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instructions to Las Casas on this point, 57, 58.
- Isabella, site of the second colony established in the New World by Columbus, 45; its experiences, 46.
J.
- Jennison, Mary, an Indianized white woman, 613.
- Jesuits, the, exquisite tact of, among the savages, in conforming to their modes and manners, 146; their method of converting the savages compared with that of the Puritan and Protestant, 297, 300, 369, 377; influence of their priests on the Indians, 307, 309, — their devotion and zeal as missionaries to the red men, 385, 386, 390 et seq., — their preparatory training and discipline, 391, 392, 402, — their " Relations," 393, — their method of life and their homes in the wilderness, 391-396, 405-408, — their success as Indian missionaries, 399, — the tragic fate which some of them met, 403, 405, — their altar ornaments in the wilderness, 409, 410, — their task of conversion a lighter one than the Protestants', 468.
- Jogues, Father, 403.
- Johnson, Sir William, Indian Agent, 191.
- Judgment, the, forewarned against the white man for his treatment of the Indian, 18, 19.
L.
- Lafitau, Jesuit Father, his book on the Indians, 112, 113; his experience of the Indian sign-language and the difficulty of speech with the natives, 118, 119; his idea of their courage and heroism, 124, 137.
- Land, Indian tenure of, 208.
- Language, the Indian, intricate subject of, and wide difference of authorities on, 116; richness and copiousness of, 116; labor and zeal bestowed upon, by Europeans, 117-120; natural origin and beauty of many of its names of persons and places, 158, 160, 161; inter-communication by, among different tribes, 179; variety of its dialects, 180; found by the whites to be difficult of mastery, 181, 182, — yet in communication between natives and whites the latter go more than half-way, 182; remarkable facility of the sign-language between individuals and tribes, 183; Prof. Powell's systematic attempts to study it, 183, 184.
- La Salle, French explorer, 167, 486.
- Las Casas, the great apostle to the Indies, — his protest against the Christian view of conquest, 54-57.
- Lodge, the Indian, 149.
- Lubbock, Sir John, his view of the origin of human existence on the American continent, 5.
M.
- Maize, Indian culture of, 176.
- Marquette, Father, 283, 289, 404.
- Massasoit, Indian chief, 115.
- Masse, Father Enemond, 388.
- Mather, Cotton, 342.
- Mather, Increase, 336.
- Medicine-bag, the, an indispensable article of outfit to the Indians, 150, 151.
- Membertou, a converted Indian chief, his great age, 387; his character, 387; his proposed improvement of the Lord's Prayer, 389.
- Menendez, in Florida, 272.
- Mexicans, the ancient, state of their civilization, 74; Prescott's statement in regard to, 75; evidence of their cannibalism and human sacrifices, 75, 76; their supposed intercourse with Northern aborigines, 179.
- Miantonomo, Indian chief, 115, 116.
- Military Officers, their views of Indian character, 109-111.
- Missions, Christian, some general remarks on aims and methods of, 368, et seq.
