INDEX 



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Page 

 North Carolina, location of last full-lilood 



Natchez 256 



NOTCHEES. See Natchez. 



Nuts, Houma, Iberville's note 286 



NuYU'N, mother of F61icit6 Billiout 292 



Nyhougoulas, name of Taensa village 258 



Obsequies, Natchez. See Funeral ceremonies. 

 Occupations, principal— 



Houma 291 



Natchez 90 



Tunica 317 



Offerings, sacrificial— 



Natchez 176 



Taensa 260-261 



Offogoulas, Ofogoula. See Ofo. 



Ofo— 



alliance with Tunica 230 



attack on English 273,314 



Davion mission 309 



description 7-8 



Indian nation 33-34 



loyalty to French 235 



mention by P^nicaut 308 



population, various dates 45 



war with Chielcasaw 294 



OgolaxJghoos, Indian nation 32-33 



Ohytoucoulas, name of Taensa village 258 



OiATOUPOU, name for Ibitoupa 297 



Okelous.v— 



allied to Washa 298 



classification 9, 39 



confusion with Opelousa 30-31 



location, etc 302 



population, various dates 44 



Oklahoma— 



location of Natchez remnant 173 



location of Tunica 315 



Oktibbeha county, Miss., location of 

 Chakchiuma 295 



Oku'nkIskIn- 



Chitiinacha dance house 352 



location of Chitimacha 344 



Olabalkebiche, great war chief of Natcliez 

 Nation, funeral ceremonies 149-157 



Old-hair, Natchez chief — 



constitutionally inmiune from death .... 22U 

 delivery of head as war indemnity. 214-215,219 



Onion, wild, Indian antidote for snake bite. 85 



Onquilouzas See Okelousa. 



ON.spfiE. See Ofo. 



OoE-AsAH, Muskohgeh town 253 



Opelousa— 



classification 9, 39 



history 363, 364 



name, derivation 363, 364 



population, various dates 43, 45 



OQUfi-LoussAS, name for Okelousa 302 



Oracles, Indian name for missionaries 180-181 



Orcoquisac. See Akokisa. 



O'Reilly, Spanish governor 361 



Osage language, note 23 



OuACHA, name for Washa 298 



OuACHH, Tamah., woman chief (Natchez), 

 reference 140 



Ouasita chief, desire for peace with French. 264 



Ouatchitas, reference 251 



Ouatchitas, river of the, supposed location of 

 Natchez 244 



OuiTOUPAS, mention by P^nicaut 308 



OuMA, OuMAS, OuMATS. See Houma. 



OuNSPiK, name for Ofo 309 



OusAGOUCOULAS, name of Natchez village. . . 46 



OussiPfis. See Ofo. 



Owls— 



Chitimacha stories, note 354 



Tunica names 320 



OvELAPE. See White Earth (chief). 



Pachca-Ogoulas, name of Pascagoula 304 



Pailloux, de, references 203, 205, 339 



Paint — 



use by Houma 286 



use on face by Mississippi tribes 54 



Parana, reference 271 



Palmetto, reference 345 



Pa^ca-okla, Choctaw name for Pensacola. . . 32 



Panther, Chitimacha story 354 



Paris concession, notes 339, 342 



" Pari.sian, Little," reference 243 



Parisot, J., connection with Taensa language 



controversy 9-15,23 



Pascagolas, name for Pascagoula 305 



Pascagoula— 



classification 9,39 



early history 31 



general description 302-306 



population, various dates 41, 44 



possessor of religious temple 166 



removal to Texas 31-32 



Pascagoula river— 



location and derivation 31 



reference 167 



Pascoboulas, name for Pascagoula 302 



Paul, Tunica chief 308 



Paul, Benjamin, Chitimacha chief 343 



grandmother a snake doctor 351 



granduncle a shaman 352 



on Chitimacha — 



clans 349 



diseases 352 



fish trap 346 



guardian-spirit fast 353 



houses 345 



manhood dance 353 



myths 357-360 



pottery 347 



use of gold or silver 345 



Pawokti, an Alibamu town 33 



Payon, Sieur, references 210, 213 



Peace calumet, use and description 128, 130 



Peace ceremonies, French-Chitimacha. . . .339-.342 



Peace treaties, and description 1.34-138 



Peaches— 



Pascagoula 303 



Taensa 265 



Peachtree creek, site of Indian mission 255 



Pearl river, origin of name 281 



Pearls— 



purchased of Koroa 328 



use by Natchez and Taensa 56 



Pedee Indians, removal , 255 



