INDEX. 



1, 



Jefults. Defcription of their college at Quebec, i. 106, 



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Illinois^ an Indian nation ; their origin appears to be the 

 fame with that of the Miamies, i. 287. River of the 

 Illinois, ii. 199. Reception they give to prifoners, ii. 

 201, Manner in which they burn them, ii. 203. 



Remarks on their parties of war, ii. 203. Mournful 

 fongs of thefe Indians, ii. 204. Remarkable ftory of 

 one of their chiefs, ii. 208, 209. Manner of lament- 

 ing their dead, ii. 210. Different tribes of thefe- In- 

 dians, ii. 227, 228. Ufefulnefs of the port of the 

 Illinois, ii. 235, 236. Diftinguiftiing marks of the 

 Illinois warriors, ii. 243. 



Indians. Devotion of the chriftian Indians of Loretto, i. 

 117, 118. Preparations and fuperftitious practices of 

 the Indians, for hunting the bear, i. 180, &c. Man- 

 ner of their hunting that animal : ridiculous ceremony 

 when they have killed a bear, i. 184, 185. Reception 

 of the hunters at their return, i. 185. Of their hunt- 

 ing dogs, i. 187. They marry the net before they 

 ufe it, i. 236. Character of the Indians about Hud- 

 fon's bay, i. 276, &c. Of the northern Indians of 

 Canada, i. 284. Of the other Indians of Hudfon's 

 bay, i. 286, 287. Manner of declaring war among 

 the Indians, i. 315, 316. Motives which engage themi 

 to war, i. 327, 328-. See War. 



Indians. Their notion of courage, i. 332. Caufe of 

 the barbarity they exercife towards their prifoners ©f 

 war, i. 375. Their dexterity in negotiation, i. 380, 

 &£, Indians of Canada, why more eafily converted 

 than civilized nations, ii. 20. General idea of their 

 government, ii. 21. Divifionof the nation into tribes, 

 ii. 21, 22. Obfervation on the names of the chiefs: 

 of the fucceffion and ele€Hon of thofe chiefs and their 

 power, ii. 23, 24. Of the affiftants or counfellors of the 

 body of the elders of the war chiefs, ii. 24, 25. Power 

 of the women in fome nations, ii. 25, 26. Wifdom 



