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INDEX


SOTO, DE. See De Soto.
SOUcHITIONY, location of .................... 7
SOUEL, FATHER, murder by Yazoo.... 229-230,333
SOULIER ROUGE, Chitimacha chief ........... 349
SOURCES of information..................... 2-7
SOw6OLLA, Indian nation .................. 32-33
SPANISH-
 influence of........................ 11-12,17-18
 plundered by Indians................... 273
 recognition of Chilimacha.............. 343
SPEECHES, ceremonial-
 Chitimacha ............................. 341
 Houma ............................... 285,287
SPIRITS-
 beliefs of Natchez ....................... 174
 Chitimacha belief..................... 353,357
 Tunica ...................- ----......... 319
SPORTS. See Games.
"SPURIOUS TONTI, THE," as an authority .... 5
SQUASHES, Tunica........................... 315
STARKEVILLE, MIss., Chakchiuma stronghold
 near.................. ...-... .......... 296
ST. CATHERINE, concession of
 devastation by three Natchez villages.. 219
 reference...................... ........ 206,213
ST. COME. See St. Cosine.
ST. COME, son of Natchez chief.............. 245
ST. COSME-
 as an authority..................... 4,20.21.22
 death. 3-4,20-21,192.206 300, 337,338, 340,342,344
 missionary to Tainsa ................. 269-270
 on Natchez-
 appearance at peace conference.... 245-246
 characteristics ...................... 49
 descent of chiefs ................... 172-173
 successor of De Montigny as mission-
 ary ................................ 191
 ary ----------------------------191
 Suns......... ...... .. ...... 93
 reference............------.....----------.... 189
ST. DENIS
 aid to Natchitoches .................... 281.283
 attacked by Flour chief.................. 250
 expedition against Chitimacha......... 278,338
 reference.......................----- .... 272
 relations with Tunica.................... 310
 victory over Natchez ................. 251-252
ST. DENYS, DE. See St. Denis.
STEL-O-NA, reference -....................- 224
ST. FRANCIS XAVIER, Houma patron, festival. 288
ST. HILAIRE, DE, reference ................ 154-155
STIGGINS, GEORGE, history of Creek Indians. 254
STINKARDS--
 among Creeks........................... 33
 among Natchez............ 103-107,181-182,334
ST. JOHN BAYOU, location of Ilouma ......... 289
ST. JOSEPH LAKE, location of Tainsa......... 258
ST. LANDRY, location of Opelousa............ 364
ST. LOUIS RIVER. See Mississippi river.
ST. MARTIN'S PARISH, location of Chitimacha. 344
ST. MICHAEL, study of Chicacha (Chickasaw)
 language.......---.........-------------..--..... 27
STRONG HOUSE, name of Du Pratz's new
 house......................- ............ .. 209
SUN
 among Chitimacha ................... 352,357
 distinctive badge among Indian tribes... 175
 object of Natchez veneration............. 174


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SUNFLOWERS, mention by Gravier........... 309
SUN GOD, Tunica, remarks .................. 318
SUN, GREAT, (NATCHEZ)-
 fasting................... .... ........... 169
 negotiations with French.............. 245-247
 on sacred fire in temple ................ 171-172
 powers and habits ..................... 100-108
 relation to massacre of French..... 220-221,246
SUN, LITTLE (NATCHEZ), action against
 Natchez murderers...................... 200-201
SUNS (NATCHEZ)-
 descendants of sovereign ............... 171
 female, description...................... 104
 number and names ................... 175-176
 position in tribe. ..........- .....--..--- 93
 reference to death of Sun................ 313
 See also Sun, Great; Sun, Little.
SUNSET INDIANS, name for Natchez ........ 253
SUPREME BEING, Natchez conception of..... 167-
 168,170,175-176
SWAN, notes on Natchez...-................. 253
SWEATING-
 Chitimacha ............ ............... 351,357
 treatment by Indians.. ................. 85-86
SWEET POTATOES, Chitima ha food.......... 345
SYNONYMOUS NAMES, Indi n tribes......... 36-38
TABOUGAS, name for Tapos ................. 294
TAENCA. See Ta6nsa.
TAENCAS, river of, location iy Tonti......... 293
TAENSA-
 chiefs, exalted position- 61,257-258,259.260-267
 classification...----- .. -- .......... 4,6,9
 clim ate---------------- ..... ... 265
 disappearance ........................... 272
 enmity to Tunica....--.................... 307
 friendliness toward Frenlchmen.... 218,263-264
 funeral customs........ .............. 257-258
 general description....- ...... 259-266,271-272
 growth of vegetation- -................ 265
 intermarriage .......................... 17,272
 language- I
 character........... ....... 12,14,17-20,21
 fraudulent grammar and dictionary 9-24
 relationship to Natchez..... 9,13,19-24,265
 songs .................... 12,13,14,16,23,24
 locations at various times,. 16-17,258,271,272,311
 meaning of name unknown............ 257,258
 missionary work among. 1, 265-266,269-270,271
 Oumas (Houma) warfare ause of removal 270
 population............. ... 40,44,258,265,271
 reference.............. .................. 348
 slave making............................ 337
 temple-
 description .......................... 159-
 161,164,260,263,264-265,266, 269
 destruction...... .................. 266,268
 references.......................... 165,166
 treachery to Bayogoula............ 270,279,337
 two tribes of the name................... 17
 villages............................ 258,270,281
 women.......................... 94-95,264-265
TAENSA BAYOU, location of Tainsa.......... 272
TAENSAs, LITTLE-
 Iberville's name for Avoyel.............. 272
 wrong identification..................... 284
 See Avoyel.
TAHENSAS. See Ta6nsa.