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INDEX. 



ib.; Indian rule of descent and in- 

 heritance, ib.; vast extent of this 

 rule, lii ; their Superstitions, Ixvii et 

 seq.; their cosmogonies, Ixxiii, Ixxv; 

 degrading conceptions of the Su- 

 preme Being, Ixxviii; no word for 

 God, Ixxix; obliged to use a cir- 

 cumlocution, ib.; their belief in a fu- 

 ture state, Ixxx; their conceptions 

 of it dim, ib.; their belief in dreams, 

 Ixxxiii; the Indian Pluto, ib. note; 

 the Indian mind stagnant, Ixxxix; 

 savage in religion as in life, ib.; no 

 knowledge of the ti-ue God, ib.; 

 scenes in a wigwam, 30; their foul 

 language, 31 ; not profane, ib.; hard- 

 ships and sufferings, 39 ; a specimen 

 of their diplomacj', 51; an Indian 

 masquerade, 66 ; Indian bacchanals, 

 67 ; their idea of thunder, 69 ; Indian 

 mind not a blank, 134 ; specimen of 

 Indian reasoning, 135; Indians re- 

 ceived benefit fi'om the Jesuit mis- 

 sions, 164. 



Initiatory fast for obtaining a guardian 

 manitou, Ixxi. 



"Infernal Wolf," the, 117; a name for 

 the Devil, ib. note. 



Influence of the missions salutary, 

 319. 



Instructions for the missionaries to the 

 Hurons, 54. 



Intrepid conduct of the Jesuits, 125. 



Iroquois, or Five Nations, origin of the 

 name, xlvii; where found in early- 

 times, XX, xlvi, 278 note; their 

 dwellings, xxvii note., xxviii note ; a 

 licentious people, xxxiv note ; have 

 capacious skulls, xliii note; burn 

 female captives, xlv; their charac- 

 ter, xlvii; their eminent position 

 and influence, ib.; their true name, 

 xlviii note ; divided into eight clans 

 or families, Iv; symbols of these 

 clans, ib. note; the chiefs, how se- 

 lected, Ivi; the councils, Ivii, how 

 and when assembled, Iviii ; how con- 

 ducted, lix; their debates, ib.; strict 

 unanimity required, ib.; artful man- 

 agement of the chiefs, Ix note ; the 

 professed orators, Lxi; military or- 

 ganization, Ixiv; and discipline, ib.; 

 spirit of the confederacy, Ixv; at- 

 tachment to ancient forms, ib.; their 

 increase by adoption, Ixvi ; popula- 

 tion at ditferent times, ib. note ; have 

 no name for God, Ixxviii ; a captive 

 Iroquois sacrificed by the Hurons to 

 the god of war, 80 ; supplied by the 

 Dutch with fire-arms, 211; make 

 war on the French in Canada, 212, 

 269 seq.; extreme cruelty to Jogues 



and other prisoners, 217-222, 228; 

 cannibalism, 228, 250; audacitv, 

 241; attack Fort Richelieu, 244; 

 spread devastation and terror through 

 Canada, 245, 251 ; horrible nature of 

 their warfare, 246-250; torments 

 inflicted on prisoners, 248 seq.., 271; 

 an Iroquois prisoner tortured by 

 Algonquins, 277; treaty of peace 

 with the French and Algonquins, 

 284 seq.; numbers of the Iroquois, 

 297 note ; the Iroquois determination 

 to destroy the Hurons, 336; their 

 moral superiority, 337 ; a defeat sus- 

 tained b}' them, 338; their shame- 

 less treachery, 339 ; invade the Hu- 

 ron country and destroy the towns, 

 379; their atrocious cruelty, 385; 

 their retreat, 386; they pursue the 

 remnants of the Huron nation, 412, 

 425; attack the Atticamegues, 420; 

 attack the Hurons at Michilimacki- 

 nac, 425; exterminate the Neutral 

 Nation, 437 ; exterminate the Eries, 

 438-440; temble cruelty, 441 note; 

 their bloody supremacy, 444 ; it cost 

 them dearj^ ib.; tyrants of a wide 

 wilderness, 445; their short-sighted 

 policy, 434. 



Jesuits, their founder, 8; their disci- 

 pline, 11; their influence, 12; salu- 

 tary, 319; the early Canadian Jesu- 

 its did not meddle with political 

 affairs, 323 ; denounced cannibalism, 

 but faint in opposing the burning of 

 prisoners, 351 ; were engaged in the 

 fur-trade, 365 note; purity of their 

 motives, 83, 85; benevolent care of 

 the sick, 87, 98, 267 ; accused of sor- 

 cery, 120; in great peril, 121; their 

 intrepidity, 125 ; their prudence, 134 ; 

 their intense zeal, 146. See Huron 

 Mission. 



Jogues, Isaac, his birth and character, 

 214; joins the mission, 86; his ill- 

 ness, lb.; his character, 106, 304; his 

 journey to the Tobacco Nation, 140; 

 visits Lake Superior and pi-eaches to 

 the Ojibwas, 213; visits Quebec, 

 214; taken prisoner by the Iroquois, 

 216; tortured by them, 217, 218, 

 221, 222; in daily expectation of 

 death, 224, 225; his conscientious- 

 ness, 226, 229, 232; his patience, 

 226; his spirit of devotion, 227; 

 longs for death, 228 ; his pious labors 

 while a captive, ib.; visits Albany, 

 229; writes to the commandant at 



