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INDEX 



ESCANIMON, Atakapa head chief 360 



EscLovoN, Ellen, surviving Atalcapa 362 



Ette-actal— 



offer of peace terms 240 



ransomed by Indian women 146-147 



See also Taotal. 



EuFAtn-A, location of town 254 



Evil spikits, among Houma 287 



FASTING — 



Chitimacha 352,353,359 



Natchez 177 



Fausse Pointe , location of Chitimacha 344 



Feasts, Natchez, religious and political.. 110-123 



Feathers— 



headdress of Chitimacha 345, 346 



use by Houma 285 



use by Natchez 63-64 



Fire— 



Chitimacha legends 356, 358 



Natchez method of making 57-58 



sacred, in Natchez temple 171, 172 



Fire Chief, Chitimacha 343 



Fishing — 



Chitunacha 346, 358 



Houma 291 



Natchez 72 



Flies, green, native superstition regard- 

 ing 173 



"Flint people," meaning of Avoyel 24 



Flood legends— 



Natchez 176 



Tunica 323-324 



Flour chief, Natchez, account of 245-251 



Flour village, Natchez, references 154, 221 



Flux— 



disease among Houma 288,289 



disease fatal to Indians 39 



FoRSTER, John Reinhold, translator of 

 Bossu 2 



Fort Adams, location of Korea and Tioux. 327, 335 



Fort de la Valeur, site of French encamp- 

 ment 238 



Fort Natchez, dance at 204 



Fort Rosalie— 



description 205 



location of Tioux 336 



Forts— 



Chakchiuma 295 



Natchez 133-134 



Fort St. Claude, name for Fort St. 

 Peter 333 



Fort St. Peter, account of 333 



Foucault, murder of 310, 330 



Framboise, chief of Chitimacha 342 



Frame. See Cadre. 



Franklin— 



location of Chitimacha 344 



name for Atakapa town 363 



French— 



control of Yazoo and Koroa tribes 193 



dealings with Chitimacha 337, 339-340, 343 



influence in Louisiana 11-12, 18 



language- 

 nomenclature 168 



use by Pascagoula 305 



respect for Indian doctors 326 



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French— Continued 



Tunica alliance 310, 311 



voyageurs murdered by Natchez 219 



For relations of French with various 

 tribes, see tribal names. 



French's historical collections of Lotn- 

 siana, an authority consulted 2, 3, 5, 7, 24 



Friar point, location of Tunica 306 



Frog, Tunica idol 318 



Frog Place, Cherokee village 255 



Fruits— 



Acolapissa 282 



Chitimacha 346 



Houma ; 286 



Natchez 77 



Pascagoula 303 



Tunica 317 



Fulton, purchaser of Taensa land 272,305 



Funeral ceremonies (Natchez)— 



common people 138-139 



Suns 139-157 



Gainesville, Ga., reference 255 



Gallatin— 



an authority consulted 2 



Chitimacha vocabulary 356 



mention of Houma 291 



Natchez vocabulary 256-257 



Galvez, Governor, recognition of Chitima- 

 cha 343 



Gambling among Natchez 90-91 



Games— 



Chitimacha 350 



Houma, with stones 288 



Natchez 90-91 



Gans^'tI, on Natchez remnant 256 



Gatschet, Dr. Albert S.— 



an authority consulted 2, 25 



Atakapa vocabulary 362 



cited as to Koroa 6 



connection with Taensa language con- 

 troversy 10, 14, 17, 18, 19, 20 



language data 23 



Natchez vocabulary 254, 256-257 



on Chitimacha — 



chiefs 349 



dance houses 352 



dances -- 359 



devUs 353 



fishing 346 



herb used for smoking 351 



manhood ceremony 352 



marriage 349 



material relating to 343, 357 



mode of life 345 



mortuary ceremonies 350 



name 337 



original seat 297 



villages 343, 344 



wearfng oi hair 346 



on location of Taensa 16 



on Tioux 335 



on Tunica- 

 disease, treatment 326 



language 18 



mortuary lore 325 



notions 318 



