Indian, bad ways, 163 beds, 142 bewailing memory of men killed, 156 ceremonies, 145 ceremony to the dead, 167 of dressing a bullock, 185 of rejoicing, 159 come to fort, 92 cruel trophies of, 158 dies of eating raw suet, 187 doleful entertainment, 168 entertainment, 141 expect presents, 174 humanity of the, 167 huts and families in them, 142 inhumanity, 158 maid brought to author, 150 manners, 144 manner of building, 142 their moveables, 142 men, 170 barbarity of towards a woman taken, 157 nations, 167 peculiar custom, 169 rats, 124 religion, 145 tillage, 142 tilling, instrument for, 143 tobacco, 146 take revenge, 87 women, 143 barbarity of, 158 their behavior, 144 disfigure themselves, 143 do all the work, 144, 193 habits, 144 ornaments of, 169 sow, 143 strong, 38 rejoice at victory, 157 with axes, 175 village abandoned, 120 inhabited, 123
Iroquois, 3, 8, 12, 13, 16, 20, 21, 23, 38, 49, 185, 188, 190, 198, 199 invasion, 16 war with, 195
Jesuits, 2, 5, 7, 12, 16, 22, 199, 200 mission among Hurons re-established by Marquette, 19
Joutel, Henri, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 48, 50, 89 believes Mississippi passed, 68 party, 108
Joly (The), 26, 54, 58, 64, 66, 67, 68, 74, 75, 79, 80, 89 boltsprit of lost, 55
l’ Aimable (ship), 61, 62, 65, 79, 80, 81, 85, 88, 89 cast astray, 83
l’ Archevêque, 116, 133, 134, 136, 153, 155, 161
La Belle (ship), 65, 66, 67, 69, 70, 78, 79, 80, 83, 85, 86, 94, 96, 97, 98, 101, 115 lost, 108 how lost, 110 what was saved from, 109
La Hontan’s forged discourse with a savage, wherein he renders himself ridiculous, 36
La Salle, 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 19, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 41, 44, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 53, 55, 56, 57, 58, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 66, 68, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 92, 94, 96, 97, 98, 101, 103, 110, 111, 115, 117, 118, 121, 122, 123, 124, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 137, 148, 149, 151, 152, 154, 156, 160, 176, 177, 178, 179, 180, 187, 188, 190, 197, 201, 202 account of, 41 barbarity towards body of, 135 character, 42, 135 conspiracy to murder, 133 consult to murder, 133 death of, 5, 29 is murdered, 134 first voyage of exploration, 3 return to France, 8 footman killed, 133 fort taken by Spaniards, 204 goes to discover the river, 90 returns; sets out again, 90 goes out to discover, 99 returns, 107 goes to seek conspirators, 134 Indian killed, 132 made proprietor of Ft. Frontenac, 43 men, 17 mistake, 69 much wronged, 89 patent of nobility, 8 resolves on third expedition, 114 persons with him, 116 the way they traveled, 117 Royal patent to explore Mississippi country, 10 reputation makes enemies, 43 second return visit to France, 10 voyage of exploration (1678–9), 11 sets out on another expedition, 108 discoveries; return, 113 seven men lost and four desert, 114 third return visit to France, 25 well received by natives, 126