the Athabaska. =Bib.=:
Burpee, _Search for the Western Sea_; Bryce, _Hudson's Bay Company_.

=Metiomegne.= =L= Algonquian chief, joins Dollard at Long Sault, 69.

=Metis.= =Md= Or Half-breeds, view with alarm the prospect of annexation
of territories to Canada, 157; their complaints as to division of lands,
240; their sympathy with Riel, 243.

=Meulles, Chevalier Jacques de.= Intendant of New France, 1682-1686. The
son of Francois Meulles, seignior of the forest of Montpensier, in
Poitou; held the office of grand bailiff, or magistrate, of Orleans,
before coming to Canada. Married a sister of Michel Begon, intendant of
Rochefort, and father of Michel Begon, afterwards intendant of New
France. =Index=: =F= Intendant, opposed to popular representation, 69;
arrival of, 171; criticizes La Barre in despatches, 173, 174; on La
Barre's expedition against Senecas, 188; recalled, 207; visits Acadia,
and makes census, 271. =L= Succeeds Duchesneau as intendant, 68;
incapable and conceited, 186; the king's instructions to, 186, =Bib.=:
Roy, _Intendants de la Nouvelle-France_ (R. S. C., 1903); Parkman,
_Frontenac_.

=Mexico.= =Ch= Visited and described by Champlain, 4.

=Mezy, Augustin de Saffray, Chevalier de.= Governor of New France from
1663 until his death in 1665. =Index=: =F= Appointed governor on Laval's
recommendation, 48; quarrels with Laval, 50; death of, 50. =L= Governor,
sides with traders on the liquor question, 10; succeeds D'Avaugour, 41;
supports the bishop at first, and then quarrels with him, 51; death of,
51. =Bib.=: Parkman, _Frontenac_ and _Old Regime_.

=Miami Indians.= A tribe of the Algonquian family, belonging chiefly to
what is now Wisconsin, where the French first came in contact with them
in 1690. After 1700 many removed to Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, and
adjoining territory. In the colonial wars they fought indifferently on
both sides. In 1812 they served under Tecumseh with the British against
the Americans. =Index=: =Dr= Dorchester's speech to, 282. =Bib.=: Hodge,
_Handbook of American Indians_.

=Miami River.= Rises in Hardin County, Ohio, and flowing south and
south-west for about 150 miles, enters the Ohio River, twenty miles west
of Cincinnati. =Index=: =S= General Wayne defeats Indians on, 139.

=Michel, Jacques.= =Ch= Huguenot, violent conduct of, towards Father
Jean de Brebeuf, 201; his fate, 202.

=Michigan Territory.= =Bk= Ceded to Britain with surrender of Detroit,
255, 260.

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