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INDEX 



Peden, Howell, authority on Chakchiuma. 295 



Pellekin, reference 206 



Pelote, ball used by Indian children 91 



PilNICAUT — 



as an authority 3-4, &-7 



mention of Yazoo 333 



on Acolapissa 281-284 



on Avoyel 24, 272-273 



on Chakchiuma 294 



on Chawasha 300 



on Chitimacha 338-340 



on Davion 309 



on Foucault murder 330 



on Koroa 330-331 



on movements of Bienville 205 



on Natchez — 



characteristics 4S 



dances 121 



first Natchez war 193-190, 197 



funeral ceremonies of grand chief- 



tainess Noble 140-141 



government 100-101 



pearls 56 



prostitution 94-95 



temple 159,173 



villages 45, 46 



on Natchitoches 282-284 



on Pascagoula village 303 



on Taensa 56, 270 



on translation of" Tangipahoa " 284 



on Tunica 308,311 



On Washa 298 



Pensacola — 



classification 9 



location 8 



People of the Rocks, meaning of Avoyel. . 24, 272 

 Perkier, Governor (of Louisiana)— 



campaign against Natchez 243-248 



course just after Natchez massacre 232-234 



defence of New Orleans 235 



destruction of Chawasha 232,300 



on number killed in Natchez massacre . . 226 



references 220, 225 



Persimmons, Chitimacha food 345 



Philtbert, Reverend Father, reference. . . 207 



PiAKiMiNA, use by Tunica 309, 317 



Pike, Natchez vocabulary 256-257 



Pipe of Chitimacha head chief 349 



Pipe of peace. See Calumet. 



Pischenoa, probable application of 274 



PiSTACHE, Chitimacha food 345 



Plant.s, medicinal qualities 83-86 



Plaquemine, location of Chitimacha 343, 344 



Plaquemine BRULfi Bayou, location of Ata- 



kapa and Opelousa 364 



Plums, Pascagoula 303 



Pneumonia, Chitimacha cure 357 



Pochougoula, name of Natchez village 46 



Point au Barr^e, Houma settlement 291 



Point Couple, location of Okelousa 302 



Point Couple settlements, attacks by 



Chickasaw 252 



"Poison tree," Chitimacha, note 351 



PoissoN, Father— 



location of Korea 331 



note regarding temple fire 165 



PoissoN, Father— Continued 



on Chitimacha 342 



on Davion 313 



reference 206 



stop at Houma village, note 290 



victim of massacre 225-226 



Pond-lily seed, Chitimacha food 345 



"Pond-lily worship house," Chitimacha 



village 344 



Pontchartrain, Lake, reference 298 



Pontchartrain, le Compte de, reference . . 197 



Population, Indian 39-45 



PosTttLON, murder by savages after massacre. 227 

 Pottery— 



Chitimacha 347 



manufacture by Indians, methods 62-63 



Pascagoula 303 



Tunica 315 



Pouhka, Indian nation 32-33 



Poultry— 



Houma 286, 289 



Natchez 73, 153, 156, 211 



Powell, Maj. J. W., connection with Taensa 



language controversy 11 



" Prairie-landing vaLAGE," Chitimacha. . . 344 



Prisoners of war among N atchez 124 



Prostitution among Natchez 94-95 



Prud'homme, Pierre, visitor to Taensa 259 



Psalmanazar, George, author of fictitious 



Formosa grammar 13 



Puants, common people among Natchez . . 103-104 

 Pumpkins— 



Chitimacha 346 



cultivation by Natchez 76-77 



Houma supply to Iberville 286 



Quapaw— 



destruction of Kdroa 242, 331 



destruction of Yazoo and Tioux 242 



expedition against Chakchiuma 294 



friends of La Salle 218 



lack of religious temple 167 



language 21, 23 



location 7 



sojourn of De Soto 186 



visited by missionaries 20 



See also Arkansas. 



Quebec, comparison of climate with Ta«nsa. 265 



QuiCHUA tribe, Peru, note 2 



Quinipasa. See Quinipissa. 



QUINIPISSA— 



allied with Koroa and Natchez 327, 328 



classification 9 



destruction in 1700 44 



mention by Il>erville 285 



name used for Acolapissa 30 



possessors of religious temple 166 



reference 274 



See also Quinipissa and Mugulasha. 

 Quinipissa and Mugulasha— 



general description 279-281 



See also Quinipissa. 



"Rabbit vine," use in fish nets 346 



Rain, efforts to bring by Natchez, 177, 178 



Ranjel narrative, note on Chakchiuma 293 



Rapides parish, location of Pascagoula 305 



