French Pathfinders in North America

by William Henry Johnson

BAYAGOULAS, THE, a tribe on the Mississippi, [281].

BERING SEA, probably once dry land, [3].

BIENVILLE, JEAN BAPTISTE LEMOYNE DE, comes to Louisiana, [280]; founds New Orleans, [183]; adversity in closing years, [285].

BILOXI, site of first French settlement on Gulf of Mexico, [282].

BIMINI, fabled fountain of immortality, [78].

BOISRONDET, SIEUR DE, narrow escape from starvation, [247].

BRANT ROCK, Champlain's stop there, [109].

BRÉBEUF, FATHER, an early French missionary, [152].

BRETONS, THE, early frequented the Newfoundland fisheries, [54].

BRULÉ, ÉTIENNE, Champlain's interpreter, [133].