D

D

Daggers of the Nawdowessies, 296

Dance, remarkable, near Lake Pepin, 279

Dances of the Indians, 266

Dead Indians how treated, 398

—— —— oration on, 399, 400

Death, cruelty in inflicting, 338, 340

Death-cries, 334

Death-song, 334, 337

Deer, plentiful, 110, 114

—— manner of hunting them, 288

—— some account of, 446

Defiance to war, 307

Delzel, an enterprizing officer, 162

Detroit, straights of, and river, 150

Devils-bit, 515

Dii Penates, 278, 309

Diseases of the Indians, 389

Dishes of the Indians, 234

Divorce of the Indians, 371

Dogs, flesh of, a feast of the Indians, 278, 304

—— of America, 445

Dress of the Indians, 219, 226

Drink of the Indians, 263

Dropsy, treatment of, 391

Ducks, American, 469

E

Eagles, American, 466

—— abound near the falls of St. Anthony, 71

Ears of the Indians ornamented, 227

Elder shrub, 508

Elks, large in America, 103, 447

—— method of hunting them, 288

Enemies, implacable hatred of, 238

Erie Lake, 167

Etchelaugon Lake, 176

F

Falls of St. Anthony, 66, 69

—— —— —— —— picturesque view of, 70

Farinaceous and leguminous roots, 522

Fasts of the Indians, 285

Feasts, Indian, 262

Feu-de-joie of the Ottawaws, 23

Fever-bush, 511

Fidelity of the Indians, 372

Fishes of America, 476

Fish-hawk, American, 468

Flints used as chirurgical instruments, 394

Flowers, American, 52

Food of the Indians, 263

Fort William Henry, massacre of, 313

Fortitude of the Indians, 411

Fox river, 38, 40

—— —— abounds with wild fowl, 39

Foxes of America, 444

Francis St. river of, 72

—— —— Indians, 173

Fruit trees, 502

Funeral ceremonies, 402, 405

—— speech, 399, 406, 407

Furs, beaver, 110, 111

Future state, ideas respecting, 383, 404

G

Games, Indian, 363

Gaming among the Indians, 244, 363

Garcia Gregorio, a Spanish historian, 183

Gargit or skoke, 518

Geography of the Indians, 84, 252

Ginsang, 514

Gladwyn, major, 155

—— —— faithfulness of the servant of, 156

Goddard’s river, 105, 132

—— —— transparency of, 132

Gold, plenty of, 118

Gold thread, 515

Goose river, 72

Grape, a species of, 136

Green snake, 486

Green-bay, near Lake Michigan, 21

Greenland, borders on America, 209

Grollon, father, a relation from, 193

Government of the Indians, 255

Guella Francis, 195

H

Hairs plucked out by the Indians, 225

Hatchet red, emblem of war, 362

Head dress of the Indians, 230

Hemlock-tree, 499

Hennepin, father, 69, 219

Herbs, American, 516

Hereditary succession, 259

Hesperides, supposed to be the Antilles, 183

Hickory, 502

Hieroglyphicks, Indian, 64, 252, 337, 417

—— anecdotes respecting the, 418

Hispaniola, said to have been visited by the Tyrian fleet, 192

Hissing snake, 167, 486

Hontan, Baron de, 220

Hornn George de, a Dutch writer, 189

Horned bug, 493

Hospitality of the Indians, 25, 81, 83, 265

Houses, Indian, 231

Hudson’s Bay, company of, 110, 112

Humming-bird, 475

Hunting among the Indians, 283

Huron Lake, 144, 150

Huron Indians, 151

Hurricane, effects of one, 103

Huts of the Indians, 231