LAKE NIPISSING, on the Ottawa River route, [133].
LAKE PEPIN, for whom called, [301]; remains of ancient fortification near, [301], note.
LAKE SIMCOE, on route of Hurons to Iroquois country, [135].
LAKE SUPERIOR explored by Radisson and Groseillers, [201] et seq.
LA SALLE, SIEUR DE, early connection with the Jesuits, [225]; comes to Canada, [225]; goes exploring, [226]; becomes a supporter of Frontenac, [227]; goes to France and wins the King, [228]; in command of Fort Frontenac, [229]; his ambition, [229]; visits France and procures extraordinary commission, [230]; begins his great exploration, [231], builds stronghold at mouth of Niagara River, [232]; builds first vessel launched on Upper Lakes, [233]; sails on his great enterprise, [234]; the "Griffin," [235]; goes in canoes down Illinois River, [238]; allies himself with the Illinois, [239]; builds Fort Crèvecoeur, [240]; reaches the Mississippi, [245]; starts for the Gulf of Mexico, [250]; adventures by the way, [251] et seq., reaches the Gulf, [254]; bestows the name Louisiana, [254]; hardships and hostility on return voyage, [255]; goes to France, [257]; appears on coast of Texas, [261], his purpose, [262]; his difficulties and his dilemma, [263] et seq.; mistake of his pilots, [264]; loss of his vessels, [264], [265]; loss of men by sickness and Indians, [266]; builds fort at Lavaca, [266]; vainly seeks the Mississippi, [266] et seq.; sets out for Canada, [272]; assassinated, [275]; what he had achieved, [275]; by whom his plan was carried out, [278] et seq.
LAUDONNIÈRE, RENÉ DE, an officer under Ribaut, [68]; goes in command of a second expedition to Florida, [77]; seizes Outina, [86]; releases him, [87]; declines proposal of Hawkins to carry him and his men home, [88]; buys a vessel from him, [89]; escapes the massacre, [94].
LAVACA, Texas, site of La Salle's fort, [266].
LE CARON, friar, discoverer of Lake Huron, [133], [149].
LE JEUNE, an early French missionary, winter's experience with hunting-party of Algonquins, [150].
LENAPE, an Algonquin tribe, [7].