B.
Baptism of dying men, [89], [124]; clandestine, of infants, [96], [97], [116], [117]; of an influential Huron, [112]; conditions of baptism, [134]; baptisms, number in a year, [136] note.
Birch-bark used instead of writing-paper, [130].
Bourgeoys, Marguerite, her character, [201]; foundress of the school at Montreal, [202].
Bradford, William, governor of Plymouth, kindly entertains the Jesuit Druilletes, [327].
Brébeuf, Jean de, arrives at Quebec, [5], [20], [48]; commences his journey to the Huron country, [53]; suffers great fatigue by the way, [54]; his intrepidity, [54] note, [56]; arrives in the Huron country, [56]; his previous residence there, ib.; his misgivings as to his future treatment by the Indians, [57] note; the Indians build a house for him, [59]; the house described, [60]; its furniture, ib.; Brébeuf witnesses the " Feast of the Dead," [75]; witnesses a human sacrifice, [80] seq.; his uncompromising manner, [90]; "the Ajax of the mission," [99]; his dealings with beings from the invisible world, [108]; sees a great cross in the air, [109], [144]; his courage, [120]; his letter in prospect of martyrdom, [122]; harangues the Hurons at a festin d'adieu, [123]; commences a mission in the Neutral Nation, [143]; sees miraculous sights, [144]; at the Huron mission, [370]; taken by the Iroquois, [381]; his appalling fate, [388]; his intrepid character, [390]; his skull preserved to this day at Quebec, [391]; his visions and revelations, [392] note; a saint and a hero, ib.
Bressani, Joseph, attempts to go to the Hurons, [251]; taken by the Iroquois, [252]; terrible sufferings from his captors, [253]-[255]; his escape, [256]; at the Huron Mission, [370].
Brulé, Étienne, murdered by the Hurons, [56]; the murder supposed to be avenged by a raging pestilence, [94].
Bullion, Madame de, founds a hospital at Montreal, [266].
Burning of captives alive, instances of, [xlv] note, [80]-[82]; [249], [250]; [309], [339], [385]; [436] note, [439], [441] note.
Buteux, Jacques, his toilsome journey, [421]; waylaid by the Iroquois and slain, [422].
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].
D.
Dahcotahs, found east of the Mississippi, [xx] note; their villages, [xxvi].
D'Ailleboust de Coulonges, Louis, lands at Montreal, [264]; history, [265]; fortifies Montreal, [266]; becomes governor of Canada, [330], [332].
Daily life of the Jesuits, [129]; their food, ib.; how obtained, [130].
Dallion, La Roche, visits the Neutral Nation in 1626, [xliv]; exposed to great danger among them, [xlvi] note, [146].
Daniel, Antoine, [5], [20], [48]; commences his journey to the Huron country, [53]; disasters by the way, [55]; his arrival in the Huron country, [58]; his peril, [126]; returns to Quebec to commence a seminary, [168]; labors with success among the Hurons, [374]; slain by the Iroquois, [377].
Dauversière, Jérôme le Royer de la, described, [188]; hears a voice from heaven, [189]; has a vision, [191]; meets Olier, [192]; plans a religious community at Montreal, ib.; one of the purchasers of the island, [195]; his misgivings, [197].
Davost at Quebec, [5], [20], [48]; sets out on his journey to the Huron country, [53]; robbed and left behind by his conductors, [54]; his arrival among the Hurons, [58].
De Nouë, Anne, a missionary, [5], [14]; perishes in the snow, [257]-[260].
Des Châtelets, an inhabitant of Quebec, [334], [335].
Devil, worshipped, [lxxiv], [lxxvi], [lxxvii]; his supposed alarm at the success of the mission, [113]; consequences, [114] seq.
Dionondadies. See Tobacco Nation.
Disease, how accounted for, [xl], [xli]; how treated, ib.
Divination and sorcery, [lxxxiv], [lxxxv].
Dogs sacrificed to the Great Spirit, [lxxxvi]; used at Montreal for sentinels, [271]; very useful, [272].
"Donnés" of the mission, [112] note, [214], [364].
Dreams, confidence of the Indian in, [lxxxiii], [lxxxiv], [lxxxvi]; "Dream-Feast," a scene of frenzy, [67].
Dress of the Indians, [xxxii]; scarcely worn in summer, [xxxiii].
Druilletes, Gabriel, his labors among the Montagnais, [318]; among the Abenaquis on the Kennebec, [321], [323]; visits English settlements in Maine, [322]; again descends the Kennebec, and visits Boston, [324], [325]; object of the visit, [324]; visits Governor Dudley at Roxbury, [326]; and Governor Bradford at Plymouth, [327]; spends a night with Eliot at Roxbury, ib.; visits Endicott at Salem, ib.; his impressions of New England, [328]; failure of his embassy, [330].
Dudley, Thomas, governor of Massachusetts, kindly receives the Jesuit Druilletes, [326].
Du Peron, François, his narrow escape, [124]; his journey, [127]; his arrival, [128]; his letter, [130]; at Montreal, [263].
Du Quen, journeys of, [xxv] note, [318].
Dutch at Albany supply the Iroquois with fire-arms, [211], [212]; endeavor to procure the release of prisoners among the Mohawks, [230].
E.
Eliot, John, the "apostle," has a visit from the Jesuit Druilletes, [327].
Endicott, John, visited by the Jesuit Druilletes, [327].
Enthusiasm for the mission, [85] note.
Erie, Lake, how early known as such, [143].
Eries, or Nation of the Cat, [xlvi]; where found in the early periods, [xx], [xlvi]; why so called, [xlvi] note; war with the Iroquois, [438]; its cause, [439]; a sister's revenge, ib.; utter destruction of the Eries, [440].
Etchemins, where found, [xxii].
Etienne Annaotaha, a Huron brave, destroys an Iroquois war-party, [427]-[429]; slain, [431].
Exaltation, mental, of the priests, [146].
Excursions, missionary, [132].
F.
Faillon, Abbé, his researches in the early history of Montreal, [193] note; their value, ib.
Fancamp, Baron de, furnishes money for the undertaking at Montreal, [193]; one of the purchasers of the island, [195].
Fasts among the Indians, [lxxi].
"Feast of the Dead," [72].
Feasts of the Indians, [xxxvii].
Female life among the Hurons, [xxxiii].
"Festins d'adieu," [123].
Festivities of the Hurons, [xxxvii].
Fire, Nation of, attacked by the Neutral Nation, [436].
Fire-arms sold to the Iroquois by the Dutch, [211], [212]; given to converts by the French, [269].
Fish, and fishing-nets, prayers to them, [lxix].
Fortifications of the Hurons, [xxix]; of the Iroquois, ib. note; of other Indian tribes, [xxx] note.
Fortitude, striking instances of, [81], [250], [339], [389].
French and English colonization compared, [328], [329].
Funeral among the Hurons, [75]; funeral gifts, [76].
Fur trade, [xlv], [47], [155], [331].