Missions, early,
decline in the religious exaltation of, [103].
Mississaquenk, [54].
Mississippi River, the,
discovered by the Spaniards, [3];
De Soto buried in, [3];
Jean Nicollet reaches, [3];
Colonel Wood reaches, [5];
Captain Bolton reaches, [5];
Radisson and Des Groseilliers reach, [5];
the thoughts of the Jesuits dwell on, [6];
speculations concerning, [6]; [30], [31];
Joliet makes a map of the region of, [32], [45], [46];
Talon resolves to find, [56];
Joliet selected to find, [56];
Marquette chosen to accompany Joliet, [59];
the discovery by Joliet and Marquette, [64];
its outlet into the Gulf of Mexico determined by Joliet and Marquette, [74];
Marquette gives the name of "Immaculate Conception" to, [77];
La Salle's plans to control, [84];
Hennepin sent to, [185];
La Salle beholds, [212];
claims of Hennepin to the discovery of, [243];
Membré's journal on his descent of, [246];
La Salle on, [297], [307], [310], [311], [312], [345], [346], [352], [371], [373], [374], [376], [389], [390], [391], [403], [404], [405], [457], [459], [466];
early unpublished maps of, [475]-[486].
Mississippi, Valley of the,
La Salle aims at the control of, [102];
the Jesuits turn their eyes towards, [103]; [479];
various names given to, [485].
Missouri River, the, [6];
Joliet and Marquette at the mouth of, [69], [297], [457], [477], [478], [479], [483], [489].
"Mitchigamea," village of, [72].
Mitchigamias, the, [308].
"Mitchiganong, Lac" (Lake Michigan), [477].
Mobile Bay, [129], [385], [386], [387], [389], [481], [482], [483].