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INDEX 



ToxmiKA (Tunica), mention by Gravier 289 



Toux Enongogoula, name for Avoyel 24 



TowASA, variant of Tawasa 32-33 



Treaties, peace, description, method of 



making, etc 134-13S 



Treaty, French-Natchez, interpretation.. 241 



Trees, sacred, Chitimacha 354 



Tribal names, meaning and significance... 36-39 



Tribal relationships 9-39 



Tribes. See Classification. 



Tsa'xtsincupna'mu, Chitimacha village — 344 



Tuberculosis, cure 351 



TucKAPAW CANAL, location of Ilouma 292 



Tun, feast of the, celebration by Natchez, 



description 118-121 



Tunica— 



authorities on 6-7 



bird names 320 



chiefs 311, 312, 313, 318 



classification 9 



clothing 316 



comparison with Taensa 265 



confusion with " Tonlcau " 34-35 



doctors and cures 326 



enemies, note 218, 307 



hostility to English 273,314 



houses, arts, etc 315 



injury by Natchez war 314 



intermarriage with Houma 291 



landings on Mississippi 314 



language 18-19,21,23,24,315 



location , note 332 



massacre of Houma, note 289 



mention by Fflicite BUliout 292 



migration to Red river 311,315 



missionary work 22, 



307-308, 309-310, 31 1 , 312, 313, 326 



moral condition 317 



mortuary customs, remarks 324, 325 



myths 318,320-326 



names of animals 320 



occupations 317 



Poisson's visit and remarks 313 



polygamy 312 



population 42, 45, 309, 312, 314, 315 



reference 274 



relationship of other tribes 33-34 



relations with French 196, 



201, 211, 235-236, 246, 249-250, 310, 311, 313 



religion, ritual 309,312,318 



social life, remarks 318 



temple 165, 166,310,318 



transformation stories 323 



vegetarian diet 317 



villages 307, 308-309, 312-313, 315 



vocabularies 9 



Tunica COUNTRY, locatlonofChakchiuma.. . 294 



TUNICAN GROUP, description 9, 306 



See also tribal names. 

 Tunica river— 



name applied 331 



note of Charlevoix 312 



"TURKF.Y BUZZARD MEN," Chitimacha 350 



Turkeys— 



Koroa, note 329 



raising by Natchez 73 



use of feathers 289, 317 



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Turtles, Chitimacha food 346 



Tus-se-ki-ah Mic-co, Natchez chief 253-254 



Typhoid, Chitimacha cure 351 



Ula-hobe'ca. See Alahofl&hia. 



Ula-home'cia. See Alahoflfichia. 



United States Court docket, source of in- 

 formation on Chitimacha .• 343 



Upper Yazoo tribes, united with Chicka- 

 saw 44 



Vater, Prof. J. S., publication of Indian 



vocabularies 356 



Vegetal foods— 



Chitimacha 345 



Tunica 317 



Verdine, family name among Houma 292 



Verdine, Teet and Eliza, surviving Ata- 



kapa 362 



Vermilion bay, reference 354 



Vermh.ion river, location of Atakapa... 35-36,360 



Verret, Bob, leading man of Houma 291 



Vinson, Prof. Julien, connection with 



Taensa language controversy 9, 14-15 



ViviER, notes on Natchez remnant 254 



Vocabulary, Houma 28-29 



VoLSiNE ChIkI, Tunica chief, version of 



thunder myth 319 



Wafford, James, notes on Natchez and 



Cherokee 255-256 



Wai't'i, Chitimacha name for Uei cassine . . . 351 



Wai't'inImc, Chitimacha village 344 



Walnut, black , dye for baskets 348 



Walnuts, village of the, reference 202 



See also Hickories. 

 War chief, Great (Natchez), death and 



funeral ceremonies of 143-157 



Warfare, Indian— 



calumet 128, 129, 130 



captives 124, 125, 131-132 



councils of war 127-128, 129 



dances 131 



declaration of war 132-133 



embassies 128 



equipment of warriors 126, 127 



feasts 129-130 



formation of war party 123, 124 



fortifications 133 



on the warpath 123, 124-125, 126-127, 131 



scalping 125, 126, 132, 133-134 



warriors' names 124, 125 



Wartell, Felix, surviving Atakapa 362 



Washa— 



activity in Chitimacha war 30-31 



classification 9 



general description 297-299 



identity of allies 30-31 



name of lake in Louisiana 31 



population 42-44 



reference 274 



Washa lake, location, etc 299 



Washita (place), reference 274 



Washita (tribe) , location 7 



Watermelon— 



Natchez "7 



Pascagoula 303 



