RIBAUT, CAPTAIN JEAN, his first expedition to America, 67; comes, with large colony, to Fort Caroline, 89; goes with his whole force to attack Menendez, at St. Augustine, 90; is overtaken by hurricane, driven down the coast and wrecked, 91; crews massacred, 91 _et seq._
RICHELIEU OR SOREL RIVER, route followed by Champlain, 115.
ROBERVAL, SIEUR DE, vainly attempts to colonize Canada, 63.
ROCHE, MARQUIS DE LA, story of his disastrous venture, 102.
ROCKY MOUNTAINS, THE, western boundary of Dakota-Sioux, 10; discovered, 318.
SABLE ISLAND, southeast of Nova Scotia, 102.
SACS AND FOXES, Algonquin tribes, 7; slaughter of, 173.
ST. ANTHONY, FALLS OF, discovered and named, 306.
ST. CROIX RIVER, Mouth of, place of Champlain's first settlement, 107.
ST. JOHN'S BLUFF, site of first fort on the St. John's River, 79.
ST. LAWRENCE, Gulf and River, why so named, 57.
SAULT STE. MARIE, furthest western post of French missionaries, 45; a missionary's description of, 206, note.
SAVANNAH RIVER, southern boundary of Algonquins, 7.
SENEGAS, a tribe of the Iroquois League, 9.
SHOSHONEES, a native stock; its range, 10.
SIX NATIONS, THE, what tribes included, 9.
STADACONÉ, Indian village, near site of Quebec, 58.
"STARVED ROCK," probable site of La Salle's Fort St. Louis, 256.
SUSQUEHANNOCKS, a Huron-Iroquois tribe, 9.
TADOUSSAC, early post, well situated for fur-trade, 121.
TAENSAS INDIANS visited by La Salle, 251; described, 253, note.
THIMAGOAS, an Indian tribe in Florida, 80.
THREE RIVERS, one of earliest French posts on the St. Lawrence, 191.
THWAITES, DR. REUBEN GOLD, authority on colonial history, his judgment as to Radisson, Preface; recites tradition of slaughter of Sacs and Foxes, 173.
TONTY, HENRI DE, La Salle's faithful lieutenant, 237; trying experiences in the Illinois country, 245 _et seq._; his efforts to rescue La Salle and his men, 276 _et seq._
TOTEM, a clan-symbol used by Indians, 21.
TRENT RIVER, on route of Hurons to Iroquois country, 135.
TRIBE, THE, an aggregation based on the family-tie, 23; in some aspects an ideal republic, 36.
TUSCARORAS, a tribe of the Iroquois League, 9.
VASSEUR, a lieutenant under Laudonnière, 80.
VÉRENDRYE, PIERRE GAULTIER DE VARENNES DE LA, his early experiences, 314; his efforts to reach the Pacific, 315, establishes a chain of posts, 316; disappointed of reaching the Pacific, 317.