R
- Racoon, history of, [454]
- Rainy lake, [114]
- Rattle snake, anecdote of one, [43]
- —— —— frequent, [167]
- —— —— history of, [479]
- —— —— bite of, antidotes to, [482]
- —— —— plantain, [482], [517]
- Red wood smoked with tobacco, [31]
- —— marble river, [75]
- —— mountain, rendezvous for trade and general amity, [99]
- Red bird, [475]
- Reine la Fort, of, [109]
- Religion of the Indians, [380]
- Revenge of the Indians, [298], [413]
- Rice, wild, [523]
- Rink-snake, [487]
- Road of war, [103]
- Rock Liverwort, [518]
- Robertson Dr. his opinion on the peopling of America, [217], [218]
- —— his misrepresentation, [224]
- Rogers, Major, [163]
- Roots and plants, [512]
- Rum river, [72]
- Rupert’s river, [174]
S
- Sachem, [257]
- Sacrifice dance, [268], [282]
- Sagacity of the Indians, [242], [284], [328]
- Sagapenum bay, [144]
- Saguenay river, near lake St. John, [176]
- Salle Mr. de la, [220]
- Salaciousness of the Nawdowessies, [246]
- Salt, an antidote to the bite of the rattle-snake, [483]
- Sand Cherries (cherries de sable), [30]
- Sanicle, [517]
- Sarsaparilla, [513]
- Sassafras, [507]
- Saukies, account of, [47], [352], [357]
- —— possess lead, [48]
- Sautor Grand, or great Chipéway Chief, [97]
- —— —— his tragic fate, [99]
- Scalps kept as trophies, [328]
- Scalping, account of, [328], [329]
- Scarification used by the Indians, [394]
- Schians, a band of Indians, [80]
- Schianese, [80]
- Scythians, founders of America, [180], [190], [196]
- Sekockimac smoked with tobacco, [31]
- Senecas, a tribe of the Iroquois, [173]
- Serpents of America, [479]
- Shahsweentowahs, [60]
- Shells, ornaments of, [227]
- Shin wood, [506]
- Shining mountains, [118], [121]
- Shirts of the Indians, [226], [229]
- Shoes of the Indians, [228]
- Shrub-oak, [509]
- Shrubs, [505]
- Silk-worms, [490]
- Skunk of America, [450]
- —— cabbage or poke, [519]
- Slaves, Indian, [346]
- Sledges, Indian, [330]
- Slow lizard, [489]
- Small-pox, ravages of, [326]
- Snake skin, chirurgical use of, [392]
- Snakes, American, [485]
- Solomon’s seal, [515]
- Speech addressed to the Nawdowessies, [87]
- —— of the Nawdowessie Indians, [90]
- Speeches to excite to war, [300], [302]
- Speckled snake, [487]
- Spikenard, [381]
- Spirit, the great, dwelling of, [63], [135], [144], [381]
- —— —— —— address to, [67], [125], [302]
- —— —— —— ceremony of invoking, [123], [127]
- Spirit, an amazing large one, [135]
- Spirits, [381]
- Spirituous liquors, fondness for, [347]
- Splinters, how extracted, [392]
- Spoon-wood, [508]
- Squashes, [526]
- Squirrels, American, [456]
- Stockings of the Indians, [228]
- Stone, white as snow, [100]
- —— red, used for making pipes, [101]
- Strawberry-river, [105]
- Striped or garter snake, [486]
- Sturgeon frequent, [106], [140]
- —— history of, [477]
- Subordination unknown to the North American Indians, [257]
- Succatosh food, [263]
- Sugar of the Maple, [262], [282]
- Sulphureous water, rained, [153]
- —— stones, [169]
- Sumach-leaves, smoked with tobacco, [30]
- Superior Lake, [106]
- —— —— transparency of its water, [132]
- —— —— elegant and picturesque view from, [143]
- Superstition of the Indians, [238], [254], [391]
T
- Tamiscaming Lake, [175]
- Targets of the Indians, [296]
- Teal, [470]
- Temper of the Indians, [238]
- Thorn-tail snake, [486]
- Thousand lakes, [73]
- Thunder, alarming to the Indians, [85]
- Time, calculation of, [250]
- Tintons, a band of Indians, [80]
- Toad plantain, [518]
- Tobacco worm, [491]
- —— plant, and life of the author, [521] intr.
- Tongo-Wakon, [381]
- Toronto, Indian town, [171]
- Tortoise, or land turtle, [488]
- Tree-toad, [489]
- Trees, American, [494]
- Trouts, plenty of, [140], [149]
- Turnbull, Captain, [152]
- Tuscarories, a tribe of the Iroquois, [173]
- Two-headed snake, [487]
- Tyger, American, [442]
- Tyrian fleet, supposed to have visited America, [192]
V
- Venereal disease not indigenous to America, [392]
- —— —— cured by the prickly-ash, [393]
- Vines, American, [503]
- Visits of the Indians, [241]
- Vocabulary of the Chipéway tongue, [420]
- —— of the Nawdowessies, [433]
W
- Waddapawjestin Indians, [80]
- Waddapawmenesotor river, [65]
- Wake robin, [520]
- Wakon-teebe cave, [63]
- —— bird, [470]
- —— Kitchewah society, [271]
- Wakons, [309], [381]
- Wampum, [362]
- War-dance, [269]
- War, manner of making, [293], [300], [306], [310]
- —— club, [296], [362]
- —— declaration of, [307]
- —— hoop, [319], [334]
- Warrior, the great, [257]
- —— Indian, military arms of, [269]
- Water-bug, [493]
- Water-snakes, [167], [486]
- Weeks of the Indians, [252]
- Whetsaw of America, [475]
- Whipper-will, [467]
- Whirtleberries, [136]
- White-ash, antidote to the rattle-snake poison, [482]
- Wickopick-tree, [499]
- Wild indigo, [520]
- Wild rice, [523]
- Willow, [506]
- Winds of America varying in temperature, [70]
- Winnepeek river, [108], [110]
- Winter-green, [510]
- Witch-hazle, [509]
- Witchcraft, how treated, [395]
- Wives, station of, [367]
- Wolves, American, [444]
- Women, courage of, [333]
- Wood-creek river, [172]
- Wood-chuck, [454]
- Wood-pigeon, [471]
- Woodpecker, [472]
- Worship cultivated by the Indians, [179]
- Wounds, treatment of, [391]