C.
Cannibalism of the Hurons, [xxxix], [137], of the Miamis, [xl]; other instances, [247].
Canoes, Indian, [xxxi].
Capuchins, unsuccessful attempt to introduce them into Canada, [159] note; a station of them on the Penobscot, [322].
Cayugas, one of the Five Nations, [xlviii] note, [liv]. See Iroquois.
Cemeteries of Indians lately opened, [79]; description of them, ib.
Chabanel, Noël, joins the mission, [105]; among the Hurons, [370]; recalled from St. Jean, [408]; his journey, ib.; murdered by a renegade Huron, [409]; his vow, [410] note.
Champfleur, commandant at Three Rivers, [277], [285].
Champlain, Samuel de, resumes command at Quebec, [20]; his explorations, [45]; introduces the missionaries to the Hurons, [48]; assists the missionaries at their departure, [50]; his death, [149].
Chatelain, Pierre, joins the mission, [86]; his illness, ib.; his peril, [126].
Chaumonot, Joseph Marie, his early life, [101]-[104]; his gratitude to the Virgin, [103], [105]; becomes a Jesuit, and embarks for Canada, [105], [181]; narrowly escapes death, [124]; goes with Brébeuf to convert the Neutrals, [142]; his extreme peril, [145]; saved by the interference of Saint Michael, ib.; among the Hurons, [370]; with a colony of Hurons, near Quebec, [431]; builds Lorette, [432].
Choctaws, like the Iroquois, have eight clans, [lvi] note.
Clanship, system of, [l]-[lii].
Clock of the Jesuits an object of wonder to the Hurons, [61]; an object of alarm, [115].
Colonization, French and English, compared, [328], [329].
Condé, in his youth writes to Paul Le Jeune, [152].
Conestogas. See Andastes.
Converts, how made, [133], [162] seq.
Couillard, a resident in Quebec, [3], [334], [335].
Councils of the Iroquois, their power, [lvii]-[lx].
Council, nocturnal, of the Hurons, relative to the epidemic in 1637, [118].
Couture, Guillaume, a donné of the mission, [214]; a prisoner to the Iroquois, [216]; tortured by them, [216], [223]; adopted by them, [223]; assists in negotiations for peace, [284], [287]; returns with the Iroquois, [296].
Crania of Indians compared with those of Caucasian races, [lxiii].
Credulity and superstition of the Indians, [301].
Crime, how punished, [lxi].
Cruelties, Indian, [xlv] note, [80], [216] seq., [248], [253], [254], [277], [303] seq., [308] seq., [313], [339], [350], [377], [381], [385], [388] seq., [436] note, [439], [441] note.
Custom, with the Indians, had the force of law, [xlix].