ABENAKI Indians, the, 4, 7; mis- sion of Father Druilletes among, 419; suffer from Mohawk in- roads, 422; petition for English assistance, 422.
Abenaki Villages, the, 419. Abercrombie, 313.
Abraham, Plains of, see Plains of Abraham.
Absolutism, contest with liberty,
Agonnonsionni, the, 37. Agreskoui (Areskoui), the Iro- quois deity, 73.
Ahatsistari, Eustache, the Huron chief, 308, 312. Ahoendoé (Christian Island), 500. Ahrendarrhonons, the. 44. Aiguillon, Duchesse d', interest in the Huron Mission, 244; founds a Hôtel-Dieu at Quebec, 274, 276.
Brébeuf, 492, 494; on the char acter of Garnier, 511. Algonquin Indians, the, vast ex- tent of territory of, 4; broad signification of the name, 4; densest population in New Eng- land, 5; enmity towards the Iroquois, 6; medical practices of, 31; belief in manitous and okies, 63-70; Manabozho the king of all animal kings among, 66; belief in Atahocan, 69; winter life, 111-113; the "feast of the dead," 167; war with the Dutch, 331; effect of Iroquois hostilities on, 340; once nearly destroy the Mohawks, 375; an- cient superiority over the Iro- quois, 375; the grand peace council, 384-393; war with the Mohawks, 395; disappearance of, 520; the Mohawks make incessant attacks on, 523; in- volved in a common ruin, 550.
Ailleboust, D', see Coulonges, Louis Algonquin Mission, the, Le Jeune
Ailleboust, Madame d', 407; kind- ness to Marie, wife of Jean Bap- See also Boulogne,
Albany, city of, 306, 324.
learns the difficulties of, 129; 470.
Algonquins of Gaspé, the, 21; fetich-worship among, 66; ideas of another life. 79. Alleghanies, the, 442.
Alegambe, 312; on the character of Alleghany River the, 36.
Allouez, denies Indian belief in a | Annieronnons (Mohawks), the
Allumette Island, 9, 132, 133, 137, Anonatea, 185.
Aquanuscioni (Iroquois), the, 37.
America, a scene of wide-spread Areskoui, the Iroquois deity, 73,
Amikouas (People of the Beaver), Armouchiquois Indians, the, in a
Andacwandet, the mystical cure,
state of chronic war with tribes of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, 6.
Arundel, Earls of, 492.
Andagaron, Mohawk town of, 317. Asserué, Mohawk town of, 317.
Andastaeronnons, the, 36. Andastaguez, the, 36.
Andastes, the, 5; location and characteristics of, 36; syno- nymes of, 36; plans for con- verting, 130; war with the Mohawks, 395; the Hurons ask aid in war from, 440; mortal quarrel with the Mohawks, 441 ; promise to aid the Hurons, 441; Huron fugitives try to reach, 518, 528; the Mohawks first to bear the brunt of war with, 546; receive aid from the Swedish colonists, 546; attack the Sene- cas, 547; their only strength in their courage, 548; finally over- borne by the Senecas, 548. Andaste War, the Mohawks first to bear the brunt of, 546; be- comes a war of inroads and skirmishes, 547. Andastracronnons, the, 36. Andiatarocte, 313. Ann, Cape, 423.
Annaotaha, Étienne, the Huron
war-chief, 531; strategy of, 531- 534; death of, 535.
Assistaeronnons (Nation of Fire), the, 540.
Ataentsic, legend of, 70–72. Atahocan, belief among the primi- tive Algonquins in, 69. Ataronchronous, the, 44. Atirhagenrenrets, the, 33. Atironta, Jean Baptiste, chief, 444,
Atotarho, chief of the Onondagas, 45, 46; peculiar dignity always attached to, 48. Atsistaehonnons, the, 540. Atticamegues (Nation of the White Fish), 8; the grand peace council, 384-390; 524, 525. Attignaouentans, the, 44. Attignenonghac, the, 44. Attigouantans (Hurons), the, 9. Attionidarons, the, 33. Attiwandarons (Neutral Nation), the villages of, 33: population of, 33; extent of their territory, 33; origin of their name, 33: synonymes of, 33; customs of,
Anne of Austria, Queen, receives Augusta. English post at, 420, 423
Father Jogues, 334.
Annenrais, mercy shown by the Hurons to, 443.
Awandoay, hospitality to the Jes
BANAGIRO, Mohawk town of, 317. Bancroft, George, 36. Baptiste, Jean, Christian chief of Sillery, 379; murder of, 407. Barnabites, the, 194. Barnes, 325.
Baron, M., robbed by the Indians,
Barré, Charlotte, 302. Bartram, description of Iroquois council-house, 14; Indian fun- eral rites, 166. Baylies, 425.
Bear Nation, the, 444. Beaune, town of, 191. Beauport, settlement of, 90, 247. Belmont, formation of the Society of Notre-Dame de Montreal, 286; Maisonneuve refuses to re- main at Quebec, 297; 367, 371. Bernard, 379.
Bernières, M. de, sham marriage of Madame de la Peltrie to, 263, 266.
Bersiamite Indians, the, 7. Beverly, 16; Indian feasts, 83. Biard, Father Pierre, on sun- worship among the Indians, 69; in the abortive mission of Aca- dia, 92; imposed on by the In- dians, 117; 356.
Blackfoot Indians, the, 338. Blue Mountains, the, 32, 33, 506. Bochart, Du Plessis, 139. Bone-pits, 167.
Bonnet, Father, 433. Borgia, St. Francis, 130. Boston, 7; Father Druilletes sent
to, 422; his arrival at, 423. Bouillon, Godfrey de, his spirit lived again in Maisonneuve,
Boulogne, Barbe de, 360; mar- riage to D'Ailleboust, 361; her vow, 361; embarks for Canada,
361. See also, Ailleboust, Ma. dame d'.
Boulogne, Philippine de, embarks for Canada, 361. Bourdon, Sieur, 397, 433. Bourgeoys, Marguerite, 295; sketch of, 295; realized the fair ideal of Christian womanhood, 301; on the work of conversion at Ville- marie, 364.
Bowen, N. H., 534.
Bradford, Governor William, re- ceives Father Druilletes, 425. Brazil, 120.
Breant, Pierre, 251. Brébeuf, Jean de, on the number of Huron towns, 11; on the Huron dwellings, 12, 13; on the Huron fortifications, 16; on gam- bling among the Hurons, 24; on the Huron feasts, 25; on cannibalism among the Hurons, 28; on medical practices of the Hurons, 31; on Indian harmony and sociality, 40; on the govern- ment of the Hurons, 44; on the Iroquois tradition of the crea- tion, 71, 72; on the journey of the dead, 78; Indian feasts, 83; at the Residence of Notre-Dame des Anges, 92; arrival at Que- bec, 108; his labors among the Hurons, 108; on the Hurons at Quebec, 135; Huron mission falls to the lot of, 135; studies the Huron tongue, 139; journey to the Hurons, 140-142; arrival among the Hurons, 143; re- ception by the Hurons, 145; attempts to convert the Hurons, 150, 151; on the cure of a mad- man, 153; on the Dream Feast, 155; on the Indian idea of thun- der, 156; on the drought and the cross, 157; on Huron eloquence,
158; on the peculiar Indian | funeral rites, 159; on the "feast of the dead," 160-162; on the funeral games among the Hu- rons, 163-166; on the sacrifice of Huron prisoners, 169; on converting the Hurons, 177-180; distinctive traits of, 188; mir- acles, 197, 198; on the "infer- nal wolf," 207; the Jesuits im- peached by the Hurons, 210; writes a letter of farewell to Le Jeune, 212; the farewell feast, 213; on the narrow escapes of the Jesuits, 215, 216; letters to Vitelleschi, 225, 238; sets out for the Neutral Nation, 234, 235; Indians plot to kill, 236; sees a vision of the great cross, 236; returns to Sainte Marie, 238; considered a traitor by the In- dians, 452; 465; at Sainte Marie, 472; St. Louis attacked by the Iroquois, 483; refuses to escape, 483; relics of, found at St. Ig- nace, 489; at the stake, 490; tortured, 491; death of, 491; character of, 491, 492; burial of, 493; his skull preserved as a relic, 493; his desire to die for Christ, 494; visions of, 494. Bressani, Joseph, on tattooing among the Hurons, 20; on the government of the Hurons, 44; on thieving among the Indians, 56; on Indian funeral rites, 166; on the Jesuits impeached by the Hurons, 211; on the nar- row escapes of the Jesuits, 215, 275; on Father Jogues attacked by the Iroquois, 312; on the name of Lake George, 313; on the murder of Goupil by the Iroquois, 320; on the confeder- ates in a flush of unparalleled
audacity, 336; ordered to go up to the Hurons, 347; captured by the Iroquois, 348; tortures of, 349-351; ransomed by the Dutch, 351; arrives at Rochelle, 352; returns to Canada, 352; second attempt to reach the Hurons, 352; on De None's sen- sitiveness regarding the virtue of obedience, 353; on the death of De Noué, 356; at Sainte Marie, 471; the Hurons defeat the Iroquois, 476; on the death of Father Daniel, 479; St. Louis burned by the Iroquois, 484; on the physical weakness of Lale- mant, 493; on the misery of the Hurons on Isle St. Joseph, 503; the refugees on Isle St. Joseph, 505; on the Iroquois attack on St. Jean, 508; on the character of Garnier, 511; on the Huron mission abandoned, 519; meeting with Ragueneau and his fugitives, 521. Brest, 332.
Brittany, coast of, 332. Brulé, Étienne, visit to the Eries, 36; murdered by the Indians, 144; traditionary revenge of, 183, 258.
Bullion, Madame de, gives funds to build a hospital at Villemarie, 362; letter from Mlle. Mance, 362.
"Burn-Knives," the, 547. Buteux, Father Jacques, 309, 312; on the murder of Goupil by the Iroquois, 320; on the escape of Father Jogues from the Iro- quois, 327, 328; on the Iroquois atrocities, 343, 344, 403, 405. visits the Nation of the White Fish, 525; death of, 526.
CALIFORNIA, State of, 17; north- ern tribes of, 17. Callière, Point, 302. Calvinists, Dutch, 331.
Canada, 3, 4; two forces battling
for the mastery of, 335; ceases to be a mission, 551.
of the Hurons, 366; on dogs at Villemarie, 368; on the battle with the Iroquois, 369, 370; on the exploit of Maisonneuve, 371. Catlin, the painter, 224.
Cat, Nation of the, see Nation of the Cat.
Canada Missions, the theme of Cat Nation, Lake of the, 235.
enthusiastic discussion, 284.
Capuchins, the, 189, 251. Carafa, Father Vincent, 467. Carantoüans, the, 36.
Carayon, 92, 190, 221, 223, 226, 238, 467, 473.
Carme, Henri de St. Joseph, 190. Carmelites, the, 189, 243. Carolinas, the, 4.
Cartier, Jacques, 3; description of houses at Montreal, 13, 91. Carver, Captain, 62. Carver, the Friendly Society of the Spirit, 84. Casgrain, the Abbé, 263; com- ment on the sham marriage of Madame de la Peltrie, 265; ac- count of Marie de St. Bernard, 266; biographer of Madame de l'Incarnation, 269, 270; the vision of Madame de l'Incarna- tion, 273; 292; Madame de la Peltrie deserts her Ursulines, 300.
Cass, Hon. Lewis, 28, 65. Casson, Dollier de, on the popula-
tion of the Hurons, 11; 282; on the formation of the Society of Notre-Dame de Montreal, 286; on the consecration of Montreal, 294; on the arrival of Maison- neuve at Montreal, 301, 302; on the birth of Montreal, 303; on the infancy of Montreal, 358; on Montreal discovered by the Iroquois, 365; on the treachery
Cayuga Indians, the, 33, 45; num- ber of warriors, 395; 442; efforts for peace, 444, 540; attack the Andastes, 547.
Chabanel, Noël, distinctive traits
of, 195; joins the Huron mis- sion, 195; 465; at Sainte Marie, 471; at St. Jean, 506; at St. Matthias, 511; murder of, 512; vow of, 513. Chaleurs, Bay of, 415. Chambly, Rapids of, 349. Champfleur, 374, 381; interview with Kiotsaton, 382. Champlain, Lake, 312, 339, 349, 378, 397.
Champlain, Samuel de, 5; de-
scription of the Armouchiquois, 6; at Quebec, 8; on the num- ber of Huron towns, 11; on the Huron dwellings, 12, 13; on tattooing among the Hurons, 20; on the Huron women, 22, 23; on the medical practices of the Hurons, 31; on the rule of descent among the Hurons, 42; on the government of the Hu- rons, 44; on Indian sorcere::, 82; fort built at Quebec by, 89; arrival in Quebec, 108; on the Huron country, 132; on the Hurons at Quebec, 135; on the Huron mission, 135; death of, 241; points out Montreal as proper site for settlement, 284. Charity Island, 500. Charles, Chief, 441, 442.
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