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Charlestown, peninsula of, 423.
Charlevoix, on the corruption of
the Hurons, 21; medical prac-
tices of, 31; on the Tionnontates,
33; on the Iroquois name, 37;
on the government of the Hu-
rons, 44; on Indian superstition
concerning animal spirits, 62;
on the Great Spirit," 67; on
the legend of Jouskeha, 72; on
the Indian ideas of another life,
79; on Indian funeral rites, 166;
comment on Madame de la Pel-
trie's sham marriage, 265; ac-
count of Madame de l'Incarna-
tion, 269; on the arrival of the
nuns in Quebec, 275; on Madame
de la Peltrie deserting her Ursu-
lines, 300; on Father Jogues
captured by the Iroquois, 314;
on the motive of Father Druil-
letes's mission among the Abe-
nakis, 419; on Druilletes's sec-
ond embassy to New England,
429; on the character of Bré-
beuf, 492; visit to Indian Lor-
ette, 537.

Chatelain (Chasllain), Pierre, sent
to the Huron mission, 175; 213,

216.

Châtillon, 190

Chaudière, Fall of the, 343.
Chaulmer, 245, 360.
Chaumonot, Joseph Marie, early
life of, 190-193; admitted to the
Jesuit novitiate, 193; embarks
for Canada, 194; miracles, 196;
on the visions occurring to Bré-
beuf, 198; narrow escape of,
215, 216; “sagamite,” 220;
letters to Father Philippe Nappi.
221, 238; on the intelligence of
the Indians, 226; sets out for
the Neutral Nation, 234, 235;
the Indians plot to kill, 236;

narrow escape of, 237; returns
to Sainte Marie, 238, 274; 466;
at Sainte Marie, 471; sees a
vision of Father Daniel, 473,
474; on the destruction of the
Hurons, 497; on the refugees on
Isle St. Joseph, 505; missionary
at Old Lorette, 536; plan for
chapel to Our Lady of Loretto,
536; on the number of the Iro-
quois, 544; 545.
Chauvigny, M. de, 263; death of,

265.

Chauvigny, Marie Madeleine de,
see La Peltrie, Madame de.
Cherokee Indians, the, system of

clanship among, 43.

Choctaw Indians, the, system of

clanship among, 43, 47.
Chomedey, Paul de, see Maison-
neuve, Sieur de.
Christian Island, 500
Clark, tradition of Hiawatha, 73;
Indian tales, 86.

Colden, 9.

Coliseum, the, at Rome, 197.
Condé, the great, 244.
Conessetagoes, the, 36.
Conestogas (Andastes), the, 36;
massacred by the
"Paxton
Boys," 440, 548.

Confederates, the, see Five Con-
federate Nations, the.
Contarrea, village of, 25.
Cooper, James Fenimore, 314.
Couillard, M., 90, 433, 434.
Coulonges, Louis d'Ailleboust de,
arrives at Villemarie, 360; his
marriage, 360, 361; embarks for
Canada, 361; succeeds Mont-
magny as governor of Quebec,

428.

Couture, Guillaume, 309; at-
tacked and captured by the
Iroquois, 311-323, 325; helps to

INDEX.

procure peace with the Iroquois,
382; returned to the French,
385; returns to winter among
the Iroquois, 395.

Creek Indians, the, system of
clanship of, 43, 47.

Crow Indians, the, 338.

Cusick, on the Huron fortifications,

16; on the Iroquois tradition
concerning the creation, 71; on
the Iroquois deities, 73; on the
Iroquois legends, 86.

DABLON, the Jesuit, on the cele-
bration of the Dream Feast,
155; on the removal of the Hu-
rons from Notre-Dame de Foy,
537; on the number of the Iro-
quois, 544, 545; hopes for the
success of the Andastes, 548.
Dahcotah Indians, the, 5; bark
villages of, 11; system of clan-
ship among, 42; acquisition of
"medicines," 66; magical soci-
eties among, 84; traditionary
tales, 85; belief in the oki, 156;
funeral rites among, 166. See
also Sioux Indians, the.
Dallion, La Roche, on the popula-

tion of the Attiwandarons, 33;
on the jealousy of the Hurons
regarding French trade, 35;
visit to the Neutrals, 238.
Daniel, Father Antoine, at the
Residence of Notre-Dame des
Anges, 92; arrival at Quebec,
108; on the Hurons at Quebec,
135; Huron mission falls to the
lot of, 135; journey to the Hu-
rons, 140-142; arrival among
the Hurons, 145; establishes
seminary for Huron children,

563

St. Joseph by the Iroquois, 477;
death of, 479, 494.
Dauversière, Jérôme de Royer de
la, description of, 281; enthusi-
astic devotee of mystical ten-
dencies, 281; the voice from
Heaven, 282; commanded to
establish a Hôtel-Dieu at Mont-
real, 282; perplexities, 282;
beholds vision in the church of
Notre-Dame, 284; meeting with
Olier, 285; proposes to found
three religious communities at
Montreal, 285; title to the
island of Montreal transferred
to, 288; appointed seigneur of
Montreal, 289; powers of, 289;
plans of, 289; tries to form the
community of hospital nuns,
289; revulsion of spirit, 290;
success in raising money, 291;
meeting with Mlle. Mance, 293;
a senseless enthusiast, 363; sick
and bankrupt, 432.

Davost, Father, at the Residence
of Notre-Dame des Anges, 92;
arrival at Quebec, 108; on the
Hurons at Quebec, 135; Huron
mission falls to the lot of, 135;
journey to the Ilurons, 140-142;
arrival among the Hurons, 145;
establishes seminary for Huron
children, 175.
Delaware Indians, the, tradition
concerning the creation, 72.
De Quen, see Quen, De.
Des Châtelets, M., 433, 434.
Detroit, city of, 530.
Detroit River, the, 5.
Diamond, Cape, 88, 103.
Dieskau, 314.
Dinet, Father, 273.

175; tranquil boldness of, 216; Dionondadies (Tobacco Nation),
returns to Quebec, 260; 473;

the, 32.

at St. Joseph, 476; attack on Doctor, Indian, 29, 81.

Douare, Jacques, killed by the
Indians, 454.
Drake, 425.

Dream Feast, the, 80; description

of, 154, 155.
Druilletes, Father Gabriel, sets
out on excursion among the
Montagnais, 416; on the Ken-
nebec, 419; his mission among
the Abenakis, 419; goes to
Quebec, 421; sent to Boston,
421; receives a warm welcome
from John Winslow, 423; arrival
at Boston., 423; receives a hearty
welcome from Edward Gibbons,
424; received by Governor Dnd-
ley, 424; proceeds to Plymouth,
425; received by Governor
Bradford, 425; entertained by
John Eliot, 425; exalted impres-
sion of Massachusetts, 426; re-
turns to Quebec, 428; again sent |
to New England, 428.

with the Mohawks, 325; at
Manhattan, 331; war with the
Algonquins, 331; ransom Bres-
sani from the Indians, 351.

EAKINS, D. A., clan divisions of
the Creeks, 47.

Eastman, Mrs., legends of the
Sioux (Dahcotah), 86.
Ekaentoton (Isle Sainte Marie),
498.

Ekarenniondi (St. Matthias), 506.
Eliot, John, 6; entertains Father
Druilletes, 425; his mission at
Natick, 425.
Endicott, John, 426.
Enghien, Duc d' (the Great
Condé), 244.

England, the Iroquois confederacy
a wedge between the colonies
of France and, 548.

English civilization, effect on the
Indians of, 131.

Du Chesneau, the Iroquois popu- Erie, Lake, 5, 33, 35, 234, 235,

lation, 60.

Du Creux, 89, 133; on Indian
funeral rites, 166; on Bressani
among the Iroquois, 352; on
the death of Father Daniel,
479

Dudley, Governor Thomas, re-

ceives Father Druilletes, 424.
Du Peron. Father François, 202;
narrow escape of, 215, 216; jour-
ney to the mission-house, 218-
220; letter to his brother, 221;
converts at Ossossané, 223; ful-
filment of Maisonneuve's vow,
359.

Du Peron, Joseph-Imbert, letter
from his brother, 221.
Durham Terrace, 89.
Du Rocher, 339.

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375, 497.

Eriehronon, the, 35.

Erie Indians, the, 5; location and
characteristics of, 35; long a ter
ror to the Iroquois, 35; syno-
nymes of, 35; the Jesuits never
had a mission among, 35; visited
by Brulé, 36; plans for con-
verting, 130; Huron fugitives
among, 528; the Iroquois make
war against, 542; make a treaty
of peace with the Senecas, 542,
cause of the Iroquois war, 543;
traditions of the war with the
Iroquois, 545; exist no more as
a nation, 545.
Erigas, the, 35.

Etarita (St. Jean), 506.
Etchemins, the, 7.
Etionontates, the, 32.

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FAILLON, the Abbé, 247, 248, 253, | French, the, trade with the

256, 282, 283, 285; immense im-
portance of the writings of, 286,
290, 291, 292, 293, 295, 296, 299,
302, 338, 360, 362, 363, 364, 368,
372, 431, 465.

Faith Island, 500.

Falmouth (England), 331.
Fancamp, Baron de, 282, 286; title
to the island of Montreal trans-
ferred to, 288.

Faribault, G. B., 299.

Hurons, 35, 134; the Iroquois
War, 337; war with the Mo-
hawks, 395, 523; reap a profit
from the misfortunes of the
Senecas, 547.

French civilization, effect on the
Indians of, 131.

French River, the, 62, 132, 143.
"Fresh Sea," the great, 132, 235.
Friendly Society of the Spirit, the,

84.

Feast of the Dead, the, 34, 43; Funeral rites, 159.
description of, 160-162.

Feasts, Indian, 83.

Ferland, the Abbé, 90, 247, 258,

285, 293, 299, 309, 426, 428, 431,

434.

Festins à manger tout, 26, 29.
Fetich-worship, Indian, 66.

Fur-traders, the worst of colonists,
427.

GALLATIN, erroneous location of
the Audastes, 36; cruelty among
the Indians, 345.
Gamache, Marquis de, 260.

Fire, Nation of, see Nation of Fire, Gandougaraé, Seneca town c

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317.

Five Confederate Nations, the, 4; Ganeganaga, Mohawk town of,
the Tuscaroras join, 5; true
names of, 38; mythological
deities of, 72, 73; in a flush of
unparalleled audacity, 336; not
represented at the great peace
council, 394; ruling passion of,
435.

Flemish Bastard, the, 524.

Floridian tribes, the, funeral rites

among, 166.

Fontarabie, 525; death of, 526;

"Fort des Hurons," the, 535.
Four Colonies, the, Commissioners
of, 428.

Fox River, 540.

France sends reinforcements to the
missions of the forests, 172; the
Iroquois confederacy a wedge
between the colonies of England
and, 548.

Franciscans, the, 43, 251.
Fremin, Father, 528.

Ganowauga, Mohawk town of, 317.
Garnier, Father Charles, 152;
sent to the Huron mission, 175;
distinctive traits of, 188, 189;
letters of, 189; family of, 190;
on the fort at Ossossané, 200; on
the nether powers, 203; on Bré-
beuf's farewell letter to Le
Jeune, 213; on the narrow
escapes of the Jesuits, 215, 216;
on methods of conversion, 224;
new and perilous mission of the
Tobacco Nation falls to, 232;
reception by the Indians, 233;
466; at Sainte Marie, 472; on
the refugees on Isle St. Joseph,
505; at St. Jean, 506; murdered
by the Iroquois, 197, 508; his
body found and buried, 510;
character of, 510; his devotion
to the mission, 510.

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Giffard, M., seigneur of Beauport, Head-Piercer, the, 79.

90; 247, 433.

Hébert, M., 249, 434.

Gilbert, Father, embarks for the Hébert, Madame, 90, 102, 103.

New World, 101.

Glocester, Bay of, 462.

Godefroy, Jean Paul, sent to New
England from Quebec, 428.
Godefroy, Thomas, captured by
the Iroquois, 337.
Gory, Jean, 298, 299.
Goupil, René, 309; captured by
the Iroquois, 310-318; murdered
by the Iroquois, 319.
Goyogouins (Cayugas), the, 442.
Graham's Point, 530.

Grand Council of Venice, the, 49.
Grand Manitoulin Island, 470, 498,

518, 534.

Gravier, Father, 76.

Heckewelder, 76.

Henry IV. of France, 424.
Hertel, Jacques, 258.

Hiawatha, the deity of the Five
Nations, 73; tradition of, 73.
"Hierocoyes, Lake of," 314.
Holland, heretics of, 289.
Hope Island, 500.
Horicon," 314.
Horiconi," 314.

Horicoui," 314.

Hôtel-Dieu at Quebec, 192, 276,

493.

Howe, Lord, 313.

Hudson's Bay, 4, 7, 549.

Hudson River, the, 5, 36, 349, 397.

Great Hare, the, 66; account of, Huguenots, the, 427.

67.

Great Lakes, the, 37, 470, 551.
"Great Spirit," the, 67; difficulty
of early missionaries in express-
ing, 75.

Green Bay of Lake Michigan, 5,
258, 529.
Greenhalgh, Wentworth, on the

corruption of the Hurons, 21;
on the Iroquois population, 60;
on the number of Iroquois war-
riors, 395.

Gregory the Great, Pope, 250.

Hundred Associates, the, require-
ments of the charter of, 247;
unable to carry out the condi-
tions, 248; fur-trade of, 249;
the Jesuits rely chiefly on, 249;
transfer title to the island of
Montreal, 288; Maisonneuve
becomes soldier-governor of,
289; consecrate Montreal to
the Holy Family, 294; transfer
their monopoly of the fur-trade
to the inhabitants of Quebec,
429; 466.

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