La Motte, see Lussière, La Motte de.
Lanquetot, see Liotot.
Laon, [59].
La Pointe, Jesuit mission of St. Esprit at, [40].
La Potherie, [49];
reception of Saint-Lusson by the Miamis, [50];
Henri de Tonty's iron hand, [129];
loss of the "Griffin," [182];
the Iroquois attack on the Illinois, [235].
L'Archevêque, [421], [425];
murders Moranget, Saget, and Nika, [426];
the assassination of La Salle, [429];
friendship for Joutel, [436];
danger of, [449], [470], [471];
sent to Spain, [472].
La Sablonnière, Marquis de, [380], [388], [407], [409], [418].
La Salle, Sieur de,
birth of, [7];
origin of his name, [7];
connection with the Jesuits, [8];
characteristics of, [9];
parts with the Jesuits, [9];
sails for Canada, [10];
at Montreal, [10];
schemes of, [11];
his seigniory at La Chine, [12];
begins to study Indian languages, [14];
plans of discovery, [14], [15];
sells his seigniory, [16];
joins his expedition to that of the seminary priests, [17];
sets out from La Chine, [19];
journey of, [19], [20];
hospitality of the Senecas, [21];
fears for his safety, [22];
meeting with Joliet, [23];
belles paroles of, [25];
parts with the Sulpitians, [25];
obscurity of his subsequent work, [28];
goes to Onondaga, [29];
deserted by his men, [30];
meeting with Perrot, [30];
reported movements of, [31];
Talon claims to have sent him to explore, [31];
affirms that he discovered the Ohio, [32];
discovery of the Mississippi, [33];
discovered the Illinois River, [35];
pays the expenses of his expeditions, [49];
in great need of money, [49];
borrows merchandise from the Seminary, [49];
contrasted with Marquette, [83];
called a visionary, [83];
projects of, [84];
Frontenac favorably disposed towards, [85];
faculty for managing the Indians, [89];
at Montreal, [97];
champions Frontenac, [99];
goes to France, [99];
recommended to Colbert by Frontenac, [99];
petitions for a patent of nobility and a grant of Fort Frontenac, [100];
his petition granted, [100];
returns to Canada, [101];
oppressed by the merchants of Canada, [101];
Le Ber becomes the bitter enemy of, [101];
aims at the control of the valleys of the Ohio and the Mississippi, [102];
opposed by the Jesuits, [102];
the most dangerous rival of the Jesuits for the control of the West, [104];
the Prince de Conti the patron of, [106];
the Abbé Renaudot's memoir of, [106], [107];
account of, [107];
not well inclined towards the Récollets, [108];
plots against, [113];
caused no little annoyance by his brother, [114];
Jesuit intrigues against, [115];
attempt to poison, [116];
exculpates the Jesuits, [116];
letter to the Prince de Conti, [118];
the Jesuits induce men to desert from, [118];
defamed to Colbert, [119];
at Fort Frontenac, [120];
sails again for France, [122];
his memorial laid before Colbert, [122];
urges the planting of colonies in the West, [123];
receives a patent from Louis XIV., [124];
forbidden to trade with the Ottawas, [125];
given the monopoly of buffalo-hides, [126];
makes plans to carry out his designs, [126];
assistance received from his friends, [127];
invaluable aid received from Henri de Tonty, [127];
joined by La Motte de Lussière, [129];
sails for Canada, [129];
makes a league with the Canadian merchants, [129];
met by Father Hennepin on his return to Canada, [130];
joined by Father Hennepin, [131];
relations with Father Hennepin, [134], [135];
sets out to join La Motte, [141];
almost wrecked, [142];
treachery of his pilot, [142];
pacifies the Senecas, [142];
delayed by jealousies, [143];
returns to Fort Frontenac, [143];
unfortunate in the choice of subordinates, [143];
builds a vessel above the Niagara cataract, [144];
jealousy and discontent, [147];
lays foundation for blockhouses at Niagara, [148];
the launch of the "Griffin," [149];
his property attached by his creditors, [150];
on Lake Huron, [152];
commends his great enterprise to St. Anthony of Padua, [152];
at St. Ignace of Michilimackinac, [153];
rivals and enemies, [154];
on Lake Michigan, [155];
at Green Bay, [155];
finds the Pottawattamies friendly, [155];
sends the "Griffin" back to Niagara laden with furs, [156];
trades with the Ottawas, [156];
hardships, [158];
encounter with the Outagamies, [160], [161];
rejoined by Tonty, [162];
forebodings concerning the "Griffin," [163];
on the St. Joseph, [164];
lost in the forest, [165];
on the Illinois, [166];
Duplessis attempts to murder, [166];
the Illinois town, [169], [170];
hunger relieved, [171];
Illinois hospitality, [173];
still followed by the intrigues of his enemies, [175];
harangues the Indians, [177];
deserted by his men, [178];
another attempt to poison, [178];
builds Fort Crèvecœur, [180];
loss of the "Griffin," [181];
anxieties of, [183];
a happy artifice, [184];
builds another vessel, [185];
sends Hennepin to the Mississippi, [185];
parting with Tonty, [188];
hardihood of, [189]-[201];
his winter journey to Fort Frontenac, [189];
the deserted town of the Illinois, [191];
meeting with Chief Chassagoac, [192];
"Starved Rock," [192];
Lake Michigan, [193];
the wilderness, [193], [194];
Indian alarms, [195];
reaches Niagara, [197];
man and nature in arms against, [198];
mutineers at Fort Crèvecœur, [199];
chastisement of the mutineers, [201];
strength in the face of adversity, [202];
his best hope in Tonty, [202];
sets out to succor Tonty, [203];
kills buffalo, [205];
a night of horror, [207];
fears for Tonty, [209];
finds the ruins of Fort Crèvecœur, [211];
beholds the Mississippi, [212];
beholds the "Great Comet of 1680," [213];
returns to Fort Miami, [215];
jealousy of the Iroquois of, [219], [238];
route of, [276];
Margry brings to light the letters of, [281];
begins anew, [283];
plans for a defensive league, [284];
Indian friends, [285];
hears good news of Tonty, [287];
Illinois allies, [287];
calls the Indians to a grand council, [289];
his power of oratory, [289];
his harangue, [289];
the reply of the chiefs, [291];
finds Tonty, [292];
parts with a portion of his monopolies, [293];
at Toronto, [293];
reaches Lake Huron, [294];
at Fort Miami, [294];
on the Mississippi, [297];
among the Arkansas Indians, [299];
takes formal possession of the Arkansas country, [300];
visited by the chief of the Taensas, [302];
visits the Coroas, [305];
hostility, [305];
the mouth of the Mississippi, [306];
takes possession of the Great West for France, [306];
bestows the name of "Louisiana" on the new domain, [309];
attacked by the Quinipissas, [310];
revisits the Coroas, [310];
seized by a dangerous illness, [310];
rejoins Tonty at Michilimackinac, [311];
his projected colony on the banks of the Illinois, [313];
intrenches himself at "Starved Rock," [313];
gathers his Indian allies at Fort St. Louis, [315];
his colony on the Illinois, [316];
success of his colony, [318];
letters to La Barre, [319]-[322];
defamed by La Barre to Seignelay, [322]-[324];
La Barre plots against, [325];
La Barre takes possession of Fort Frontenac and Fort St. Louis, [325]-[327];
sails for France, [327];
painted by himself, [328]-[342];
difficulty of knowing him, [328];
his detractors, [329];
his letters, [329]-[331];
vexations of his position, [331];
his unfitness for trade, [332];
risks of correspondence, [332];
his reported marriage, [334];
alleged ostentation, [335];
motives of actions, [335];
charges of harshness, [336];
intrigues against him, [337];
unpopular manners, [337], [338];
a strange confession, [339];
his strength and his weakness, [340], [341];
contrasts of his character, [341], [342];
at court, [343];
received by the King, [344];
new proposals of, [345]-[347];
small knowledge of Mexican geography, [348];
plans of, [349];
his petitions granted, [350];
Forts Frontenac and St. Louis restored by the King to, [351];
preparations for his new enterprise, [353];
divides his command with Beaujeu, [353];
lack of harmony between Beaujeu and, [354]-[361];
indiscretion of, [361];
overwrought brain of, [362];
farewell to his mother, [364];
sails from Rochelle, [366];
disputes with Beaujeu, [366];
the voyage, [368];
his illness, [368];
Beaujeu's complaints of, [370];
resumes his journey, [372];
enters the Gulf of Mexico, [373];
waiting for Beaujeu, [374];
coasts the shores of Texas, [374];
meeting with Beaujeu, [375];
perplexity of, [375]-[377];
lands in Texas, [379];
attacked by the Indians, [380];
wreck of the "Aimable," [381];
forlorn position of, [383];
Indian neighbors, [384];
Beaujeu makes friendly advances to, [385];
departure of Beaujeu, [387];
at Matagorda Bay, [391];
misery and dejection, [393];
the new Fort St. Louis, [394];
explorations of, [395];
adventures of, [402];
again falls ill, [404];
departure for Canada, [405];
wreck of the "Belle," [407];
Maxime Le Clerc makes charges against, [410];
Duhaut plots against, [410];
return to Fort St. Louis, [411];
account of his adventures, [411]-[413];
among the Cenis Indians, [413];
attacked with hernia, [417];
Twelfth Night at Fort St. Louis, [417];
his last farewell, [418];
followers of, [420];
prairie travelling, [423];
Liotot swears vengeance against, [424];
the murder of Moranget, Saget, and Nika, [426];
his premonition of disaster, [428];
murdered by Duhaut, [429];
character of, [430];
his enthusiasm compared with that of Champlain, [431];
his defects, [431];
America owes him an enduring memory, [432];
the marvels of his patient fortitude, [432];
evidences of his assassination, [432];
undeniable rigor of his command, [433];
locality of his assassination, [434];
his debts, [434];
Tonty's plan to assist, [453]-[455];
fear of Father Allouez for, [459];
Jesuit plans against, [459], [477], [479], [480], [481], [482], [483], [483], [485], [486].
La Salle, village of, [146], [167].
La Taupine (Pierre Moreau), [78].
La Tortue, [367].