]; his achievements, [lxxiii].
Mance, Jeanne, devotes herself to the mission in Canada, [198]; embarks, [201]; impressive scene before embarking, ib.; lands at Montreal, [208], [261].
Manitous, a generic term for super-natural beings, [lxix]; extensive in its meaning, [lxx]; process for obtaining a guardian manitou, ib.
Marie, a Christian Algonquin, her adventures and sufferings, [309]-[313].
Marriage among the Hurons often temporary and experimental, [xxxiv].
Mass, neglect of the, a punishable offence, [154], [157].
Masse, [5], [20]; "le Père Utile," ib.; his death, [260].
Medical practice among the Indians, [xli], [xlii] note; [lxxxiv], [66].
"Medicine," or Indian charms, [lxxi].
"Medicine-bags," [lxxi]; "medicine-men," or sorcerers, [lxxxiv], [lxxxv], [32]-[38]; a "medicine-feast," [66]; the religion taught by the Jesuits supposed to be a "medicine," [90].
Megapolensis, Dutch pastor at Albany, [229]; his account of the Mohawks, ib.; befriends Jogues, [235].
Memory, devices for aiding the, [lxi].
Messou. See Manabozho.
Mestigoit, an Indian hunter, [21], [24], [29], [34]; his skill and courage, [40]; helps Le Jeune to reach Quebec, ib.
Mexican fabrics found in Indian cemeteries, [79] note.
Miamis, cannibalism among them, [xl].
Michabou. See Manabozho.
Micmacs in Nova Scotia, [xxii].
Minquas. See Andastes.
Miracles in the Huron mission, [108]; how to be accounted for, [109]; why miracles were expected, [210] note.
Miscou, mission at, [317].
Mission to Hurons. See Huron Mission.
Mission-house near Quebec described, [4].
Mohawks, [xlviii] note, [liv]; number of warriors, [212], [297]; their towns, [222]; make peace with the French, [296]; credulity and superstition, [301]; their causeless rage, [303]; renew the war with the French, [306]; their perfidy, [308]; cruelty, ib.; torture of prisoners, [309]; invade the Huron country, [379]; furious battle near St. Marie, [384]; war with the Andastes, [441]; and Mohicans, ib. note. See Iroquois.
Montmagny, Charles Huault de, succeeds Champlain as governor of New France, [149]; his zeal for the mission, [150], [161]; meets the Ursulines at their landing, [182]; quarrels with the leader of the Montreal settlement, [204]; delivers Montreal to Maisonneuve, [208]; builds a fort at Sorel, [242]; called Onontio by the Iroquois, [283]; negotiates a peace with the Iroquois, [284] seq.
Montagnais, an Algonquin tribe, where found, [xxiii]; their degradation, ib.; Le Jeune essays their conversion, [19]; concerned in a treaty of peace, [286], [293]; salutary changes from the influence of the mission, [319].
Montreal, island of, purchased for the site of a religious community, [195]; part of the money given by ladies, [198]; consecrated to the Holy Family, [201]; the enterprise compared with the crusades, [207]; first day of the settlement, [209]; motives of the enterprise, as stated by the leaders themselves, [210] note; infancy of the settlement, [261]; rise of the St. Lawrence checked by a wooden cross, [263]; arrival of D'Ailleboust and others, [264]; pilgrimages, [267]; hospital built, [266]; Indians fed, [268]; attacks by the Iroquois, [269] seq.; sally of the French, [273]; condition of Montreal in 1651, [333].
Moon, the, worshipped, [lxxvi].
Morgan, Lewis H., his account of the Iroquois, [liv] note.
Murder atoned for by presents, [lxi], [lxii], [354]; a grand ceremony of this sort, [355] seq.