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INDEX 



Chickasaw, head deformation practiced, 

 540, 818. 



horses, 348, 349, 741. 



household utensils, 559, 561, 818. 



houses, 387, 388, 400, 420, 421, 818. 



hunting, 265, 315, 316, 331. 



Iroquois war party destroyed by, 

 117. 



lands confiscated by South Caro- 

 lina, 118. 



marriage customs, 705, 706, 707. 



mats and baskets, 604. 



medical practices, 794. 



members of Muskhogean linguistic 

 family, 238, 818. 



metals, use of, 495. 



moieties, 663, 664, 818. 



musical instruments, 624, 625, 627, 

 628, 629. 



name, interpretation of, 217. 



names used by, 672, 673, 674, 818. 



nose ornaments, 515, 818. 



official relations with United States 

 Government begun, 118. 



Old Fields, site of defeat of Chero- 

 kee by, 112, 118. 



original home in State of Miss., 116. 



peace treaty with, obtained by 

 armed force under C^loron, 117. 



population, 118, 119. 



pottery, 553. 



relationship, terms of, 666, 667, 

 668, 669, 670. 



religious beliefs and usages, 776, 

 777. 



removal to southern part of Indian 

 Territory, 118. 



responsible for disturbance along 

 lower Mississippi, 117. 



sketch of, 116-119. 



smallpox attack, 117. 



smoke-holes and windows, 427. 



social customs relating to women, 

 715, 716, 818. 



social organization, 653, 818. 



source material on, 828. 



stockades, 433. 



tattooing, 533, 534. 



territory, fertility of, 20. 



thread and textiles, 453. 



town in which De Soto passed win- 

 ter of 1541, 27. 



towns, 637. 



trade, 741. 



transportation, means of, 589, 598, 

 601. 



village, 81. 



wampum, 484. 



war customs, 693, 696. 



war with French, 73. 



weapons, 583. 



weaving, 453. 

 Chickasawhay, French supported by, 



121. 

 Chicken, Colonel, 114. 



British penetration into Cherokee 

 country under,_lll. 



Chicopa Creek, Miss., 140. 



Cliicora, Francisco of, list made bv, 206, 



208. 

 Chicora, identification with Shakori, 66. 

 Chief of Coga, Chiaha said to be subject 



to, 115. 

 Chihaque, see Chiaha. 

 Chillicothe, name of town, 184. 



Shawnee band of Indians, 184. 

 "Chilokee," word defined, 46. 

 Chilucan, 119, 217. 



meaning of term, 119, 217. 

 probable remnants of old Timucua 

 population of Cumberland Is- 

 land, 119. 

 probably related to Florida groups, 

 119. 

 China, 7. 



effect of climate on, 824, 825. 

 northwestern, boundary of cultural 

 area, 825. 

 China brier, see Smilax sp. 

 Chine, 119, 217. 



Amacano associated with, 88. 

 name, interpretation of, 217. 

 population, 119. 

 Chine, a chief, mission named after, 107. 

 Chinese, cultural advancement, 827. 

 Chinisca, town subject to San Juan del 



Puerto, 179. 

 Chipola, mission established near middle 



course of, 107. 

 Chiquito, 194. 

 Chiquola, mentioned by Laudonni^re, 



143. 

 Chisca, mines located at, 490, 492. 



name used by De Soto for Yuchi, 



212, 213, 490, 492. 

 province of, 48. 



town of, destroyed by Boyano, 65. 

 Chisi, town visited by De Soto, on 

 Flint River, 43, 127. 

 See also Ichisi. 

 Chitimacha, 12, 17, 30, 73, 108, 119- 

 121, 159, 189, 217, 240, 283, 292, 296, 

 332, 334, 336, 665, 737, 801, 806, 808, 

 809, 810, 812, 819, 822, 829. 

 bracelets, 522. 



burial customs, 729, 811, 819. 

 castes, 661, 819. 

 Charenton on Bayou Teche, home 



of last survivors of, 120. 

 clans and gentes, 654, 657, 819. 

 culture, 18. 

 ear ornaments, 514. 

 finger rings, 522. 

 fire making, 425. 

 flint obtained by, 542. 

 games, 684, 686. 

 gorgets, 520. 



group included in Southeastern 

 cultural province, 10. 



(See table 1, facing p. 10.) 

 hair dressing, 501, 507, 819. 

 head deformation practiced by, 



540, 819. 

 household utensils, 559, 819. 



