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INDEX. 



bauch, 349 ; the Indians leave 

 the place, 361. See Appendix C. 



Military honor, Indian idea of it, 

 i. 194, 245. 



Minavavana, the great Ojibwa chief, 

 called also the Grand Saute ar, i. 

 327 ; his interview with Alex- 

 ander Henry, 327-331 ; his char- 

 acter and influence, 332, 333 ; 

 leads the attack on Michillimack- 

 inac, 353 ; his speech to the Ot- 

 tawas, ib. ; releases Mr. Henry, 

 856 ; description of him from 

 Carver's Travels, 361 note; comes 

 to Detroit to ask for peace, ii. 

 2iJ3. 



Missionary labors among the Indi- 

 ans by the Jesuits, i. 52 et seq., 

 73 ; by tlie English, 73. 



Mohawks, attack the Penobscot In- 

 dians, i. 7 note. 



" Mohog all devil ! " i. 7 note. 



Moui^rel population, French and 

 Indian, i. 78, 215. 



Monkton, General, reduces Acadia, 

 i. 114: commands under Wolfe 

 in the expedition against Quebec, 

 130 ; in command at Fort Pitt, 

 165. 



Monongahela River, passage of by 

 Braddock's army, i. 107, 110 ; 

 Battle of, 111-113. 



Montcalm (Louis Joseph de St. 

 Ve'ran), Marquis of, takes Oswe- 

 go, i. 122; captures Fort William 

 Henry, ib. ; repels the attack of 

 General Abercrombie on Ticon- 

 deroga, 123, 124 ; commands the 

 army in opposition to Wolfe, 127 ; 

 his defeat and death, 139. 



Montour, Captain, makes a success- 

 ful inroad upon the Indians, ii. 

 113. 



Montreal, attack on it by the Iro- 

 quois, i. 68 ; surrenders to the 

 English forces, 141. 



Moravian missions in Pennsylvania, 

 ii. 129 ; the converts involved in 

 danger from both the French and 

 the English, ib. ,• murder of some 

 of them, 130; the mission broken 

 up and the converts removed to 

 Philadelphia, 132, 133 ; sent 

 thence to New York, 139, 140 ; 

 insulted by the mob, 133, 140; 

 not allowed to enter New York 

 or to stay in New Jersey, 141 ; 



brought back to Philadelphia-, ib. ; 

 remain there a whole year, 155. 

 Morris, Captain, goes on an embas- 

 sy to the Illinois country, ii. 185 ; 

 his interview with Pontiac, 187 ; 

 holds a council with the Indians, 

 188 ; encounters a band of savage 

 warriors, 190 ; he is a captive 

 among the Indians, 191 ; expects 

 to be tortured, 192 ; is released, 

 193 ; abandons his mission and 

 returns to Detroit, 194 ; reference 

 to his pubhshed journals, 195 ; 

 returns home, meeting with dis- 

 aster on the way, 197, 198. 



Neutral Nation, why so named, i. 

 22 ; their destruction by the Iro- 

 quois, 24. 



New England, population contrasted 

 with that of Canada, i. 47 et seq. ; 

 their energy and patient industry, 

 50 ; did not obtain Indian lands 

 but by purchase, 81 note. 



New York, Province of, suffers 

 from Indian hostilities, ii. 74. 



Niagara, French fort there, i. 58, 

 62, 70 ; attack on it by the Eng- 

 hsh, 91 ; failure of the attack, 

 114; another attempt, 125; the 

 fort surrenders, 126 ; great con- 

 ference of Indians tliere, ii. 168 

 et seq. 



Ohio River, no Indians dwelt on its 

 banks, i. 155. 



Ohio Company, formed, and for 

 what purpose, i. 97. 



Ohio Valley, proposal to secure it 

 for the Enghsh, i. 96 ; French 

 settlements there, 62; further 

 encroachments, 87, 97 et seq. ; 

 alarm of the Indians of that vicin- 

 ity, 100; Ohio Indians at war 

 with the English, 142; estimate 

 of their numbers, 148 ; the Ohio 

 valley described as it was in 1760, 

 147 et seq. ; its population, 148 

 et seq.; routes of travel, 152; 

 modes of travel, 151-155. 



Ojibwa nation of Indians, i. 34; 



