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INDEX 



Page 

 Le Petit— Continued 

 on Natchez — 



action during and after massacre. . . 228-232 



belief in future existence 180-181 



cabin of chief 61 



characteristics 242 



death and funeral of Tattooed-ser- 



pent 143-149 



funeral ceremonies of female sun . . . 142-143 



government 102-103 



harvest feasts 122-123 



marriage customs 96-97 



peace treaties 135-136 



powers of shamans 177-178 



ransom demanded for prisoners 236 



spirits 174 



wars 124^125 



on Natchez- French hostilities 294 



on Taensa temple 164, 166, 269 



L' Epinay, de, reference 205 



" Les Allemands," French post 299 



Leslie, John, representative of Natchez in 



Creek "house of warriors " 254 



Le Sueue— 



in war against Natchez 235, 243-244 



leader of Choctaw 237 



on location of Tunica 308 



on Natchez force 248-249 



LiETTE, Sieur de, reference 214 



LiMBOURG, Indian money, value 94 



Lime, Chitimacha use in coloring cane 348 



Limoges, Father de— 



report of murder by Tunica 310 



work among Houma 288-289 



Line Creek, location of Chakchiuma 295 



Linguistic classification, importance of.. . 1-2 

 Lion— 



Chitimacha clan 349 



Chitimacha story 354 



LiQUiDAMBAR, Indian remedy 84 



Liquor, effect on — 



Avoyel 273 



Houma 290 



Little Houmas, village, note 290 



Little TaEnsa, identified with Avoyel 17,26 



See also Taensa, 



LOCKIIART, Sam, Pascagoula descendant 31-32 



Loire, De la — 



escort of Taensa to Mobile 271 



resistance at massacre 226 



warnings of Natchez treachery 193-196 



" Long-nosed spirit," Chitimacha 355 



Loreauville, once site of Atakapa village . . 361 

 LouBois, Chevauer de, expedition against 



Natchez 235-239,241 



LouETTE, escape of 227 



Louischitas, name for Washita 251 



Louis DE Blanc, Pascagoula chief, residence. 305 

 Louisiana— 



bear-hunting, methods 67-69 



deer-hunting, methods 69-71 



location of Tunica 306 



maize and tobacco growing 73-75 



Louisiana tribes- 



friendly with French 193 



works on 3-7 



See also tribal names. 

 LoXTPELOUSAS, name for Opelousa 363 



Loups tribe, reference 261 



Lower Bayou la Fourche, Houma 291 



Lower Point au Chien, Houma 291 



LoZlfcRES, BaUDRY DE — 



on Avoyel 273 



on Bayogoula 279 



on certain allied tribes 30 



Luxembourg Memoir— 



as an authority 3,6 



on Natchez- 

 decline in population 39 



divorce 95 



government 100 



head-flattening 64-55 



immortality 181 



ornamentation 54-56 



prostitution 94 



shaman 178-179 



Lyon's Bluff, Chakchiuma stronghold 295 



Magenesito (tribal name), Margry 337 



Mahehouala. See Tangibao. 

 Mahehoualaima. See Tangibao. 

 Maize. See Com. 

 Manchac- 



location of Houma 291 



location of Taensa 270 



reference 298 



Mandan ark. significance 175 



Manhood dance, Chitimacha 352-35£ 



Manitous, Tunica, note 318 



Manton, name for Mentos 329 



MarEchal, reference 205,213 



Margry (editor)— 



as an authority 3, 6 



names for certain tribes 337 



on Koroa 327 



on Moctolji 306 



on movements of missionaries 20 



reference 271 



Marksville, location of Indian mounds 274 



Marksville prairie, location of Tunica 315 



Marquette— 



location of Tunica on ihap 307 



no mention of Natchez on map 186 



reference to Algonquian Indians 37-38 



Marriage— 



Chitimacha 17, 349 



Natchez 94-100 



Taensa 17, 272 



Mass, chant in Houma village 288 



Mass£, de, reference 224 



Mats, use by Houma tribe 285 



Matting, Chitimacha 348 



Maurepas, Lake, reference 298 



Mayan linguistic family, location 8 



Mayeux, spared from massacre 229 



Meats as food of Natchez 71-73 



Medicine, uses by Natchez 80-80 



Medicine-men. See Shamans. 



Medicine of war, use by Natchez 123,124 



Melons, Chitiniacha 346 



Membr£, Father Zenobius— 



as an authority 5 



mistake as to fork in Mississippi 28C 



on Taensa 261-262 



reference 190 



