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,
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,
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.
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,
Couture, Guillaume, 309; at- tacked and captured by the Iroquois, 311-323, 325; helps to
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,
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;
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,
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.
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.
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,
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,
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
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
Fontarabie, 525; death of, 526;
"Fort des Hurons," the, 535. Four Colonies, the, Commissioners of, 428.
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.
Giffard, M., seigneur of Beauport, Head-Piercer, the, 79.
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,
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.
Hôtel-Dieu at Quebec, 192, 276,
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.
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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