La Hontan Louis Armand De Lom D'arce Baron De 1666-1715 Arrived
in Canada in 1683; spent some time at Quebec, and also travelled
extensively in the West. Embodied the result of his Canadian experiences
in a volume of travels, which, especially his extraordinary story of the
Riviere Longue, has been the subject of much controversy. Visited
Newfoundland in 1692 and 1693; and afterwards travelled in Portugal,
Spain, and Holland. =Index=: (Count Frontenac era) On treatment of captured Indians at
Fort Frontenac, 216; on interview between Frontenac and Denonville, 233;
declines to go on embassy to Iroquois, 261; his account of attack on
Quebec by Phipps, 285. =Bib.=: Nouveaux Voyages dans l'Amerique
Septentrionale, La Haye, 1703. Published in English, London, 1735. For
other editions, see Thwaites's edition of the Voyages, Chicago,
1905. See also Roy, Le Baron de Lahontan (R. S. C., 1894).