Falls of St. Anthony—
Indian camp at, 15
named by Father Hennepin, 45
Feasts—
given by Blackfoot chief, 29
of the Cree, 18-19
of the Teton Sioux, 61-62
Fish, method of curing,
10
Floor mats, method of making,
41
Food—
method of cooking illustrated, 10
of the Mandan, 127, 136
of the Ojibway, 8-9
of the Osage, 104, 105-106
See Agriculture, Buffalo, Corn, Dogs, Fish, Game.
Fool Chief, a Kansa chief,
96
village of, 97
Fort Berthold, tribes near,
147
Fort Clark—
erection of, 176
Mandan village near, 130, 139, 140
See Fort Osage.
Fort Crawford, establishment of,
184
Fort de Bourbon—
location of, 72
mention of, 71
Fort des Prairies, mention of,
72
Fort John, destroyed by North American Fur Company,
69
Fort Laramie, description of,
69
Fort Leavenworth, early description of,
116
Fort Lookout, treaty concluded at,
57
Fort Osage—
later named Fort Clark, 99
village near, 100
Fort Pierre—
gathering of Yankton near, 57, 59
sketch of, 63
Fort Snelling—
encampment at, 15
establishment of, 184
Fort Union—
Assiniboin camp at, 75
stay at, of Friedrich Kurz, 76
visit at, of Maximilian, 142
Fort Yates, villages near,
22
Fortified Villages—
Arikara, 168, 171, 172
Hidatsa, 147
Mandan, 123, 131
Forts built by Indians,
34,
35
Fox Indians—
habitat of, 1
present location of, 38
visited by Long, 38
See Sauk and Foxes.
Fremont, arrival of, at Kansa towns,
96
Fur trade of the Teton,
61
Furs, huge quantities of, collected by Sauk and Foxes,
40
Game—
abundance of, at Isle au Vache, 91
See Animals, Buffalo, Hunting.
Games—
played by the Omaha, 81
space for playing, 129
Gilder, R. F., village site identified by,
82
Gilfillan, Dr. J. A., missionary among the Ojibway,
11
Grand Pawnee—
visit to, of Long expedition, 158
See Chaui.
Grant, Peter, Ojibway dwellings described by,
9-
10
Grass lodge—
as temporary shelter, 13-14
of the Caddo, 183
of the Wichita, 179-180
photograph of, 180
Great Osage, an Osage band,
98
Grinnell, George B., erection of medicine lodge described by,
33
Gros Ventres. See Hidatsa.
Gros Ventres of the Missouri, a name applied to the Hidatsa,
141
Gros Ventres of the Prairie, a name applied to the Atsina,
34,
141
See Atsina.
Habitations.
See Lodges, Tipi, Wigwam.
Ha-won-je-tah, a Teton Sioux chief,
61,
62
Hendry, Anthony, Journal of,
25
Henry, Alexander, travels of, through Assiniboin country,
71-
73
Hidatsa group, tribes composing,
2,
140
Hidatsa tribe—
ceremonial lodge of, 144
creation myth of, 143
temporary lodge of, 147
winter village of, 143, 149
See Minnetarees.
Hidatsa villages—
descriptions of, 142-143, 145-146, 148-150
Indian drawings of, 139
location of, 141
near Fort Berthold, 147
painting of, by Catlin, 141
plan of, 145
sites of, compared with Mandan, 146
temporary, for winter use, 149
Hime, Humphrey Lloyd, photographs made by,
12
Hind Expedition—
camp sites observed by, 20-21
Ojibway structures encountered by, 12
Hoe, made by Arikara,
177
Horse travois,
30,
65,
66
Horseracing of the Blackfeet,
31
Horses, housed in lodges of the Mandan,
126
House Rings,
20,
21,
22,
28,
30
Hudson's Bay Company—
journals of traders of, 25
trade of, with the Blackfeet, 27
trading post of, 76
Hunkpapa, a Teton band,
2
Hunting—
customs of the Osage, 103, 106
customs of the Sauk and Foxes, 40
excursions of the Mandan, 126
excursions of the Omaha, 85-87
grounds used for, by Oto, 116
of antelope, a method of, 6
of buffalo, 4-7
parties of the Mandan, 136
trips of the Pawnee, 166-167
Illinois confederacy, villages of,
41-
43
Illinois Indians—
village of, 41
west of the Mississippi, 1
Implements—
agricultural, of the Arikara, 177
flint, on Omaha village site, 82, 83
for skin dressing, 138
stone, found on White River, 108
Indian Peace Commission, visit of, to Fort Laramie,
69
Iotan, an Oto chief,
117
Iowa tribe—
appearance of villages of, 113
belonging to Chiwere group, 2
brief description of, 114
closely connected with Winnebago, 122
habitations of, 114
migration of, 113
Iron Bird, an Osage chief,
103
Irvin, Samuel M., missionary among the Iowa,
114
Irving, Washington—
deserted village described by, 105
Indian symbols mentioned by, 43
Ish-tal-a-sa's village,
97
Isle au Vache—
brief history of, by Remsburg, 94
council at, between Kansa and Long party, 91
location of, 94
remains near, 91
Issati village, site of,
45
Itazipcho, a Teton band,
2
See Sans Arcs.
Jackson, W. H., photographs made by,
162
Jaramillo, Juan, an officer of the Coronado expedition,
179
Jonglerie, or medicine lodge,
16-
17
Journals of traders, Blackfeet described in,
25
Joutel—
account by, of Quapaw villages, 109
Caddo tribe described by, 182-183
Kainah, a tribe of the Blackfeet confederacy,
1,
25
Kane, Paul—
Ojibway wigwam described by, 10
paintings by, 20, 77
Kansa Indians—
a tribe of the Dhegiha group, 2, 77
attack on, by Pawnee, 96
dress of, 94
migration of, 89
population of, 89, 95
variety of dwellings of, 97
villages of, described, 90, 92, 95-96, 97
visit of, to the Oto, 121
Kaposia, village of,
50,
51
Kingfisher, an old Ojibway,
12
Kitkehahki, a tribe of the Pawnee confederacy,
2
Knistenaux—
at Mandan village, 74
language spoken by, 74
location and number of, 32
See Cree.
Kurz, Friedrich—
among the Omaha, 81
at Fort Union, 76
sketches by, 20, 63, 121
La Flesche, Joseph, an Omaha chief,
82
La Harpe, meeting of, with the Quapaw,
110
La Petit Corbeau, a Sioux chief, village of,
38
La Salle expedition,
109,
182
La Verendrye expedition,
73-
74,
122
Lac de L'Isle Croix, Cree bands along,
18
Lahcocat, an Arikara village,
169
Lake Huron, encampment on islands of,
10
Lake Superior, structures on shores of,
9
Larocque, Antoine, visit of, among the Crows,
151
Le Raye, references in journal of, to the Arikara,
168
Leavenworth, establishment of,
184
Lewis and Clark expedition, villages visited by,
23,
34,
60,
74,
75,
78,
89,
90,
114-
115,
124-
126
Lindenwood College, manuscript journal in possession of,
90
Liquor, use of, among Indians,
75
Little Dog, a Piegan Indian,
30
Little Osage, an Osage band,
98
Little Osage River, Osage villages in valley of,
99
Little Raven, village of,
48,
49,
50
Lodges. See Bark-covered lodges, Ceremonial lodge, Earth lodge, Grass lodge, Log houses, Mat-covered lodge, Skin lodge, Thatched lodge, Tipi, Traders lodge, Wigwam.
Log Cabins—
built by Cree, 18
of the Delaware, 42
See Log houses.
Log Houses—
construction of, 48
of Fox Indians, 38
of Sioux chief, 39
of upright posts, 48, 49, 50
Long, Maj. Stephen H., expedition under command of,
47,
157
Louisiana Purchase, change of conditions due to,
184
Low Horn, a Piegan chief,
30
Ludlow exploring party,
70
Mahawha, village of the Amahami,
125
Malta, Mo., former Osage village near,
99
Mandan—
a Siouan tribe, 2
history of, 125
settled near Fort Berthold, 147
village sites of, compared with Hidatsa, 146
Mandan villages—
described by Catlin, 128, 129-130
described by Maximilian, 130-132
deserted, 124
French expedition to, 122-123
Indian drawings of, 139
occupied by Arikaras, 176
plan of, 131
Manitobah House, wigwam near,
12
Manners and customs. See Customs.
Marquette, Père—
Illinois tribes visited by, 41
Osage villages listed by, 98
Quapaw villages reached by, 108
Marston, Major M., life of Sauk and Foxes described by,
39-
41
Martin, Captain, stay of detachment of, at Isle au Vache,
91
Mat-covered lodge—
as winter habitation, 38
of the Kansa, 91, 92
of the Osage, 98, 99, 100
used by Dhegiha group, 77
Matootonha, a Mandan village,
125
Mats, rush, method of making,
41
Matthews, description by, of Hidatsa villages,
148-
150
Maximilian, villages visited by,
19,
28,
29,
35,
88,
130-
136,
175-
176
Mdewakanton tribe—
a division of the Dakota, 2, 44
sites of settlements of, 15
villages of, 45-52
Medicine, meaning of the term,
164
Medicine bag of the Dakotas,
55
Medicine feast—
of the Hidatsa, 143-145
of the Mandan, 135, 136
Medicine lodge—
Arikara, 172-173, 178
ceremony of erecting, 33
of the Blackfeet, 33
of the Mandan, 129
Ojibway, 12, 13, 16-17
Metaharta, a Minnetaree village,
125,
126
Michigamea—
an Illinois tribe, 41
position of village of, not determined, 112
visited by Marquette, 41
Mĭdé lodge of the Ojibway,
13,
19
Mih-tutta-hangusch, a Mandan village,
128,
130,
131
Mille Lac, village sites on,
45-
46
Miniconjou, a Teton band,
2
Minnetarees—
intrenchments made by, 34
population of village of, 126
winter village of, 143
See Hidatsa.
Minnetarees of Fort de Prairie, a name for the Atsina,
34
Mississippi River, first name of,
109
Missouri tribe—
ancient village of, 121
connected with Winnebago, 122
of the Chiwere group, 2
remnants of, with the Oto, 114
Mortars—
stone, in the Ozark country, 107, 108
wooden, of the Arikara, 177
National Museum—
bone scrapers in, 59
collection in, of paintings by Catlin, 15, 129, 141, 175
Oto specimens in, 121
Newberry Library, sketch in, by Bodmer,
143
Nicollet, visit of, to the Winnebago,
122
Niobrara River, early name of,
88
Nuttall, Thomas, journey of,
103,
110,
111
Ochkih-Hadda, the evil spirit of the Mandan,
132,
142
O'Fallon, Maj., commissioner with Long expedition,
157
Oglala—
a Teton band, 2
country occupied by, 63
epidemic of cholera among, 64
log lodges of, 67
moving of village of, 64-65
skin lodges of, 68
wanderings of, 44
Ohio Valley, ancient village sites of,
102
Ojibway—
ceremonial structures of, 18-19
habitations of, 8-17
location of villages of, 1
meeting of, with Sioux, to establish peace, 15
territory claimed by, 8
village sites of, 15
See Chippeway.
Omaha tribe—
manners and customs of, 85-87
meaning of the name, 108
migration of, 77
of the Dhegiha group, 2, 77
Omaha villages,
77-
87
destroyed by fire, 78
One Stab, an Oglala head-man,
70
Oohenonpa, a Teton band,
2
Osage Indians—