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INDEX 



Wer6ans, see Weroance. 

 Werowance Eyanoco, copper mines be- 

 longing to, 492. 

 Werowocomoco, settlement of Pow- 

 hatan, 175, 643, 645. 

 Wesley, John, home of, 123. 

 West Abeka, town supporting the 



French, 122. 

 West Indian cyclones, 5. 



pottery, origin of Meillac type of, 

 33. 

 West Indies, 22, 33, 35, 74. 



possible migration from to Gulf 

 region, 33. 

 West Virginia, mountains of, 5. 

 Western plains, 5. 

 Westlake, Ga., 44. 



Westo, 129, 184, 213, 214, 215, 588, 589. 

 Cusabo attacked by, 129. 

 driven from Savannah River by 



Shawnee, 184. 

 town, located near Augusta, Ga., 



184, 437, 635. 

 town, on Savannah River, visited 



by Woodward, 111, 117, 184. 

 war with, 77. 

 Wetumka, branch village of the Ala- 

 bama, 88. 

 Wetumka, Coweta village, on Uchee 



Creek, near Fort Mitchell, 127. 

 Wetumpka, Ala., town near Koasati 



settlement, 87, 146. 

 Wetumpka Creek, identification with 



mythological "Owatuka-river," 26. 

 White, John, leader of colonists on 

 Roanoke Island, 76. 

 drawings of, 831. 

 White Earth, concession established 



near Natchez town, 159. 

 White Ground, see Kan-hatki. 

 White River, identification with River 



of Casqui, 54. 

 White Spring, 43. 

 White town of Lower Creeks, 92. 

 Whitford, Carl, 246, 247, 248. 

 Whittaker, Alexander, on quarries 



worked by Indians, 542. 

 Whooping Creek, 26. 

 Wichita, 100, 214, 421. 



visited by Coronado, 74. 

 Wicocomoco, 175. 

 Wiha asha, see Ooe-dsa. 

 Wi hili, or "Sweet Water," town men- 

 tioned by Hawkins, 197. 

 Wild plants, uses of, 244. 

 Williams, S. C, 328, 403, 404, 637. 

 Williams Island, 48. 

 Williamsburg Co., 103. 

 Willinawaw, Cherokee chief, 692. 

 Wills Creek, 49. 



Wilson, George, Chickasaw chief, 118. 

 Wilson, Minnie Moor6, 828. 

 Wilson, Samuel, 313. 

 Wimbee River, 67. 

 Winding Stair Trail, 47. 

 Windsor, Bertie Co., N. C, Saponi 

 settlement near, 178. 



Wingina, Nelson Co., Va., supposed site 



of village of Nahyssan tribe, 157. 

 Winnebago, 219. 

 Winston County, Ala., 26. 

 Winyaw, 203, 206, 207. 



allied with whites against Wacca- 



maw, 207. 

 apparently joined Catawba, 207. 

 on Winvaw Bay and Pee Dee River, 



S. C.;207. 

 population, 207. 

 sketch of, 206-207. 

 trading post established on Black 

 River for, 207. 

 Winyaw Bay, S. C, home of Winyaw, 



207. 

 Wiogufki, branch of Wakokai tribe, 203, 

 204. 



busk ground of Wakokai tribe, 203. 

 Wisacky, name used by Lederer for 



Waxhaw, 206. 

 Wisconsin, State of, 2. 

 Withlacoochee River, Fla., 37, 41. 



site of Ocale village, 164, 601, 628. 

 Wiwohka, 144, 153, 207, 219. 



called responsible for Creek War, 



207. 

 joined Okchai tribe, 207. 

 name, interpretation in Creek 



tongue, 219. 

 noted on De Crenay map, 207. 

 old Creek town or tribe, 207. 

 population, 207. 

 sketch of, 207. 

 Woccon, 203, 207, 208. 



allies of Tuscarora against whites, 



207. 

 population, 208. 

 probably joined Catawba, 207. 

 reported by Lawson on Neuse 



River, N. C, 207. 

 sketch of, 207-208. 

 vocabulary preserved, 208. 

 Wolf, Mose, Chickasaw chief, 118. 

 Women, body paint, 530. 

 bracelets, 521. 



clothing, 469-477, 524, 525, 807. 

 ear ornaments, 513, 514. 

 games, 685, 686. 

 hair dressing, 498-501, 711. 

 head deformation not practiced on, 



541. 

 home customs, 711, 714. 

 moral characteristics, 230, 231, 232. 

 necklaces, 517, 520. 

 occupations, 710, 711, 713, 715, 



716, 717, 718. 

 phvsical characteristics, 223, 224, 



226, 227. 

 pipes, 545. 



pottery, 549, 550, 553, 554. 

 punishments, 732, 733. 

 rattles worn during dances by 



Creeks, 627. 

 social customs at births and men- 

 strual periods. 713, 714, 715, 716, 

 717. 



