To conclude, one may, by attention and humanity, easily manage negroes; and, as an inducement, one has the satisfaction to draw great advantage from their labours.
[THE END]
[INDEX]
Index
Abeikas Indians—[293]
Acacia Tree—[222]
Achechy—[237]
Adaies Indians—[9];
Post of, [54]
Agriculture, Indian—[341]
Aiaouez Indians—[59], [62]; [63]; [66]; [305]
Alaron, Martin de—[9], [10]
Algonquins—[93]
Alder—[226]
Alibamous Indians—[293]
Alibamous River—[135]
Alligator—
slave girl kills, [19];
author kills large one, [22];
description of, [253]-[255]
Amite River—[113]
Ants—[272]; [273]
Aplaches Indians—[293]
Apples, wild—[212]
Aquelou-Pissas Indians—[18]; [297]
Arkansas—
German colonists there, [29]; [88]
Arkansas Indians—
mate with Canadians, [4]; [57]; [303]
Arkansas River—
reached by Tonti, [4]; [112]; [113]; [153]-[154]
Armed-fish—[276]-[277]
Ascension Bay—[114]; [139]
Ash—[226]
Aspen—[226]
Assinais Indians—[5]-[9]
Attakapas Indians—
cannibals, [302]
Avoyelles Indians—[149];
home of, [302]-[303]
Ayac Shrub—[226]
Balers, Marquis of—[9]
Barataria—[145]
Barbel, description of—[274]
Barley—[203]
Baton Rouge—[52];
named after a cypress tree, [217]
Bay of St. Bernard—[3]
Bay of St. Esprit—[2]
Bay of St. Louis—[16]; [17]; [114];
lands around, [138]
Bayou Choupic—[17]; [18]
Bayou Goula—[141]
Bayou-Ogoulas Indians—[52]; [302]
Bayou St. John—[17]; [18]; [49]; [52]
Beans—
cultivation in La., [204]
Bears—[132]; [133];
description of, [245]-[249];
feast of, [324]
Beavers—
description of, [127]-[131]
Bec-croche—[261]
Bees—[271]
Bienville—
becomes Gov. Gen. of La., [10]-[11];
founds New Orleans, [15];
breeds hogs, [16]; [28]; [38];
defeats Natchez Indians, [39]; [42]; [49]; [71]; [87]; [88]; [92]; [93];
war against Chicasaws, [94]-[95]; [109];
returns to La., [186]
Biloxi—[11]; [16];
not suitable for settlement, [28];
distress of German colonists, [29];
country back of, [30]; [47];
settlement destroyed, [137].
Birch Tree—[231]
Bishop (Bird)—[270]
Blackbirds—[268]
Black River—[113];
land around it, [148];
lands along, [151]-[154]
Bon Homme—[195]
Bois-Briant—[58]
Bonita Fish—[12]
Bourgrnont, Commander de—
voyage to Missouri and Kansas, [59]-[68];
his journal, [69]; [160]; [305]
Bows—
how made, [340]
Buffalo—[64];
hunt by author, [122]; [132]; [134]; [146]; [147]; [152];
hunt in New Mexico, [155];
hides and tallow, [155]-[156]; [162], [178];
description of, [240];
Indian hunt, [240];
feast of, [324]
Burgo-Breaker (fish)—[275]
Burial customs—[333]-[337]
Butterflies—[271]
Buzzard—
deseciption of, [258]
Caouquias Indians—[301]
Caouitas Indians—[293]
Caddo Indians—[151]; [303]
Cadillac, de la Motte—
arrives in La., [5]; [6]; [8]; [9];
death of, [10];
his mine, [163]
Calendar of Natchez—[319]
Calumet (Pipe of Peace)—[35];
feathers for, [258]
Campeachy wood—[183]
Canadians—
early voyagers to La., [4];
at Dauphin Island, [16];
at Mobile, [46]; [58]; [59];
get salt, [157];
Route to La., [161]-[163]
Candlemas Islands—[138]
Cannes Brulee's—[52]
Canoe—
how made, [69]
Cantharadies—[272]
Canzas (see Kansas)
Cape Anthony—[13]
Cape Francois—[11]-[13]; [182]
Capuchins—[51]
Caranco—[22]
Cardinal—[269]
Carolina—
population, [IX]; [47]
Carp—[17]; [146]; [274]
Carrion-Crow—[258]
Carthaginians—
practised scalping, [283]
Caskaquias (see Kaskasia)
Cassine Shrub—[228]
Castin Bayou—[113]
Castine Mine—[133]
Catamounts—[134]; [144]
Caterpillars—[271]
Catfish—
description of, [274]
Cat Island—[16]; [138]
Cedar Trees—[215]; [225]
Celoron, Capt. de—[93]; [94]
Chacchi-Oumas Indians—[300]
Chactaw Indians (see Choctaws)
Chaineau, M.—[278]
Chameleons—[257]
Champmelin, Commander—
captures Pensacola [XXIV]; [104]; [105]
Chandeleur Islands—[13]
Chaouachas Indians—[140]; [301]
Chaouanous River—[162]
Charleville, M. de—[109]; [110]
Charlevoix—[I]; [III]; [IV]; [XXV]; [XXVI]; [24]; [30]
Chateauguier—[101]
Chatkas Indians—[295];
language, [297]
Chatots Indians—[294]
Cherokees—[293]
Cherokee River—[162]
Chestnut Trees—[214]
Chicasaw Cliffs—[133]
Chicasaw Indians—[46];
murder French, [56]-[57];
war with, [87]-[90];
make peace, [94];
country of, [137];
destructive wars, [291];
language, [297];
destroy other tribes, [303]-[304];
fierce and arrogant, [332].
Chitimachas Indians—[18];
war with, [71]; [300];
home of, [302]
Choctaws—[46]; [80]; [84]; [85]; [113]
Chopart, de—[73]; his death, [82]
Choupic—[276]
Choupichoul (buck wheat)-[156]-[157]
Clerac (Gascony)-[27]
Climate—
of Gulf Coast, [III]; [VIII];
severe weather, [36];
at Mobile, [46];
of the Miss. Valley, [57];
of La., [107]-[108]
Clothing of Indians—[344]-[346]
Cochineal—[183]
Cockle-Island—[17], [138]
Codfish—[14]
Cola-Pissas—[18]
Colbert—[3]
Coligni, Admiral de—[2]
Conchac Indians—[293]
Copper Mines—[30], [145]
Corbijeau—[266]
Cormorant, [259]
Coroas Indians—[300]
Cooking, Indian—[342]
Corn—
description of, [164]-[165];
importance of.[185];
its cultivation in La., [202];
feast of, [321]-[322]; [347]
Cotton—[145]; [158];
how cultivated, [174]-[175];
for export, [181]
Cotton Tree—[222]
Coxe—
account of Carolina, [VI]; [XIII]; [47]
Cranes—[22]; [126];
description of, [261]
Crayfish—[277]
Creeper, bearded—[232]
Crocodile—[253]-[255]
Crows—[268]
Crozat—
La. ceded to, [5];
full store-houses, [8];
transfers to West India Co., [10]; [107]
Cuba—[13]
Cushaws—
cultivation in La., [206]
Cypress Tree—[IV];
at Baton Rouge, [52]; [216]; [217]
d'Artaguette—[28]; [52]; [88]; [92]
Dauphin Isle—[13]; [15]; [45]; [46]; [49]; [101]; [103]
d'Avion—[23]
Deer—[64];
white, [124]; [132]; [134]; [144]; [152];
hunt, [242]-[244]; feast of, [319]
Deer Oil—[249]
DeLaet—[2]
De Lisle—[279]
de Meuse—
grant, [54]
de Soto—[2]
de Ville, Father—[26]
Diodorus Siculus—
his description of lands west of Africa, [281]-[282]
Diseases—
fatal to Indians—[291];
of Negroes, [359]-[360]
Dove—[266]
Dragon flies—[272]
Draught (Bird)—[263]
Ducks—[126];
description of, [259]-[261]
du Crenet—[84]
du Haye—[198]
Dumont (Historian)—[I]; [V]; [VII]; [XXV]; [46]; [56]; [66]; [113]; [135];
historical memoirs, [187]; [225]
Du Pratz—[1]eaves La., [187]
du Tiffenet—[88]; [89]
du Vernai, Paris—[52]
Eagles—[257]
Eels—[277]
Egret—[261]
Elder Tree—[231]
Elephant—
skeletons found in Ohio—[290]
Elk—[64], [132], [134], [144]
Elm—[226]
English—
extent of American possessions, [XIV];
shipping, [XVII];
at English Turn, [47]-[51];
on the Yazoo, [56]; [57];
on the Miss. River, [140];
tobacco trade, [199]
English Turn (Reach)—[47]; [51];
why its name, [139]-[140]
Epidemic—[13]
Episingles Indians—[93]
Esquine—[181], [233]
Eye Inflammation—
treatment for, [43]
Exports—
from La. to Islands, [182]