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Mher, {Red J 328. 

 River, of Maubtle, 343, 



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Saguenayy River, 14, 



Saint Laurence, of the Gulf of this 

 Name, 11. Of the Entrance of 

 the River St, Laurence, 12. Of its 

 Tides, and the Variation of the 

 Compafs, 16, 17. Of the Fifh 

 taken in the Gulf and River of St. 

 Laurence, 85, 86. Defcription of 

 the Falls of this River, 116, 117, 

 119. 



St. Francois, Ifles and Village of St, 

 Français, 59, 60. Lake of St, Fran- 

 cois, 118. 



St, Paul, (Bay of) 16. 



St, Peter s Ftp, Defcription of it, 85. 



St, Peter's IJlands, 10, Lake of St. 

 Peter, 52, 



S^kis, a Savage Nation, 204. A 

 Council of the Sakis, and on what 

 Occafion, 205. 



Savages, Zeal of the Chriftian Savages 

 of Loretta, 28. Preparations and 

 Superftitions of the Savages for 

 hunting the Bear, 55, 56. The 

 Manner of hunting the Bear : A 

 ridiculous Ceremony when the 

 Bear is killed : How the Hunters 

 are received at their Return, 57. 

 Of their hunting Dogs, 58. They 

 marry the Seine before they ufe it, 

 S6. Chara^er of thofe of the En- 

 virons of Hudfons Bay, 107, 108. 

 Of the Savages of the North of 

 Canada, 112. Other Savages of 

 Hudfon s Bay, 113. The Manner 

 ^f declaring War among the Sa- 

 vages, 130. Motives which en- 

 gage the Savages to make War, 

 ^3^> See War, The No- 



tion the Savages have of Cou- 

 rage, 139, 140. The Principle 

 of the Barbarity they exercife to- 

 wards their Prifoners of War, 165, 

 Their Skill in Négociations, 167, 

 368. Savage Nations fettled near 

 the Fort of Detroit, 172. Council 

 •of the three Nations at the Fort, 

 173. The Refult of it, 174. 



Savages, of Canada : Why they are 

 more eafily converted than more 

 .civilized Nations^ 179» A general 



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Idea of their Government, 180. 

 Divifions of the Nations int© 

 Tribes, 180. Obfervations on th« 

 Names of the Chiefs, 181. Of the 

 Succeffion and Eleétion of the 

 Chiefs, 181. Of their Power, 182. 

 Of the AfTiftants or Counfellors : 

 Of the Body of the Elders: Of 

 the War-Chiefs, 182. The Power 

 of the Women in fome Nations, 

 183. The Wifdom of thefe Coun- 

 cils, 183. Of the Orators: Of 

 the Interefts of thefe People : The 

 Policy of the Iroquois, 184, Of the 

 Government of the Villages : The 

 Defeds of this G overmen t, 185. 

 How jealous the Savages are of 

 their Honour, 189. The Pains the 

 young Savages take to adorn them- 

 lelves, 191. Fable x)f the Savages 

 2ihonX. ÛiQ Upper Lake, 193. Their 

 Traditions about MichUlimakinac^ 

 J94. Their Marriages, 196, &c, 

 Jealoufy of the Savages, 197. Of 

 naming their Children, 200. Re- 

 -marks on their Names, 201. The 

 Savages of the Bay des Puans dance . 

 the Calumet, 206. Superftitions 

 of the People near the Bay, 210. 

 Various Nations to the North and 

 y^GÏioi Canada, ^ïl, 

 Savages, of Canada : Their Portrait : 

 Their Strength, 212. Their Vices: 

 Why they do not multiply : Advan- 

 tages they have over us, 2 1 3 . Their 

 Eloquence : Their Memory : Their 

 Penetration : Their Judgment, 



214. Their Greatnefs of Soul, &c. 

 Their Conftancy in fufFering Pains, 



215, Their Valour: Their Kind- 

 nefs to each other, 217. Their 

 Pride, and their other Failings, 217* 

 Their Qualities of the Heart, 218. 

 Example of the little Affedlion of 

 Children for their Parents, 218, 

 Particular Friendfnips among the 

 Savages, 219. The Colour of the 

 Savages, 219. Why they have no 

 Hair on their Bodies, 220. Their 

 Secrecy concerning their Simples^ 

 and the Mines of their Country, 

 225. The fad Confequences of their 

 Drunkennefs, 228. Their Happi- 

 nefs, 229. Their Contempt for 

 our Way of living, 230. The Care 

 Mothers take of their Children, 



