INDEX 



369 



Bellecouet, reference 206 



Bellefontaine, Chakchiuma site 296 



Belle-Isle, Simars de, account of 35,362 



Benac, Captain de, French officer 243, 244 



Berkeley, historical map from 32 



Bernard, Atakapa leader 361 



BroAi— 



Atakapa affiliation 362 



classification 9 



relationship 36 



Bienville— 



appointment as commander-in-chief of 



colony 204 



as an authority on Oumats (Houma) 27 



as infonnant on Washa 31 



at Biloxi, note 302 



burning of Grigra village 336 



commissioned commander by king 196-197 



criticism of generalship 220 



establishment of village 333 



expedition against Chickasaw 251-252 



new governor of Louisiana, statement. . . 251 



note on Chakchiiuna war 294 



note on Koroa 329 



notes on Natchez remnant 254 



peace with Chitimacha 340-342 



plan with Tunica for war 310 



reception by Acolapissa 2.81 



reference to Opelousa 363 



relations with Natchez 198-202, 219 



relations with Washa 298 



war against Chitimacha 337-338 



Big Bread, Pascagoula chief 305 



"Big Country," native name 337 



Big Head, Pascagoula chief 305 



Big Knife, Cahinnio chief 7 



Billiout family, account of 292 



Biloxi— 



early establishment of French colony 190 



incorporation with Houma 292 



lands, sale .' 305 



location 7-8, 26-27 



population, various dates 45 



possessor of religious temple 166 



relation to Pascagoula 304 



Biloxi bay, arrival of Iberville 274 



Biloxi bayou, location of Pascagoula 306 



Biloxi village, note 302 



Bison, accountof 71-72,304 



" Bitlarouge, " Chitimacha dance house 352 



site of Chitimacha village 344 



Blackbird, red-winged, story of 359 



Black Chief, Chakchiuma 203 



"Black Water, "equivalent of Okelousa... 302 



Blanc, M. le, reference 205 



Blindness, Chitimacha cures, note 351 



Blondel, M., reference 205 



Blood sucking, treatment for sick, 



Houma 289 



Blowguns, use to kill game 346 



" Blue holes, " Chitimacha 355 



Bolton, Dr. H. E.— 



as authority on tribal relations 36 



investigation of Texas tribes 8 



study of Atakapa 362 



83220— Bull. 43—10 24 



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" Bone house," Chitimacha 350 



Bones, musical, use by Houma 287 



Bossu, an authority consulted 2 



Bouquet, estimate of Natchez numbers 253 



Bow and arrow, Chitimacha 347,356 



Bowen, reference 252 



Bows— 



Chitimacha 347, 356 



Natchez 58-59 



Boys, Chitimacha training 352, 353 



Bradford, Mrs. Sidney, mterest in Chiti- 

 macha basketry 347 



"Bread Nation," "Bread People," 



names of Pascagoula 302, 305 



Brinton, D. G.— 



connection with Taensa language contro- 

 versy 10, 11, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20 



Natchez vocabulary 256-257 



Brontin, Sieur, references by 153, 155,216 



Buffalo skins, use by Pascagoula 304 



See also Bison. 

 Burial custom.s— 



Chakchiuma 334 



Chitimacha 350 



Houma, Le Marin note 287 



Natchez 140 



Tunica 325 



Yazoo 334 



BusHNELL, David I., Jr.— 



authority on Tangipahoa 284 



reproduction of Indian map 32 



"Buzzard picker," Chitimacha 350 



Byington, authority consulted on Avoyel . . 24 



Cacique, report of Chakchiuma rebellion 293 



Caddo — 



location 7 



phmder of live stock from Spaniards 273 



relationship 36 



salt supply, note 307 



trade in salt 264 



Caddoan country, reference 267 



Caddoan stock, location 7 



Cadets, Canadian soldiers, strength of force. . 252 



Cadillac, Lamothe, reference 204 



Cadre, description of 131-132 



Cahinnio, location of 7 



Cahura-Joligo, Tunica chief 312, 314 



Calabe, chief of Houma 290 



Calcasieu — 



location of Atakapa 362 



location of Opelousa 364 



Calcasieu river, location of Indian tribe 35-36 



Calumet— 



among Chitimacha 340-341 , 354 



symbolism and description 130-138 



use at Indian war feasts 128,129,130 



use by the Houma tribe 28S 



Cameron, location of Opelousa 364 



Canadians— 



capture and release by Natchez 198, 



199, 203-204 



jealousy of French commander 244 



location near Pascagoula 305 



Cane blowgun, note 346 



