The Colonies, 1492-1750

by Reuben Gold Thwaites

• Lake Huron, reached by Champlain, [246], [248].

• Lake Michigan, discovered, [12], [248].

• Lake Ontario, aborigines on, [10], [11];
  • drainage system, [219], [220];
  • discovered, [248].

• Lake Superior, early fur-trade on, [18];
  • in Champlain's time, [247];
  • visited by Radisson and Grosseilliers, [247], [248];
  • early French settlement on, [253].

• La Salle, Chevalier, explorations of, [248].

• Laud, Archbishop, represses dissent in Massachusetts, [131];
  • in prison, [158].

• Leeward Islands, English colonies on, [237], [238].

• Leisler, Jacob, heads a revolution in New York, [206].

• Leon, Ponce de, explores Florida, [27].

• Léry, Baron de, colonizing attempt of, [35].