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 Rivière Longue, has been the subject of much controversy. Visited Newfoundland in 1692 and 1693; and afterwards travelled in Portugal, Spain, and Holland. Index : F On treatment of captured Indians at Fort Frontenac, 216; on interview between Frontenac and Denonville, 233; declines to go on emba y to Iroquois, 261; his account of attack on Quebec by Phipps, 285. Bib. : Nouveaux Voyages dans l'Amérique Septentrion ale , 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).