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red Fort Nelson. Two years later captured Pemaquid; and, sailing to Newfoundland, captured St. John's and raided the villages along the coast. In 1697 again sailed to Hudson Bay, defeated a superior fleet, and recaptured Fort Nelson. The following year sailed from Brest in command of an expedition to discover the mouth of the Mississippi and plant a colony there, in both of which he was successful. The remaining years of his life spent in building up the colony of Louisiana. =Index=: =F= Accompanies expedition to Hudson Bay, 206; joins war party against Schenectady, 235; arrives from Hudson Bay with two captured vessels, 325; takes Fort Pemaquid, 331; exploits in Hudson Bay, 342-350; sails for France, and returns with two French ships, 343; captures Fort Nelson, 345; sails for France, 346; attacks English settlements in Newfoundland, 346; takes St. John's, 347; in his ship _Pelican_ successfully engages three English vessels, 349; sails for France, 349. =L= Commands expedition against English in Hudson Bay, 204; his exploits in Newfoundland and Hudson Bay, 232; subsequent services and death of, 233. =Bib.=: Reed, _First Great Canadian_; Parkman, _Half Century of Conflict_; Laut, _Conquest of the Great North-West_; Colby, _Canadian Types of the Old Regime_; Desmazures, _Histoire du Chevalier d'Iberville_; Gayarre, _History of Louisiana_; Margry, _Decouvertes des Francais_; Wallace, _Louisiana under the French_; Martin, _History of Louisiana_; Bacqueville de la Potherie, _Histoire de l'Amerique Septentrionale_; Jeremie, _Relation du Detroit et de la Baye d'Hudson_ (Bernard, _Recueil de Voiages au Nord_). _See also_ bibliography at the end of Reed's work. =Ihonatiria.= =Ch= Jesuit mission to Hurons founded at, 228. =Ile a la Crosse.= Lake and trading-post. The lake is on the upper waters of the Churchill River, in about long. 108 deg. Its name is derived from the Indian game of lacrosse, which was very popular there. The first trading-post was built on a peninsula on the western side of the lake by Thomas Frobisher in 1776. Other forts were built there later by the North West Company and the Hudson's Bay Company, the lake being a strategic point in the western fur trade. =Ile-aux-Coudres.= On north shore of the St. Lawrence, above Murray Bay. =Index=: =WM= Arrival of British advance squadron at, 83; camp established on, 89; capture by Canadians of two British officers on, 89. =Ile-aux-Noix.= =WM= Fortified post on L
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