INDEX
633
they cannot be civilized, 594-596; their objections to civilization, 603, 617-620; not improved by civilization, 604, 621, 624; patience and friendliness the great requisites in dealing with them, 627; grounds of hope for them, 629; they must contribute their own redeemers, 630.
- Acadia, "French Neutrals" in, 307; a bone of contention between English and French, 308; character of its inhabitants, 311, 312, — their exile and dispersion, 313-318.
- Adams, J. Q., his statement of the theory of the Government as to the Indians, 532; extract from his Diary, 532, 533.
- Agassiz, Louis, his geological theory of the American Continent, 4, 93.
- Agnostic, an Indian, 383, 384.
- Alexander VI., Pope, his donation of the whole continent of the New World, under the title of the "Indies," to the Spanish Crown, 51, 52.
- Altar Furniture, the Jesuit, 409, 410.
- America, continent of, doubtful evidence of its discovery by Europeans before Columbus, 2, 4; archaeology of, 4, 5, et seg.; suppositions concerning, relating to its discovery by Europeans, 7, 8; first sought as a highway to India, then as a goal in itself, 9, 10; extravagant descriptions of, by first visitors here, 10, 11, 12; the value of the discovery of, to humanity in the Old World, 12-16; grandeur and stretch of its territory, 14, 15; what the three leading nationalities of Europe — Spanish, French, and English — sought here, 15, 16; its magnificent water highways, 153, 151; sparseness of its original population, 214, 215; the great drama of which it is the stage, involving the fate of its aborigines, 264.
- Animals, Indian relations with, 159, 160.
- Arnold, S. G., his estimate of the Indian contrasted with Dr. Palfrey's, 114, 115.
B.
- Baptism, significance of, to the Spanish invaders of the New World, 69; its adjustment to the doctrine of hell as a symbol of salvation, 73, 74; suspicion of, on the part of the Indians, 381.
- Barbarism, 233.
- Belts, Indian, in councils, 201, 202.
- Bible, Eliot's Indian, 455.
- Bloodhounds, first used against the natives by Columbus, 47; afterwards by other Spanish invaders, 66.
- Brant, Joseph, Thayandanegea, 508.
- Brebeuf, Father, 404.
- Bressani, Jesuit Father, account of his labors and sufferings as a missionary among the Indians, 411-418.
- British America, 479.
- British relations to and treatment of the Indians, 477, 481, 482, 505, 506.
- Buffalo, Indian use of, 177.
- Bureau, Indian, origin of, 559; transfer of, from the War to the Interior Department, reasons for, 561, 562.
- Burgoyne, General, he employs the Indians against us in the Revolutionary War, — extract from his proclamation to the Americans, 499.
C.
- California, Indians in, 84.
- Calumet (peace-pipe), the, 193.
- Campion, Major J. S., his estimate of the Indian's capacity for civilization, 101, 102; his characterization of Indian religious ceremonies, 136.
- Cannibalism, 125.
- Canoe, Indian the, value, uses, materials, and construction of, 165-169.
- Caonabo, native cacique of Hispaniola, and first in the line of Indian patriots to organize the natives against their white invaders, 47.
- Caribs, first natives sent to Spain as slaves, 45, 46, 48.
