Adair's History of the American Indians
James Adair
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  • Panthers, [33], [139];
    • see [Wild Animals]
  • Patriotism, [406] et seq.
  • Paya Mattaha, Chickasaw chief, [357n]
  • Peace, making of, [63], [176] et seq.;
    • love of, see War Causes
  • Penalties and Punishments, for failure of priest to make rain, [89] et seq.;
    • for sexual intercourse during purification feasts, [115], [125];
    • failing to bathe, [126];
    • failure to observe marriage vows, [145] et seq.;
    • murder, [154] et seq.;
    • for petty crimes, [470]
  • Penn, William, [225n]:
  • Pensacola, Fla., [282], [311], [385], [488]
  • Philadelphia, [xxv] et seq.
  • Physicians, see [Doctors]
  • Pigeons, [28], [445];
    • see [Birds]
  • Pinckney, Wm., Indian Commissioner, [xiii]
  • Piomingo, Chickasaw chief, [173n]
  • Pipes, use in ceremonies, see [Peace], [Religious Rites];
    • making of, [455] et seq.
  • Poetry, Indian, [64]
  • Pollutions, see [Religious Rites]
  • Pompions, see [Agriculture]; [438]
  • Potatoes, see [Agriculture]; [439]
  • Pottery, [456]
  • Precious stones, see [Minerals]
  • Presents, see [Trade and Traders], [Peace], etc.
  • Priber, Christian, Indian trader, [ix], [xx];
    • sketch of, [252n]
  • Priests, [83] et seq.;
    • dress of, [87] et seq.;
    • support of, [94] et seq.;
    • purification, [109] et seq.;
    • war ceremonies, [167] et seq.;
    • see Dress, Rain, Peace, War, Sick, [Religious Rites], etc.
  • Prince George, Fort, [xvi], [260], [265]
  • Prophets, see [Priests]
  • Punishments, see [Penalties]
  • Purification, see [Religious Rites]
  • Pursuit, see [Tracking]
  • Quapaw Indians, [344n]
  • Raids, see War, names of individual tribes
  • Rain, making of by priests, [89] et seq.
  • Razors, Indian, [7]
  • Red Captain, Choctaw chief, [312]F et seq.
  • Redeeming blood, see [Blood]
  • Red Shoes, Choctaw chief, [x] et seq., [12], [317],
    • sketch of, [335n], [351n];
    • killed, [352]
  • Religious Rites, [20] et seq., [32] et seq., [38] et seq., [49], [51], [64];
    • priests, [83] et seq., [87] et seq.;
    • pollutions, [90], [99] et seq.;
    • annual expiation of sins, [105] et seq.;
    • purification by water, [117] et seq., [126] et seq.;
    • sacrifices, [121] et seq.;
    • uncleanness, [129],
      • of food, [136] et seq.;
    • marriage and divorce, [145] et seq.;
    • preparation for war, [167] et seq.;
    • celebration of peace, [176] et seq.;
    • curing sick, [181] et seq.;
    • mourning for dead, [195] et seq., [244];
    • after war, [416], [425] et seq.;
    • before games, [430]
  • Revenge, see [Blood]
  • Rivers, see [Lands];
    • method of crossing, [291]
  • Roche, Matthew, Indian trader, [xi] et seq., [289n]
  • Rogers, Maj. Robert, [402n], [447n]
  • Roman Catholics, [xxi], [45];
    • Adair’s hatred of, [86], [86n], [160], [183n], [213n];
    • his description of, [477] et seq.
  • Ross, John, Indian trader, [279n]
  • Sacrifices, see [Religious Rites]
  • Saddles, making of, [457]
  • Salt, [115];
    • how obtained, [122]
  • Saluda, town, [xiii], [xvi]
  • Saponi Indians, [67n]
  • Sauk Indians, [171n]
  • Savannah, Ga., [247], [393]
  • —— R., [ix], [xvi], [2n], [54n], [234n], [238], [365]
  • Scalping, [260], [290], [318], [362];
    • how done, [416]
  • Scioto R., [2n]
  • Sealey, Benj., Indian trader, [394n]
  • Seasons, the, [77] et seq.
  • Secrecy of Indians, [xxxv], [92]
  • Serpents, jewels from, [92]
  • Settlements advocated by Adair, [483] et seq.
  • Sevier’s Island, [86n]
  • Shartee, Peter, Indian trader, [4n]
  • Shaving, Indian, [7]
  • Shawano Indians, their color, [3]; [4n], [269]
  • Shawnee Indians and county, history of, [2n], [4n], [297n]
  • Sheep, worship of, [26]
  • Sick, treatment of, [109], [114], [131], [135], [181] et seq.; [244], [383], [470];
    • see [Wounded]
  • Silver, see [Minerals]
  • Silver Bluff, town, [371], [393]
  • Skin-scratching, [126]
  • Smith, Augustine, Indian trader, [394n]
  • ——, John, Indian trader, [394n]
  • Snakes and snake-bite, [247], [250], [291];
    • see [Serpents]
  • Songs, see [Religious Rites]; [102] et seq., [172];
    • for curing sick, [181] et seq.;
    • funeral, [190]
  • South Carolina, [xvi], [86], [133], [143], [157], [234], [252n], [260] et seq., [270], [493]
  • Spain, [285], [333], [365], [386n], [392], [490] et seq.
  • Spanish historians, criticism of, [205] et seq.
  • Speaking, manner of, see [Orations]
  • Spears, used in fishing, [433n]
  • Speed of Indians, [341], [424]
  • Sphynx Co., [xi] et seq., [346], [365]
  • Spices, see Cooking, Herbs, Agriculture
  • Starr, Emmett, quoted, [xviii], [xix]
  • St. Augustine, [488]
  • Stone, heaps, see Monuments;
    • precious, see Minerals;
    • holy, [92]
  • Strength and stamina of Indians, [5] et seq., [422], [424],
    • see [Games]
  • Stroud cloth, [9]
  • Stuart, Charles, [318], [398n]
  • ——, Capt. John, [290], [318], [357n], [398n]
  • Suggestions by Adair, see [Adair]
  • Suicide, [155], [246]
  • Sun, Indian conception of, [21] et seq.,
    • in eclipse, [68n]
  • Sycamore Shoals, [86n]
  • Tallapoosa, R., [277n]
  • Tanner, John, Indian trader, [394n]
  • Tattooing, [417]
  • Tea, [388], [493]
  • Tecumseh, Shawnee chief, [188n]
  • Temples, see [Houses, religious]
  • Tennessee, see [West], [East], [Lower]
  • Tennessee R., [xx], [237n], [285n], [288n], [398n], [431n], [494n]
  • Ten Tribes of Israel, [xxix];
    • arguments on descent of Indians from, see Table of Contents
  • Thunder, [68]
  • Time, method of counting, [77] et seq., [105]
  • Tithing, [94] et seq.
  • Titles, see [War], [Names], [Warriors]; [459n], [465]
  • Tobacco, see [Agriculture]; [93], [106], [486]
  • Tombigbee, Fort, [x], [284], [332], [356]
  • Tomohawks, see [War Methods]
  • Toogalo, town, [82]
  • Tools, [434]
  • Torture, see [Captives]
  • Toulouse, Fort, [277n]
  • Town houses, see [Houses, religious]; [453]
  • Towns, Indian, description of, [238], [302], [378] et seq., [442] et seq.;
    • independence of, [460]
  • Tracking, [6], [150], [158], [330], [340] et seq.
  • Trade and Traders, [ix], [96] et seq., [151n], [241], [279], et seq., [305] et seq., [346], [393] et seq.;
    • named, [394n];
    • discussed, [443] et seq;
    • possibilities and worth to England, [481] et seq.
  • Traditions, [18], [27], [38] et seq., [58], [68], [84], [89] et seq., [92], [121], [126], [136] et seq., [139], [144], [145] et seq., [167] et seq., [203] et seq., [244], [250], [291], [446n], [452]
  • Treaties, see [Peace], making of;
    • Shelby-Jackson, Coffee-Colbert, [384n]
  • Trees, [242], [250], [304], [386];
    • felling of, [435]
  • Tribes, comparison with Jewish tribes, [16] et seq.
  • Trickery, [347n]
  • Turkeys, [387], [445]
  • Underwood, Francis, Indian trader, [394n]
  • Ustitlu legend, [250n]
  • Vanity, Indian, [1] et seq.
  • Vegetables, see [Agriculture]
  • Vessels, see [Holy Vessels]
  • Virginia, [67], [234n], [260], [486]
  • —— Troops, [xvii], [267n]
  • Visitors, reception of by Indians, [63], [177] et seq.,
    • see [Hospitality]
  • Wachowee, town, [xx]
  • Walker, Felix, quoted, [86n]
  • Wampum, as money, [179]
  • War, preparation for, [108];
    • customs, [155] et seq.;
    • purification and fasting before, [167] et seq.;
    • celebration after, [172] et seq.;
    • war poles, [196n], [203n];
    • Cherokee wars, [252] et seq.;
    • Muskogee, [278] et seq.;
    • Choctaw, [312] et seq., [333] et seq., [368] et seq.;
    • Chickasaw, [379] et seq.;
    • titles, [406] et seq.;
  • methods of waging, [407] et seq.;
    • fate of chief if defeated, [416]
  • Ward, Nancy, [xx]
  • Warriors, see [War];
    • titles, how earned, [406],
      • presentation of, [426] et seq.
  • Washington, George, [259n]
  • Watauga R., [392n]
  • Weapons, see [War Methods]
  • Weaving, [452] et seq.
  • Wedderburn, Lt. Col., [395n]
  • Welch, Thomas, Indian trader, [394n]
  • Wesley, Rev. John, [21n]
  • West Florida, [xviii], [49], [81], [119n], [141n], [209], [210], [284], [307], [385], [489], [490], [493], et seq.
  • —— Tennessee, [xx], [445n], [484n];
    • see [Chickasaw Bluffs]
  • White people, Indian conception of, [35] et seq., [97], [115], [140], [462] et seq.
  • Widows, see [Women], Mourning, [Funeral Ceremonies], [Marital and Marriage Customs], etc.
  • Wiggan, Eleazor, [53n], [238n]
  • Wild Animals, [137], [387];
    • see name of animal
  • Williamson, Hugh, [340n]
  • Witnesses, swearing of, [51]
  • Wolf King, Muskogee chief, [297]
  • —— R., [484n]
  • Wolves, [139];
    • see [Wild Animals]
  • Women, Indian, [6], [38] et seq., [94], [102], [109], et seq.;
    • excluded from temples, [127];
    • when considered unclean, [129] et seq.;
    • marriage and divorce, [145] et seq.;
    • celebrating victory, [174] et seq.;
    • after death of husbands, [195] et seq., [371];
    • as torturers of captives, [418];
    • guarding crops, [438];
    • beauty of, [447];
    • see [Industry], [Dress], [Features], [Traditions], etc.
  • Wood, Col. Abraham, [329n]
  • ——, Joseph, [349n]
  • Worship, see [Religious Rites], [Traditions], [Angels], [Evil Spirits], etc.
  • Wounded, care of, see [Sick]; [131], [383]
  • Wright, John, [454]
  • Writers, see [Authors]
  • Yadkin R., [316]
  • Yawasee War, [39n]
  • Young, Judge Samuel Martin, quoted, [xixn]