INDEX.
A. hunters, 57; hunted
in the spring, 57;
love
of nuts, 57; skins of little value,
Aboriginal
Races of North America, The, 57; "King" of, 58; fond of pigs, 58;
see
Drake. seized
women and children, 58; more
Account
of the History, Manners and common in Iroquois country, 58; and
Customs
of the Indian Nations, An, panther fight, 60; sacrificed to dead,
see
Heckewelder. 140.
Achewilens,
a "rich man," 146. Beard, pulled out, 12.
Achsunnami1unschi,
Delaware name for Beaver, season, 13;
described, 61; scarce
sugar
maple, 48. in
1780, 61; fur valuable, 61; caught
Admonition,
Indians resent, 120. by
perfumed decoy, 61; dams, de-
Adultery,
retaliated, 77. scribed,
61-G2; tail edible, 62; hunted
Age,
few Indians knew their, 145. constantly,
62.
Aged,
charms made by, 83-84; favored in
Beds,
nature of, 17, 155; clothing, 17.
the
chase, 91; well cared for, 123.
Bed-bugs,
common in Indian lodges, 75.
Agriculture,
Christian Indians give up Be ,
n
hunting
for, 4. cf. 44. 'Beach,
white and red, 47.
hunting
for, 14. cf. 44.
Allegheny,
region described, 42;. w h Bees, unknown in Ohio before Moravians
Allegheny,
region described, 42; weather
in,
42. came, 152.
in,
42.
Allegheny
mountain, mentioned, 42 Belts,
custom of giving, 32; see wampum.
Allegheny
mountain, mentioned, 42.
Allegheny River, early name, 33; de-
Bequests, of dead carefully carried out,
Allegheny River, early name, 33; de-
88.
scribed,
42-43. .
scribed,
42-43„. . -,Berries, Muskingum Valley, 45.
Alligewi
S.'po, see Allegheny River. s
Ambassadors
how received 93 Bcson,
described, 25; see doctors.
Ambassadors,
how received, 93.
Bethlelhem
Diary, cited, 1,0.
Amenorrhoea,
treatment for, 157.
Bibliography,
/.eisherger, 10-11.
Ancestors,
prowess long remembered, 146-
Bibliograpy, Reierger ,
10-11
Big
Reaver River, Monseys lived on, 159.
Ar.l,
nm fo
mot of, 15Big Bone Lick,
mentioned, 110.
April,
name for month of, 145.
Arithmetic,
Indians made no progress in, "Bi nives", origin of expression 122,
144. 172.
Arrow-heads,
knives made from flint, Big Stillwater
Creek, mentioned, 173.
shaped
like, 28. Birds,
of Middle West, 65 scq.
Ash
tree, 47. Blanc
Barbus, The, mentioned, 154.
Aspen
trees, 52. Blackbird,
mentioned, C9.
Asthma,
treatment for, 157. Black
Snake, in fight with a hawk, 72.
August,
name of month of, 145. Blcm, Turkey
tribe, 92.
Bliss,
E. '., Diary of David Zeisberger,
B. mentioned, 4.
Blood-letting,
common, 27; method of,
Babes,
carrying boards falling into disuse 27.
in
1780, 85-86; common cause of in- Bloody
flux, mentioned, 24.
jury
to, 85.. Bluehird,
mentioned, (9.
Baily,
Francis Journal of a Tour in un- Boards,
for carrying papooses, in disfavor,
settled
parts of North tAmerica, cited, 85.
11il. Bodics,
of Indians weaker than Euro-
Ball,
game described. 11S. peans,
149.
Banta,
Dr. A. M.. mentioned, 9. Boils,
common, 149.
Beads,
strings of, 94. "Pott-ms",
chosen by Indians becaise of
Bean,
see "Earth bean", rich
soil, 44.
Bear,
season, 13; in swamps, 38; in Mus- Bracelets,
use of, 15.
kingum Valley, 57; dens noted by Bracket
fungus, mention-d. 20.
(174)
Ohio Arch.
and Hist. Society Publications. 175
Breasts,
Indian method of increas'ng se- Charms,
for bringing presents, 83; to
cretions of,
164. hold
lovers true, see Love Charm.
Bread,
sacrificed to fish, 139. Chase,
charm for hunters in the, 83.
Breathing,
"''doctors" cured by, 25.
Breathi"
c d b, 25. Chauwalanne, Indian name for species
Brown, Peter
A., quoted, 154.
,Pete, A., quoted, 14. of Eagle, 67; approach foretells bad
Buffalo, hides
of little value, 13; de- ae,
67
weather, 67.
scribed, 59;
tamed, 59; deserted Mus-
kingum Valley, 58; calves remained Cheating,
common, 19.
with dead
dam's skin, 59; on Wabash, Cherokee
River, see Tennessee.
110. .Chestnuts, mentioned, 46-47.
Buffalo - fish,
mentioned, 73. Chiefs,
attempt to stop liquor traffic, 90;
Burial,
customs, 88-90. of
Tortoise tribe first take rank, 92;
Burning at
the stake, described, 106-107. not
absolute rulers, 92; must make
Butter,
Indians use of, 14. themselves
loved and honored, 92-93;
Buzzard;
mentioned, 68. expected
to entertain, 93; must sup-
ply his own
wants, 93; perform com-
C. mon
services, 93; must keep the tribe
Cabinet work,
black walnut used in, 46. in
good repute abroad, 93; hold the
Camp, Indians
late in breaking, 22; meth- council ag and keep the archives,
ods of
making, 22; time of pitching, 93-94;
leadership in the council, 94-
22; sites,
easily identified, 114. 97;
supported by wealthy members of
Canada, Moose
migrate from, 38. the
tribe, 95; speak in council through
Canada, Moose
migrate from, 38.
Cannibalism,
known only among Iroquois, a
spokesman 95; use of figurative
107, 1t9. language,
97; principal duty to main-
tain peace,
98-99; have no right to
Canoes, use
of, 23; methods of making, in a, 98; ae t to
23;
described,? 39; buried in winter war,
98; must accede to cap-
23; dce 3
br iw ,
tains if latter declare for war, 98;
157.
how chosen and deposed, 98; must
Captains,
attend council, 98; can declare be
member of tribe over which he
war but not
peace, 98, 100; choose rules,
98; cannot be succeeded by sons,
and remove
chiefs, 98; represent the 98;
have oversight of embassies, 99;
people, 98;
hold up hands of Chiefs, must
keep his tribe together, 99; must
100;
deference paid to, 11; methods of keep
his town in order without use
choosing and
training, 101-102; must of
force, 99 usually obeyed read-
prove right
to office, 101-102; live in ily,
99-100; combat liquor, 100; pos-
accord with
Chiefs, 102; duties in war, sessions
distributed to all the tribe,
103-105; send
other captains tobacco, 100;
chosen by common consent, 100;
108; preserve
life in battle by med- control
the captains, 100; chosen by
icine, 127. one
tribe for another, 112; ceremony
Cards,
Indians played, 118. of
election, 112; ignored if not prop-
Carrying
girths, use and manufacture of, erly
elected, 113; may be admonished
16, 24. by
chiefs or people, 113; practices on
Case, Dr. J.
T., on modern treatment for a.
journey, 119; method of disclosing
snake bite,
158. a
secret, 120; determine prosperity
Cassiopeia,
see Stars. of
the tribe, 123; in mourning, 150;
Cat-bird,
mentioned, 69. death
of, 150.
Cat-fish-
mentioned, 73; drowned a fisher- Children,
not made to work, 16; seldom
man, 73. punished,
16, 81; sleep apart, 17;
Cattle,
Indians rarely kept, 14; belong clothing,
17; marital bond loose if
to women, 16;
easily cared for in Ohio there
are no, 20, 79, 85; lack respect
in winter,
45; prevented grazing in for
age, 76; customs in naming, 80;
daytime by
gadflies, 75. called
by name, 80; allowed to do as
Cayuga Lake,
mentioned, 39. they
please, 81; women sometimes
Cedar, swamps
in New York, 37; red, punish,
81; orphan treated kindly,
61. 81;
loved, 85; property of mother,
176 Index.
98-99; may stay with father in case Cursing,
unknown among Indians, 85;
of separation, 99; Indians fond of see
Obscenity.
white, 141. Cuyahoga
River, mentioned, 43, 162.
Chills and fever, mentioned, 24.
China Clay, see Kaolin. D.
Christian Indians, give up hunting and
take up agriculture, 14. Dances, daily
indulged in, 18; customs,
Chwoame Gischuclh, "Shad month", (see 18,
118; houses, 18; music, 18; treaty,
Mlarch).121; war, 121; Iroquois dance War
Cinnabar, used to dye shirts, 87. Dance
in time of peace, 121; at feasts,
Claws, deer, used for rattles, 105. 137.
Clay, four kinds, 55. Dead,
bequests carefully carried out, 88;
sacrificed to, 140; meat (hog or bear)
Cleanliness, little practiced, 16, 86; more sacrificed
to, 140; meat (hog or ear)
common among Delawares than Iro- offering to, 140; drink (rum)
offer-
quois, 17. ing
to, 140.
Coffins, made by later Indians, 89. Death, distribution of belongings after,
Coffins, made by later Indians, 89.
Colden, Cadwallader, History of the Five 87-88; feared by Indians, 148.
Indian Nations, cited,
159. Debts, customs
concerning, 92; Indians
slow to pay,
117; cancelled at out-
Consciences, missionaries, only, knew the slow to pay
117; cancelled at out-
Indians, 20. break
of war, 117.
Consumption, treatment for, 157; not ben- Deceit, Indians
master of, 19.
efited by sweating-ovens, 159. Declaration of \ar, how made, 114.
Conversation, peculiarities of, 116. December, name for month, 146.
Copperheads, described, 71. Deer, most
sought for game, 13; killed
Coral, used in dress, 86. for
hides only, 14; each Indian kills
150 every fall,
14; hoe made of
Corn, in Iroquois country, 40; the
"wife" sh der- e
of, 8
desie, 57-
shoulder-blade of, 28; described, 57;
of the Indian, 139; bear's flesh sac-, 57
colors of coat, 13, 57; facts con-
rificed to, 139; sacrificed to deer and cerng
yo , ; v e of ps,
bear~~, 139.
~~cerning
young, 57; value of pelts,
Corn-meal, 1.food and d rink
fo j57; White, called by Indians
"King",
Corn-meal, food and drink for journey-.
in-a, fode ad d
r - 64; Indian boy celebrates
killing his
ing made of, 22.
ing made of, 2-2. first,
75; corn sacrificed to, 139.
Corpse, how prepared for burial, 89; dis- a used as raes 10.
Deer claws, used as rattles, 105.
entombed by Nantikokes after three .
emontomehs, 90.
NatkksaDegeneration, of Indians, mentioned, 130,
months, 90. .
131, 135.
Council bag, kept by Chiefs, 93; suc- Rr, Saw e ld at
cession of,0. „Delaware River, Shawanese lived at forks
cession of,
.of100.
Council house, purpose, 93.
De Schweinitz, Edmund, Life and Times
Councils, ceremony
observed, 93, 96; of
David Zeisborger, cited, 156, 159,
young men admitted to learn use of 160,
170, 172.
formal language, 96; smoking at, 96; Desertion, not
uncommon, 82; barrenness
women never admitted, 96; provisions causes, 85.
for, 96; discussions at, 97; speeches Devil, Indian
idea of, 130; found only
sent in name of three tribes, 111. among
white people, 130.
Counsellors, duties, 93, 99; not always con- Diarrhoea, common,
149; remedies for,
suited, 123. 150,
157.
Counting, methods of, 144. Diary of
David Zeisberger, mentioned,
Courting, methods of, 78. 4.
Cowardice, common to redmen, 19. Dice, the Indian "National" game, 118;
Crab-apples, mentioned, 46, 161. long game
between two Iroquois
Crane, described, 65; will attack its towns,
119.
enemy, 65; unpalatable to Indian, 65; Diet, Indian,
116.
trumpeting, 65. Diseases,
of Indians, 24 seq.
Creation, Indian idea of, 128. Dishes,
seldom washed, 16, 86.
Credit, Indians glad to buy on, 117. Dislocations, well reduced by Indians,
Crows, did much damage, 68. 149.
Ohio
Arch. and Hist. Society Publications. 177
Divorce,
fate of children in case of, 98- Europeans,
Indian estimate of the, 121;
99. disguise
secret enmity toward, 122;
Doctors,
charlatanism of, 25 seq; prac. devil
originated among, 130.
tices
of, 25, 148; prices charged by,
25;
remedies secret, 150; labor cases F.
attended
by both male and females,
158. Famine,
threatened primeval Indians, 28,
Dogs,
make houses filthy, 17; wolfish 159
nature
of Indian, 31. Fauna,
of Muskingum Valley, 57, seq.
Dog-wood,
mentioned, 51. Feasts, 137; see
Worship.
Drake,
Samuel Gardner, The Aboriginal February,
name of month of, 146.
Races
of North America, cited, 154. Felon, cured by
blue violet decoction,
Races
of North America, cited, 154.
Dreams,
determine profession to be fol-
8.
Female
diseases, treatment of, 56.
lowed,
101; influence of, 120; pre-
diseases, treatment of,
tended,
120; effects on boys, 127-128. Fevers,
Indian treatment of, 55, 157; able
Dress,
Indias, to predict result of, 55.
Dress,
Indian's, 15; female, 86. Fields,
abandoned by Indians, 44.
Dropsy,
treatment for, 157.
Dropsy,
treatment for, 157.
Figurative language, cleverly used, 97.
Drums,
how made, 18.
Drums,
how made, l8. Finches,
mentioned, 69.
Ducks,
wild, 65; migrate, 65.
Dug-outs,
method of making, 30. Finery, Indian women
loved, 86; men
Duties,
of men, 13, 82; of women, 13, 82, disregard,
86.
87. Fir-trees,
mentioned, 51.
Dysentery,
mentioned, 24, 157. Fire, worshipped,
138; "grandfather" of
Indians,
138.
E. Firewood, early method
of making, 29.
Fish,
Indians cook well, 14; Iroquois
Eagle,
described, 67; nests, 67; brave lived
on, 38; killed an eagle, 67; of
fighter, 67;
killed by fish,
67; Muskingum
River, 73; bread sacrificed
"Forked",
67. to,
139.
Ear,
cutting helix, 12. Flint,
used to make knives, 28.
Earth,
Indian notions concerning the, Flood",
legend of "The, 131-132.
147,
148. Food,
always well cooked, 14.
"Earth-bean",
47. Fool's
Gold (Iron pyrites), 164.
Eat-all
feasts, mentioned, 138, 173. Fort
Frontenac, mentioned, 41, 161.
Eels,
of Pennsylvania, 38; of New York, Fort
Ligonier, mentioned, 43.
38;
rare in the Muskingum River, Fox, season
for hunting, 13; three kinds,
74. 60.
Election,
of Chief, ceremony, 112, 113. French
Creek, Venango early name of,
"Elephants",
supposed to have existed in 42;
Onenge Indian name of, 42, 162.
America,
110. Friedenshiitten,
mentioned, 36.
Elk,
hides of little value, 13; gave name Friends,
do not desire possession of de-
to
Muskingum River, 44; found along ceased
friends, 88.
Muskingum
as late as 1780, 44; com- Friendships,
Indian boys form peculiar,
pared
to European stag, 58; men- 119.
tioned,
164. Frogs,
mentioned, 75.
Elm-wood,
paste made of, 23. Fuel, determined
location of towns, 87;
Elm-tree,
mentioned, 51. gathered
by women, 87.
Embassy,
Cherokee to Delawares,
150,
Embassy,
Cherokee to Delawares, 150,
Funeral observances, 89, 90; of Nanti-
kokes,
90.
Embassies,
how chosen and sent, 96. Future
life, Indian idea of, 129.
Emetic,
administered to bring luck, 84;
whimsical
Indian concoction for, 158. G.
cf.
"Vomit Town".
Epilepsy,
not common, 149; bloodletting Gadflies,
prevent cattle grazing in the
for,
149. daytime,
75.
178 Index.
Game, killed
by Indian belonged to wife, women's,
12; reason for its straight-
16; larger in
North than in South, ness,
154.
14. Hare,
described, 64; white, 64; worshipped,
Games,
description of Indian, 118-119; 140;
strange legend concerning, 140.
certain taken
from Europeans, 118. Haste,
journeying Indians seldom in, 22.
Gar-pike,
mentioned, 73, 74. Hats,
some Indians wore, 15.
Geese, wild,
65; migrate, 65. Hatchets,
manufacture, 28; purpose of,
Gekelmukpechunk [Gekelemukpechuenk] 28.
mentioned,
136, 170. Iawk,
mentioned. 67; in fight with a
Gelelemend,
mentioned, 172. hlacksnake,
72.
Genealogies,
Indians well versed in, 146. Iawthorne,
bush, mentioned, 47.
Geological
Survey of Ohio, cited, 166. Headache,
rum sacrificed to, 140; treat-
Gifts, made
trouble, 124. ment
for, 148.
Girths, see
Carrying girths, hemp. Headstones,
erected, 89; red, for Cap-
Glikkikan,
mentioned, 172. tains,
S9; physicians, adorned with
God, ideas
of, 128-129; mentioned by im- tortoise
shell, 89; warriors, bear rec-
postors,
133-135; reverenced in feats, ord
of exploits, 89.
138; dwells
beyond sun rising, 138; Ileckewelder,
John, An Account of the
worshipped in
sweating-ovens, 138. History,
.lIanners and Customs of the
Gold,
whatever glitters Indians called, Indian
Nations, quoted on temper of
54. Indian
women, 155; on marital fidelity,
Good
Health, cited, 158. 155;
on Indian pride, 156; on Indian
Gonorrhoea,
treatment for, 158. courage,
156; on alleged hardships of
Goschgosching,
mentioned, 22, date of Indian
women, 155; on Indian division
beginning
mission at, 33. of
ownership, 155; cited, 157, 158,
Goschgoschuenk, Delaware (Mlonsey) 159,
170, 172.
town on
Allegheny River, 156. Hell,
unknown to Indians, 130; see
Gossip,
Indian women, 116, 124. Machtandolnwinck;
Cf. 134-135.
Government,
of each Indian nation, in- emorrhage,
mentioned, 24, 158.
dependent,
92; of Indian nations, de-
dependent,
92; of Indian nations, de- Hemp, used
to make carrying girths, 16.
scribed, 92 seq.
~~~scribed, 92 seq. 25;
mentioned, 155.
Gravel,
treatment of, 157. Heron,
mentioned, 6S.
Grain, bottom
land too rich to grow win- Hickory
trees, mentioned, 47.
ter, 44; high
ground chosen for, 44. Hides,
skinned by flint knives, 28.
Graves, how
made, 88-89; face the west, History
of the Five Indian Nations, see
89; visited
by friends, 89-90; of chil- olden.
dren visited
by mothers, 140. History - - - of
the Indian Tribes,
Great Lakes,
extent, 43; traders on, 43. The,
see Schoolcraft.
Greeting, Indian
method, 11; never History
of the Mission of the United
hypocritical,
115. Brethren,
see Loskiel.
Ground-hog,
described, 64; eaten by In- Hoe,
deer shoulder-blade used for, 28.
dians, 64;
chews its cud, 64. Hog,
meat offering to the dead, 140.
Grouse, method of
escaping pursuers, Home life,
described, 81, 82; division of
66. labor,
82.
Guests, well treated, 120.
Gull, mentined, 152. Honey-locust,
mentioned, 47.
Gull, rmentioned, e152. b Hoop-ash,
barrel hoops made from, 47.
Guns,
rifle-barrelled, used by Delawares Hoope, entioned, 68.
Hoopoe,
mentioned, 68.
and Shawanese, 85.
and
Shawanese, 85. Horn-fish,
mentioned, 37.
~H. E~H~Iorn-snake, see
Copperhead.
Horses,
belong to men, 16; used little
Hackihewi
Gischuch, "planting month", by Indians except for riding, 87;
see April. Indians
too lazy to break, 87.
Hair, nature
of Indian's, 12; turns white. Hospitality,
Indian, 120, 121.
12; styles
of, 12; treatment of Housekeeping,
customs, 16.
Ohio Arch. and
Hist. Society Publications.
179
Houses, character of,
17; description of immorality
proven by lack of chil-
Iroquois, 17; Indians
learn to build dren,
20; only aged moral, 21; love of
regular, 18;
interior, described, 86; children,
21; have concubines, 21;
rarely locked, 123. families
sometimes large, 21; capacity
Hulbert, A. B., Washington's
Tour to the for
work, 21; clever mentally, 21; ex-
Ohio, cited, 159. eel
in iron work, etc., 21; superiority
Humming bird,
mentioned, 69. in
the forest, 21; never lost, 21; never
balked on a journey,
22; always find
Hunting,
appropriate seasons for, 13; balked on a journey, 22; always find
food, 22; never in
haste on journey,
Christian Indians
give up, 14; feasts,
to bring luck in, 84;
parties, rules 22,
120; break camp late in the day,
governing, 91; favor
to old men, 91; 22,
120; eat heartily before journey-
governing, 91; favor
to old men, 91;
ing, 22, 120; camp at
sun down, 22,
grounds, Kickapoos
gave Delawares ng,
22, 120; camp at sun down, 22,
and Wya s on W h 12. 120; use
of snow shoes, 22; food
and Wyandots, on
Wabash, 142.
andie Wyndots, ponoab
, 1 ,. ,taken on journeys, 22, 120;
canoes
Hypocrites, Indians
poor, 115.
quickly made, 23; elm
paste for re-
I.~~~ ~~pairing
canoes, 23; diseases due to
exposures, 23; suffer
from rheumatism,
Idol, Indians had
one, 141. sores,
chills, fevers, dysentery, vene-
Indians (in general)
Stature, 12; color, real
diseases, 24, 55; modes of car-
12; hair, 12;
ornaments, 12; several rying
burdens, 24; poor nurses, 24;
duties of men and
women, 13, 82; treatment
of sick, 24; knowledge of
raised vegetables by,
12; hunting, 13; herbs,
24; doctors, 25; superstitions,
sugar boiling, 13,
48; change customs 25;
treat external injuries, with suc-
upon conversion, 14;
have few cattle, cess,
25; cure snake bite, 25; be-
14; fond of milk and
butter, 14; eat come
doctors when they grow old,
only well-cooked
food, 14; kill game 25;
pay doctors large fees, 25; feign
for skins only, 14;
rarely shoot wolves, to
cure with breath, 25; use sweat-
14; modes and
materials of dress, 15; ing-ovens frequently, 26; doctor's
state dress, 15;
shoes, 15; hats, 15; practices,
26; methods of blood-letting
women's dress, 15;
women's orna- and
cupping, 27; recollections of early
ments, 15; jewelry,
15; gave women history,
27; legend of coming of
results of chase, 16;
women supply whites,
27; primitive implements, 28;
the men, 16; division
of ownership tobaccos,
28; knives, 28; hatchets, 28;
of cattle and horses,
16; lax control kettles
and pots, 29; stories of primi.
of children, 16;
girls labor, 16; use tive
hunting customs, 29; primitive
of wild hemp, 16, 25,
155; unclean- blankets,
29; ancient use of bow,
liness of utensils,
16; dogs unclean, 29;
primitive fire-making and carry.
17; beds and tables,
17; mats, 17; ing,
29; underground dwellings, 30;
blankets, 17; boys
and girls sleep early
dogs, g1; early wampum, 31;
apart, 17; women's
attire, 17; chil- legend
of Iroquois conquest of Dela-
dren's clothing, 17;
huts and houses, wares,
32; acquaintance with and
17; Iroquois and
Delaware huts com- use
of petroleum oil, 52; make lit-
pared, 17; learn to
build houses of tie
use of salt springs, 53; ceremony
whites, 18; laziness,
18; labor of old when
boy kills his first deer, 75;
men and boys, 18;
games, (dice and ancient
respect for old age, 76; lack
ball), 18; dance
every night, 18; of
respect for age sign of decay, 76;
noisy dancing, 18;
musical drums, 18; retaliation for adultery, 77; men-
pride, 18; belief in
dreams, 19; in struation
customs in different tribes,
Satan's power, 19;
masters of deceit, 77;
formal courtship and marriage
19; credulous, 19;
cheating and steal- customs,
78; presents to and from
ing, 19; thieves go
unpunished, 19; newly-married couples, 78; ancient
hide anger, 19;
remember revenge, 19; customs
disappearing, 78; husbands
peace-makers, 19;
quarrels settled by an'd
wives sometimes faithful through
payment of wampum,
19; cowards. 19; life,
79; parents cannot arrange a
treacherous, 19;
known only by long marriage
against will of the children,
acquaintance, 20;
grossly immoral, 20; 79;
decay and immorality accounted
180 Index.
for, 79; women
strong physically, 80; they
please, 90; frequently live apart
child-birth
and nursing, 80; choice of from towns, 90; much engaged in
names, 80;
custom of praying over a liquor
traffic, 90; women sell rum,
child, 80;
children, only, called by 90;
inability to control liquor trade,
name, 80;
children never coerced 90;
treatment of murderers, 90; fre-
or
reprimanded, 81; children often quently
murder when intoxicated, 91;
well-bred,
81; children sometimes pay
relatives of victims, 91; easily
angered by
women, 81; women often escape
punishment for murder of rela-
ill-tempered,
81; methods of punish- tives,
91; thieves escape punishment
ing children,
81; fear of revenge on
payment being made, 91; gov-
saves
children from corporal pun- erned
in hunting by recognized rules,
ishment, 81;
stricter than whites 91;
treat old men graciously when
about marriage
of blood-relations, 81; hunting,
91; debtors must pay or
average family,
81; twins rare, 81; friends
must pay, 92; purchasers when
infants' food,
81; orphans, 81; women dissatisfied may return
the goods,
manage the
home, 81; family distri- 92;
tribes involved in war by un-
bution of
labor, 82; husbands desert ruly
members, 92; tribal organization,
wives after
misunderstandings, 82; 92;
chieftain's duties, 92; treatment
marriage
customs, 82; commit sui- of
ambassadors by chiefs, 93; coun-
cide over
disappointments in love, 83; cil
and council-house, 93; chiefs keep
use of love
charms, 83; use charms the
archives and belts, 93; council
to get
presents, 83; same for the chase, procedure,
93; wampum described, 94;
83; ascribe
ill-fortune in hunting to language
in council, 96; messages and
presence of
missionaries, 84; believe carriers,
96; youths train to be mes-
dreams affect
hunting, 84; skillful in sengers,
96; women never admitted
use and repair
of guns, 85; take pride to
council, 96; methods of making
in good work,
85; never curse, 85; addresses,
97; habit of having some-
use obscene
expressions when en- thing in
the hand when delivering
raged, 85;
mothers love children, 85; a
message, 97; method of refusing by
carrying
children on a board causes making
figurative replies, 97; use of
sickness and
death, 85; custom ob- peace-pipe,
98; chiefs cannot declare
solete, 85;
men and women seldom war,
98; custom of choosing chiefs,
sterile, 85;
consider barrenness good 98;
inherit tribal rights from mother
cause for
desertion, 85; houses fairly only,
98; division into tribes a guard
clean, 86;
dogs scatter fleas, 86; uten- against
incest, 98; children belong to
sils rarely
clean, 86; use of spoons, the
mother, 98; rarely punish children
bowls, etc.,
86; women love finery, 86; through
fear of later separation of
men dress
meanly, 86; women's dress, man
and wife, 99; regard wives as
86; clothing
seldom washed, 87; paint strangers,
99; chiefs not succeeded
faces and
bodies, 87; women dress son,
99; chiefs expected to keep clans
shabbily when
old, 87; method of united,
99; method of choosing chiefs,
locating
towns, 87; move towns be- 100;
captain's office and influence, 100;
cause of lack
of fuel, 87; use horses methods
of concluding peace, 100;
seldom except
to ride, 87; know noth- boys
trained to become captains, 101;
ing of
inheritances, 87; widows re- warriors,
102; war-parties, size and
ceive none of
husband's goods, 87; and
deportment, 103; methods of mak-
dislike to be
reminded of departed ing
war, 103; barbarities when vic-
friends by
possessing their goods, 88; torious,
104; treatment of prisoners,
widows and
widowers do not marry 105;
custom of burning at the stake,
for one year,
88; treatment of wid- 106;
not cannibals, 107; tribes take
ows, 88;
customs concerning funerals the
name of place where they dwell,
and
burial-places, 88; graves dug by 111;
method of election of chiefs,
old women, 89;
customs concerning 112;
ignore chiefs not properly elected,
grave-markers,
89; men ashamed to 113;
reprimand chiefs, 113; methods
weep at
funerals, 89; political rela- of
writing on trees, 114; method of
tions, 90;
free agents, 90; live where declaring
war, 114; modes of meeting,
Ohio
Arch. and Hist. Society Publications. 181
115;
ignore empty compliments, 115; tive
preachers, 133; preacher's idea
make
no sign of greeting if enmity of
Heaven, 134; morals weakened by
exists,
115; tobacco indispensable, 115; preachers,
135; modes of worship and
mix
sumac with tobacco, 116; intro- sacrifice,
136; observe eat-all feasts,
duce
fanciful thoughts in conversa- 138;
dance decently at feasts, 137:
tion
without interruption, 116; laugh- celebrate various kinds of public
ing
common, 116: attentive listeners, feasts,
137; pay off old scores at
116;
never interrupt, 116; never shame orgies,
139; celebrate private feasts,
one
another, 116; love to be treated 139;
kept in slavery by. the devil
as
worthy, 116; pleased to know they through
dreams, 140; disdain native
are
liked, 116; treatment of guests, sacrifices
after conversion, 140; make
116;
principal diet, 116; like to talk offerings
to spirit of the dead, 140;
of
important affairs, 116; women usu- imagine
trivial pains to be caused by
ally
smoke, 116; women carry stories spirits,
140; travel long distances to
from
house to house, 116; men scout graves
of children to sacrifice, 140;
women's
tales until confirmed, 116; reverence
the hare, 140; legend about
articles
of trade, 117; glad to cheat the
hare, 140; idols, 141; ornaments,
and
steal, 117; fond of buying on 141;
fond of white children, 141; re-
credit,
117; ignore creditors when pos- gard
twins fortunate, 141; languages,
sible,
117; offended if dunned, 117; 141-142;
study oratory, 142; lack re-
cancel
all debts at outbreak of war, ligious
expressions, 143; adepts at dis-
117;
traffic among themselves, 117; sembling,
143; language easy to pro-
women
sell rum, 117; appoint sacri- nounce,
143; have few monosyllables,
fices
in rum, 117; exchange everything 144;
have ten words meaning bear,
but
breech clout for rum, 118; youth 144;
count up to hundreds of thou-
dance every
night, 118; mode of, sands,
144; unable to grasp large num-
dancing,
118; games, 118; towns con- bers,
144; women count on 'fingers
test
in gaming, 119; use of bows, 119; because
of poor memory, 144; make
boys
form close friendships, 119; cus- little
progress in arithmetic, 144; usu-
toms
on journeys, 119; never hurry ally
count in Dutch money, 144; know
on
journeys, 120; eat before jour- little
of writing, 145; esteem a sealed
neying,
120; dislike having evil acts letter
highly, 145; writing may last
disclosed,
120; dislike admonition, 120; fifty
years, 145; ashamed of their
forward messages
received from Indian
names, 145; method of reck-
dream,
120; treat guests royally, 120; oning
time, 145; do not know their
treaty dance, 121; war dance, 121; age, 145;
names for months, 145;
attitude towards
and opinion of differ
as to beginning of the year,
Europeans,
121; love the French, 122; 145;
well versed in genealogies, 146;
call
whites Big Knives, 122; rarely respect
the rich, 146; remember feats
guilty
of violence or theft, 123; do of
ancestors in wars with Cherokees
not
lock houses, 123; care of aged, and
Iroquois, 146; never formally di-
123;
assist poor and needy, 124; pos- vide
territory, 147; bound territory by
sess
negroes who intermarry,
124; rivers, portages
and mountains, 147;
never forget
being cheated, 124; have
no conception of geography, 147;
strange
notions of giving and receiv- ideas
of the sun, 147; ideas of thun-
ing,
124; women lie and gossip, 124; der,
148; name certain stars, 148; no-
fear a
bad name, 125; witchcraft and tions
of astronomy, 148; greatly fear
sorcery,
125; use of the witchball, 126; death,
148; impositions of doctors,
religious
beliefs, 128; fear of death, 148;
use of white walnut bark, 148;
129;
idea of God, 129; idea of devil seldom
go mad, 149; suffer from boils,
not
native, 130; idea of soul, 131; 149;
proficient in setting broken bones,
believe
in transmigration, 131; tra- 149;
method of setting broken leg,
ditions
of flood, 131; idea of their 149;
treatment of toothache, 149;
origin,
132; belief in spirits, 132; laugh
at one who cries out in an
reception
of native preachers, 133; operation,
149; little affected by mis-
influenced
against Europeans by na- fortune,
149; suffer from diarrhoea,
182 Index.
149; often
suffer from overdoses, 150; (New Vork) described, 36, 37, 39,
widows
observe mourning customs, 40,
58; orchards, 39; various tribes
150; high
regard of peace-pipe, 151. (Oneidas, Senecas,
Onondagas,
Indians (by
tribes). Mohawks,
Cayugas, Tuscarawas)
Catawba,
mentioned, 108. 40;
language, Wyandot resembled,
Cayugas,
mentioned, 40, 41; see Iro- 40;
\yandots al ied to, 40; entcr-
quois. prise
in war, 40; langrage easier
Cherokees,
early relations with Dela- to
learn than Delaware, 41; de.
wares, 32 seq.;
wars w;th S x Na- generation,
41; little engaged in
tions
and Wyandots, 33; trade trade,
41; private customs of
with
Delawares, 54; guilty of tor- women,
77; marriage planned by
ture, 107;
dialect, 142, 146. parents,
79; guilty of torture, 107;
Chippewa,
dialect, 142; classed with towns
had dice tournament, 119;
dark-skinned
Indians, 154. danced war dance in t:me of
Creeks,
[Moskos] war with Shawanes-, peace,
121; dialect, 142; oratory
108, 147. boastful,
142; name for Cassiopeia,
Delamattenos,
see Wyandots. 148;
tribe of Senecas known as
Delawares,
Zeisberger first met, 3, 4; Mingoes
in West, 154.
legends of
"conquest" by Iroquois, Kaskaskias
[Kaskaski], leagued with
8, 34 seq.;
146-147; women braid
Delawares, 108; dialect, 142.
hair, 12;
more cleanly than Iro- Kickapoos [Kikapus]
leagu:ed with
quois, 17;
one family in a house, Delawares,
108; gave Delawares
17; history,
27 seq.; tribal divi- hunting grounds
on Wabash
sions, 27;
early relat:ons with River,
142; dialect, 142; gave Wy-
Cherokees,
32 seq.; called "Woa- andots
hunting grounds, 147.
panachky",
36; claim to Ohio land Mahikanders,
see Mohicans.
recognized by
Wyandots, 33; Menomonies,
mentioned, 154.
language
more difficult than Iro- Miamis
[Twichtwees] private customs
quois, 41;
date of leaving Alle- of
women, 77; leagued with Del-
gheny River,
43; buy pipes from awares,
108; dialect. 112.
Cherokees,
54; private customs of Mohawks,
40; see Iroquois.
women, 77;
use rifles, 85; at- Mohicans [Mahikanders] war with
tempted
formal village, 87; leagued Iroquois,
36; leagued wIth De'a-
with many
nations, 108; attitude wares,
1C8; dialect, 141.
in
Revolutionary War, 109; made Money,
Indian terms for European,
powerful
by Chief Netawatwes, 144.
111; without
real ruler, 113; name Monsey,
mentioned, 27; dialect, 141-
(Lenni
Lenape) 114; sold land 142;
lived on Beaver River, 155;
treacherously
to whites, 122; en- see
Delawares.
deavored to
extirpate "witch-ball", Moskos,
see Creeks.
126;
relation of language to var- Nantikokes,
strange burial custom, 90;
ious
nations, 142; dialects, 143; originated famous
poison, 126;
drove of
Iroquois, 146. dialect,
141.
Five
Nations, see Iroquois. Oneidas,
40; see Iroquois.
"Flatheads" [Twightwees] see Mi- Onondagas,
40, 155; see Iroquois.
amis. Ottawas,
mentioned, 19; dialect, 142;
Hurons, see
Wyandots. small
stature, 154.
Iroquois
[Six Nations, Five . Nations] Pottowatamies, leagued
with Dela-
visited by
Post and Zeisberger, 2, wares,
108.
3; archives
kept by Zeisberger, 3; Senecas,
40; see Iroquois.
women braid
hair, 12; less cleanly Shawanese,
[Shawno] women braid
than
Delawares, 17; houses, 17; hair,
12; private custom of women,
treacherous,
20; at war with Cher- 77;
used rifle-barrelled guns, 85;
okees, 33;
legend of "conquest" guilty
of torture, 107; war with
of
Delawares, 33 seq.; country Creeks,
108; history, 108; at odds
Ohio Arch. and Hist. Society Publications. 188
with Delawares, 109; use of war K.
beson, 127; dialect, 142.
Sioux [Su] mentioned, 115. Kaolin, or Chino Clay,
mentioned, 164.
Six Nations, see Iroquois. Kekalemchpehoon
, Delaware capital at
Tukashas [Tuckachachas] Nleagued Newcomersto
n, 0., 156.
Tukashas [Tuckachachas] leagued Kentucky, settleents in, 43.
with Delawares, 1081; dialect, Kentucky, settlenents in, 43.
142 Kentucky
River, mentioned, 162.
Keokuk, height <f, 154.
Tuscarawas, mentioned, 40, 41.
Tuscarawas, mentioned, 40, 41. Kettles, made of clay and sea
shells, 29.
Twightwees, "Flatheads", see Miamis.
Twightwees, "Flatheads", see Miamis. Kindness, an In ian characteristic, 123,
Unalochtgos, see (Wunalachtico) Del- 124.
aware.
~~~~aware. ~Kittaning [Kittat nuenk] Pa., Shawanese
Unami, mentioned, 27; dialect, 141, at, 109.
144; lived on Tuscarawas River, Knives, made of flint, 28.
159; see Delawares. Knowledge, incr ase of
among Indians,
Wawiachtenos, leagued with Dela- brought incre sed
wickedness, 131.
wares, 108; dialect, 142.
Wunalachtico, [Unalochtgos] a tribe L.
of Delaware Nation, 27; see Del-
f Delaware Nation, 27; see Del- Land, Delawares sell treacherously, 122;
~~~~aware. ~boundaries an divisions, 147.
Wyandots, [Wiondatoo, Wiandots, Del- Language, Indian described, 141-144; dit-
amattenos] women braid hair, 12; ference of di lects due to separation,
treacherous, 19; war with Cher- 141; Unami, t41; Wunalachtico, 141;
okees, 33; recognized Delawares' Monseys, 141; Mahikanders, 141; Nan-
claim to Ohio land, 33; allied with tikoks, 141;
Shawanese, 142; Miamis,
Iroquois, 40; language like Iro- 142; Wawiacltanos, 142; Kickapoos,
quois, 40; came to
Muskingum 142;
Tuckach chas, 142; Creeks, 142;
for vermillion, 55; guilty of tor- Kaskaskias, 142;
Ottawas, 142; Chippe-
tuie, 107; called Delamattenos by was, 142;
Cterokees, 142; Iroquois,
Delawares, 110 (see Thomas); dia- 142; Wyandols, 142;
Delawares, 141-
lect, 142; given hunting grounds 142; two principal (Iroquois and
Dela-
by Kickapoos, 147. ware),
142; ronunciation easy, 143;
Ingratitude, an Indian characteristic, 124. richness of,
44.
Inheritances, unknown
among Indians, Laughter,
common among Indians, 116;
87; see Death. at
pain, 149.
Immorality, wide-spread, 20. Laurel (wild
ox), mentioned, 163;
Injuries, no method of recovering dam swamps of, b
ars haunt, 153.
ages for, 92; friends asked to make Laurel Hill, mentioned, 42.
good, 92. Lawless,
persons driven away by friends,
Insane,
Indians, seldom, 149. 92;
have involved most tribes in war,
Insane, Indians, seldom, 149.
92.
Iron pyrites, see Fool's Gold.
Iron, Indians clever in working, 21. Laziness, commo, de
Legend,
of D lawares being made
"women", 34 scq.; 159.
Lenni-Lenape, se
Delawares.
Jack's mountain, mentioned, 162. Leggings, describd,
86.
January, name for month, 146. Ligonier, Pa.,
mentioned, 162.
Linden, mentioned, 47.
Johnson, Life and Times of, see Stone. L ,
Johnson, Sir William, mentioned, 36, 106. Liquor women mngage in trade of, 90;
chiefs attemp
to stop trade in, 90;
Journal of a Tour, see Baily.
ses murde, 90; see Rum.
Journey, provisions taken for, 22; routine Little Turtle, metioned, 171.
while on, 120; leaders on, 119. Liver complaint, treatment
of, 157.
July, name of month of, 145.Lizards, mentioned, 72.
June, name for month of, 146. Logan, height oi, 154.
184 Index.
Loon,
described, 68; skin used to make 2Menhangik,
"travelling companions", Iro-
tobacco
pouches, 68. quois
name for Cassiopeia, 148.
Loskiel, Rev.
Henry, History of the Mis- Menstrual,
customs among women of
sion of the
United Brethren, quoted, various
tribes, 77-78.
155, 159;
version of Iroquois "con- Mental power,
of Indians, 21.
quest" of
Delawares, 159. Midwives,
mentioned, 80.
Love Charm,
sold by aged, to hold lovers Milk,
Indians' use of, 14.
faithful, 83. Milky
Way, the road to the Spirit Land,
Lowanen, the North Star, 148. 148.
Lynx,
described, 64.
Lynx,
described, 6. Minerals,
Muskingum Valley, 53, 54.
~Mc.~~
~ Mitchner, C. H., Historic Events in the
Me.
Muskingum and Tuscarawas Valleys,
McClure, Rev.
David, Diary, quoted, cited,
172.
156; on
sweating-ovens, 159; on In- Missionaries,
only really knew the In-
dian dancing
houses, 156; on Indian dian,
20; blamed for bad luck in
marital
fidelity 156, 171. hunting,
84; improvised spiritual ex-
pressions,
131, 143; hated by native
M. preachers, 135;
threatened by sorcer-
ers, 172.
Machtando, the "Evil One," 130. Mocking bird, mentioned, 69.
Machtandonwinck,
"with the devil," 130.
,.,
.,< ., , ~Monongahela River, explanation of name,
Machtuzin, "to perspire", name of fire,
138.
Months, names,
see respective names.
Manittos, Indian idea of, 132-133; each
Indian has
his, 132; used in wor- Moose,
in Iroquois land, 38; migrate from
ship of fire, 138; determined by Canada,
38; described, 63.
dreams, 139;
worshipped, 139. Moravian,
Archives, Zeisberger's Mss. in,
Mantewits, mentioned, 101. 6.
Maple,
mentioned, 47. Mortimer,
Rev. Benjamin, on Zeisberger,
Maple sugar,
making described, 48.51; 5.
profit from,
50; in the fall, 48. Mosquitos,
mentioned, 75; made camping
"Marble",
white and red, (sandstone), in
forests intolerable, 75.
54. Mosquito-hawk,
mentioned, 152.
March (month)
most Indians begin year Mounds,
of early Indians, 30.
with, 145. Moundbuilding,
Indians, 159; remains, at
Marital vows
increasingly ignored, 78-79; Lichtenau, 159;
covered charnel
reasons
therefor, 79. houses,
159.
Marriage,
usual age of, 20, 82; Iroquois Mourning,
for chief, ceremonial, 150-151.
customs, 79;
not compulsory, 79;
customs,
79; not complsory, 7; Murder, caused by
liquor, 90; committed
slightest
provocation disrupts, 82; ar- by
person intoxicated not punished,
by person
intoxicated not punished,
ranged by
parents, 170. 90;
persons intoxicated in order to
Marten, furs
greatly valued, 63.
Marten, furs
greatly valued, 63. commit,
90-91; atoned for by fine,
Materia
Medica, of Indians, 25, 55 57. 1
Match-making,
formal custom of, 78.
Muscular
'development, among Indians,
Mats, of
rushes, Indian women color, 17;
Schoolcraft
on, 154.
use of, 17.
Mattapassigan,
famous poison of the Muskingum River, reached by Delaware
Nantikoks,
126. about
1773-4, 43; name and meaning
May, name for
month of, 145. of,
44; described, 44; navigation, 44;
May Apples,
mentioned, 47. frozen,
45; fish of 73.
Meat, Indians
cooked well, 14. Muskingum Valley, berries, 45; nuts, 46;
Mechmenawvngihilla,
Indian name of vines,
51; deserted by buffalo, 59;
Monongahela
River, 43. snakes
69.
Medicine,
roots, herbs and barks used as, Muskrat,
described, 63; burrowings dam-
26; large
doses common, 25, 55. age
dams, 64.
Ohio Arch.
and Hist. Society Publications. 185
N. etc., 53; taken
internally, 53; sold to
whites, 163.
Names, Indians
ashamed of, 80, 145; Old age,
lack of respect for, sign of
prefer those
given by whites, 145. deterioration,
76; preceded dissolute
Nations,
divided into three tribes, 92; living,
79.
named from the
places in which they Opossum,
described, 62; lived in carcasses,
live, 111. 62;
rarely eaten by Indians, 62.
Negroes, owned
by Indians, 124; made Orators,
training, 95-96, 143
free, 124;
intermarry, 124. Oratory,
Indian, 142-144; very boastful,
Netawatwes,
Chief of Delawares, men- 142;
required much knowledge, 142;
tioned, 96,
111, 113, 171; ceremony often
veiled, 143; without hesitation,
at death 150. 143;
men constantly trained in, 143;
Neville's
Island, scene of traditional bat- see
language.
tle between
Delawares and Cherokees, Orchards,
Indian, in New York, 39.
159; located,
171. Origin,
Indian no tradition of their, 132.
New York,
lakes of, described, 161. Oriole,
mentioned, 69.
Niagara Falls,
mentioned, 38; Indians lived Ornaments,
described, 141.
on fish killed
at, 39; Iroquois killed Orphans,
treated kindly, 81.
going over,
39; Iroquois saved on Otter,
described, 61; skins used for to-
Goat Island,
39. bacco
pouches, 115.
Nine-pins,
game of, 118. Overdosing,
common, 150.
Nitgochk, "My
companion in play", Owls,
mentioned, 68; tobacco sacrificed to,
familiar title
among Delawares, 143. 139.
November, name
for month of, 146.
Nursing,
Indians poor at, 25; of wounded, Packoatgo,
Tortoise tribe, 92; first In
remarkable,
25. rank,
92.
Nuts, of Ohio,
46; oil used, 46. Painting, common
among men and
women, 87; of
loose women, 170.
^~~O. 'Panther,
described, 59; power of leaping,
60; never
caused injury unprovoked,
Oak. trees
found in Muskingum Valley 60 never caused injury unprovoked,
47. 60;
method of awing, 60; in bear
Obscenity,
Indian form of swearing, 85. fight,
60.
Obstetrics,
Indian treatment, 158. Parkman,
Conspiracy of Pontiac, cited,
160.
October, name
for month of, 146.
Oneida Lake,
mentioned, 39.Papooses, change in method of carrying,
Onenge, Indian name of French Creek, 85; see Babes.
42. Paralysis,
treatment for, 158.
Parrots, found
along the Muskingum,
Ohio, climate
described, 44; little snow 68.
common to the southward, 68.
falls in, 44;
varying climate in north- arsnips,
wild, 47.
ern and
southern, 44; winters have artrids,
live ner
Partridges,
live near settlements, 66.
many cloudy
days, 45. Paste,
made from elm-wood bark, 23.
Ohio Country,
described, 42; weather in, Paw-paw,
mentioned, 46.
42. Peace-pipe,
described, 151-152; see Pipe.
"Ohio
Path", mentioned, 171. Pennsylvania,
central and western por-
Ohio River,
named by Iroquois, 33; nav- tions,
described, 36 seq.; swamps, 37;
igation of,
43; east side early settled, fish,
37.
43; floods,
110; flood drive animals to Personal
liberty, of Indians complete, 90.
high ground,
110. Petticoat,
see stroud, 86.
Ohio State-
Achaeological and Historical Pheasants palatable to Indians, 66; killed
Society
Publkcations cited, 159. by
birds of prey, 66; lay many eggs,
Oil, secured
from nuts, 46; three kinds of 66.
wells
described, 52-53; methods of Phlegmon,
treatment for, 158.
securing, 52;
used to cure tooth-ache, Pigeon,
described, 66, in great flocks, 66.
53; swellings,
rheumatism, strains, Pigeon-hawk,
mentioned, 67.
186 Index.
Pike,
mentioned, 37, 73. Prostitutes,
method of painting, 170.
Pipes,
description of stones and clays Ptucksit,
Wolfe tribe, 92.
which
made good, 54; red "marble" Putting
shot, contests, 118.
made
best, 54; Delaware and Cher-
okee
trade in, 54; of peace, described, Q.
98;
and pouch, indispensable, 115.
Pitch-pine,
mentioned, 51.
Quarrels, settled by wampum, 19.
Pitcher.
Dr. Zina, on Indian diseases and
R.
materia
medica, 157-158.
Pittsburg,
position, 42-43. Raccoon,
season for hnng,
13; de-
Raccoon, season for
h tmning, 13; de-
Plains,
western, described, 115.
Plains,
western, described, 115. scribed,
60; skin used for hats, 61;
"Planting
month", see April. flesh
tasty, 61.
Planting,
begins in May, 13. Rain
prophets, trickery, 129.
Pleurisy,
treatment for, 157. Rattlesnake,
described, 70; bite easily
Plover,
mentioned, 152.
healed
by Indians, 70; in Susque-
Plums,
mentioned, 46.
_Plums,
mentioned, 46.
hannah Valley, 70-71; said to poison
Poison
Ivy, mentioned, 56; some Indians
72; power to charm, 72; men-
itself,
72; power to charm, 72; men-
easily
affected by, 56.
tioned 153.
Poisons,
knowledge of, 56.
men e
Red
bird, mentioned, 69.
Pole-cat,
described, 62; relished by In- Red
jacke, eight of, 14.
. X , -~Red Jacket,
height of, 154.
dians,
62.
P
dians, 62.re aogIdns 1Religion,
Indian, described, 128, 132.
Polygamy,
rare among Indians, 81.
Potlygamy,
rare aong Indianse, 81.
Revenge, an Indian characteristic, 19.
Pontiac's
Rebellion, mentioned, 156.
Poor,
treated kindly, 123-124. Revolutionary
War, lawless Indians in.
Poplar,
mentioned, 47. volved
peaceful nation in, 92; un-
Pots,
made of clay and sea-shells, 29. managcalle
Indians involved the Dela-
Potato,
wild, 47. wares
in, 92.
Porcupine,
described, 63; quills colored Rheumatism,
treatment for, 24, 55; com-
for
ornamentation, 63. mon
to women, 24.
Pouches,
for tobacco, indispensable, 115; Rich,
Indians much respected, 146; give
fancy,
IC. Chiefs
wampum, 146.
"Praying
over the child", custom of, 80. Rifl-bharrl-]d
guns, favored by Delawares
Preachers,
influence of w:cked native, and
Shawanese, 85.
133;
impostures of, 13:-134; influence Road-belt,
described, 95.
against
Europeans, 133; introduced Rock
Fisl, menti,-ed, 37.
polygamy,
135; claimed equality with Roofs,
various types, 18.
God,
135; hated missionaries, 135. Rum,
sold by women, 117; "Sacrifice" of,
Produce,
raised by women belongs to 117;
principle of article of trade
husband,
16. among
Indians, 117; exchange every-
Profession,
indicated by dreams, 101. thing
for, 118; led to violence, 139;
Pride,
a peculiar savage characteristic, offered
as drink offering to the dead,
18;
enhanced by dreams, 18; humbled 0;
sacrificed to toothache and head-
before
conversion, 19.ache, 14.
Priests,
old men acted as, 130; formerly
restrained
wickedness, 130. St.
Lawrence River, navigation, 41.
Primeval
Indian, described, 28, seq.; his Salmon,
best fish in Iroquois land, 38.
arts
and customs, 28; utensils, 29; Salt,
charm against witchcraft, 126.
hunting
ability, 29; use of bow, 29; Salt
licks, mentioned, 53.
method
of fire making, 29; under- alt
Rheum, treatment for, 158.
ground
dwellings, 30. Salt
Springs, in Ohio Basin, 53.
Prisoners,
killed by Incians, 19; treat- Sassafras,
mentioned, 47.
ment
of, 104-107. Schoolcraft,
henry, History . . . of
Private
life, of Indians, dissolute, 125; the
Indian ribes, cited, 154, 155,
157.
facts
known only by missionaries, Scioto, [Sioto]
Sliawanesa on, 109; men-
125. tioned,
162.
Ohio
Arch. and Hist. Society Publications. 187
Scull's
Map, mentioned, 171. Sun,
Indian idea of, 147.
Seals,
killed on Susquehannah River, 37. Superstition,
promoted by elders, 83.
Seduction,
retaliation for, 77. Susquehannah
Valley, described, 36 seq.;
Self-control,
Indians possess much, 124. River,
seals killed in, 27; story of
Seneca
Lake, mentioned, 40. rattlesnakes
in, 71.
Sentiment,
among animals, 165. Swallows,
mentioned, 152.
September,
name for month of, 146. Swamps,
in Pennsylvania, 37; in New
Shad,
mentioned, 37; "month", see March. York,
37; nature of timber in, 37;
Sheldrake,
described, 85; palatable, 65. surround
Iroquois country, 37.
Shirts,
worn by Indian women, 86; dyed Swans,
toothsome to Indians, 65.
with
cinnabar, 87. Swearing,
see Cursing.
Shoes,
mentioned, £6.
'Shoes,
menprtioned, £6b Ida by Sweating-ovens,
doctors use of, 26; how
Shooting,
practiced by Indian boys, 119. made
2 described by Dr. McClure
Sick,
little cared for, 25; diet of, 25, ; fatal sma ad c u
n Hill, mentioned, 42159; fatal to small-pox
and consump-
Sideling
Hill, mentioned, 42.
Slaves,
Indians owned negro, 121; made tio,
~~free, 124.
e , , m Syphilis,
treatment for,. 158.
Small-pox,
ravages, 149; sweating-ovens
did
not cure, 159.
Snakes,
in Muskingum Valley, 69. Talamataus,
see Thomas.
Snake
poison, Indian varying treatment Tattooing,
12.
for
Afferent, 158. Tennessee
River, known as "Cherokee"
Snails,
described, 74-75. from
Cherokee Nation, 33, 159.
Snipe,
mentioned, 152. Theft,
mentioned, 19; considered disgrace.
Snow-shoes,
use of, 22; how made, 22. ful
91; satisfaction for, 91.
Sorcerers,
and the Black Art described ,
Sorcerers,
ant , Thomas, Cyrus, "Indian Tribes in
Pre-
125-129;
mental power, 172. hitor Tims" ted 172.
historic
Times", cited, 172.
Sores,
festering, common, 24. . ,
Sores,
festering, common, 24.
Thunder, Indian idea of, 147.
Soul,
Indian idea of, 131; transmigrat on
, o, .
311 ' i° Thurnstein, Lord of, 42.
of,
311.
O .
f. '1 . , . ,
onThurnstein", "The, mentioned, 162.
Spirit,
voracious, worshipped, 138. T e , me n , 1.
Time,
methods of reckoning, 145.
Spoon-bill
cat-fish, mentioned, 74.
Spoon-bill cat-fish,
mentioned, 74. Titles, Indian Tribes
particular as to, 142.
Spruce,
mentioned, 51.
Squalle
Giscluch, "month of frogs",
(Feb- Tobacco,
never smoked pure, 116; sac-
ruary),
146. rificed
to owls, 139.
Squirrels,
various species, 64; flying, men- Tom-tits,
mentioned, 69.
tioned,
152. Toothache,
rum sacrificed to cure, 140;
Stag,
American deer like European, 58. treatment
for, 149.
Stars,
Indians named certain, 148. Tournament,
Iroquois dice, described, 119.
Starlings,
mentioned, 69. Towns,
how situated and planned, 87;
Stealing,
see Theft. G*
ochachgunk, a regularly planned, 87;
Stone,
Wm. L., Life of Sir William located
with respect to fuel, 87; two
Johnson,
cited, 160. Iroquois,
in dice tournament, 119.
Stone
birch, mentioned, 52.
Stone
birch, mentioned, 52.
Trade, Iroquois, amounted to litt:e, 41;
Stone
falcon, mentioned, 67. .
articles
of Indian, 118.
"Stone
Tree", Indian name for Sugar
Maple,
48. Traders,
losses of Indian, 15; evil in-
Stroud-,
described, 86. .fluences, 79;
Indians glad to deceive,
Sturgeon,
mentioned, 73. 117;
robbed by Indians, 117; lose many
Sucker,
mentioned, 73. bad
debts, 117; articles carried by,
Sugar'making,
see Maple Sugar. 118.
Sugar
Maple, Indian name of, .48. Transmigration,
of souls, 131.
Suicide,
as result of infidelity, 83. Treachery,
Indian, stories of, 19.
Sullivan's
Expedition, mentioned, 40, 161. Treaty,
text kept by Chiefs, 94; of peace,
Sumac,
for smoking, 116. 97.
Summer
hunting, character of, 13. Treaty
Dance, described, 121.
188 Index.
Trees, killed
to increase arable acreage, etc.,
57; mentioned, 77; used to blister,
29; of Ohio,
47, 48, 51, 52, 162 seq. 148;
concoction of, used to
stop
Indians wrote
on, 114. bleeding,
149.
Tribal,
divisions, 92. Wampum,
uses of, 19, 31; kinds of, 31-
Tribes,
created to prevent intermarriage 32;
accompany speeches, 94; ceremony
of relatives,
81, 98. of
refusing, 94, 111-112; made of sea-
Trout,
mentioned, 37. mussel
shells, 94; color and manufac-
Tschipeghacki, [Tschipey Hacki]
the ture,
94-95; of two hundred shells
"land of
spirits", 134, 147; only the worth
a Spanish dollar, 94; made by
good will
enter, 134; Milky Way, the women,
95; for Road Belt, 95; of
road to, 148. black
signifies warning, 95; of red
Tschimammus,
see Hare. means
war, 95; white means peace,
Tulpehocken,
mentioned, 42. 95;
furnished by tribe, 95; used in
Turkey, wild,
66; plumage changes color, election
of chief, 112; mentioned, 159;
66; eggs
eaten by Indians, 66. primitive,
170.
Turtle, eggs
and flesh relished by In- Wapiti,
related to the stag, 164.
dians, 74. War,
how declared, 114; all debts can-
Turtle Creek,
scene of Braddock's defeat, celled
on outbreak of. 117.
43. War
Dance, described, 103, 121.
Turtle doves,
mentioned, 66, 152. War
Parties, small in number, 103; how
Turtle tribe,
repeopled the world after conducted,
103-105
the flood,
131. \Varfare,
earliest fashion of, 31; serious
Tuscarawas
River, Unamis lived beside, because
difficult to end, 102; method
159;
Unalochtgos, lived beside, 159. of
carrying on, 102-105; begun to re-
Twins, rare
among Indians, 81; regarded gain
land once sold, 122.
as fortunate,
141. Warriors,
described, 1C2-105; take ned-
icine to
preserve life, 127.
U. Washing, not
characteristic of all In-
dian women,
87.
'udellowen,
"Delaware" thought to be de- Washinggton's
Tour to the Ohio, by A. B.
rived from,
114. Hulbert,
cited, 159.
Ulcers,
treatment for, 158.asp
mentioned 152.
\Wasps,
mentioned, 152.
Underground
dwellings, mentioned, 30.
Water,
determined location of towns, 87;
V. see also Fuel.
Water-beech,
mentioned, 47.
Venango,
early name of French Creek, \Water-dogs,
mentioned, 74.
42. \Water-snake,
described, 72.
Venereal
disease, ravages of, 24. Weeping,
at funerals, 89.
Vermillion,
for painting, 55; found in Wheaton,
J. M., quoted, 166.
Muskingum
Valley, 55; used to color W'hip-poor-will,
mentioned, 152.
men's heads,
87. \hite
Eyes, mentioned, 172.
Vermillion
River, mentioned, 170. "hite
Indians', mentioned, 154.
Vines, in
Muskingum Valley, 51. White
Perch, mentioned, 74.
Violet, blue,
used to make a decoction to Widowers,
retained nothing of wife's
cure felon,
158. property,
88; not remarry within one
Vipers,
described, 71. year,
88; often marry deceased wife's
"Vomit
Town", see Waketameki. sister,
88; had no rules of conduct,
150.
W. Widows, not to remarry
within one year,
88; must live
by own industry, 88;
Wabash River, tribes
on, 108; country on, must
not purchase meat, 88; after one
110; buffalo
on, 110. year
friends assist, 88; are in dis-
Waketameki,
called "Vomit Town", 172. repute
if remarried within one year,
Walnut bark,
medicinal properties of, 56; 88;
retain nothing of husband's prop-
reduces
swelling, 57; allays toothache, erty,
87-88; rules of conduct for, 150.
Ohio Arch. and
Hist. Society Publications. 189
Wife, strange idea of
relationship be- various
feasts connected with, 137-
tween husband and, 99. 140;
'ngammuin, 138; voracious spirit,
Wild cats, described,
60. 138;
fire, 138; eat-all feasts, 138; in
Wild grapes,
mentioned, 46. sweating-ovens,
138.
Wild Laurel,
mentioned, 46. Wounds,
treated skillfully by Indians,
Winters, various facts
concerning Ohio, 158.
44-45. Wrens,
mentioned, 69.
Winzi Gischuch, "when. the corn is in Wrestling, bouts, 118.
the milk",
(August), 145. Writing,
Indian, 114, 145.
Witchcraft, Indian,
described, 125-129; no
Witchcraft, Indian,
described, 125-129; no Wtellenapewoagan,
the "Substance of a
effect on Europeans
because they eat Human
ap einga , 131.
salt,
126. Human Being", 181.
salt, 126.
Vitch-ball",
"Shooting the, murderous Wtschitschank,
word for "Spirit", 131.
practice of the
Nantikok sorcerers, Wyoming,
[Wajomick] Pa., Shawanese at,
126. 109;
Neville's Island, scene of Dela-
Woapanachke, see Lenni-Lenape. ware-Cherokee
battle, 109; flats com.
Woapanachky, name of
the Delawares, 36, pared
with Wabash region, 110.
160.
Wolves, follow hunters
to feast on game,
Y.
14; Indians rarely
shoot, 14; skin of Yellow
bird, mentioned, 69.
no value, 14, 64;
described, 64; gray Yellow
perch, mentioned, 37.
and black, 64; summon
comrades when Yelow chre, mentioned, 164.
deer
is killed, 65. Yellow Ochre, mentioned, 164.
deer is killed, 65.
Women, strong bodily,
80; love finery, 86;
dress described, 86;
conversation of,
116; reports
circulated by, receive no Zeisberger,
David, early life, 1; goes to
credit, 116, 124; sell
rum, 117; ad- Iroquois,
2-3; work in New York and
dicted to lying and gossiping,
124; Pennsylvania,
3-i; enters Ohio, 3; last
had poor memory, 144;
hardships d:s- years,
4-5; Diry, mentioned, 4; Heck-
credited by
Heckewelder, 154; Loskiel ewelder,
on character of, 5; Mortimer
on temper of, 155. on,
5-6; wrote history for Loskiel, 7;
Woodpecker, mentioned,
67. published
works and manuscripts, 10-
Worship, [Sacrifices],
described, 136-140; 11;
portrays Indian degeneration, 170.
by families, 136-137;
dancing at, 137; Zinzendorf, Count,
mentioned, 162.