INDEX TO HISTORY OF THE NEW YORK IROQUOIS 



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Earthenware, 140'. 



Earthquake, terrors of, 212". 



East Cayuga destroyed, 2)^^- 



Eastern Indians, 1381 



Easton councils, 309', 312^, 314*, 318'. 



Eau, Chevalier d', seized, 238^ ; escape, 

 238*. 



Education of Indians, 318*, 3I9^ 2>^z^, 

 326', 347'-48", 389'; disappointing 

 results, 348". 



Eighteen Mile creek, Indian name, 

 181®; boundary between Eries and 

 Neutrals, i82l 



Elkins, James, trader, 175-. 



Elmira, council at, 374^ 



Eloquence of Iroquois, I43\ 



England, Indians taken to, 26o^ 



English, take Canada, 175^; aid Min- 

 quas, 214°; treaties with Iroquois, 

 2i6^ 240®, 250^; desirous of alliance 

 with Ottawas, 230*; treatment of 

 Indians, 236"; attempt on Canada in 

 1690, 22,f ; agents at Onondaga, 

 238^ 251", 263^; missions proposed, 

 238^; missionaries to Iroquois 

 necessary, 257*; expedition against 

 French, 239*; build Onondaga fort, 

 242^; protection for Iroquois, 250^; 

 relations to Iroquois, 250'; Iroquois 

 canoes for, 260^ ; council with Iro- 

 quois, 26o^ 270"; embassy to 

 Senecas, 266^; post at Irondequoit, 

 268*; at Oswego Falls, 271^; oppose 

 French trading house, 273^-74^; 

 protection extended, 278^; ani- 

 mosity toward, 285"; give scalp 

 bounty, 285%- invade Montreal, 

 289"*; traders, 293^; to live among 

 Iroquois, 301'; fight against Senecas 

 and Cayugas, 312'; occupy Illinois, 

 327'; Indians employed by, 371"; 

 care of Indians near Buffalo, 374*; 

 difficulties settled, 378'; Iroquois 

 declare war against, 383^ 



English forts, proposed, 234*, 315^; 

 ; at Lake George and Crown Point, 

 I 260*; five abandoned, 305'; Iro- 

 \ quois wish certain abandoned, 323^ 



jEnglish language spoken by Iroquois, 



English scalp in cabin of Cayugas, 



310*. 

 Ennikaragi, I38^ 

 Entouhonorons,, I35^ 159^, I62^ 

 Eriehronon, 193". 

 Eries, territory, 131^ 136'; name and 



territory 182'; origin, 182'; and 



Neutrals, boundary between, 182°; 



account of, 193®; war, 202^ 203'; 



exact location, 202'; chief town, 



2041 

 Esopus, new hostilities at, 2.\^. 

 Esopus Indians, treaty, 21 1^ 

 Esther, Queen, 359*, 360', 375'. 

 Estiaghicks, 138*. 

 Etiquette, I42^ 

 European ornaments, 152^ 

 European trade, early, 153". 

 Evans, Lewis, geographer, 282'. 

 Explanation of maps, 393-428. 

 Eyendeegen, present at council with 



Munseys, 3i4\ 



Famine among Senecas, 281". 



Far Indians, other names, 138"; at 



Albany, 258^ 269' ; invited to trade, 



268*; treachery, 275*; castles, 295'. 



See also Mississagas; Ojibwas. 

 Farmer's Brother, mentioned, 379''; 



eloquence, 143®; description, 382". 

 Feasting on enemies' flesh, 308'. 

 Feasts, Iroquois, I4I^ 

 Fire Nation, I39\ 

 Fire keepers chosen, 351*. 

 Flatheads, nations termed, 139'; at 



war with Iroquois, 265^; war with 



Senecas, 268', 281' ; send wampum 



to English, 288'. 

 Fletcher, Governor, Indian name, 



242^; calls council, 243^ 

 Food of aborigines, 139^; Mohawk 



ideas of, 24I^ 

 Forbes, Rev. Eli, mentioned, 348'. 

 Fort Brewerton built, 316". 

 Fort Bull, destroyed, 305'. 

 Fort Duquesne, French commander's 



comments on Six Nations, 313°; 



evacuated, 314'. 



