N
Nacoochee, pseudomyth concerning 416
Nacoochee, see also Cauchi.
Nadako in Texas, union of, with Cherokee 143
Namaesi sipu, Namassipi, see Fish river.
Names, Cherokee custom of changing 69
Names, see also Synonymy.
Nantahala, myths concerning 303, 408
Nanticoke, association of, with Delawares 497
Nanticoke, modern remnants of 498
Nanticoke, separation of, from Delawares 18–19
Nashville, attack on 63
Nashville, conference at (1792) 72
Nashville founding of 56
Natchee, tribe of Creek 498–499
Natchez, blood of, among Cherokee 234
Natchez, enslavement of 233
Natchez, surrender of post at 81
National committee, establishment of 107
National council, enactment by 86–87
National council, establishment of 107
Navaho, myths of 443, 447–448, 468, 501
Navaho, publication of memoir on xxix
Navaho, study of paternities and cults of xlvii
Navaho, use of language of, as trade language 188
Necromancy, development of lxxxv–lxxxvi
Necromancy, see also Magic.
Negroes in Cherokee Nation, education of 155
Negroes in Cherokee Nation, number of 155, 157
Negroes, myth concerning 351
Negroes, myths of 448, 450, 452, 483
Negroes, relation of myths of, to Indian myth 231, 233–236
Nelson, E. W., publication of paper by xxx
Nenetooyah, change of name by 69
New Brunswick, work in xvii–xviii
New Echota, attendance at conference at 123
New Echota, attitude of Cherokee toward treaty of 135
New Echota, capital of Cherokee Nation 107
New Echota, constitutional convention at 112
New Echota, Major Davis on treaty of 126
New Echota, East Cherokee right to benefits of treaty of 165–167
New Echota, provisions of treaty of 227–228
New Echota, ratification of treaty of 126–126
New Echota, treaty of 123–125, 158–159
New-fire ceremony, Cherokee 502–503
New Mexico, report on collections from xix–xx
New Mexico, work in xiii, xv–xvi
Newtown, see New Echota.
Nez Percés, settlement of, on Cherokee strip 151
Nicholson, Governor, conference with Cherokee by 34
Nickajack towns, building of 54
Nickajack towns, destruction of 78
Nickajack towns, effect of destruction of 68
Nicotani, see Ani′-Kuta′nĭ.
Nĭkwăsĭ′, myths concerning 330, 336–337, 396, 477
Nisqualli, myths of 472
Nitze, H. B. C., on discovery of gold in Cherokee country 116
Nitze, H. B. C. on Georgia gold lottery 117
Nitze, H. B. C. on Southern gold fields 221
North, myth of 322
North Carolina, appointment of Cherokee agent by 61
North Carolina, Cherokee relations with 32, 36
North Carolina, expedition from, in 1776 49
North Carolina, land grant to “State of Franklin” by 64
North Carolina, local legends of 404–411
North Carolina, opposition to allotment project by 114
North Carolina, permission to remain given to East Cherokee by 168
North Carolina, production of gold in 221
North Carolina, protest against conditions of Hopewell treaty by 61
North Carolina, Removal forts in 221
North Carolina, treaty with Cherokee, Creeks, and Chickasaw by 63
Nottely, myth concerning 332
Nottely, pseudomyth concerning 416
Nottoway, habitat and migrations of 17
Novel, development of lxxxvi
Number, discussion of lv–lvii
Numbers, primitive, memoir on xliii–xliv
Numbers, sacred 431
Numeral systems of Mexico and Central America, memoir on xliv–xlv
Nûñnĕ′hĭ, myths concerning 330–333, 335–337, 348, 417–418, 455, 475–477
Nûñnĕ′hĭ, Wafford’s belief in 238
Nûñ′yunu′wĭ, myths concerning 316–320, 467–469
Nuthatch in Cherokee lore 281
Nuttall, Thomas, on Arkansas Cherokee 136, 137
Nuttall, Thomas on cattle among Cherokee 213
Nuttall, Thomas on Nancy Ward 204
O
Oak in Cherokee lore 422
Oconostota, capture and release of (1859) 42
Oconostota, capture of Fort Loudon by 43
Oconostota, on Cherokee peace town 207
Oconostota, reception of Iroquois peace embassy by 355
Oconostota, resignation of, as chief 61
Oconostota, siege of Fort Prince George by 42–43
Oconostota, signing of treaty of Johnson Hall by 353
Office research xi, xix–xxiii
Oglethorpe, Governor, Cherokee participation in expedition of 36
Ohio, Cherokee band in 79
Ojibwa, myths of 430, 445, 448, 470
Ojibwa, regard for snakes among 457–458
Ojibwa, study of feather symbolism of xx
Old Settlers, see Arkansas Cherokee.
Old Tassel, complaint against American encroachments by 60
Oklahoma, allotment of lands in 153
Omaha, myths of 432–433, 440, 448, 449, 452, 456, 463, 465, 474
Omaha, tribal medicine of 503
Oneida, Cherokee endeavor for union with 105
Oneida, myths of 454
Onondaga, custody of Iroquois wampums by 354
Onondaga name for violet 505
Oothcaloga, establishment of mission at 107
Opossum, myths and lore concerning 263, 265, 266, 269, 273, 278, 431, 449, 450
Ore, Major, expedition against Chickamauga towns under 78–79
Orphan asylum, Cherokee 152
Osage, attitude of, in civil war 148
Osage blood among Cherokee 234
Osage, Cherokee relations with 102, 105, 123–124, 136, 137, 139, 141, 390
Osage, refusal of peace invitation by 352, 486–487
Osage, settlement of, on Cherokee strip 151
Osage, sketch of 500
Otariyatiqui, De Soto’s visit to 28
Otermin, Governor, Indians taken to Mexico by xvi
Oto, settlement of, on Cherokee strip 151
Otter, myths concerning 266–268, 449
Overhill towns, treaty with “State of Franklin” by 64
Oviedo, incorporation of Ranjel’s report in history by 191
Oviedo, on De Soto’s expedition 25, 26
Owakülti altar, study of xlviii, l–lii
Owen on Fort Mims massacre 216
Owl, myths and lore concerning 241, 281, 284, 291–292, 454, 456, 495–496
Owl, The, legend of 365
Oyataʼgeʻronoñʼ, meaning of name 16, 183, 351
Oyataʼgeʻronoñʼ, see also Synonomy.
P
Pain, development of lix–lx, lxvi–lxviii, xcii
Paint in Cherokee myth 290, 320
Paint, use of, by Indians 455, 469
Paint town, purchase of 161
Palmer, ——, collection by xxix
Pamunkey, Cherokee relations with 30
Pandora, Indian parallel to myths of 436
Panther, myths concerning 247, 434, 449, 471
Papago, study of xxiii
Parched corn, Indian use of 481
Pardo, Juan, explorations in Cherokee country by 27–29, 380
Paris, treaty of 60
Parker, Caroline, proposal to bestow title of “Peacemaker” on 208
Parker, Sir Peter, attack on Charleston by 47
Parkman, Francis, on Algonquian myths 437
Parsnip, wild, in Cherokee lore 424–425
Partridge, see Pheasant.
Pascagoula, tribe of Choctaw confederacy 500
Passamaquoddy, myths of 451
Patagonia, work in xviii
Pathkiller, relief of 90
Pawnee, ceremony of 413
Pawnee, myths and beliefs of 445–446, 451, 462–463, 473, 505
Pawnee, settlement of, on Cherokee strip 151
Pawnee, study of fraternities and cults of xlviii
Payne, J. H., arrest of 122–123
Payne, J. H. on Cherokee myths 436, 440, 442
Payne, J. H. on New-fire ceremony of Cherokee 502–503
Payne, J. H. on sacred square of Creeks 502
Peace embassies, Iroquois 109, 352, 353–356, 365, 367–370, 485–488, 491–494
Peace pipe, Cherokee 503
Peaches among Cherokee 214
Peacock, Cherokee legend of 399–400
Peacock, Indian use of feathers of 504
Pea ridge, Cherokee participants in battle of 149
Penn, William, treaty with Delawares by 497
Pensacola, Spanish possession of 68
Persimmon, myth concerning 278
Personification, development of lxxxvii–lxxxviii
Perspective, development of lxxvi
Peyote, study of use of xv–xvii
Pheasant, myths concerning 285, 288, 289, 290, 455
Philadelphia, treaty at (1791) 69
Philadelphia, treaty at (1794) 77
Philip, King, mutilation of body of 208
Phillips on ancestry of Sequoya 108, 109
Phillips on Cherokee syllabary 110, 219, 220
Phillips on death of Sequoya 148
Philology, subject-matter of xii
Philology, work in xxv
Phœnix, Cherokee, see Cherokee Phœnix.
Phonetics, Cherokee 506
Phratry, see Fraternity.
Pickens, Gen. Andrew, expeditions against Cherokees under 59, 60
Pickens, Gen. Andrew, home of, at Hopewell 211
Pickens, Gen. Andrew on Shaw’s missions 71
Pickens, Gen. Andrew, signing of treaty by 61
Pickering on Cherokee chief among Seneca 353
Pickett on Creek war 90–93, 96
Pickett on defeat of D’Artaguette 477
Pickett on De Soto’s route 193, 195, 196, 197, 198–199
Pickett on Fort Mims massacre 216
Pickett on Chief McGillivray 210
Pickett on Chief Weatherford 217
Pigeon, myth concerning 280
Pike, Gen. Albert, treaty negotiated, by 148
Pilling, James, on Cherokee literature 112
Pilling, James on Cherokee schoolbooks 151
Pilling, James on Cherokee syllabary 110, 220
Pilling, James on Jones and Warlord 108
Pilling, James on translation of New Testament 111
Pilling, James on Rev. S. A. Worcester 108, 148, 218
Pilot knob, myths concerning 330, 341–342, 343–345, 480–481
Pinckney on Cherokee attitude in war of 1812 89
Pinedale, collection from ruins near xxi
Pinedale, excavation of ruins near xvi
Pine knots, Cherokee use of, as torches 492
Pin Indians, see Ketoowah society.
Pipe, sacred, of Cherokee 397, 503
Piratic acculturation, study of xxii–xxv
Piro, study of language of xxvi
Piro, work among xvi
Pitfalls, see Traps.
Plants, myths and lore concerning 231, 240, 252, 420–427, 505
Pleasure, activities designed to give lv–xcii
Pleasure, development of lix–lx, lxii–lxiii, lxvi–lxxii–lxxiii, xcii
Pleiades, myths concerning 258–259, 442–443
Poetry, development of lxxxvii–xcii
Poison ivy in Cherokee lore 425
Polygamy among Cherokee 163, 365, 481
Polynesians, myths of 431
Ponka, settlement of, on Cherokee strip 151
Ponka, study of feather symbolism of xx
Ponka, study of fraternities and cults of xlviii
Pontiac, confederacy of 41, 235
Population, Cherokee 11, 34, 39, 103, 112, 125, 136, 150, 155, 156–157
Population, Cherokee loss in, through Civil war 150
Population, East Cherokee 166–168, 172, 176, 179, 180
Population, Texas Cherokee (1838) 145
Pork, Indian, quality of 82
Portuguese gentleman, see Elvas.
Possum, see Opossum.
Potatoes among Cherokee 214, 492
Potter, T. W., on East Cherokee affairs 179
Pottery among Cherokee 164
Poultry-raising among Cherokee 82
Power myth, development of lxxxiii–lxxxiv
Powhatan, Cherokee relations with 14
Powhatan, name for Cherokee 16, 29, 183
Prairie dog, myth concerning 449
Prayer among Indians 423, 463, 470
Pregnancy, beliefs concerning 422, 469
Presbyterians, mission work of, among Cherokee 83, 84
Press, national, of Cherokee 111–112
Pretty Woman town, purchase of 161
Priber, Christian, work of, among Cherokee 15, 36–37, 113
Price, H., on East Cherokee affairs 175
Price, H. on East Cherokee censuses 167, 176
Price, H. on East Cherokee suit for participation in annuities 151, 177
Primitive numbers, memoir on xliii–xliv
Printing among Cherokee 111–112, 139–140
Proctor, General, stand against Americans at Thames river by 215
Proctor, ——, arrest of 119
Pronoun, study of xxv
Properties, discussion of lv–lvii, lviii
Property, acquisition of xxxiii
Property, classes of xxxi–xxxii
Prophet, revelation of 87, 89, 215, 235
Protolithic stage, features of xxi–xxii
Publication, work in xxix–xxx
Pueblo Grande, excavation of xiii–xiv
Pueblo Indians, devotional tendency of xxviii
Pueblo Indians, New-fire ceremony among 503
Pueblo Indians, racing among 494
Pueblo Viejo, excavation of ruin of xiv–xv
Pumpkin in Cherokee myth 346, 482
Punk-plugged-in, legend of raid by 374
Purificatory rites, Cherokee 230
Putty-root in Cherokee lore 426
Puyallup, myths of 442