384 



INDEX 



Soto, De. See De Soto. 



SoucHiTiONY, location of " 



SouEL, Father, murder by Yazoo — 229-230,333 



Soulier Rouge, Chitimacha chief 349 



Sources of information 2-7 



Sow6oLLA, Indian nation 32-33 



Spanish— 



influence of 11-12, 17-18 



plundered by Indians 273 



recognition of Chitimacha 343 



Speeches, ceremonial— 



Chitimacha - 341 



Houma 285, 28* 



Spirits— 



beliefs of Natchez 174 



Chitimacha belief 353, 357 



Tunica 319 



Sports. See Games. 



"Spurious Tonti, the," as an authority — 5 



Squashes, Tunica 315 



Staekeville, Miss., Chakchiuma stronghold 



near 296 



St. Catherine, concession of— 



devastation by three Natchez villages ... 219 



reference 206, 213 



St. Come. See St. Cosme. 



St. Come, son of Natchez chief 245 



St. Cosme— 



as an authority 4, 20, 21 , 22 



death. 3-4,20-21, 192, 206, 300, 337, 338, 340, 342, 344 



missionary to Taensa 269-270 



on Natchez- 

 appearance at peace conference 245-246 



characteristics 49 



descent of chiefs 172-173 



successor of De Montigny as mission- 

 ary 191 



Suns 93 



reference 189 



St. Denis— 



aid to Natchitoches 281,283 



attacked by Flour chief 250 



expedition against Chitimacha 278, 338 



reference 272 



relations with Tunica 310 



victory over Natchez 251-252 



St. Denys, de. See St. Denis. 



Stel-o-na, reference 224 



St. Francis X avier, Ilouma patron, festival . 288 



St. Hilaire, de, reference 154-155 



Stiggins, George, history of Creek Indians. 254 

 Stinkards— 



among Creeks 33 



among Natchez : . . . 103-107, 181-182, 334 



St. John bayou, location of Ilouma 289 



St. Joseph lake, location of Taensa 258 



St. Landry, location of Opclousa 364 



St. Louis river. See Mississippi river. 



St. Martin's parish, location of Chitimacha. 344 



St. Michael, study of Chicacha (Chickasaw) 



language 27 



Strong house, name of Du Pratz's new 



house - 209 



Sun— 



among Chitimacha 352, 357 



distinctive badge among Indian tribes. . . 175 

 object of Natchez veneration 174 



Sunflowers, mention by Gravier 309 



Sun God, Timica, remarks 318 



Sun, Great, (Natchez)— 



fasting 169 



negotiations with French 245-247 



on sacred fire in temple 171-172 



powers and habits 100-108 



relation to massacre of French 220-221, 246 



Sun, Little (Natchez), action against 

 Natchez murderers 200-201 



Suns (Natchez)— 



descendants of sovereign 171 



female, description 104 



number and names 175-176 



position in tribe 93 



reference to death of Svm 313 



See also Sun, Great; Sun, Little. 



Sunset Indians, name for Natchez 253 



Supreme Being, Natchez conception of 167- 



168,170,17.5-176 



Swan, notes on Natchez 253 



Sweating- 



Chitimacha 351, 357 



treatment by Indians 85-.S6 



Sweet potatoes, Chitimacha food 345 



Synonymous names, Indian tribes 36-38 



Tabougas, name for Taposa 294 



TaEnca. See Taensa. 



Taencas, river of, location by Tonti 293 



TAfiNSA— 



chiefs, exalted position. . 61, 2.57-258, 259, 260-267 



classification 4,6,9 



climate 265 



disappearance 272 



enmity to Tunica 307 



friendliness toward Frenchmen.... 218,263-264 



funeral customs 257-258 



general description 259-266, 271-272 



growth of vegetation 265 



intermarriage _. 17. 272 



language — 



character '. 12,14, 17-20, 21 



fraudulent grammar and dictionary . 9-24 



relationship to Natchez 9, 13, 19-24. 265 



songs 12, 13, 14, 16,23,24 



locations at various times. 16-17, 258, 271 , 272, 311 



meaning of name unknown 257, 258 



missionary work among. 21.265-266,269-270,271 

 Oumas (Houma) warfare cause of removal 270 



population 40,44,258,265,271 



reference 348 



slave making 337 



temple — 



description 159- 



161 . 164, 260. 263, 264-265, 266, 269 



destruction 266, 268 



references 165, 166 



treachery to Bayogoula 270, 279, 337 



two tribes of the name 17 



villages 258, 270, 281 



women 94-95,264-265 



T aEnsa bayou, location of Taensa 272 



TaEnsas, Little— 



Iberville's name for Avoyel 272 



wrong identification 284 



See Avoyel. 

 Tahensas. See Taijnsa . 



