INDEX. 



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L. 



L'Arbre Croche, a settlement of 

 the Ottawa Indians, i. 331, 351, 

 35-1, 366. 



La Butte, interpreter to Major 

 Gladwyn at Detroit, i. 226 ; goes 

 with a message to Pontiac, 237 ; 

 his fidelity suspected, 242 ; Ma- 

 jor Gladwyn confides in him, 

 249 note. 



Laclede, Pierre, tlie founder of St. 

 Louis, ii. 257. 



Lake George, called Lac St. Sacre- 

 ment, i. 121 ; battle of, 115-119 ; 

 the lake described, 121 ; tlie 

 scene of active warfare, ih. 



Lallemant, Gabriel, missionary 

 among the Hurons, tortured with 

 fire, i. 54 ; his lingering death, ib. 



Lancaster, Pa., jail, Indians lodged 

 there for safely, ii. 123 ; the jail 

 broken open and the Indians 

 killed, 124, 125 ; an account of 

 the affair by Franklin, 125 note. 



Langlade, Charles, a resident at 

 Mackinaw, i. 342 ; a witness of 

 the massacre and careless about 

 it, 342, 344 ; kindness of his wife, 

 345 ; he surrenders Mr. Henry to 

 his pursuers, 347 ;. saves Henry's 

 life, 349 ; his heartlessness, 351 ; 

 he and his father the first white 

 settlers in Wisconsin, 342 note. 



La Salle, Robert Cavelier de, his 

 great design, i. 57 ; his character, 

 58 ; builds the first vessel on the 

 upper lakes, ib. ; his voyage on 

 Lakes Erie and Michigan, ib. ; 

 penetrates the region of the Illi- 

 nois, 59 ; his difficulties and em- 

 barrassments, ib. ; descends the 

 Mississippi, 60 ; reaches its 

 mouth, and takes possession of 

 the whole immense valley for 

 Louis XIV., 61 ; ruin of his final 

 expedition, ih. ; his death, ib. ; 

 a further account of liim, ii. 249, 

 250. 



La Verandye attempts to reach the 

 Rocky Mountains, i. 71 ; pene- 

 trates to the Assinniboin River, ib. 



Legends of the Iroquois, their mon- 

 strous character, i. 14, 15, 38 ; of 

 the Algonquins, 38, 39. 



Lenni Lenape, see Delaivares. 



Leslie. Lieutenant, at Micliillimack- 



inac, i. 339 ; taken by the Indi- 

 ans, 341, 364. 



Loftus, Major, his abortive attempt 

 to ascend the Mississippi, ii. 266, 

 267. 



Loskiel, Moravian missionary, quot- 

 ed, ii. 9. 



Louisiana colonized, i. 61. 



M. 



Macdonald, James, of Detroit, his 

 account of the detention of two 

 British officers, i. 241 note ; his 

 account of the death of Capt. 

 Campbell, 298 note. 



McDougal, Lieutenant, of Detroit, 

 visits the Indian camp and is 

 treacherously seized, i. 238 ; the 

 McDougal MSS. quoted, 252; 

 escapes, 298. 



McGiegory, Major, attempts the fur- 

 trade, but fails, i. 72. 



Meloche, at his liouse two British 

 officers are confined, i. 241, 249 ; 

 further notice of the house, 310, 

 312. 



Menomonies, their location, i. 362 ; 

 friends of the English in Pontiac's 

 war, 365. 



Miami nation of Indians, i. 33 ; 

 friendly to the English, 93; re- 

 tained their ancient character, 

 161. 



Miami fort. See Fort Miami. 



Michillimackinac, a French settle- 

 ment and fort, i. 55, 62 ; taken 

 possession of by the English, 170 ; 

 captured by the Indians, 275, 

 276 ; the approach to it described, 

 322, 323 ; description of the place 

 itself, 323, 338, 358; import of 

 the name, 323; tradition con- 

 cerning the name, 359 note ; early 

 history of the i)lace, 324 ; its pop- 

 ulation in 1763, ib. ; Indian tribes 

 in the vicinity, 325 ; they join in 

 the conspiracy of Pontiac, 333 ; 

 strength of the garrison at the 

 time. 334 ; warnings of danger, 

 ib.; the evening before the mas- 

 sacre, 336 ; the morning of the 

 massacre, ball-play, 338 ; the 

 massacre, 341 ; shocking scenes, 

 343; followed by an Indian de- 



