Falcon—[258]
Feast of War—[352]-[353]
Feasts of Indians—[320]-[322]
Ferns—
Maiden hair, [234]-[235]
Fig Trees—[210]-[211]
Filberts—[213]
Fire, how made—[340]
Fireflies—[272]
Fish—
plentiful in La., [274]
Five Nations—[294]
Flamingo—[22]; [126];
description of, [261]
Flat root—[235]
Flaucourt, Loire de, [24]
Flax—[145]
Fleury, Cardinal—[187]
Flies—[271]
Florida—
French settle there, [2];
Spanish attack them, [2];
French later attack Spanish, [2]
Flowers—[239]
Flying Fish—[12]
Food of Indians—[348]-[350]
Fool—
description of, [263]
Forant, M. de—[85]
Fort Assumption—[57]; [93]; [95]
Fort Balise—[47]; [48]; [116]; [118];
where built, [139]
Fort Carolin (Fla.)—[2]
Fort Chartres—[58]
Fort Crevecoeur—[3]
Fort Louis—[46]; [294]
Fort Mobile—[88]; [92]
Fort Orleans—[59]; [61]; [62]; [69]; [160]
Fort Rosalie—[23]-[24]; [33]; [34]; [35]
Fort St. Francis—[92]; [95]
Fort St. John Baptist—[6]; [7]; [9]; [10]
Fort St. Louis—[136]
Fox Indians—
home of, [301]
Foxes—[251]
French—
shipping, [XVII];
in Fla., [2], [18];
at Natchez, [32]-[33];
bad influence, [41];
massacre at Natchez, [82]-[83];
commerce with La., [177]-[182]
Frigate (Bird)—[263]
Frogs—[253]
Fur trade—[178]

Gar fish—
description of, [276]-[277]
Gaillard—[61]-[63]; [65]
Games—
Indian, [347]
Geese—
wild, [127]; [259]
Gentilly—[52]
Germans—
in La., [29]
Gold—[145]; plentiful in Mexico, [150]
Gourges, Dominque de—[2]; [8]
Grapes—[208]-[209]
Grass Point—[17]
Great Sun—[40]; [42]-[43]
burial, [333]-[336]
Green flies—[272]
Grigas Indians—[298]
Guenot—[34]
Gulf of Mexico Coast—[1];
northern boundary, [13];
description of land bordering, [135]-[137]
Gypsum—[124]

Habitations of Indians—[341]
Hakluyt (Fla.)—[2]
Halcyon—
description of, [263]-[264]
Hatchet-bill—[262]
Havana—[102]
Hawks—[258]
Hedge-hog—[253]
Hennepin, Father—[3]
Herons—[126]; [261]
Hemp—
cultivation, [180]; [238]
Hickory Trees—[213]
Horn Island—[16]
Hornbean Trees—[226]
Hops—[177]; [234]
Howard, John—[58]
Hubert—
planter, [20]; [22]; [24]; [25]
Hubert, Mme.—[136]; [167]
Humming Bird—[270]
Hurons—[93]
Hurricane—[30]; [31]; [32]
Huts—
how made, [341]

Iapy, Commander—[104]
Iberville—
made Gov. Gen. of La., [4];
his death, [5]; [8]; [10]
Iberville River—[113]
Illinois—
visited by Hennepin and LaSalle, [3];
hurricane, [30]; [57]; [58]; [88]; [162]; [163]
Illinois Indians—[66];
home of, [300]-[301]
Illinois River—[110]
Indians—
travel, [60]-[61];
how to fight, [99]-[100];
origin of, [279];
descended from Europeans, [281]
Indigo—
cultivation and processing, [168]-[171];
for export, [181];
Dumont's method of making, [191]-[193]
Iron—[145]
Iroquois—[93];
destructive wars of, [291]
Ivy—
ground, [237]

Jamaica—[13]
Jesuits—[51]; [58]

Kappas Indians—[304]
Kansas Indians—[59]; [60]; [61]; [62]; [66]; [68]; [69]; [305]
Kansas River—[63]; [64]; [110];
description of, [159]
Kayemans—[13]
Kaskasia—[58]
Kaskasia Indians—[301]
King-fisher—
description of, [263]

la Chaise, Director Gen.—[44]; [45]
Lake Borgne—[17]; [138]
Lake Erie—[111]; [161]
Lake Maurepas—[17]; [113]

Lake Pontchartrain—[17]
Lake St. Louis—[17]; [46]; [49]; [52]; [113]; [135]
Lafourche (the Fork)—[141]
Language of Natchez—[311]
LaSalle—
travels from Canada to the Gulf, [3];
is killed on second trip, [4]; [116]
Lavert—[273]
Laudonviere, René de—[2]
Laurel Trees—[217]
Laval, Father—[XXIII]; [XXV]
Lavigne, Sieur—[18]
Law, John—[29]
Lead—[132]; [145]; [158]; [163]
LeBlanc—
grant, [56]; [88]
LeSueur—[83]
LeSueur, Bayou—[116]
Levans—[29]
Liart Trees—[226]
Lime Trees—[226]
Linarez, Duke of—[7]-[9]
Lion's Mouth (flower) [239]
Lizards—[257]
Locust Tree—[222]
Longevity of Indians—[329]
L'Orient—[29]
Loubois, Lieut. de—[83]; [84]
Louis [XIV]—[3]; [5]; [107]
Louisiana—
poor colonization, [XXVI];
named after Louis [XIV], [3];
names, [15];
boundary of, [107];
description of soil, [117]-[118];
a fine country, [185];
fertility of, [197]
Luchereau, M. de—[4]

Magnolia Trees—[218]-[219]
Magpie—[268]
Maize—[163]-[165]; [202]-[203]
Manchac River—[111]; [114]
Mangrove—[223]
Maple Trees—[220]
Marameg Mine—[158]
Marameg River—[58]
Margat River—[57]; [93]
Marriage customs—[326]-[328]
Massacre Island—
Now Dauphin Isle, [13];
how it was named, [14]
Massacre of French at Natchez—[73]; [82]
Medicines—[44]; [45]; [181]; [215]
Medicine, Indian—[26]; [27]; [43]; [44]
Mehane—[22]
Mexicans—
descent from Chinese or Japanese, [284]
Mexico—[6]; [7]; [10];
home of ancient Natchez tribe, [279];
natives kill themselves, [291]
Mezieres, Marquis de—[52]
Miami River—[111]; [161]; [162]; [163]
Michigamias Indians—[304]
Mines in Illinois—[163];
in La., [195]-[196]
Miragouine, Sieur—[103]
Mississippi River—
lands of lower basin, [VI]; [VII];
commands continent, [IX];
navigation of, [XI]-[XII];
mouths of, [XIII];
reached by Hennepin, [3]; [15]; [18]; [24];
hurricane, [30]; [47]; [48]; [49]; [51];
inhabitants along, [52]; [53]; [55]; [58]; [59]; [63]; [107];
As names, [109];
attempts to find source, [109];
mouths of, [114]-[115];
the passes, [117]; [133];
soil at mouth, [138]-[139];
on east bank, [141]-[142];
lands west of, [145]; [161]; [162]; [163];
voyage to source by Indian, [289]-[290]
Mississippi Scheme—[II]; [58]
Missionary—[23]
Missouri Indians—[59]; [60]; [66];
home of, [304]-[305]
Missouri River—
navigation of, [XII]; [60]; [63]; [69]; [110];
description of, [159]

Mobile—
barren lands, [XX]; [9]; [11];
birth place of La., [15]; [45]; [49]; [89];
native of land, [135]-[136];
fertility of animals and women, [136]
Mobile Bay—[114]
Mobile Indians—[294]
Mobile River—
Canadians settle on, [4]-[5]; [46]; [135]
Moingona River—[110]
Moncacht-apé, old wise man of Yazoo tribe—
his voyages, [285]-[290]
Montplaisir, M. de—[27]
Montreal—[59]
Mosquitoes—
description of, [272]-[273];
how Indians fight, [333]
Mulberry Trees—[145]; [158];
for silk growing, [167]-[168]; [212];
feast of, [321]
Muscadine Grapes—[209]
Mushroom—[231]
Myrtle Wax-tree—[220]