INDEX 



383 



Rattle — 



Tascagoula, note 303 



use with calumet in peace singing 340 



Rattlesnake, references 351-357 



Rattling Gourd, mixed-blood Cherokee... 25(5 



" Red crawfish," totem of Chakchiuma 292 



Red Earth, Chitimacha village 343 



Red Fo.x, Chakchiuma chief 290 



Red RIVER— 

 location of— 



Pascagoula 306 



TaiJnsa: 272 



tribes from Alabama 272 



reference 244 



Red Shoe, Choctaw chief, reference 213 



Red Shoes, Chitimacha chief 343 



Reeds, use by Natchez 58 



Region dealt with 1,7-8 



Regis, Sieur, reference 232 



Religion— 



Chitimacha 352, 353 



Houma 288 



Natchez 158-181 



Yazoo 334 



Reon, Armojean and Eugene, surviving 



Atakapa 302 



Ricard, Sieur, reference 224-225, 22(i-227 



Richard, murder and robbery of 197 



Richebourg, Captain de— 



on Davion 311 



on first Natchez war 190-204 



on Foucault murder 330 



on Koroa 331 



quotes Bienville on Chakchiuma war... 294 



reference 203 



responsibility for hostility of Natchez 193 



Rinemo, Atakapa chief 3G1 



RrvER People, name for Bayogoula 274 



Roches, Chevalier des, Commandant of 



Fort St. Claude, massacre 230 



Rodriguez plantation, reference 344 



Rogers, John, speaker of Natchez lan- 

 guage 256 



Rooster, Lizzie, speaker of Natchez lan- 

 guage 256 



'' Round Island," Chitimacha village 344 



RoussiN, Sieur, purchase of Tioux lands . . . 336 



RUMEX, variety in dyeing 348 



Running, Chitimacha 350 



Rut, Father du, building of Houma church . 288 



Sabine river, location of Atakapa 362 



Sacchuma, name for Chakchiuma 293 



Sacred fire— 



Houma 288 



Natchez 175 



Sacred stone, Natchez 173 



Sacred trees, Chitimacha tradition 354 



S.YCRIFICES, Natchez 176 



Sagittaria, Chitimacha food plant 345 



Sa'ktcihuma, name of Chakchiuma 292 



Salt— 



Chitimacha supply 346 



Indian manufacture 306, 307 



manufacture and use by Natchez 78 



production from lake near Natchitoches. 264 



Tunica supply 317 



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Salvert, de, French officer 243, 244 



Samboukia TRIBE, reference by Daniel Co.xe 36,335 

 Sapir, Dr. Edward, acknowledgment to.. . 35:3 



Saquechuma, name for Chakchiuma 296 



Satyrs, pictures in Houma temple 288 



Sauvolle— 



account of Pascagoula 302-303 



notes on Acolapissa tribe 281 



notes on Quinipissa consolidation 280 



reference 277 



Scalping among Natchez 124, 



126, 127, 131-132, 133-134 



Schoolcraft, reference 252 



Sclovon, Ellen, surviving Atakapa 362 



Scope of work 1-2 



ScouQUAs, reference by Iberville 36-37 



Senac, Father, capture and burning of 252 



Serpent pique, French name for Tattooed- 



serpent 139 



Seuel, Father. See Souel. 



Shakchi Humma, chief of Choctaw 293 



Shamans— 



Chitimacha 351, 358 



Houma 289 



Natchez 177-180 



Tiou-x, story 336 



Tunica 326 



Sha-wa-no, Creek town 253 



Shawnee, reference 293 



Shea, John Gilmary (editor)— 



an authority consulted 3 



on MembrS 5 



on Taensa and Natchez languages 20 



Shetimasha, name for Chitimacha 345 



Shikasha, Houma name of Chickasaw 292 



SHt'-XKAL-TiNi, Tunica name for Avoyel. 24, 274,315 

 Shulu-shumon, grandfather of F61icit6 Bill- 



iout 292 



Sibley, John— 



an authority consulted 3, 25 



on Atakapa 35 



on Avoyel 17,274 



on Houma 291 



on Opelousa 364 



on Pascagoula 305 



on Taensa 272 



on Tunica 315 



on Washa 299 



Sickness among Natchez, treatment 80-86 



Silver, Chitimacha use 345 



Singing, ceremonial, with peace pipe, etc — 285 



SiouAN STOCK, location of 7 



Sioux, misspelling of Tioux 335 



Skin-dressing— 



Chitimacha 350 



Natchez 64-66 



Tunica 317 



Skunnemoke, Atakapa head chief 360 



Slaves, Choctaw captives as 296 



Slippery elm, Chitimacha medicine 351 



Smith, Harry, on Natchez remnant 256 



Snake, Chitimacha clan 349 



Snake doctor , Chitimacha 351 



Socso6ky, Indian nation 32-33 



SonepAh, Indian nation 32-33 



Sorcerers, description 178 



SoREL, Louis, Indian interpreter, reference. . 153 



