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Miniatures, made as gifts, 87 

 Missionaries, information from, 5, 65 

 Moccasins, skin, 20, 128 

 Mohawk Indians, 4, 10, 17, 18, 27, 73 

 89, 116, 147 



See also Iroquois Indians. 

 Monogamy, practice of, 125 

 Montagnais Indians, 8, 17, 25, 27, 51 

 Moon, Aataentsic as, 146, 154 



ceremony, 79 



supernatural being, 79 



used to count time, 71 

 Mooney, James, 12 

 Moose, 67, 73, 126, 145 



sinews used as tliread, GO 



skins. 59 

 Morgan, Lewis H., 3, 10, 20, 21, 23, 28, 

 30, 39, 41, 43. 44, 45, 49, 52, 55, 56, 

 60, 61, 62, 65, 67, 68, 69, 75. 77, SO, 

 81, 90. 91, 94, 110, 114, 116, 118, 

 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 131, 133, 

 135, 140, 141, 142 

 Mortar and pestle, wooden, 68, 70 

 Mosquitoes, 82 

 Mourning, 133-134 



customs, 129, 133 



duration of, 133 



of matrilineal relative, 133 

 Moyne, Simon le, 160 

 Mulberries, 62 

 Mummers, 109 

 Murder, as cause for war. .52 



punishment for, 52-56, 96, 128 



Names, changing of, 44^5, 134 

 giving of, 123, 134 



Nanticoke Indians, 99 



Nation of Fire, 14, 15, 19 



Nation of the Bear, see Attignawantan. 



Nation of the Cat (Erie Indians), 14, 

 16, 17 



Nation of the Deer (Tobacco confed- 

 eracy ) , 12 



Nation of the Puants, 19 



Nation of the Wolves (Tobacco con- 

 federacy ) . 12 



Necklaces, 77, 113, 137 

 bead, 20, 21 

 wampum, 20, 32, 136, 147 



Needles, 26 



used in tattooing, 15 



Neintahouy (roasted corn and beans). 

 69 



Nets, hemp, 95, 106 

 made by men, 59 



Neutral Indians, 9, 10, 13. 14, 15, 16, 

 17, 18, 23, 61. 65, 134, 135 



Neutral Nation, 9-10, 13-17, 23, 61, 65. 

 Ill, 134-135 



New France, 5 



New Sweden, 16 



Niagara Falls, 17 



Niagara River, 14, 17 



NigouaoiiicJiirmik, Huron allies, 19 



Nikikoueic, Algonquin tribe, 19 



Nipissing Indians, 8 



Nipissirinien Indians, 19, 25 



North American Indians, 124 



cultures of, 5, 7 

 Northern Iroquoian cultures, 1 

 Nuts, 60, 62 



Oaks, 12 



Oatarra (small idol), 99 



Ocata (diagnostician) , 91 



Ochelaga village {minitik outen enta- 

 gougihan) , Montreal, 16 



Oenrio, Huron village, 149 



'Ohgiwe Society (Singers for the Dead), 

 91, 133, 134, 1.35 



Oh gu lone (bird), 121 



Ohwachira (matrilocal extended fam- 

 ily), 43 



Oil, gourd of, 130, 142 



Oki (spirit or medicine man), 78, 80, 81, 

 82, 92, 98, 99, 100, 120 



Oklahoma Iroquois, 79 



Oky, see Oki. 



Oky ontatechiata (sorcerers) , 118 



Ondachienra (poisonous root), 56 



OndakhienJiai, see Atiwarontas. 



Ondatouatandy, part of Nation of 

 Puants, 19 



Onderha (the ground), 114 



Ondessone, Indian tribe, 37 



Ondinnock (desires of sick person), 82, 

 92, 112 



Onditachia^ (Thunderbird),82 



Oiidoutaehte (god of war) , 89 



Oneida Indians, 10, 17, 18, 73 

 government of, 18 

 village of the, 18 

 See also Iroquois Indians. 



Oneiochronons, see Oneida Indians. 



Onciouchronons, see Oneida Indians. 



Onguiaahra (Niagara River) , 14, 17 



Onions (anonque) , 62 



Otiiontcheronons, see Cayuga Indians. 



Onneiochronnons, see Oneida Indians. 



Onnentisati, Huron village, 149 



Onnieoute, see Ononjot^. 



Onniont (Algonquin charm), 122 



Onnonta^, see Onondaga Indians. 



Oitnontaeronnons, see Onondaga In- 

 dians. 



Onoiochrhonons, see Cayuga Indians. 



Onondaga Indians, 4, 10, 17, 18, 28, 42, 

 73, 110, 155 

 See also Iroquois Indians. 



Ononliaroia (war feasts), 76, 110, 111 



OnonjoH, Mohawk village, 18 



Ononta^, see Onondaga Indians. 



Onontaerrhmions, see Onondaga In- 

 dians. 



Ononiagueronons, see Onondaga In- 

 dians. 



Onontsira (scalps), 29 



Onorotandi, brother of Auoindaon, 26 



Ontaanak, allies of Huron, 19 



Ontarraoura, mythical animal, 102 



Ontetsans (curers), 117 



Ooxrat (Indian turnip), 85 



Oracles, received by medicine men, 19 



Orenda (magic power), 78, 91 



Orleans Island, 10 



