INDEX 



915 



Polyodon spatula, use as food, 266, 267. 

 Pomeioc, tattooing worn by women of, 

 632 



temple in town of, 742, 806, 813. 

 Pomo, Indian tribe, 665. 

 Pomolohus chrysockloris, 267. 

 Ponca, brought to live with Quapaw and 

 later removed to own reservation, 

 176. 

 Ponce, Hernan, partnership of De Soto 



with, 39. 

 Ponce de Leon, Juan, see De Leon, Juan 



Ponce. 

 Ponpon, home of Yuchi according to 



Hawkins, 214. 

 Pontchartrain, Duchess of. Fort Rosalie 



named after, 72, 159. 

 Pooy, see Pohoy. 

 Pope, John, on fire making, 424. 



on tattooing, 533. 

 Pope Alexander VI, lands granted to 



Spain by, 1493, 34. 

 Population, Indian, 82, 83, 84, 86, 87, 

 88, 91, 92, 94, 95, 96. 98, 99, 100, 102. 

 103, 105, 107, 108, 109, 114, 116, 118, 

 119, 121, 123, 124, 126, 127, 129, 130, 

 131, 132, 133, 134, 136, 137, 138, 139, 

 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 

 148, 149, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 

 156, 157, 158, 160, 161, 162, 164, 165, 

 166, 167, 168, 169, 170, 171, 172, 173, 

 174, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179, 180, 182, 

 183, 186, 187, 189, 190, 191, 193, 194, 

 195, 196, 197, 198, 199, 200, 201, 202, 

 203, 204, 205, 206, 207, 208, 210, 211, 

 212, 215, 641. 



centers, abandoned in prehistoric 



era, 14. 

 conditions at time of French con- 

 tact, 13. 

 distribution according to De Soto 



chroniclers, 12. 

 effect of Spanish contact on, 21. 

 estimate by Mooney, 11, 12. 

 in prehistoric and historic eras 



compared, 21. 

 Indian traditions on movements of, 



22. 

 of Southeastern areas, 11-14. 

 prehistoric movements, 13-14. 

 relation of to natural areas, 14-21. 

 summarized, 32-33. 

 (See map 10, facing p. 22.) 

 Porcupine-quill work, 489, 490. 

 Port Royal, Huguenot colony, 135. 

 Port Royal River, French name for 



Broad River, 61. 

 Porter, Gen. Peter B., 119, 146, 176. 

 "Posoye," see Pohoy. 

 Post-De Soto period, 59-81. 

 Potano, 11, 16, 19, 41, 173, 174, 179, 

 193, 194, 762. 

 apparently scattered to other 



tribes, 174. 

 cut ofif Spanish soldiers under Cap- 

 tain Andrada, 174. 



Potano, defeated by Spanish and driven 

 from their town, 174. 



French colonists assisted by Utina 



in raid on, 173, 202. 

 population, 174. 



powerful Timucuan tribe, encoun- 

 tered by De Soto in Alachua Co., 

 Fla., 173. 

 sketch of, 173-174. 

 visited St. Augustine, 174. 

 Potato, marsh (Apios tuherosa), use as 

 food, 270. 



sweet {Convolvulus sp.), use of, 288. 

 {Ipomoea batata), use as food, 



285, 

 {Ipomoea pondurata), use as 

 food, 270, 285, 286. 

 Potawatomi, 493. 



clans and gentes, 656. 

 Potaya, to^ii subject to San Juan del 



Puerto, 179. 

 "Potcas hatchee," see Hatchet Creek. 

 Poteskeet, tribe of Weapemeoc confeder- 

 ation, 206. 

 Potomac Indians, 175, 184, 730, 743, 

 811, 814. 



marriage customs, 701, 702. 

 medical practices, 783, 784. 

 religious beliefs and usages, 743, 

 749. 

 Potomac River, 15. 

 Pots, material of, 243. 

 Potter, Rev. Elam, 119. 

 Pottery, 549-555. 

 Po6hka, see Pawokti. 

 Powell, J. W., 93, 193, 238, 240, 801. 

 Powhatan, chief of tribe bearing his 

 name, 175, 493, 641, 642, 643, 644, 

 815. 



body guard of, 689. 



cushion used by described, 432. 



destruction of other Virginia tribes 



by, 687. 

 pearls sent to Smith by, 488. 

 punishments inflicted by, 644, 730. 

 treasure house of, 615. 

 wives of, 702. 

 Powhatan, Indians, 11, 15, 18, 76, 111, 

 130, 148, 157, 175, 176, 218, 221, 299, 

 831. 



beards worn by priests, 498. 



birth customs, 709, 710. 



body paint, 529. 



burial customs, 718, 719. 



ceremonial houses, 415, 416. 



clothing worn by priests, 477. 



confederation of tribes in tidewater 



Virginia, 175. 

 crime and punishment, 730. 

 defeated in attack with whites on 



Nahyssan, 157. 

 dialect, Cree resemblances in, 24, 



31. 

 division of seasons by, 257. 

 doors, 428. 

 ear ornaments, 510. 

 food, preservation of, 377, 379, 380. 



