The roman numerals in this index refer to pages in the introduction of Nineteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology, not included in this edition.
A
Abbott on effect of Georgia anti-Cherokee laws 118
Acculturation, study of xxi–xxv
Acolapissa, tribe of Choctaw confederacy 500
Acoma, work at xiii
Activities, discussion of lxiv–lxv
Adair, James, on Cherokee dialects 16
Adair, James on Cherokee intratribal friction 496
Adair, James on Cherokee lack of conservatism 229
Adair, James on Cherokee population 34
Adair, James on Cherokee relations with Creeks 384
Adair, James on Cherokee sacred ark 503
Adair, James on Cherokee snake myths 457, 459–460, 461
Adair, James on Cherokee sufferings from smallpox 36
Adair, James on Cherokee thunder myths 441
Adair, James on Cherokee war of 1759–61 41
Adair, James on Christian Priber’s work 37
Adair, James on Creek myths 475
Adair, James on Creeks 499
Adair, James on decay of Cherokee ritual and traditions 20
Adair, James on effects of Cherokee war (1760–61) 45
Adair, James on gatayûstĭ game 434
Adair, James on Herbert’s spring 404
Adair, James on horses and swine among Cherokee 82, 213
Adair, James on Indian beliefs concerning birds 453–454
Adair, James on Indian beliefs concerning food 472
Adair, James on Indian beliefs concerning wolf 448
Adair, James on Indian conduct during eclipse 441
Adair, James on Indian custom of removing deers’ hamstrings 447
Adair, James on Indian marriage customs 482
Adair, James on Iroquois wars 357–358, 491
Adair, James on name Cherokee 16
Adair, James on peace towns 207, 208
Adair, James on sacred fire 503
Adair, James on scratching ceremony 476
Adair, James on Shawano wars 371
Adair, James on Taskigi among Creeks 389
Adair, James on tlă′nuwă 466
Adair, James on welcome ceremony 493
Adder, myths concerning 297, 436
Adoption among eastern tribes 493
Advocate, Cherokee, see Cherokee Advocate.
Â′ganstâ′ta, see Morgan, Washington; Oconostota.
Âgăn-uni′tsĭ, myth concerning 298–300, 461
Aguas Calientes, examination of caves near xvii
Alabama in Texas, union of, with Cherokee 143
Alabama, migration across the Mississippi by 99
Alabama, tribe of Creek confederacy 498–499
Alabama, production of gold in 220, 221
Alabama, Removal forts in 221
Algonquian languages, study of xxv
Algonquian names for rabbit and dawn 233
Algonquian tribes, study of xvii–xviii, xxix
Alkĭnĭ′, Natchez woman among Cherokee 388
All bones, see Kâ′lahû′.
Allegheny river, origin of name of 18
Allegory, development of lxxxix–xc
Allen, H. N., on Korean myths 447
Alligator, myths concerning 459
Almanac, Cherokee, establishment of 112
Alphabet used for Cherokee words 506
Alphabet, see also Syllabary.
Altars of religious fraternities, study of xlvi–xlix, l–lii
Ambrosial pleasures lix–lx
American blood among Cherokee 83
American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, work of, among Cherokee 104–105, 136
Anadarko, see Nadako.
Angola, myths of 441–442, 446, 447, 450, 452, 453
Ani′-Kitu′whagĭ, see Kitu′whagĭ.
Ani′-Ku′sa, see Creeks.
Ani′-Kuta′nĭ, legends concerning 392–393, 501
Animals, chiefs and tribes of 231, 261–266, 445–448
Animals, myths concerning 239, 243, 250–252, 280, et passim
Ani′-Tsa′lăgĭ′, Ani′-Yûñ′wiyă′, see Tsa′-lăgĭ′, Yûñ′wiyă′.
Annuities, Cherokee 81, 85, 124
Annuities, apportionment of 106, 138, 177
Annuities, withholding of 138
Ant, myths concerning 452
Antelope, myths concerning 451
Apache, murder of party of, by scalp hunters 209
Apache, racing among 494
Apache, study of xxiii
Apache, use of language of, as trade language 188
Apache, see also Jicarilla; Mescalero.
Appalachee, enslavement of 232
Appleton’s Cyclopedia of American Biography on Rev. David Brainerd 217
Appleton’s Cyclopedia of American Biography on Col. Benjamin Hawkins 212
Appleton’s Cyclopedia of American Biography on Chief McGillivray 210
Appleton’s Cyclopedia of American Biography on Col. R J. Meigs. 212
Appleton’s Cyclopedia of American Biography on General Robertson. 205
Appleton’s Cyclopedia of American Biography on John Ross 114
Appleton’s Cyclopedia of American Biography on St. Clair’s defeat 212
Appleton’s Cyclopedia of American Biography on Tecumtha 216
Appleton’s Cyclopedia of American Biography on Nancy Ward 204
Appleton’s Cyclopedia of American Biography on Wayne’s victory 213
Aquaquiri, see Guaquili.
Arapaho, genesis legend of 229
Arapaho, tribal medicine of 503
Arbuckle, General, on adoption of Cherokee constitution 135
Arbuckle, General, reward for capture of Tahchee offered by 141
Arch, John, bible translation by 110
Arizona, report on collections from xix–xx
Arizona, work in xiii–xv
Arkansas, collection from xxi
Arkansas Cherokee, conference with Osage by 105
Arkansas Cherokee, fixing of boundaries to lands of 105
Arkansas Cherokee, friction between main band and 133, 135, 147, 148
Arkansas Cherokee, history of 77, 102, 136–143
Arkansas Cherokee, request of, for recognition as separate tribe 105
Arkansas Cherokee, union of, with main band 135
Arkansas Cherokee, visit of Sequoya to 110
Arkansas river, settlement of Cherokee on 102
Arkansas river, cession to Cherokee of tract on 102–103
Arkansas river, exchange of tract on 139
Arts, see Fine arts.
Âsĭ, characters of 462
Âsĭ, recitation of sacred myths in 230
Astu′gatâ′ga, Lieutenant, death of 170
Atagâ′hĭ, myths concerning 321–322, 461, 470
Ătăgûl′kălû, see Atakullakulla.
Atakapa, Cherokee relations with 391
Atakullakulla, agreement with, for building of forts 40
Atakullakulla, attempts to bring peace by 42, 44
Atakullakulla, offer of aid to Americans by 54
Atakullakulla, rescue of Captain Stuart by 44, 203
Athletic pleasures lxiii–lxviii
Atkins, J. D. C., on east Cherokee suit against main band 152
Atkins, J. D. C., recommendation for east Cherokee removal by 177
Atlanta Constitution on effect of Georgia anti-Cherokee laws 118
Atsĭ, see Arch, John.
Augusta, opening of path from Cherokee country to 36
Augusta, treaty of (1763) 45
Autonomy, Cherokee, waning of 153–157
Autossee, battle at 92
Avery, Mrs A. C., acknowledgments to 13
Avery, Mrs A. C. on Cherokee part in civil war 169
Avery, Mrs A. C. on Col. W. H. Thomas 162
Aʻwani′ta, myth told by. 454
Ax, John, Cherokee story-teller 229–230, 237
Ax, John, myths told by 430, 431, 435, 436, 438, 440, 448–452, 454–456, 460, 462, 463, 466, 471, 473, 476, 477, 481
Ax, John on gatayûstĭ game 434
Ayâ′sta, Cherokee story-teller 237
Ayâ′sta, myths and songs obtained from 430, 453, 468, 470, 501, 504
Ayllon on gigantic Indians 501
Ayllon, version of Tsundige′wi myth by 471
Ayllon, visit to Georgia coast by 193
Aʻyûñ′inĭ, see Swimmer.
B
Bald mountain, myth concerning 299
Ball game among East Cherokee 170
Ball game among western Cherokee 146
Ball game, figurative use of expression 433
Ball game, legend connected with 384
Ball game, myths and lore concerning 262, 286–287, 308, 312–313, 369, 454
Ball game, rites and practices connected with 230, 262, 422, 425, 471
Bancroft, H. H., on Mexican grant to Cherokee 143
Bancroft, H. H. on scalping by whites 209
Baptist gap, engagement at 170
Baptists, work of, among Cherokee 107, 165, 166
Barbarism, features of xlix
Barcia, A. G., on Creek-Cherokee wars 38
Barcia, A. G. on De Luna’s expedition 201
Barcia, A. G. on Rogel’s expedition 202
Barcia, A. G. on Spanish mission among Cherokee 29
Barcia, A. G., version of Tsundige′wi myth by 472
Barnwell, ——, Cherokee reply to 372
Barringer, Rufus, arbitrator between East Cherokee and Thomas’s creditors 174
Bartram, William, on cane-splint fire 429–430
Bartram, William on cattle among Cherokee 213–214
Bartram, William on Cherokee relations with Creeks 383, 384
Bartram, William on Creeks 499
Bartram, William on origin of mounds in Cherokee country 22
Bartram, William on ruins at Silver bluff 193
Bartram, William on sacred fire 503
Bartram, William on Seminole regard for snakes 457
Bartram, William on strawberries in Cherokee country 468
Bartram, William on traders’ bells 483
Bartram, William, travels of, in Cherokee country 46
Barton, B. S., on Cherokee linguistic relationship 16
Barton, B. S. on traditional predecessors of Cherokee 22
Basketry among East Cherokee 176
Basswood in Cherokee lore 421, 505
Bat, myths concerning 286–287, 454
Battey on visiting ceremony 493
Batts, Thomas, exploration into Cherokee country by 31
Bayagoula, tribe of Choctaw confederacy 500
Bean, Lieutenant, part taken by, at Horseshoe bend 95
Bean, Mrs, rescue of, by Nancy Ward 48, 204, 490
Bean in Cherokee lore 424, 471
Bear, myths and lore concerning 250, 264, 268, 273–274, 286–287, 325–329, 411, 436, 446–447, 450–452, 472–474, 504
Bear-grass in Cherokee lore 420
Beard, John, killing of Indians by 74
Bear Man, myth of 262, 327–329
Beasley, Maj. Daniel, commander of Fort Mims 216
Beast fable, development of lxxxii–lxxxiii
Beauchamp, W. M., on Iroquois myths 458, 469
Beauchamp, W. M. on Onondaga name for violet 505
Beaver on Ohio Cherokee 79
Beaver, Cherokee myths and lore concerning 266, 314–315, 465–466, 474
Bechtler, coining of gold by 220
Becker, G. F., on Southern gold fields 221
Bees in Cherokee lore 309
Beetle, myths and lore concerning 239, 308, 314, 430, 463
Bell, John, flight of 134
Bennett, L. E., on schools in Cherokee Nation 152
Bible, translations of, into Cherokee 108, 110–111, 163
Bible story among Cherokee 235–236
Bibliography, work in xxx
Biedma on De Soto’s expedition 26, 191–201
Bienville on Natchez among Cherokee 386
Big-bear, see Yâne′gwa.
Big cove, purchase of 161
Big-mush, see Hard-mush.
Big-witch, death of 179
Biloxi in Texas, union of, with Cherokee 143
Biloxi, tribe of Choctaw confederacy 500
Bird town, purchase of 161
Birds, myths and lore concerning 241, 243, 251, 280–294, 300, 401, 442, 453, 454
Blackberry, myth concerning 259
Blackburn, Rev. Gideon, establishment of school among Cherokee by 84
Black-eyed Susan in Cherokee lore 420
Blackfeet, method of catching eagles practiced by 453
Blackfeet, myths of 432, 451, 447
Black-fox, annuity for 85
Black-fox, enactment signed by 86–87
Black mountain, myths concerning 432, 450
Blacksnake, myths concerning 241, 288–289, 296, 431
Blacks station, encounter at 48
Bledsoe on French and Spanish encouragement of Cherokee hostility 62, 67
Blood mountain, myth concerning 330
Blount, William, endeavors of, for peace 78
Blount, William, governor of Tennessee 212
Blount, William, life of 212
Blount, William on attack on Buchanans station 73
Blount, William on Chickamauga declaration of war (1792) 71
Blount, William on origin of Chickamauga band 54
Blount, William on Shaw’s mission 71
Blount, William, proposal of, to Cherokee (1795) 81
Blount, William, Territorial governor 68
Blount, William, treaty and cession arranged by (1791) 68–69
Blount, chief, settlement of Tuscarora under 498
Blue-jay, myth concerning 284
Bluff, The, see Nashville.
Blythe, David, Cherokee story-teller 237
Blythe, David, myths told by 449, 483
Blythe, James, acknowledgments to 13
Blythe, James, agent for East Cherokee 180
Blythe, James, Cherokee story-teller 237
Blythe, James, myths told by 436, 462, 463
Boas, Dr Franz, collection of Indian myths by 428
Boas, Dr Franz on dissemination of Indian myths 234
Boas, Dr Franz on Tillamook myths 440
Boats, see Canoes.
Bonnell on Cherokee agreement with Mexico 145
Bonnell on Cherokee expulsion from Texas 145
Bonnell on Houston’s efforts in behalf of Cherokee 145
Bonnell on Mexican grant to Cherokee 143
Books, myth concerning 351
Boon, Daniel, leader of pioneer advance 45
Boudinot, Cornelius, myths told by 449, 455
Boudinot, Cornelius, opening of grave on farm of 143
Boudinot, Dr Elias, on Cherokee myths 483
Boudinot, Elias, Bible translation by 165
Boudinot, Elias, editor of Cherokee Phœnix 111
Boudinot, Elias, education of 108
Boudinot, Elias, killing of 133–135
Boudinot, Elias, signing of new Echota treaty by 125
Boudinot, Elias, vote of, on Ridge treaty 122
Bouton on deluge myth 445
Bowers, G. M., acknowledgments to 13
Bowl, capture of family of 146
Bowl, emigration of 100–101, 138, 141, 143
Bowl, killing of 145
Bowl, paper carried by, at death 143, 145
Bowl, treaty with Texas signed by 144
Bowles, ——, opposition to McGillivray by 210
Boyd, D. T., suit of United States against 227
Brainerd, Rev. David, life of 217
Brainerd mission, attendance of pupils at 107–108
Brainerd mission, establishment of 104, 107
Brant, Sir William Johnson’s connection with 203
Brass, see Ûñtsaiyĭ′.
Breath, the, death of 79
Brier in Cherokee lore 425
Brinton, D. G., edition of Walam Olum by 190
Brinton, D. G. on Delaware name for Cherokee 378
Brinton, D. G. on Delaware tribal organization 497
Brinton, D. G. on deluge myth 445
Brinton, D. G. on first appearance of whites 191
Brinton, D. G. on Flint and Rabbit myth 451
Brinton, D. G. on name Kitu′whagĭ 182
Brinton, D. G. on Shawano 461, 495
Brinton, D. G. on Tallige′wi 19, 184
British, encouragement of Indian hostility by 64, 68
British relations with Indians 98–99
British, retention of posts by (1790) 68
British, withdrawal of, from interior posts 81
British, withdrawal of, from south 62
Brooks, Miss A. M., acknowledgments to 13
Brooks manuscripts on De Soto’s route 193, 194
Brooks manuscripts on Pardo’s expedition 28, 29
Brown, David, Bible translation by 111
Brown, David on Cherokee condition in 1819 112
Brown, David on effect of invention of alphabet 110
Brown, J. M., on ancestry of Sequoya 109
Brown, Joseph, capture, adoption, and release of 66
Brown, Joseph, guide to expedition of 1794 78
Brown, Joseph on attack on Buchanan’s station 73
Brown, Joseph on Martin’s expedition (1788) 65
Brown, Orlando, on Catawba among East Cherokee 165
Brown, Col. Richard, part taken by, in battle of Horseshoe bend 94, 96
Brown, Thomas, teacher among East Cherokee 171
Brown, Col. ——, British agent at Chickamauga 55
Brown, Mrs, ransom of 66
Browning, D. M., on decision of citizenship claims 154
Browning, D. M. on East Cherokee affairs 179
Browning, D. M. on opening of Cherokee strip 153
Bruyas on Mohawk name for titmouse 454
Bryant, quotation from lxxxix
Bryson, Daniel, on Cherokee heroism 501
Bryson, Maj. James, acknowledgments to 13
Bryson, Maj. James on Cherokee heroism 501
Bryson, Maj. James on Cherokee round up 131
Bryson, Maj. James on Rutherford’s route 205
Bryson City, capture of East Cherokee at 171
Buchanans station, attack on (1792) 73
Buckle, ——, on Cherokee-Chickasaw war 38
Buffalo, Cherokee gift of skin of, to Spaniards 27
Buffalo, myths and lore concerning 263, 293, 410, 412, 443
Buffalo dance, legend of origin of 352, 485
Bugle weed in Cherokee lore. 420
Bugloss in Cherokee lore 426
Bullfrog, myths concerning 310–311, 463
Bullfrog, see also Frog.
Bullhead, Cherokee leader in war with Creeks 384
Burial, myth concerning 256, 440
Burk, John, on Cherokee invasion of Virginia 30
Burnet, ——, commissioner to Cherokee 145
Burnt tobacco, contact with Nûñnĕ′hĭ by 332
Burs in Cherokee lore 426
Butler, Rev. D. S., arrest and imprisonment of 119
Butler, Rev. D. S., Cherokee missionary 105
Butler, Rev. D. S. on Jackson’s attitude toward Cherokee 117
Butler, John, Cherokee ball captain 406
Butler, S. W., myth told by 450
Buttrick on Cherokee myths 430, 436–437, 445, 470, 476, 478, 483
Buttrick on Cherokee sacred fire 502
Buttrick on custom of removing deers’ hamstrings 447
Buzzard, myths concerning 239, 266, 284, 293, 294, 430, 431, 456
Byhan, Rev. Gottlieb, Cherokee missionary 84