INDEX.

Abbott, Rachel, [341].
Abenakis, a name of the Lenape, xliii., [121], [123], [126].
Acadia, inhabited by the Souriquois, etc., [121].
Achsinning, [184].
Achtschingi clammui, [199].
Adair, James I., [126].
Adelung’s Mithridates, [124].
Ahouandâte or Wyandots, xliv.
Albany, xxx., xxxi., [61].
Albany River, the, [120].
Algonquins, the, [95];
language, [121], [122], [123], [124].
Allegheny River, the, [84], [294].
Alligewi or Allegheny, the, [48], [53], [126].
Alligewi Sipu, the Allegheny River, [48].
Anderson, John, a Quaker trader, [241] et seq.
Apalaches or Wapanachkis, the, [126].
Apalachian nation, the, [126].
Aquanoshioni, national name of the Six Nation Indians, [96], [97], [98].
Arundel and Robbins, Messrs., [173].
Assiniboils or Sioux, the, [119], [123].
Assinipoetuk, the, [119].
Aubrey, Lætitia, [336].
Bartholinus, Kasper, [118].
Barton’s New Views, [121], [122], [126].
Bear, the naked, [255].
Belts of Wampum, [109].
Benezet, John Stephen, xxx.
Bethlehem, xxx.;
Indians at, [85], [90], [91], [92], [251], [332].
Beverwyck, xxxi.
Big Beaver River, [190], [196].
Blackfoot Indians, [121].
Boudinot, Elias, [331].
Brodhead, General Daniel, [70], [237].
Butterfield’s Crawford’s Campaign against Sandusky referred to, [284].
Calhoon, Thomas, an Indian trader, [270].
Canada, xxxvi., [56], [85], [93], [120], [121], [126], [342].
Canai or Kanhawas, the, xliv., [90], [122].
Canajoharie, xxxi.
Canaways, the, xliv.
Canawese, the, xliv.
Canibas, the, [121].
Carolina, xxxii., xxxvii.
Carolina, North, [122].
Carver, Captain Jonathan, [119];
his “Three Years’ Travel through the interior parts of North America,” ibid.; [268], [322];
quoted, [324], [339].
Catawbas, the, [126].
Cayahaga, Delaware preacher at, [291].
Cayahaga River, [85].
Cayugas, the, [96], [99].
Chaktawas, the, [126].
Chapman, Abraham, and John, [67].
Chapman, a Jew trader, [257].
Chaquaquock, Indian name for the English, [142].
Charlevoix, Father, [123], [124], [331].
Chemenk, [91], [92].
Chenos, an old Indian, brings down rain, [236].
Cherokees, the, [64], [65], [88], [89], [95];
language of, [119], [171], [327].
Chesapeake Bay, [50].
Chickesaws, the, [125].
Chingleclamoose, [199].
Chippeways or Algonquins, language of, [119]; xl., [90], [124], [130], [144], [176], [212].
Choctaws, the, [125].
Christian Indians, xl.
Christinaux, the, [123].
Clavigero, the Abbé, [331].
Cochnewagoes, the, a mixed race of Indians, [93].
Coghnewago, [52].
Coghnewago Hills, [52].
Colden, Cadwallader, his History of the Five Indian Nations quoted, xxxii., xxxiv., xliii., [55], [120].
Collections of Maps, Historical Society, referred to, [93], [94].
Colonial Records of Penna., xxxv., [178].
Conecocheague, [341].
Conestoga Indians, the murder of, [68], [80], [184], [192].
Connecticut, [94].
Conois, the, xliv.
Cornplanter, the, [112].
Cornstalk, the, [89], [184].
Coshocton, [237].
Crantz, David, a Moravian historian, his History of Greenland referred to, [118].
Crawford. Col. William, [133];
tortured by Indians, [284];
dialogue with Capt. Wingenund, [285].
Creeks, the, [95], [121], [125].
Cushman, the Rev. Mr., of the Plymouth Colony, [330].
David, a Moravian Indian, [166].
David’s Path, [168].
De Laet, [126].
Delamattenos, the, [80].
De la Ware, Lord, xliii.
Delaware hunter and the bear (anecdote), [255].
Delaware Water Gap, [264].
Denmark, [119].
Detroit, xl., [49], [55], [108], [110], [119], [121], [133], [144], [171], [174], [226], [230], [258], [284].
Detroit Gazette quoted, [243].
Doctol, Indian for Doctor, [231].
Duncan, David, [280].
Dunmore’s War, [89], [263], [278].
Du Ponceau to Heckewelder, letters of, [353], [364], [369], [376], [379], [387], [392], [403], [416], [426].
Du Ponceau to Wistar, letter of, [359].
Du Pratz, [126].
Dutch, Indian account of their arrival in New York, [71] et seq.; xxx., xxxii., xxxiii., xxxiv., xxxviii., [61], [74], [75].
Dutchemaan, the Dutch so called by the Indians, [60], [77].
Du Vallon, [126].
Easton, xxxv., [79], [168], [303].
Edwards, Bryan, [331].
Edwards, the Rev. Jonathan, [94], [125], [127].
Egede, P., [118].
Eliot, the Rev. John, [94], [125], [127].
Elliot, Matthew, [152].
Enda Mohatink, “where human flesh was eaten,” [200].
Esquimaux Indians, [118].
Etchemins, the country of the, [121].
Evans, Mr., murder of, at Pittsburg, [111].
Florida Indians, [95], [347].
Floridian languages, [125].
Forks of Delaware, the, [86].
Fort Allen, [166], [333].
Fort Duquesne, [86].
Fort Harmar, [112].
Fort McIntosh, [173], [219].
Fort Washington, [183].
Franklin at Fort Allen, [166].
Freeman, Mr., an Indian Peace Commissioner, [182].
French and Indian War, the, [67], [88].
French Missionaries, [119].
Gaaschtinick or Albany, [60].
Gachgawatschiqua, a Shawano chief, [86].
Gambold, the Rev. John, [126].
Gelelemend or Killbuck, a Delaware chief, [233];
biographical sketch of, ibid.
Gentellemaan (gentleman), [188].
Georgia, [86], [121].
Gibson, Col. John, biographical sketch of, [48];
letter to the Rev. N. Seidel, [82], [85], [132].
Girty, Simon, [152], [279].
Gladwyn, Major, at Detroit, [108].
Glicanican or Indian tobacco, [212].
Glikhican, Isaac, a Moravian Indian, [341].
Gnadenhütten on the Mahoning, [91].
Goshachking, [237], [295], [327].
(See Coshocton.)
Greenland, inhabitants of, [118];
Moravian mission in, ibid.
Greentown, incident occurring at, [144].
Greenville, treaty of, xli., [298].
Guyandots, the, xliv.
Hardin, Mr., an Indian Peace Commissioner, [182].
Harris, John, on the site of Harrisburg, [90].
Heckewelder, the Rev. John G. E., biographical sketch of, vii.-xiv.;
at Detroit, [144];
in Upper Canada, [168];
on the Muskingum, [102], [171];
associated with Gen. R. Putnam, [183];
on the Big Beaver, [190];
at Tuscarawas, [205];
at Lower Sandusky, [219];
at New Gnadenhütten on the Huron, [226];
dialogue with Killbuck, [234];
dialogue with Chenos, [237];
his “Collection of the names of chieftains and eminent men of the Delaware Nation” alluded to, [270];
general observations and anecdotes, [310] et seq.;
at Post Vincennes, [311];
at Marietta, [312];
advice to travellers, [318].
Heckewelder to Du Ponceau, letters of, [361], [371], [375], [380], [383], [395], [399], [409], [414], [422], [430].
Heckewelder to Wistar, letters of, [356], [358].
Henry, Judge William, of Lancaster, [82].
Hermit’s Field, the, [200].
Hervas, [126].
Holland, Luke, a Delaware, [178] et seq.
Hoosink, [255].
Hudson’s Bay Company, the, [118], [120].
Huron River, now the Clinton, [93].
Hurons, the, xliv.;
disunited from the Iroquois, [119];
language of, [122].
Iceland, [119].
Indiana Territory, [85].
Indian Grammars by the Spaniards, [127].
Indians, their historical traditions, [47].
mounds and fortifications, [48], [49].
treatment of, by the Europeans, [76] et seq.
general character, [100] et seq.
belief in an all-wise and good Creator, or Mannito, [101].
hospitality, [101].
civility, [103].
humor and wit, [104].
respect for the aged, [104], [163] et seq.
sense of justice, [105].
form of government, [107].
education of their children, [113] et seq.
signs and hieroglyphics, [127] et seq.
drawings, [130].
hunters’ marks, [131].
oratory, [132].
metaphorical expressions, [137] et seq.
names given their own people and the whites, [141] et seq.
intercourse with each other, [145] et seq.
political manœuvres, [150] et seq.
manner of marriage and treatment of their wives, [154] et seq.
pride and greatness of mind, [170] et seq.
wars and the causes which lead to them, [175].
manner of surprising an enemy, [177] et seq.
peace-messengers, [181] et seq.
treaties of peace, [185] et seq.
ill treatment by the whites, [187] et seq.
food, and the manner of preparing it, [193] et seq.
dress, and love of ornaments, [202] et seq.
dances, songs, and sacrifices, [208] et seq.
scalp-whoops or yells, [215] et seq.
alarm-whoop, [217].
death-halloo, ib.
physical constitution and diseases, [220] et seq.
materia medica, [224] et seq.
sweat-ovens, [225].
physicians and surgeons, [228] et seq.
doctors or jugglers, [231] et seq.
superstitions, [239] et seq.
manner of initiating boys, [245].
system of mythology, [249].
coats-of-arms, [252].
behaviour towards the insane, and their ideas regarding suicide, [257] et seq.
drunkenness, [261] et seq.
funerals, [268] et seq.
friendships, [277] et seq.
preachers and prophets, [290] et seq.
computation of time, [306] et seq.
astronomical and geographical knowledge, [308] et seq.
general character compared with that of the whites, [328] et seq.
Iroquois, the, [95] et seq.;
supplied by the English with fire-arms, xxxii.;
the name given to the Six Nations by the French, xliv.;
the language, [119];
in the State of New York, [121].
Irvine, General William, letter to Wm. More, [81];
letter from Washington, [284].
Jefferson, Thomas, [122].
Johnson, Sir William, [68], [120].
Juniata River, Shawanose on the, [86], [87].
Kanawha, the Great, [89], [184].
Karalit, language of the, [118].
Kickapoos, the, [121].
Killbuck or Gelelemend, [233];
dialogue with Heckewelder, [234].
Killistenoes, the, [95], [322].
Knisteneaux, the, [95].
Knox, H., Secretary of War, letter to Heckewelder, [311].
Koguethagechton, Indian name of Capt. White Eyes, [280].
Kuequenaku, the Indian name of Philadelphia, [142].
Labrador, [118].
La Chine, a murderous affair between two Indians at, [105].
Laehauwake, Easton, [79].
La Hontan, Father, xliii., [119];
list of Indian nations, [121], [122], [124].
Lake Erie, [49], [85].
Lake St. Clair, [49].
Languages, Indian, [118] et seq.
Las Casas, [331].
Leather Lips, a Wyandot chief, [297];
death of, [298].
Lehigh Hills, [52].
Lehigh River, the, [52].
Lehigh Water Gap, the, [91], [234], [334].
Lehighton, site of Gnadenhütten on the Mahoning, xxxi.
Lenapewihittuck, the Delaware River, [51], [78].
Lenni Lenape, national name of the Delawares, xxvi.;
were they or were they not conquered by the Mengwe? xxvii. et seq.; xiii.;
wars with the Iroquois, xxvii.;
settle on the Atlantic coast, xxviii.;
made women by the Iroquois, xxix.;
on New York Island, xxxvii.;
in the far West, [47];
on the Mississippi, [49];
confederated with the Mengwe to fight the Allegewi, [50];
on Chesapeake Bay, ib.;
on the Delaware, [51];
consent to become women, [58];
seek to gain their independence, [62];
take up arms against the English, [68];
assert their national independence, [70];
their fate subsequent to 1763, and that of their kindred tribes, [83] et seq.;
their number, [85];
language, [121], [124];
song of the warriors, [211];
words, phrases, etc., [431] et seq.;
Tortoise, Turkey, and Wolf tribes of, [51], [52], [253].
Lincoln, Gen. Benjamin, [105].
Logan, the well-known Indian chief, [89];
his celebrated speech, [132].
Lord’s Prayer, the, in the Delaware, [424].
Loskiel, the Rev. George H., biographical sketch of, xxix.;
his History of the Mission of the United Brethren
among the Indians of North America” referred to, xxix., xxx., xxxvii., xl., [48];
quoted in full touching the making women of the Delawares by the Iroquois, [59];
referred to, [70], [85], [86], [88], [90], [92], [97], [126], [134];
quoted, [206];
referred to, [213], [341].
Lower Sandusky, [159], [173].
Mæchachtinni, the name given by the Lenape to the Senecas, [99].
Machtitschwanne, or Massachusetts, [77].
Mackenzie, Alexander, [121].
Mahicanni or Mohicans, xliii., [53];
their account of the Iroquois making women of the Delawares, [60];
Moravian mission among them, [93];
called Mahingans, xliii., [121].
Mahikanders or Mohicans, xliii.
Maine, Province of, xxviii., [121].
Manahachtanienk, New York Island, [77], [262].
Maqua, the Mohican name of the Six Nations, xliv., [98].
Marietta, [311], [312].
Maryland, [53], [91], [92], [122].
Matassins, the, [123].
McKee, Alexander, [152].
Mechanschican, i.e. Long Knives, [142], [143].
Meigs, Return Jonathan, U. S. Agent to the Cherokees, [126].
Memorials of the Moravian Church referred to, [302].
Mengwe, Delaware name of the Six Nations, xxvi.;
in the Great Lake region, [50];
on the St. Lawrence, [54];
their treachery toward the Lenni Lenape, [54], [64], [68], [98].
Messissaugees, the, [121].
Miamis or Twightwees, xii.;
of Lenape origin, [121];
their country, [93].
Michael, a Monsey buried at Bethlehem, [206] et seq.
Micmacs, the, [121].
Minisink, the country of the Minsis, [52].
Mingoes, name given to the Six Nations by the whites, xliv., [98], [130].
Minsis or Monseys, [52], [53], [84], [85], [123], [124].
Miquon, Delaware name of William Penn, [66], [78], [142].
Mississippi River, the, xxvii., xxxii., xxxvii., [47], [49], [51], [85], [95], [118].
Mitchell, Mr., U. S. Agent to the Creeks, [126].
Mobilians, the, [126].
Mohawks, the, xxxiv., xxxv., [61], [96], [99].
Mohicanichtuck, Hudson’s River, xxxviii., [52], [53], [75].
Mohicans, xxviii., xxx., xxxiii., [71], [86].
Monongahela River, the, [87].
Monsonies, the, [123].
Montreal, [105].
Moravian Indians, the, xl., [81];
settle at Wyalusing, [83], [197];
settle on the Muskingum, [84], [85];
at Philadelphia, [166];
grant of lands by Congress to, [168];
on the Retrenche, ibid.;
near Detroit, [176];
murder of, on the Muskingum, [184], [283].
Morgan, Col. George, [300].
Mourigans or Mohicans, xliii.
Muhheekanes or Mohicans, xliii.
Munsell’s Collections of the History of Albany quoted, xxxi.
Muskanecun Hills, the, [52].
Muskingum or Tuscarawas River, xl., [84], [85], [102], [112], [171], [180], [252].
Muskohgees or Creeks, [125].
Namaesisipu, the Mississippi River, [47], [49], [51].
Nanticokes, the, xxviii., xliii., [53], [83], [90] et seq., [122].
Natchez, the, [126].
Natick dialect, the, [125];
Eliot’s Bible in the Natick, [94].
Naudowessies, the, [95], [119], [268].
Nazareth, Capt. John at, [52], [220];
the Barony, [336].
Nentico or Nanticoke, xliv.
Nescopeck, [91], [166], [333].
New England, xxxii., [71].
New London, [94].
New York Island, xxxvi., xxxvii., [72], [208].
Niagara, xl., [174].
Nocharauorsul, the ground hog, myth of, [251].
Nordmann’s Kill, xxx., xxxi., xxxv., [60], [61].
North River, the, xxxvii., [51].
Nova Scotia, [121], [123].
Ohio, an Iroquois word, [48];
the river, [84], [86], [87], [339]
Onas, Iroquois for William Penn, [142].
Oneida, [93].
Oneidas, the, [96], [99].
Ongwe-honwe, the name given themselves by the Iroquois, xxxiv.
Onondagoes, the, [96], [99].
Openagi, the, xliii.
Openangoes, the, [121].
Otayáchgo, Mohican name of the Nanticokes, [92].
Ottawas, the, xl., xii.
Owl Creek, [168].
Pachgantschihilas, a Delaware chief, [80].
Papunhank, a Monsey, [197].
Pascagoulas, the, [125].
Paxnos, a Shawano chief, [88].
Penn, William, [66], [107], [331].
Pequods, the, [94].
Perth Amboy, [148].
Philadelphia, Shawanose on the site of, [86];
Indians on the site of, [148].
Pilgerruh, a Moravian Mission, [85].
Pine Plains, Dutchess Co., N. Y., [93].
Pine Swamp, the, [166], [200].
Pipe, a Delaware chief, biographical sketch of, [133];
speech at Detroit, ibid., [151], [152], [153], [338], [347].
Pipe of Peace, [109].
Pittsburg, [69], [70], [86];
Mr. Evans murdered at, [111], [184], [190], [192], [279].
Point Pleasant, [89], [184].
Pontiac, [108].
Potomac River, the, [51], [90].
Pottowatomies, the, xli., [121].
Proctor, General Thomas, [295].
Proud’s History of Pennsylvania quoted, [67].
Psindamocan, a preparation of Indian corn, [195].
Putnam, General Rufus, [183], [311].
Pyrlæus, the Rev. J. Christopher, biographical sketch of, xxx.;
his collection of Indian traditions in MS., [54];
account of the conspiracy of the Five Nations quoted, [56];
quoted, [61], [91], [96];
Indian tradition quoted, [251], [347].
Quaekels, Quakers so called by the Indians, [143].
Quebec, [78].
Rauch, Christian Henry, a Moravian Missionary, [93].
River Indians, Mohicans so called, xxxiv., xliii.
Robbins and Arundel, Messrs., [173].
Rochefort, [126].
Rocky Mountains, [118].
Rogers’s Key into the Language of the Indians of New England referred to, [142].
Rosenbaum, Cornelius, a Delaware, [264];
dialogue with Heckewelder, [265].
Sagard, Father Samuel, xliv.;
his Dictionary, [120], [127].
Samuel, a Moravian Indian, [220].
Sandusky, [153], [172];
Crawford’s campaign against, [284].
Sankhicanni, name given by the Lenape to the Mohawks, [99].
Savannah, [86], [121].
Schatikooks or Mohicans, xliii.
Scheyichbi, Indian name of New Jersey, [51].
Schussele’s painting, “The Power of the Gospel,” [294].
Schuylkill River, the, [86].
Schwannack, i. e., “salt beings,” [142].
Schweinitz’s Life of Zeisberger referred to, [63], [81].
Senecas, [55], [69], [96], [99].
Sganarady, a Mohawk chief’s account of the origin of the Indians, [61], [250].
Sganiateratich-rohne, the Iroquois name of the Nanticokes, [92].
Shamokin, [91], [178].
Shawanose, the, xxxix., xli., [85] et seq.; [121], [130].
Shechschequon, [91].
Shenango, [91].
Shikilimus at Shamokin, [88].
Shingask, [269];
funeral of his wife, [270] et seq.
Shummunk, [91].
Silver Heels, a Shawano, [278].
Sioux or Assiniboils, the, [119].
Six Nations or Mengwe, their manner of attaining to power, xxxii. et seq.;
how they lost their power, xxxix. et seq.; xliv.;
eat human flesh, [55];
unable to conquer the Delawares, [56];
their scheme to make women of the Delawares, ib.;
insult the Delawares, [67], [119].
Snake Indians, the, [121].
Soccokis, the, [121].
Souriquois, the, [121].
Sproat, Col. Ebenezer, [312].
“Star in the West, A” referred to, [331].
Steiner, the Rev. Abraham, [49].
Stenton, John, [333];
his place attacked by Indians, [334], [335].
St. Lawrence, the, xxviii., xxxvii., [54], [56], [93], [95].
St. Pierre, the, [119].
Stockbridge, [93].
Susquehanna River, the, [50], [52], [90].
Sussee Indians, the, [121].
Sweat-ovens, [226].
Sweden, [119].
Tadeuskund or Honest John, [302].
Tallegewi, the, [48], [49].
Tamanend, [300].
Tamaqua, or King Beaver, [269].
Tammany Society, the, [301].
Tar-he, a Wyandot chief, [298].
Tassmanane, a preparation of Indian corn, [195].
Tatemy, Moses, Brainerd’s interpreter, [302], [307], [337].
Tawachguano, Delaware name of the Nanticokes, [92].
Tawalsantha, Indian name of Norman’s Kill, xxxi.
Tecumseh, [295].
Thomas, a Susquehanna Indian at Bethlehem, [267].
Thomson, Charles, xxxvi.
Thorhallesen, [118].
Transactions of the Massachusetts Historical Society referred to, [94].
Trappers, the, Nanticokes so called, [92].
Treaties held with the Indians between 1740 and 1760, xxxv.
Trueman, Mr., an Indian Peace Commissioner, [182].
Trumbull’s History of Connecticut referred to, [94].
Tschachgoos, the, [142].
Tuscarawas, the river, [85];
the town, [205].
Tuscaroras, the, [96], [99], [327].
Twightwees or Miamis, the, [121].
Umfreville, Mr., [121].
Unalachtgo, Turkey Delawares, [51], [53], [253].
Unamis or Turtles, [51], [53], [124], [250].
Unechtgo, Delaware name of Nanticokes, [92].
Upper Sandusky, [173].
Vater, Johann Severin, [124], [125], [126].
Vincennes, Post, [183], [311].
Virginia, xxviii., [53], [71], [90], [122].
Virginians or “Long Knives,” [76].
Volney’s View of the Soil and Climate of the United States referred to, [256].
Wabash River, the, [85], [183].
Waketemeki, [230].
Wampum, [109].
Wangomend, a Monsey preacher, [293] et seq.
Wapanachki, xliii., [121], [123], [124], [126].
Wapsid Lenape, i. e. the white people, [142].
Wawundochwalend, a chief of the Tuscaroras, [206].
Wayne, Gen’l Anthony, xli., [89], [133], [192].
Weiser, Conrad, xxx., xxxi., [54].
Weissport, [166].
Wells, William, and the bear, [256].
Wetterholt, Captain Jacob, [334].
White, a Nanticoke chief, [90], [92].
White Eyes, Capt., a chief of the Western Delawares, xxxix.;
biographical sketch of, [69], [151], [152], [153], [279].
Whitefield, the Rev. George, [52], [336].
Williamson, Capt. David, in command of militia at Gnadenhütten on Muskingum, [81];
his expedition by whom authorized, [283], [286].
Wingenund, Capt., a Delaware, [279], [284];
dialogue with Col. Crawford, [285] et seq.
Wistar to Heckewelder, letters of, [354], [359].
Wolf tribe of Delawares, [52], [253].
Womelsdorf, xxx.
W’Tássone, name given by the Lenape to the Oneidas, [99].
Wyalusing, [83], [196].
Wyandots, xl., xli., xliv., [95], [119], [130].
Wyoming, [79], [91], [92], [166].
Yengees (Yankees), [77], [142], [143].
Zeisberger, the Rev. David, reference to his Essay of a Delaware and English Spelling-Book, xliii., [125];
biographical sketch of, [63];
quoted, [97];
his German Iroquois Dictionary, [97], [120], [347];
his opinion of the Iroquois language, [120];
his Grammar of the Lenni Lenape language, [125], [127], [166], [279];
dialogue with Indian David, [167];
at Goschgoschink, [293], [338], [347].
Zinzendorf, Count Nicholas Lewis, in Penna., xxx.;
among the Shawanose of Wyoming, [88], [337].