L.
Lafitau, his book on the Iroquois, [liv] note; describes the council of the Iroquois, [lvii], [lviii].
Lalande, an assistant in the mission, [301]; tortured by the Mohawks, [303]; killed by them, [304].
Lalemant, Gabriel, at the Huron mission, [126], [371]; taken by the Iroquois, [381]; tortured with fire, [388]; his death, [390].
Lalemant, Jerome, brother of Gabriel, assailed by an Algonquin, [127]; visits Three Rivers, [294]; becomes Superior of the missions, [301].
Lauson, president of the Canada Fur Company, [156]; sells the island of Montreal to the Jesuits, [194].
Le Berger, a Christian Iroquois, [304]; endeavors to save Jogues, ib.
Le Borgne, chief of Allumette Island, hinders the departure of the missionaries, [50]; his motives, [51]; converted, [268].
Le Jeune, Paul, Father Superior, his voyage, [15]; his arrival in Quebec, [2], [15]; begins his labors there, [16]; joins an Indian hunting-party, [23]; adventures in this connection, [25]-[39]; his description of a winter scene, [26] note; grievances in an Indian lodge in winter, [27]; experience with a sorcerer, [30]; suffers the rude banter of the Indians, ib.; doubts whether the Indian sorcerers are impostors or in league with the devil, [32]; relates what he had been informed of the devil's proceedings in Brazil, [33] note; attempts to convert a sorcerer, [37]; disappointment, [39]; returns to Quebec, [40]; rejoices at the advent of the new governor, [150] note; rejoices at the interest in the mission awakened in France, [151]; has for a correspondent the future Condé, [152]; is invested with civil authority, [154]; sends for pictures of the torments of hell, [163].
Le Mercier, Francis Joseph, joins the mission, [85]; his peril, [125].
Le Moyne, among the Hurons, [126]; among the Onondagas, [438], [440].
Licentiousness of the Indians, [xxxiv] note; [xxxv] note, [xlv].
Life in a wigwam, [27]-[31].
Loretto, in Italy, [102], [105], [432]; Old Lorette, in Canada, [431]; New Lorette, in Canada, [432]; settlement of Hurons there, ib.
Loyola, Ignatius, his story, [8]; founds the order of Jesuits, [9]; his book of Spiritual Exercises, [10].
M.
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.
N.
Nanabush. See Manabozho.
Nation of the Bear, [liii].
Nation of Fire, an Algonquin people, attacked by the Neutral Nation, [436].
Neutral Nation, their country, [xx], [xliv], [142]; their cruelty and licentiousness, [xlv]; representations made to them respecting the French, [xlvi] note; a ferocious people, [143]; their excessive superstition, ib.; a mission among them attempted, [142]; but in vain, [146]; kindness of a Neutral woman, ib.; destroy a large town of the Nation of Fire, [436]; their ferocious cruelty, ib. note; themselves exterminated by the Iroquois, [437].
New England, Indians in, [xxi]; a Jesuit's impressions of, [328].
Niagara, called the River of the Neutrals, [xliv]; described by the Jesuits, [143] note.
Nicollet, Jean, visits Green Bay in 1639, [166].
Nipissings, [xxiv].
Notre-Dame des Anges, at Quebec, [5], [155]; Notre-Dame de Montreal, [193].
O.
Ochateguins. See Hurons.
Ojibwas, how differing in language from Algonquins, [xx]; visited by Jogues, [213].
Okies, or Otkons, objects of worship among the Iroquois, [lxix].
Olier, Jean Jacques, Abbé, suspected of Jansenism, [189]; has a revelation, [190]; meets Dauversière, [192]; their schemes, ib.
Oneidas, or Onneyut, one of the Five Nations, [xlviii] note, [liv]. See Iroquois.
Onondagas, or Onnontagué, one of the Five Nations, [xlviii] note, [liv] (see Iroquois); their inroad on the Hurons, [343]; their jealousy of the Mohawks, [344]; their embassy to the Hurons, [345]; suicide of the ambassador, [347].
Ononkwaya, an Oneida chief, a prisoner to the Hurons, [338]; his marvellous fortitude under torture, [339].
Onontio, Great Mountain, name given to the Governor of Canada among the Iroquois, and why, [283].
Ontitarac, a Huron chief, his speech, [119].
Orators of the Iroquois, [lx].
Ossossané, chief town of the Hurons, [74]; great Huron cemetery there, [75]; mission established there, [110], [129]; abandoned, [139].
Ouendats, or Wyandots. See Hurons.
P.
Parker, Ely S., an educated Iroquois, [liv] note.
Passionists, convent of, a singular incident there, [108] note.
Peace concluded between the French and Iroquois, [284]-[295]; defects of the treaty, [296]; the peace broken and why, [302].
Peltrie, de la, Madame, her birth, [168]; her girlhood, [169]; a widow, ib.; religious schemes, [170]; resolves to go to Canada, ib.; her sham marriage, [172]; visits the Ursuline Convent at Tours, [173]; results of that visit, [174]; embarks for Canada, [181]; perilous voyage, [182]; her character, [186]; thirst for admiration, [187]; leaves the Ursulines and joins the Colony of Montreal, [206], [261]; receives the sacrament on the top of the mountain, [264]; at Quebec, [334].
Penobscot, a station on it of Capuchin friars, [322].
Pestilence among the Hurons, [87]; its supposed origin, [94].
Persecution of the Jesuits, [116] seq.
Pictures requested for the mission, [133]; of souls in perdition, many, ib.; of souls in bliss, one, ib.; how to be colored, ib.; Le Jeune describes the pictures of Hell which he wants, [163].
Picture-writing by the Indians, [243].
Pierre, an Algonquin, [17]; teacher of Le Jeune, [18]; runs away, [21]; returns, [22]; frantic from strong drink, [24]; repents and assists Le Jeune, [38]; another of this name, a converted Huron, [122].
Pijart, Pierre, joins the mission, [85]; his clandestine baptisms, [96], [97]; establishes a mission at Ossossané, [110].
Piskaret, an Algonquin brave, [278]; his exploits, [279]; his successes against the Iroquois, [281]; assists in a treaty of peace, [291]; murdered by Mohawks, [308].
Poncet, father, his pilgrimage to Loretto, [104]; embarks for Canada, [181]; his peril, [126].
Price of a man's life, [lxii]; of a woman's, ib.
Prisoners, cruel treatment of, [xxxix], [xlv], [80], [216] seq., [248] seq., [253], [277], [339], [388] seq., [436] note, [439], [441] note.
Processions, religious, at Quebec, [161].