| ACADIA, two priests of the Society are sent thither | iii |
| and arrive there | 26 |
| Algonquins wage perpetual war with the Irocois | 9 |
| a tribe of New France | 11 |
| and the Montagnais together cannot much exceed a thousand in number | 13 |
| Cannibals, the Excomminiqui and Armouchiquois are said to be | 9, 14 |
| Aquitaine, a Priest departs for New France, summoned from | 20 |
| Armouchiquois occupy the region from the Kinibequi river to the fortieth parallel | 11 |
| are said to be Cannibals | 14 |
| Autmoins, or medicine-men, the Savages consult | 14 |
| Bay of Fundy, vide French Bay. |
| Baptism is accepted by the Savages as a sign of confederation with the French | 24 |
| Savages, they have neither laws nor magistrates [40] | 13 |
| Savages, how they live | 13 |
| wage war as a whole people | 14 |
| have neither temples nor sacred edifices | 15 |
| bury the name and memory of the dead with their bodies | 16 |
| worship the Evil Spirit | 16 |
| have a slight notion of God | 16 |
| some brought to France and baptised there | 23 |
| a hundred are baptized in New France | 24 |
| receive baptism as a sign of confederation with the French | 24 |
| call the French Normans | 25 |
| sacrifice dogs when one of their people is about to die | 28 |
| Savages of New France, names of the tribes | 9 |
| of New France, their numbers and names | 11, 13 |
| hides their only treasure | 12 |
| their faces, color, and manners | 13 |
| in what their religion consists | 14 |
| their custom at their feasts | 17 |
| infants baptized | 27 |
| Father Biard visits their huts | 33 |
| Wars, the Indians wage war as a people | 14 |
| Biard, Father Pierre, is sent to Acadia | iii |
| visits the huts of the Savages | 33 |
| explores a large part of Norumbega | 32 |
| reconciles a certain young man with Monsieur de Potrincourt | 34 |
| Biencourt, Jean de, asks for colonists for New France | 20 |
| vide Potrincourt. |
| Biencourt, son of Potrincourt, serves as interpreter | 31 |
| explores with Father Biard a large part of Norumbega [41] | 32 |
| Evil Spirit, the Savages worship the | 19 |
| Canada, the Irocois live at the head-waters of the great river of | 9 |
| the St. John river takes its rise near the river of | 10 |
| Dogs, the Savages at the approach of death are accustomed to sacrifice | 28 |
| the Fathers of the Society blame this custom | 29 |
| Canoes constructed out of bark | 17 |
| Chart of New France, Father Biard proposes to send | 18 |
| Chouacoët is a promontory jutting into French bay | 11 |
| Color of the Savages | 13 |
| Feasts, customs of, among the Savages | 17 |
| Coton, Father, obtains permission for the Society of Jesus to labor in New France | 19 |
| God, the Savages have a slight knowledge of | 16 |
| Dieppe, two Jesuits go there to embark | 20 |
| and sail from this port | 22 |
| Etheminqui, live between St. John and Kinibequi rivers | 10 |
| a tribe of New France | 11 |
| cannot number a thousand | 13 |
| Excominqui, a fierce tribe, and Cannibals | 9 |
| Excommunicated, the, common appellation of the Excominqui | 9 |
| a tribe of New France | 9, 11 |
| are said to be Cannibals | 14 |
| Explanation, or heads of this Letter | 6 |
| Rivers of New France | 9, 10 |
| Women among the Savages | 16 |
| fill the place of slaves | 17 |
| French bay, its position, [42] | 10 |
| French, what country is called by them New France | 8 |
| do not settle in the country of New France | 19 |
| France, Savages brought there and baptised | 23 |
| French, the Irocois and Armouchiquois little known to | 11 |
| French, their number in Acadia | 25 |
| Geographers, old, full of errors | 7 |
| Guercheville, Marchioness de, buys a ship for the Fathers of the Society | 21 |
| Gulf of St. Lawrence | 9 |
| Heretics refuse to receive the Jesuits into their ship | 20 |
| Henry, King, gives the Society permission to labor in New France | 19 |
| his death | 20 |
| Infants of the Savages baptised | 27 |
| Island of Præsentis [Plaisance], Newfoundland is called by the Indians | 9 |
| Islands are numerous in New France | 12 |
| Irocois located at sources of great river of Canada | 9 |
| wage perpetual war with the Montagnais and Algonquins | 9 |
| a tribe of New France | 11 |
| Isthmus, gulf of St. Lawrence and French bay form | 10 |
| Kinibequi river, vide Rimbequi. |
| Latitude of New France | 8 |
| Leagues, the Isthmus measures five hundred | 10 |
| Language of the natives, the Fathers ignorant of it | 27 |
| Massé, Father Ennemond, sent to Acadia | iii |
| Médicis, Marie de, queen regent, extends her favor to the Society of Jesus | 20 |
| orders the Fathers to be received into the ship [43] | 21 |
| Membertou, Henry, chief of the Soriquois, is baptized with his family | 24 |
| his son being sick, is carried to the house of Monsieur de Potrincourt | 28, 29 |
| the Chief dies | 30 |
| is buried with great pomp | 32 |
| Cod-fish, Newfoundland celebrated for the taking of | 9 |
| Montagnais, where they dwell | 9 |
| a tribe of New France | 11 |
| Mountains of New France are covered with snow and perpetual frost | 12 |
| Manners of the Savages | 13, 16 |
| Dead, they bury their memory and name with them | 16 |
| Names of the Savages of New France | 9 |
| Normans, the Savages call the French | 25 |
| Norumbega is only a shadow and a name | 8 |
| Norumbega, Father Biard explores a large part of | 32 |
| New France, what sort of a country | 8 |
| number and names of its Savage tribes | 11 |
| why the country is very cold and wet | 12 |
| Society of Jesus obtains permission to labor in | 19 |
| New France, its chart to be made by Father Biard | 18 |
| New France, the Jesuit Fathers land in | 24 |
| Number of the French in Acadia | 25 |
| Provisions at Port Royal become scarce | 34 |
| Priests, the Jesuit, live at Port Royal | 10 |
| their needs and cares | 35 |
| Lice, the Indians regard them as a dainty | 18 |
| Peltries, the only treasure of the Indians | 12 |
| Pons, Antoinette de, vide Guercheville. |
| Potugoët river [44] | 10 |
| Port Royal, latitude and location | 10 |
| the Jesuit Priests arrive here | 26 |
| Potrincourt, Sieur Jean de, asks for colonists for New France | 20 |
| arrives in New France | 24 |
| his family is the only one in Acadia | 25 |
| praises the zeal of the Fathers | 27 |
| the sick son of Membertou is brought to his house | 29 |
| Potrincourt, Sieur de, certain young man reconciled with | 34 |
| Præsentis [Plaisance] island | 9 |
| Sable, Cape | 11 |
| Girl baptized | 27 |
| dies in the cabin of the Priests | 28 |
| Religion of the Savages | 14 |
| Rimbequi (or rather Kinibequi) river | 10 |
| Secular Priest, baptises nearly a hundred Savages in New France | 24 |
| returns to France | 26 |
| Sagamores are leaders in war, but their authority is precarious | 13 |
| St. John river empties into French bay | 10 |
| St. Lawrence, gulf of | 9 |
| French Bay | 10 |
| Society of Jesus, in what way it obtained the sending of a mission to this province | 18 |
| is permitted to labor in New France | 19 |
| summons two Priests to go there | 20 |
| the impediments put in their way | 21 |
| the fathers arrive at Port Royal | 24, 26 |
| vide Priests. |
| Dreams, the Savages have faith in [45] | 15 |
| Soriquois, their Sagamore Henry Membertou | 28 |
| where they live | 10 |
| a tribe of New France | 11 |
| do not number two thousand | 13 |
| Tabagie, feast among the Indians is called | 17 |
| Tabagie, a custom among the Savages held for the dying | 28 |
| Temples, the Savages have none | 15 |
| Newfoundland, its name among the Savages | 9 |
| Tents, the women set them up | 17 |
| how they are constructed | 18 |
| Medicine-men among the Indians | 14 |
| their power | 15 |
| Aspect of the Indians | 13 |
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