INDEX. 



Lmifiana. Fruit trees of that country, ii. 223. Its fo- 

 refts, ii. 345. Where the fettlements ought to be 

 placed, ii, 298. Caufe of the unjuft notion enter- 

 tained of it in France, ii. 300. Defertions frequent 

 in Louifiana, ii. 353. 



LicenfeS} abufe of, i. 127. 



M. 



Ma'iz. The corn of Canada, ii. 122. Of Maiz bread, 

 ii. 124. 



Maladies 9 the ordinary, amongft the Indians, ii. 172. 



Their extravagant notions about them, ii. 177. 

 Magdalen, Cape of, i. 79. 



Magicians, their punifhment amongft the Indians, ii. 



34. 



Malhomines, or wild-oat men, an Indian nation, ii. 61. 



Marameg, river ; its mines, ii. 219. 



Marriages^ of the Indians, of the plurality of wives and 

 hufbands, ii. 48, 49. Particular laws relating to mar- 

 riage, ii. 49. In what manner marriages are con- 

 tracted, ii. 50. Ceremonies ufual in it, ii. 52. 



Marjhal, Englifti interloper at Biloxi, ii. 352. His fate, 



m 359. 



Martyrs. Indians on the Iflands of Martyrs, ii. 322. 

 Defcription of thefe iflands, ii. 329. Great currents 

 between thefe iflands and the Tortugas, ii. 334. 



Matanzas, Defcription of the bay of Matanzas, ii. 



361. 



Maubile, river of, ii. 308. 

 Mafcoutius, an Indian nation, i. 287. 

 Medicine, principles upon which that of the Indians turns, 



ii.179. 



Miamis, Indians, feem to have the fame original with 

 the Illinois, i. 287. Cuftoms peculiar to them in pre- 

 paring for war, i. 334. Games ufed amongft them, 

 ii. 102, &c. 



Michigan, lake, danger of the navigation on it: obferva- 

 tion on the rivers which run into it from the Eaft, ii. 

 94. 



Michillimakinac. Situation of that poft, ii. 43. Tradi- 

 tions of the Indians about Michillimakinac : plentiful 

 filhery in that canton, ii. 45, 46. 



