Huron Church, the, 449-461.

Huron Indians, the, towns of, 5;
synonymes of, 9; ancient coun-
try of, 10; the Jesuits make an
enumeration of the villages,
dwellings, and families of, 10;
construction of the towns of,
11; estimated population of,
11; description of dwellings of,
11-13; description of fortified
towns of, 15; habits of, 16; food
of, 16; arts of life among, 17;
dress of, 19; female life among,
20-23; marriage customs, 21;
traffic of, 23; their festal sea-
son, 24; gambling among, 24;
their feasts and dances, 25; their
religious festivals, 27; songs of,
27; cannibalism among, 28;
cure of disease, 28; supersti-
tious belief concerning disease
and death, 29. 30; medical prac-
tices of, 31; war with the Iro-
quois, 34; trade with the French,
35,134; class distinctions among,
40; rule of descent among, 42;
cease to exist as a nation, 43; a
confederacy of four distinct con-
tiguous nations, 43; government
of, 43, 222; death penalties
among, 55; notorious thieves,
55; primitive belief in immor-
tality, 77; the journey of the
dead, 77; ideas of another life,
78; belief in dreams, 80; sor-
cerers, 81; feasts, 83; tradition-
ary tales, 84, 85; populous vil-
lages of, 132; at Quebec, 133;
accept the mission, 136; Bré-
beuf's arrival among, 143; live
in constant fear of the Iroquois,
149; Brébeuf's attempts to con-
vert, 150, 151; winter the season
of festivity among, 152; rites
of sepulture among, 159; the

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"feast of the dead," 160-162;
funeral games of, 163-166; pre-
tended kindness to prisoners,
168; small-pox among, 176;
scarcity of game among, 177;
religious terror of, 205; perse-
cution of the Jesuits, 205-217;
victories over the Iroquois, 228;
methods of conversion practised
among, 254; trading. 307; Bres-
sani ordered to go up to, 347;
treachery of, 366; the grand
peace council. 384-393; out-
number the Iroquois, 436; first
meeting of white men with,
436; Fortune smiles on, 437;
defeated by treachery, 439; re-
taliation of, 440; feel themselves
on the edge of ruin, 462; ask
aid in war from the Andastes,
440; the Andastes promise aid
to, 441; capture of attacking
Onondagas, 443; mercy shown
to, 443; eager for peace, 444;
end of negotiations with the
Onondagas, 448; become tract-
able, 449; resistance against
baptism, 450, 451; murder and
atonement, 454-461; trading at
Three Rivers, 475; attack and
defeat the Iroquois, 476; the
Iroquois on the war-path for,
481; try to defend St. Louis
against the Iroquois, 483; re-
pulse the Iroquois from Sainte
Marie, 484, 485; valiant defence
of St. Louis, 486; fatuity, not
cowardice, the ruin of, 486;
death-knell of, 496; cease to
exist as a nation, 497; form a
settlement on Isle St. Joseph,
499-502; misery of, 503; the
Jesuits decide to bring to Que-
bec the remnant of, 519; de
stroyed by famine and disease.

of the Jesuit labor, 6; the heresy
of heresies planted among, 6;
confusion of tribal names among,
9; social organization, 38; doc-
ile acquiescence to the early
missionaries, 38; their self-con-
trol, 39; their code of courtesy,
39; charity and hospitality of,
39; their social disposition, 40;
subdivision of the tribes, 41;
clan names and emblems, 41;
their laws of descent and inherit-
ance, 41-43; anomalous and
contradictory religious belief of,
60; pantheism of, 61; supersti-
tion concerning animal spirits,
62; manitous and okies, 63-65;
the guardian manitou, 65; their
"medicine." 66; Manabozho,
66; early traditions concerning
the creation, 69, 70-73; the loss
of immortality among, 69; wor-
ship of the Sun, 69; primitive
idea of a Supreme Being, 74;
primitive belief in immortality,
76; the journey of the dead, 77;
ideas of another life, 78; belief
in dreams, 80; sorcerers, 81;
traditionary tales, 84, 85; sum-
mary of the religion of, 87;
ascribe mysterious and super-
natural powers to the insane,
124; contrast in the effect of
Spanish, English, and French
civilization upon, 131; idea of
the nature of thunder, 156; dis-
like of a beard, 224; the Jesuits
propose intermarriage with, 226;
relations with the Dutch, 325;
spasmodic courage of, 340; weak-
ened by internal fighting, 435;
honor among, 447.
Iroquois Council-house, descrip-
tion and plan of, 14.

Iroquois Indians, the, extent of

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territory of, 4; enmity toward
the Algonquins, 6; fear of, 8:
houses of, 13; forts of, 15; can
nibalism among, 28; war with
the Hurons, 34; women often
burned by, 34; the Eries long a
terror to, 35; the Indian of
Indians, 36; advantageous loca-
tion of, 36; characteristics of,
37; their traditions, 37; their
organization and history, 37;
meaning of the name, 37; class
distinctions among, 40; conspic-
uous in history, 44; origin of,
45; division into five distinct
nations, 45; the league of, 45;
division into eight clans, 46;
remarkable analogies between
clanship of other tribes and, 46;
clan distinctions among, 47;
organization of, 47, 48; councils
and sachems, 49; the "senate
described, 49; the great council,
50, 51; savage politicians, 53;
punishment of crime, 54-56;
military organization, 56; lived
in state of chronic warfare, 57;
inseparably wedded to institu-
tions and traditions, 58; spirit
of the confederacy, 59; at the
height of their prosperity, 60;
their numbers, 60; tradition con-
cerning heaven and the creation,
70; mythological deities of, 72-
73; primitive idea of a Supreme
Being, 74; primitive belief in
immortality, 76, the journey of
the dead, 77; ideas of another
life, 78; belief in dreams, 80;
sorcerers, 81; feasts, 83; tradi-
tionary tales, 84, 85; the Hurons
live in constant fear of, 149;
funeral games among, 163;
Huron victories over, 228: re-
taliation on the colonists, 287:

supplied with arms by Dutch
traders, 305; attack and capture
Father Jogues' party, 310-323;
running the gantlet, 315; Father
Jogues' escape from, 327-330;
battling for the mastery of Can-
ada, 335; attack Fort Richelieu,
339; effect of their hostilities on
the Algonquin tribes, 340; can-
nibalism among, 342; "the
scourge of this infant church,"
347; capture Bressani, 348;
attacks on the French near
Villemarie, 366; battle with
Maisonneuve, 369; not always
fortunate in war, 375; ancient
superiority of the Algonquins
over, 375; the grand peace
council, 384-393; again at war
with the French and the Algon-
quins, 405; ferocity of, 407; re-
venge of prisoners upon, 411-
414; bring Canada to extremity,
422; outnumbered by the Hu-
rons, 436; make use of treachery,
438; defeated by the Hurons,
476; attack and destroy St.
Joseph, 477-479; burn St.
Louis, 480; on the war-path for
the Hurons, 481; attack St. Ig-
nace, 481; repulsed from Sainte
Marie by the Hurons, 484-485;
burn St. Ignace, 487; attack
the Tobacco missions, 506; at-
tack the mission of St. Jean,
507, 508; Isle St. Joseph in-
vested with, 515; slaughter the
fugitives from Isle St. Joseph,
516; daring of, 521; revenge of
Étienne Annaotaha on, 531-
534; their sagacity past denying,
538; two communities superior
in numbers to, 538; strong or
ganization of, 539; their insati-
able rage for conquest, 540;

turn their fury on the Neutrals,
541; origin of the war, 541;
make treaties of peace, 541 ;
make war against the Eries,
542; cause of the war, 543; the
force, 544; traditions of the war
with the Eries, 545; expensive
victory over the Eries, 545 ;
bloody triumphs complete, 548 ;
their confederacy a wedge be-
tween the colonies of France
and England, 548; the ruin of
the Jesuits' hopes, 551; debt of
Liberty to, 552.

Iroquois War, the, 337.

JAMES, Edwin, account of Nana-
bush, 67; on the Indian ideas
of another life, 79.
Jansenists, the, Olier's horror of,

283.

Jarvis, 76.

Jean, St., 242.

Jesuits, the, Indian tribes not
within the scope of the labors
of, 6; enumeration of the Huron
villages, dwellings and families
made by, 10; teach the Hurons
to build palisaded works, 16;
never had a mission among the
Eries, 35; close students of
Indian languages and supersti-
tions, 43; the virtue of obedi-
ence, 97; 99, 100; adopt as their
own the task of Christianizing
New France, 101; believe the
Huron country to be the strong-
hold of Satan, 130; schemes for
the Huron mission, 130, 131;
thwarted by the Indians, 137–
139; character of, 188-199; per-
secution by the Hurons, 204-
217; impeached by the Hurons,
209; daily life of, 220-222; pri-
vate letters of, 221; learn to

make wine, 221; missionary ex-
cursions, 223; new chapel built
by, 223; methods of conversion,
224; conditions of baptism, 225;
propose intermarriage with the
Indians, 226; backsliders, 227;
number of baptisms, 226; aban-
don original plans for establish-
ing missions, 230; resolve to
establish a central station, 230;
establish Sainte Marie, 231;
mission of the Tobacco Nation,
232; mission of the Neutral Na-
tion, 234; indefatigable zeal of,
238; are all in all at Quebec,
245; rely chiefly on the Hundred
Associates, 249; love for the
climate of New France, 252;
revive in Europe the mediaval
type of Christianity, 257; semi-
nary for Huron boys at Quebec,
259; first appearance in a char-
acter distinctly political, 421 ;
antagonism of the Puritans
against, 422, 427; charged with
sharing in the fur-trade, 466;
promise to join the Hurons on
Isle St. Joseph, 499; decide to
bring the remnant of the Hurons
to Quebec, 519; occupation gone,
549; cause of the failure of,
551; their faith not shaken,
552.

Jesuits, Church of the, 293.
Jogues, Father Isaac, 73; sent to
the Huron mission, 175; dis-
tinctive traits of, 195; on the
religious terror of the Hurons,
204; tranquil boldness of, 216;
new and perilous mission of the
Tobacco Nation falls to, 232;
reception by the Indians, 233;
among the Algonquins, 307,
308; early history of, 308; por-
trait of, 309; attacked and cap-

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tured by the Iroquois, 310-323;
sends warning to the French,
325; decides to escape, 327-330;
arrives at Manhattan, 331;
reaches France, 332; among his
brethren, 333; received by
Queen Anne of Austria, 334;
sails again for Canada, 334 ;
attends the grand peace council,
384; chosen to hold the Mo-
hawks to their faith, 395;
founds the Mission of the Mar-
tyrs, 396; presentiment that
death was near, 396; reaches
the Mohawks, 397; returns to
Fort Richelieu, 399; returns to
the Mohawks, 399; taken pris-
oner, 401; murdered, 402; char-
acter of, 403; 466.

John, St., 90.

Joseph, St., 157, 179, 185; the
chosen patron of New France,
196, 214; fête-day of, 252, 262,
265, 274.
Jouskeha, legend of, 71, 72.
Juchereau, 275; 282; on the forma-
tion of the Society of Notre-Dame
de Montreal, 286; on Mont-
magny's jealousy towards Mai-
sonneuve, 296; on the mortifica-
tion of the nuns, 297; on Bres-
sani among the Iroquois, 352;
on the harmony at Villemarie,
360; on the marriage of D'Aille-
boust to Barbe de Boulogne,
361; on the Huron fugitives ai
Quebec, 522.
Julien, St., 223.

KAHKWAS, the, 33.

Kalm, on the condition of Indian
Lorette, 537.
Kenjockety, Chief, 541.
Kennebec River, the, 7; Druilletes
on, 419.