French Pathfinders in North America

by William Henry Johnson

LÉRY, BARON DE, an early adventurer, left cattle on Sable Island, [103].

LEWIS AND CLARK sent out to explore route to Pacific, [321]; winter among Mandans, [321], note.

LIPANS, an offshoot of Athapascan stock, [7].

LONG HOUSE, THE, Indian name of Iroquois League, [28].

LOUISIANA, the name given by La Salle, [254].

MACKENZIE, ALEXANDER, discovers Mackenzie River, [318]; reaches the Pacific, [320].

MANDANS, Indian tribe, first visited by Vérendrye, [317]; by Lewis and Clark, [321], note; by George Catlin, [322]; his enthusiasm about them, [323]; his peculiar theory of their origin, [326]; their singular dwellings, [325]; story of a Mandan's revenge, [323].

MANHATTAN ISLAND first occupied by Dutch as a trading-post, [130], note.

MANITOU, Indian for "spirit," [126].

MARQUETTE, FATHER, missionary and explorer.