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INDEX 



Nakasa , location of 7 



Naming — 



Atakapa custom 303 



Chitlmacha custom 350, 353 



Na'mu ka'tsi, Chitlmacha village 344 



Naniaba. See Gens des Fourches. 



Nanne Hamgeh town, uncertainty of 

 location 252 



Nassitoches. See Natchitoches. 



Natch^. See Natchez. 



Natche Creek, Natchez town 253 



Natchee tribe. See Natchez. 



Natch^s, name of Natchez village 46 



Natchez — 



absorption by Cherokee 256 



adoption of Grigra and Tioux 334 



affiliation with various tribes 185-186 



allies of Quinipissa 279-280 



alternative name self-applied 25 



arts and industries 57-67 



change from Chickasaw to Cherokee. . . 251,252 



characteristics 48-51, 126, 171 



clans 107-108 



classification 9 



code of morals 170, 176 



comparison with Oumas (Houma) 27 



confused with Taensa 6 



confusion of name with Theloel and 



Th^coel 190 



consanguinity and atTuiity 170-171 



death of war chief 144,157 



description of cabins 59-60 



dress 52-56 



early connection with Cherokee 255 



early history 187 



economic lite 67-79 



establishment of trading post by La- 



mothe-Cadillac 192 



extinction 252, 257 



feasts, description 110-123 



first abode of Great Spirit 356 



fruits, nuts, and vegetables 76-77 



gambling 91 



games 91,117, 119-120 



govermnent, officials, and duties 100-108 



gradual absorption by Chickasaw 251 



hair-dressing 51 



hunting 67-72 



language— 



Muskhogean dialect 181-182 



present status 256 



relationship with Taensa 9-24 



vocabularies 9, 256-257 



large additions to Creeks 253 



location 45-48, 252 



method of counting time 108-110 



missionary work among 20, 21 , 206 



mode of life 89-90 



nobility 348 



number of cabins in 1700 190 



origin and composition 181-186 



paternal authority In families 108 



population 39, 40, 43-44, 171 



preparation of fields 75 



prisoners, treatment 124 



prostitution 95 



relative importance 2 



Natchez — Continued 



religious beliefs 159, 167-176, 180-181 



remnant now surviving ... 173, 250-251, 253-256 



sickness, treatment 80-86 



social organization 100-108 



Suns 100-107 



temple 158-167, 352 



territorial e.xtent 171 



tribes composing fusion 185-186 



villages 45-48, 206, 253 



women 54, 94-95 



works on 3-7 



See also Challaouelles. 



Natchez group, classification 8-9 



Natchez village, description 206 



Natchez wars— 



first, description 193-204, 219, 311 



fourth, description- 

 attitude of various tribes 232-235, 314 



causes 217-223, 294 



destruction of Chawasha 232, 300-301 



escape of Doutreleau party 231-232 



fate of Natchez 250-251,294 



French campaign against Natchez . 236-251 



French preparations for 232-236 



massacre 225-231 



Natchez conspiracy and plans 223-225 



second, description 207-211 , 219 



third, description 211-217,219,220,311 



Natchiabe, Houma chief 291 



Natchitoches— 



attack by Natchez Flour Chief 250 



description 282, 283 



location 7 



loyalty to French 235-236, 264 



reference 205 



salt trade 307 



union with Acolaplssa 281 



Nation of the Rocks. See Avoyel. 



Na'tsi, name retained by Natchez remnant. . 256 



Nau-chee, home of Natchez remnant 253 



Navarre, escaping French soldier 228 



Neches river, location of Atakapa 362 



Negroes— 



admixture with Houma 291 



conspiracy against French 301 



kind treatment by Natchez 228 



united with Indians in separate corps 244 



Ne' KUNTSi'SNts, Chitlmacha vUlage 344 



Nementou, application of name 361 



Ne Pinu'nc, Chitlmacha village 343 



New Orleans— 



attack by Choctaw planned 223 



date of settlement 205 



location of Chawasha 300 



location of Washa 298 



news of massacre at Natchez confirmed . . 230 



treaty, French-Chitimacha 339-340 



"New Spirit," of Chitimacha 355 



Nezpique prairie, location of .\takapa 361 



Niculasa, Chakehiuma chief 293 



Ningo, Paspagoula chief 305 



Nobility— 



essence of Natchez system 100-108 



Muskhogean aristocracy 181-182 



Noon-day Sun, ceremony in honor 352 



