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Cabot, Sebastian, visit to America by 191
Caddo in Texas, union of, with Cherokee 143
Caddo, wanderings of 146
Cairns in Cherokee country 20–21, 491
Caleebee creek, battle of 93
Calendars, Kiowa, publication of paper on xxvi, xxix
Calendar systems, Mayan, memoir on xli–xlii
Calhoun on Seneca town 485
Calhoun, reply to Cherokee memorial by 115
Calhoun, reply to Georgia’s protest by 116
Cameron, ——, attempt to seize 48
Cameron, ——, encounter between Williamson’s force and 50
Cameron, ——, interception of letter to 47
Cameron, ——, raid led by 48
Campbell, Col. Arthur, defeat of Ferguson by 57
Campbell, Col. Arthur, expedition under (1780–81) 57–58
Campbell, Col. Arthur on British agent and Tories at Chickamauga 55
Campbell, Col. Arthur on Chickamauga band 54
Campbell, Col. Arthur on Nancy Ward 204
Campbell, Col. Arthur on Sevier’s expedition (1781) 59
Campion in Cherokee lore 426
Canasagua, De Soto’s visit to 26, 197
Candy, John, printer of Cherokee Phœnix 111
Cane, Indian use of 490
Cannibals, myths concerning 247, 349–350, 483, 501
Canoes, Cherokee 496
Canos, see Cofitachiqui.
Canup, W. T., acknowledgments to 13
Cape Girardeau, settlement of Delawares and Shawano at 99
Cardinal flower in Cherokee lore 424
Carrington on East Cherokee chiefs 175
Carrington on East Cherokee constitution 173
Carrington on East Cherokee in Civil war 170, 171
Carrington on Iroquois 485
Carrington on Iroquois peace towns 208
Carroll, Gov. William, treaty signed by 125
Carroll, Gov. William, on Catawba in Cherokee war 44
Carroll, Gov. William on English conduct toward Cherokee 38
Cartier, Indians found on St Lawrence by 190
Cass, Lewis, reply to Schermerhorn’s proposals by 122
Casteel family, murder of 76
Castor Hill, treaty of (1852) 99
Cat, Cherokee name for 265
Cataracts in Cherokee lore 426
Catawba, Cherokee relations with 14, 36, 31–32, 44, 49, 165, 234, 380–381
Catawba, feather ornament of 504
Catawba, myths of 452
Catawba name for Cherokee 16, 183
Catawba, population of (1755) 39
Catawba, sketch of 498
Catawba, Spanish contact with 28
“Catgut” in Cherokee lore 425
Catlin on Tahchee 141
Cattle raising by Cherokee 82, 122, 137, 166, 213–214
Cauchi, De Soto’s visit to 29
Cavitts station, attack on 75
Cebollita valley, excavation of ruins around xiii
Cedar, lore concerning 421, 505
Censuses of Cherokee 34, 103, 112, 125, 150, 156–157
Censuses of East Cherokee 167–168, 172, 176, 179, 180
Central America, memoir on numeral systems of xliv, xlv
Ceremony, development of lxxviii–lxxix
Chalaque, De Soto’s visit to 24, 194
Chalaque, see also Tsa′lăgĭ′; Synonymy.
Chance, part played by, in games lxviii–lxix
Charleville on Cherokee wars 371
Charley, escape, surrender, and shooting of 131, 157, 158
Chat, see Huhu.
Chatelain, Heli, on Angolan folk tales 442, 446, 447, 450, 452, 453
Cheowa Maximum, myth concerning 405
Cheraw, Cherokee relations with 14, 380
Cheraw, sketch of 498
Cherokee, meaning and derivation of name 182–183
Cherokee, memoir on myths of xxxvii–xxxix, 3–548
Cherokee, study of fraternities, cults, and myths of xxvi, xlvii
Cherokee Advocate, establishment of 111, 112
Cherokee Advocate, myths published by 272–273, 449, 450
Cherokee Advocate on treaty with South Carolina 31
Cherokee Advocate on western Cherokee history 146
Cherokee Advocate, revival of (1870) 147, 151
Cherokee agency, attempt to annul treaty of 104
Cherokee agency, treaties of 102, 120
Cherokee agency, proposal made at treaty of 113
Cherokee Almanac, establishment of 112
Cherokee Messenger, establishment of 112
Cherokee outlet, establishment of 124, 139, 142
Cherokee outlet, see also Cherokee strip.
Cherokee Phœnix, establishment of 111, 112, 217–218
Cherokee Phœnix on Sequoya’s ancestry 108
Cherokee Phœnix, suppression of 123
Cherokee strip, cession of 153
Cherokee strip, establishment of 124, 139, 142
Cherokee strip, settlement of other Indians on 150, 151
Cheucunsene, see Kunnesee.
Cheyenne, murder of party of 209
Cheyenne, myths of 229, 441, 443, 449, 452, 465–466
Cheyenne, tribal medicine of 503
Chiaha, Spanish visits to 23, 24, 26, 28, 197, 199, 200
Chiaroscuro, development of lxxvi
Chickadee, myths concerning 285–286, 319, 454, 468
Chickamauga band, declaration of war by (1792) 71, 72
Chickamauga band, hostility of (1875–94) 62–67, 70, 72–78
Chickamauga band, origin of 54
Chickamauga gulch, pseudomyth concerning 413–414
Chickamauga towns, destruction of 55, 78–79
Chickamauga towns, expedition against 60
Chickasaw, attacks on Cumberland towns by 62
Chickasaw, attitude of, in Civil war 148
Chickasaw, attitude of, in Creek war 90
Chickasaw, boundary between Cherokee and 62, 66
Chickasaw, Cherokee relations with 14, 38, 44, 67, 72, 371, 389–390, 494
Chickasaw, defeat of French by 477
Chickasaw, friendliness of, toward English 35
Chickasaw, land cessions by 86
Chickasaw, Natchez among 386
Chickasaw, treaty with Virginia and North Carolina by 63
Chickasaw Council House, treaty of (1816) 98
Chickasaw Old Fields, treaty of 85
Chicken, Col. George, expedition under 33
Chilhowee, myth concerning 375
Chilhowee, threatened burning of (1792) 73
Chinook jargon, character and use of 187–188
Chisca, Spanish visits to 23, 27, 201
Chivington, Colonel, murder of Cheyenne by 209
Choctaw, attitude of, in Civil war 148
Choctaw, attitude of, in Creek war 90, 91
Choctaw, Cherokee relations with 72, 390
Choctaw in Texas, union of, with Cherokee 143
Choctaw, myths of 501
Choctaw name for Cherokee 15–16, 182–183
Choctaw names for Indian tribes 182–183
Choctaw, sketch of 500
Chopped oak, traditions concerning 415–416
Christian, Col. William, expedition under 50
Christian, Col. William, life of 205–206
Christian, Col. William, peace agreement arranged by 51, 53
Christianity among Cherokee 37–38, 83–84, 110–113
Christianity among East Cherokee 166
Christianity, introduction of, at Kituwha 165
Church, Captain, on scalping by whites 208
Citico, ambuscade at 65
Citizenship, Cherokee, recommendation for 114
Citizenship in Cherokee Nation, decision of 152, 154, 156
Civil war, Cherokee attitude during 148–149
Civil war, Cherokee loss in 356
Civil war, Cherokee suffering from 148
Civil war, East Cherokee part in 161–162, 168–172
Claiborne, General, defeat of Creeks at Holy Ground by 92
Claiborne, General on Alabama migration 99
Clan, features of xlix, 1
Clan revenge among Cherokee, abolition of 86–87, 107
Clans, Chickasaw 499
Clans, Choctaw 500
Clans, memoir on localization of, in Tusayan xli
Clans, Muscogee 499
Clans, Seneca 483
Clans, Shawano 494
Clark, Governor William, Osage-Cherokee conference arranged by 105, 137
Clarke, Peter, on Iroquoian migrations 189
Clay, Henry, opposition to removal project by 129
Clover in Cherokee lore 421
Coça, Spanish visits to 23, 24, 26, 29, 194, 200–201
Cocklebur in Cherokee lore 426
Coffee, General, attack on Creeks at Tallasechatchee, by 90, 91
Coffee, General on battle of Horseshoe bend 93–96
Coffee, General, wound received by, at Emukfaw creek 92
Coffee among Cherokee 214
Cofitachiqui, people of 499
Cofitachiqui, Spanish visits to 23, 24, 28, 193–194
Cohutta mountain, myths concerning 299, 302, 461, 462
Colden, Cadwallader, on Iroquoian migrations 189
Colden, Cadwallader on Iroquois 485
Colden, Cadwallader on name Allege′wi 184
Cold mountain, myth concerning 480
Coldwater, burning of 67
Colerain, Creek peace made at 81
Collections made by the Bureau xviii, xx–xxi, xxix
Colonial period of Cherokee history 29–46
Color, pleasures of lxiii
Color, primitive ideas concerning lxxxiv
Comanche, attitude of, in Civil war 148
Comanche, use of language of, as trade language 188
Comet, Cherokee name for 442
Confederacy, features of xlix
Confederate States, Cherokee declaration for 148
Confederate States, East Cherokee relations with 168–171
Congaree, Cherokee relations with 31–32
Congress, Cherokee representation in 125
Conjuring in Cherokee myth 255, 277–278, 279, 320, 374–375, 393–394, 501, 502, passim
Conjuring, Indian practice of 495
Conneross, myth concerning 412
Conoy, association of, with Delawares 497
Conoy, fate of 498
Constitution, Cherokee, adoption of 112, 116, 135
Constitution, East Cherokee, adoption of 173
Coosa, Creek peace town 207–208
Coosawatee, establishment of mission at 107
Coosawatee, surrender of prisoners at 66
Cooshatta, see Koasati.
Cooweescoowee, origin of name 285
Copperhead, myths and lore concerning 252–253, 296, 313
Corn, Indian use of 481
Corn, myths and lore concerning 244–245, 246, 248, 249, 421, 423, 432, 471
Corncob in Cherokee myth 436, 441
Cornelius, Rev. Elias, on The Suck 464–465
Cornells on Cherokee reception of Prophet’s doctrine 89
Cornwallis, attempt to invade North Carolina and Virginia by 56–57
Cornwall school, education of Cherokee at 108
Coronado, trick attempted on 194
Cosmogonic myths, see also Sacred myths.
Coste, De Soto’s visit to 200
Cotton gin, grant to Cherokee of 85
Coulanges, Fustel de, description of the “Ancient City” by xli
Courts, Cherokee, narrowing of jurisdiction of 156
Courts, East Cherokee 166
Cow in Cherokee myth 265
Cow-ant in Cherokee lore 309
Cowee, burning of (1783) 61
Cowee, legends of 375–378, 496
Coyote, myths concerning 467, 468
Coytmore, Lieutenant, murder of 42–43
Crab orchard, skirmish at (1794) 74, 78
Crane, myths concerning 290–291, 325, 445, 455
Craven, Governor, defeat of Yamassee by 33
Crawfish, myths and lore concerning 239, 308, 425
Crawford, ——, on East Cherokee desire for removal 165
Crawford, ——, on numbers of East Cherokee 168
Creeks, attitude of, during Civil war 148, 149
Creeks, attitude of, during Revolution 55, 59–60, 62–66, 70, 72, 73, 74, 77
Creeks, attitude of, in 1794, 1795 78, 80
Creeks, blood of, among Cherokee 234
Creeks, boundary between Cherokee and 62
Creeks, cane-splint fire among 429–436
Creeks, Cherokee relations with 14, 15, 22, 33, 38, 62, 89, 142, 372, 382–385
Creeks, chiefs of 209–210, 216–217
Creeks, Choctaw relations with 390
Creeks, conjuring by 502
Creeks, friendly, part taken by, in Creek war 90–95
Creeks, genesis legend of 229
Creeks in Texas, union of, with Cherokee 143
Creeks, massacre at Fort Mims by 216
Creeks, myths of 430–432, 434, 436, 447, 450, 452–455, 463, 467, 473, 476
Creeks, Natchez among 386
Creeks, peace treaties with (1796) 67–68, 81
Creeks, probable origin of Cherokee myths among 235
Creeks, removal of, to the West 141
Creeks, sacred square of 502
Creeks, sketch of 498
Creeks, songs of 504
Creeks, treaty with Virginia and North Carolina by 63
Creek path, Cherokee attack on settlement on 383–384
Creek path, withdrawal of Creeks to neighborhood of 383
Creek war, Cherokee loss by 97, 98
Creek war, Cherokee part in 89, 97, 164
Creek war, Cherokee remembrance of 232
Creek war, pensions to Cherokee veterans of 123
Cremation by Pueblo Viejo inhabitants xv
Cricket, myths and lore concerning 269, 309, 401, 504
Crockett, David, opposition to removal project by 129
Crow, Cherokee name for 282
Crow in Cherokee myth 283, 314–315
Crow town, building of 54
Culture, processes of xxi–xxv
Culver root, Cherokee lore 426
Cumberland settlements, raids on 62–65
Cuming, Sir Alexander, mission of, to Cherokee 35
Curia, see Fraternity.
Currahee Dick, establishment of mission at instance of 108
Curtin, Jeremiah, myths given by 359–364, 365–370, 473, 489
Curtis act, effect of 156
Cushatta, see Koasati 499
Cushing, F. H., model of Zuñi altar by xlviii
Cushing, F. H., study of religious fraternities and cults by xlvii
Cushing, F. H., work of xix
Cusick on Iroquoian migrations 189
Cusick on Iroquois myths 229, 444, 469, 501
Cuttawa, see Kitu′hwagĭ; Synonymy.
Cyclopedia of Indian tribes, work on xxviii–xxix