INDEX 



907 



Natchez, members of Muskhogean lin- 

 guistic family, 239, 819. 

 migrations, 32. 

 mnemonic devices, 611, 612. 

 moieties, 664. 

 murder of Frenchmen by, resulted 



in short war, 159. 

 names, 673, 819. 

 necklaces, 519, 520. 

 origin legend, 22, 23. 

 ornamentation, 490. 

 Palawana Island granted to, 129, 



160. 

 pearls, 489, 516. 



physical characteristics, 228, 229. 

 pipes, 547, 819. 

 population, 160. 

 pottery, 549, 550, 553, 554. 

 rebellion, 1729, 73. 

 religious beliefs and usages, 779, 



780, 812, 819. 

 sketch of, 158-161. 

 skin dressing, 443,. 

 smoke holes and windows, lacking, 



427. 

 social organization, 650, 654. 

 source material on, 829. 

 staining of teeth, 536, 819. 

 tattooing, 535. 

 temple, 613. 



territory, fertility of, 20. 

 thread and textiles, 449, 450. 

 towns, 638. 

 trade with, 738. 

 transportation for the "Great Sun" 



by, 599, 600, 601, 819. 

 uprising put down by Bienville, 



159. 

 See Natchez War. 

 visited by De Montigny and 



Davion, missionaries, 159, 188. 

 visited by Iberville, at town of the 

 -«T Great Sun, 159. 



vocabularies collected by early 



ethnologists, 160. 

 war customs, 698, 699, 700, 701. 

 weapons, 575, 576, 579, 583. 

 welcomed by Abihka, 81. 

 Natchez Bluff, 20. 

 Natchez, City of, 23, 30. 



trading house established at, 72. 

 Natchez Nation, joined by Grigra, 134. 

 Natchez War, 30, 72, 78, 106, 107, 109, 



117, 134, 147, 166, 198, 212. 

 Natchitoches, 83, 85, 98, 99, 130, 141, 

 155, 157, 158, 160, 161, 162, 188, 204, 

 211, 218. 



accompanied Caddo tribes to Texas 



and Oklahoma, 161. 

 attacked by Acolapissa, 82, 99. 

 defeat of Natchez by, 161. 

 discovered by French under Tonti, 



161, 188. 

 fishing, 340. 

 loyalty to v/hites in Natchez 



rebellion, 73. 

 name, interpretation of, 218. 



Natchitoches, pleasant relations with 

 St. Denis maintained by, 161. 

 population, 162. 



removal from Red River to Lake 

 Pontchartrain by St. Denis, 130, 

 161. 

 settled by St. Denis beside Aco- 

 lapissa, 82. 

 sketch of, 161-162. 

 tattooing, 536. 

 trade with, 738. 

 "upper" town allied with Kadoha- 



dacho, 161. 

 visit of Bienville to, 72, 99, 161. 

 Natchitoches, town on Red River, 



founded by French, 72, 85. 

 Naufawpi Creek, 26. 

 Nautaugue, see Nottoway. 

 Navasota River, Tex., Deadose tribe 



living near, 130. 

 Nawatesh, see Naguatex. 

 Nawphawpe Creek, see Naufawpi. 

 Nazadachotzi, see Nacogdoche. 

 Nechaui, 155, 162. 



Nacono settled on Neches River, 



opposite, 155, 162. 

 population unknown, 162. 

 tribe of Hasinai Confederacy, 162. 

 Neche, 155, 156, 162. 



almost destroyed by Yojuane In- 

 dians, 162. 

 Hasinai tribe on Neches River, 162. 

 mission of San Francisco de los 



Neches established near, 162. 

 population, 162. 

 sketch of, 162. 

 village, mission reestablished near, 



155, 162. 

 visited by La Salle, 162. 

 Neches River, Tex., 57, 96. 



Biloxi Bayou a branch of, 17L 

 Cherokee members of Bowl's band 



settled along, 113. 

 establishment of mission in vicinity 



of, 99, 162. 

 Nabedache village near Arroyo San 



Pedro, west of, 154. 

 Nacachau village on east side of, 



155. 

 Nacono settled on, opposite the 



Nechaui, 155, 156, 162. 

 settlement of Koasati on, 145, 146. 

 site of Neche village near Nacog- 

 doche on, 162. 

 Neckband, see Necklaces. 

 Necklaces, 516-521. 

 Necoes, village, 103. 

 Needham, James, 77, 208. 

 Negro, death of, with De Soto, 60. 



member of Narvaez expedition, 38, 



39. 

 slaves, marriage of with Ais women, 

 84. 

 Neighbours, Robert S., agent of Caddo 



Indians, 99. 

 Nelumbo lutea, use of, 289, 292, 296. 

 Neumann, 221. 



