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;;508 INDEX.sends Hennepin to <strong>the</strong> Mississippi,185 ;parting with Tonty,188 ; hardihood <strong>of</strong>, 189-201 ;his winter journey to FortFrontenac, 1 89 ; <strong>the</strong> desertedtown <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Illinois, 191 ; meetingwith Chief Chassagoac, 1 92 ;" Starved Rock," 192 ; <strong>La</strong>keMichigan, 1 93 ; <strong>the</strong> wilderness,193, 194; Indian alarms, 195;reaches Niagara, 197 ; man <strong>and</strong>nature in arms against, 198 ;mutineers at Fort Crevecoeur,199 ; chastisement <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> mutineers,201 ; strength in <strong>the</strong> face <strong>of</strong>adversity, 202 ; his best hope inTonty, 202 ; sets out to succorTonty, 203; kills buffalo, 205;a night <strong>of</strong> horror, 207 ; fears forTonty, 209 ; finds <strong>the</strong> ruins <strong>of</strong>Fort Crevecoeur, 211; beholds<strong>the</strong> Mississippi, 212; beholds<strong>the</strong> "Great Comet <strong>of</strong> 1680,"213 ; returns to Fort Miami, 215 ;jealousy <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Iroquois <strong>of</strong>, 219 ;238 ; route <strong>of</strong>, 276 ;Margrybrings to light <strong>the</strong> letters <strong>of</strong>,281 ; begins anew, 283 ;plansfor a defensive league, 284Indian friends, 285 ; hears goodnews <strong>of</strong> Tonty, 287 ; Illinoisallies, 287 ; calls <strong>the</strong> Indians toa gr<strong>and</strong> council, 289 ;his power<strong>of</strong> oratory, 289 ; his harangue,289 ; <strong>the</strong> reply <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> chiefs,291; finds Tonty, 292; partswith a portion <strong>of</strong> his monopolies,293 ; at Toronto, 293 ; reaches<strong>La</strong>ke Huron, 294; at FortMiami, 294 ; on <strong>the</strong> Mississippi,297 ; among <strong>the</strong> Arkansas Indians,299 ; takes formal possession<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Arkansas country,300 ; visited by <strong>the</strong> chief <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>Taensas, 302 ; visits <strong>the</strong> Coroas,305 ; hostility, 305 ; <strong>the</strong> mouth <strong>of</strong><strong>the</strong> Mississippi, 306 ; takes possession<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Great <strong>West</strong> forFrance, 306 ; bestows <strong>the</strong> name<strong>of</strong> " Louisiana " on <strong>the</strong> newdomain, 309 ; attacked by <strong>the</strong>Quinipissas, 310 ; revisits <strong>the</strong>Coroas, 310; seized by a dangerousillness, 310; rejoinsTonty at Michilimackinac, 311 ;his projected colony on <strong>the</strong>banks <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Illinois, 313 ; intrencheshimself at StarvedRock," 313 ;ga<strong>the</strong>rs his Indianallies at Fort St. Louis, 315;his colony on <strong>the</strong> Illinois, 316 ;success <strong>of</strong> his colony, 318;letters to <strong>La</strong> Barre, 319-322; defamed by <strong>La</strong> Barre toSeignelay, 322-324; <strong>La</strong> Barreplots against, 325 ; <strong>La</strong> Barretakes possession <strong>of</strong> Fort Frontenac<strong>and</strong> Fort St. Louis, 325-327 ; sails for France, 327painted by himself, 328-342;difficulty <strong>of</strong> knowing him, 328 ;his detractors, 329 ; his letters,329-331 ; vexations <strong>of</strong> his position,331 ; his unfitness for trade,332 ; risks <strong>of</strong> correspondence,332; his reported marriage,334 ; alleged ostentation, 335 ;motives <strong>of</strong> actions, 335 ; charges<strong>of</strong> harshness, 336 ; intriguesagainst him, 337 ; unpopularmanners, 337, 338 ; a strangeconfession, 339; his strength<strong>and</strong> his weakness, 340, 341 ; contrasts<strong>of</strong> his character, 341, 342 ;at court, 343 ; received by <strong>the</strong>King, 344 ; new proposals <strong>of</strong>,345-347 ; small knowledge <strong>of</strong>Mexican geography, 348 ;plans<strong>of</strong>, 349 ; his petitions granted,350; Forts Frontenac <strong>and</strong> St

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