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Kirke brothers (David, Louis, and Thomas) capture Quebec,
Kirke, Louis, left in charge of Quebec, surrenders it to French on conclusion of peace,
Kishon (the Fish), Indian name for governors of Massachusetts,
Kondiaronk, or the Rat, see
Rat
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La Barre, M. Lefebvre de, governor, arrival of,
;
summons conference on Indian question, 172;
applies for troops, 172;
takes to illegitimate trading, 175;
disparages discoveries of La Salle, 176;
instructed to restore to La Salle all his property, 180;
his unwise instructions to Iroquois, 180;
decides to make war on Senecas, 181;
corresponds with Colonel Dongan, governor of New York, 182;
leads expedition, 183;
arranges ignominious terms of peace, 186;
recalled, 188;
unfitness for his position, 189;
La Caffinière, M. de, commander of squadron sent against New York,
La Canardière, former name of Beauport flats,
(note)
La Chesnaye, trader, La Barre's dealings with,
La Chesnaye settlement, Iroquois raid on,
Lachine, massacre of,
,
,
La Durantaye, post commander, ordered to rendezvous at Niagara,
;
captures English canoes on the way, 210;
reports critical situation among Lake tribes, 240;
reinforced, 241
La Famine, La Barre's army encamps at,
La Forest, left in charge of Port Nelson,
La Grange-Trianon, Mlle. de, becomes wife of Frontenac,
Laguide, Madeleine, niece of Talon, wife of François Perrot,
La Hontan, Baron de, on treatment of captured Iroquois at Fort Frontenac,
;
on interview between Frontenac and Denonville, 233;
declines to go on embassy to Iroquois, 261;
his account of attack on Quebec by Phipps, 285
Lamberville, Jesuit father, missionary to the Iroquois,
,
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La Motte Cadillac, post commander at Michilimackinac,
La Peltrie, Mme. de, arrival of, at Quebec,
;
accompanies Maisonneuve to Montreal, 33
Laprairie, attack on, by war party under John Schuyler,
;
serious encounter at, between Canadian forces and party under Peter Schuyler, 312
La Salle, René Robert Cavelier de, sent to invite Iroquois to conference,
;
first commandant of Fort Frontenac (Cataraqui), 88;
reports Perrot's defiant proceedings to Frontenac, 92;
his views on sale of liquor to Indians, 123;
obtains grant of Fort Frontenac from king, 156;
obtains exclusive right of trading in Mississippi region, 158;
relations with Frontenac, 162;
discoveries disparaged by La Barre and also by the king, 176;
financial affairs, 178;
his forts and other property seized by La Barre restored to him, 179;
king takes him under his special protection, 180
Lauson, M. Jean de, governor,
;
returns to France, 42
Laval-Montmorency, François Xavier de, arrival of as vicar-apostolic and bishop of Petraea
in partibus
,
;
sends M. de Queylus back to France, 43;
disagrees with governor Argenson, 45;
also with Avaugour, 46;
sails for France (1662), 46;
procures recall of Avaugour, and appointment of M. de Mézy, 48;
returns to Quebec September 1663, 48;
establishes Quebec Seminary, 48;
and Lesser Seminary, 49;
quarrels with Mézy, 50;
sails for France to settle question of bishopric, May 1672, 70;
made bishop of Quebec and returns to Canada, 1675, 71;
establishes ecclesiastical court, 111;
curtails honours paid to governor in church, 112;
king's instructions on the subject, 113;
Frontenac's estimate of bishop's revenue, 114;
objects to trading permits issued by governor, as involving selling of liquor to Indians, 116;
gains the king over to his views, 118;
sends grand-vicar to France to uphold his policy, 118;
goes to France to press his views (1678), 125;
effect of his elevation to rank of bishop, 164;
rejects offer of Récollets to serve the parishes without any fixed provision for their support, 165;
determines to resign, 190;
goes to France, 1684, 191;
chooses M. de Saint Vallier as his successor, 191;
describes Canada as "the country of miracles," 301
Lavaltrie, M. de, seigneur, commands militia in attack on Iroquois,
;
killed by Iroquois, 323
Lebert, merchant, of Montreal, imprisoned by Perrot,
;
La Barre's dealings with, 175
Le Chasseur, secretary to Frontenac,
Leclercq, Père, Récollet, on great need for Récollet order in Canada,
(note);
on Schenectady massacre, 247 (note);
on "flag" incident in siege of Quebec, 296 and note
Leisler, Jacob, seizes government of New York,
Le Jeune, Jesuit father, preaches funeral sermon of Champlain,
Le Moyne, Charles, sent to invite Onondagas to conference,
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Liquor traffic, condemned by Champlain,
;
question referred to a meeting of the principal inhabitants, 121;
king's decision thereon, 125;
evils depicted, 335
Longueuil, Le Moyne de, commands militia in attack on Iroquois,
Lorin, M. Henri, author of
Le Comte de Frontenac
, referred to,
,
,
,
,
,
,
(note),
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Lotbinière, Réné Charlier de, member of the Sovereign Council,
Louis XIII of France, close relations of Frontenac family with,
Louis XIV, his war with Holland,
;
absolutism of his rule, 151-3;
desires to have permanent curacies (cures fixes) established in Canada, 164;
private life, 166;
pronounces La Salle's discoveries useless, 176;
later takes him under his special protection, 180
Louvigny, M. de, sent with reinforcements to Michilimackinac,
Loyal, Fort (Casco Bay), captured by Canadians,
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Madocawando, Abenaquis chief,
Maisonneuve, Paul Chomedy, sieur de, conducts mission colony to Montreal,