i. 300;

Spain bent on making good her claims to, i. 301; Iberville enters, i. 301; Bienville explores, i. 302; i. 311, 319, 327, 328, 349; ii. 6, 57.

Mississippi, State of, i. 301, 302, 321.

Mississippi, the Valley of the, i. 22, 185; occupied by the French, ii. 58.

Missionaries, the Acadian, beginning of the political work of, i. 201; Governor Phillips advises the recall of, i. 203.

Mission of Two Mountains, the, converted Iroquois at, i. 341; set out against the Outagamies, i. 341.

Missions Étrangères, the priests of, i. 24.

Missouri Indians at Detroit, the, i. 283; village of, i. 359; join Bourgmont’s expedition, i. 361; i. 365.

Missouri River, the, i. 311; plans to explore, i. 354; Indian tribes of, i. 360; ii. 5.

Missouri, State of, i. 359.

Missouri, the, tribes of, ii. 28.

Mitchell, ii. 55.

Mobile, i. 307.

Mobile, the Bay of, French establishment at, i. 305, 312.

Mogg, the Norridgewock chief, killed by the English, i. 247.

Mohawk Indians, the, Jesuits among, i. 13; in the conquest of Canada, i. 139; Peter Schuyler takes five of their chiefs to England, i. 147; their flattering reception, i. 147; William Johnson among, ii. 211.

Mohawk River, the, Father Jogues on the banks of, i. 18; ii. 83.

Mohegan Indians, the, i. 50.

Monongahela, the, ii. 185.

Montagnais, the, i. 235.

Montigny, ii. 247.

Montmorency, M. de, ii. 268.

Montreal, i. 13; the fur-trade at, i. 14, 22;