A Absorption or dispersion of so-called Indian nations probable, 3. Acreage of reservations, 12. Adams, John, Oneida chief, present at annual distribution of goods, 78. Address of rector of Episcopal church at Onondaga, 42. Affirmation of Indian land tenure would simply confirm Indian custom, 12, 80. Agent for the Six Nations, United States, 4. Agricultural fair at Cattaraugus, 49. Agricultural fairs abandoned, except at Cattaraugus, 49. Agricultural implements numerous, but sometimes neglected, 49. Agricultural statistics, 14, 15. Akron, New York, roads from, to Tonawanda reservation, 26. Akron, New York, Sunday observance of Indians and white people near, con- Aldrich, Charles, note of, on Governor Blacksnake, 28. Algonquins contrasted with the Six Nations, 20. Allegany reservation described, 27-29. Allegany reservation property, 13. Allegany Seneca churches, 42, 43. Allegany Seneca crops, live stock, and agricultural implements, 14, 15. Amusements among the Six Nations, 52, 53. Ancient rites still preserved, 46. Annual exhibition of the Friends' school near Allegany reservation, 68. Annuities to the Six Nations, amount of, from United States and state of New Annuity payments, principle of, illustrated, 79. Ansley, Hudson, state's attorney for the Seneca nation, fails to answer written Antecedents of the Six Nations, 1, 3, 4, 20. Aphorisms of the Six Nations, 46, 74. Archery as a national sport, 53. Arithmetic not congenial to the Indian mind, 63. Atheism unknown to the Iroquois, 47. Attendance at school, at least for a month, given with each school, 65, 66. Attendance at school by days, weeks, etc., 64. Attorney for the Seneca nation, how chosen, 38. Attorney, state, for the Saint Regis, 4. Attributes of the Great Spirit those of the Hebrew Jehovah, 47, 48. Aunt Cynthia among the Onondagas, 26, 75. Aunt Dinah's religious simplicity, as reported by Judge A J. Northrup, 74. B Backsliding Indians resume pagan customs as a rule, 55. Ball a national game among the Six Nations, 53. Baptist churches at Allegany, Cattaraugus, Tonawanda, and Tuscarora, 43, 44. Basket work among the Saint Regis extensive, 50. Bead work among the Tuscarora and Saint Regis Indians, 50. Bembleton, John, unearths an ancient relic, 48. Bempleton, Mary, at home, 56. Bennett, Abigail, at distribution of annuities, 77. Bible ideas incorporated in teachings of Handsome Lake, 48. Bible names among the Tonawanda Senecas, 72. Billy David (chief), 37. Births and deaths, 6, 7. Bishop, Lester, Sunday school work of, 44. Blacksnake, Governor, friend of Washington, 21, 28, 73. Blinkey, Rev. Harvey, at Red House, Allegany reservation, 44. Brandt, John and Joseph, 21. Bryant, William C., chairman board of trustees of Thomas Orphan Asylum, 67. C Catholics at Saint Regis use the Mohawk language in church service, 69. Cattaraugus crops, live stock, agricultural implements, and property, 13–15. Cattaraugus schools, 65, 66. Caughnawagas associated with the Mohawks, 71. Cayugas, as described by Hiawatha, 20. Census inquiries respecting the Six Nations, 55. Census of 1890 the first giving the actual condition of the Six Nations Indians, 1. Chastity a rule among the Iroquois, 2, 60. Chew, Emily, a native teacher, 64. Chief Charlot Victor, demand of, 74. Chiefs can not disturb Indian titles, 80. Chiefs of the Saint Regis, 40. Christian churches stimulated to progressive work, 80. Christianity clouded by wars between christian settlers, 21. Christmas at Cattaraugus, 52. Church issue at Onondaga, 42. Church music at Onondaga, 42. Church music at Tuscarora, 44. Church statistics, 8, 9. Cider mills among the Six Nations and cider traffic at Cattaraugus, 59, 77. Citizenship not to be precipitated upon the New York Indians, 80. City of refuge, a place of safety for fugitives, 73. Civilization advancing, 2, 5. Clans or tribes defined, 20, 21. Clothing equal to that of the white people, 56. Coal gas indications at Cattaraugus, 30. Cold, Captain, character of, 74. Colden describes the league as the basis of all government, 21. Commissioners (United States) laid out corporations at Allegany, 27. Common law has similar authority to that of Indian custom, 4, 12, 79, 80. Compulsory school law needed, 3, 80. Condition of the Six Nations, 2. Conflicting claims of Massachusetts and New York respecting Indian rights, 19. Constitution of the Seneca nation described, 33. Cook, Margaret, preserves a memorable wampum, 76. Cornplanter crops, live stock, agricultural implements, and property, 13-15. Cornplanter invokes the aid of the Friends in 1791, 68. Cornplanter reservation described, 29. Cornplanter's monument, 29. Corporate towns on Allegany reservation, 27. Costumes worn on public occasions, 47, 57. Courtesy natural to the Iroquois and uniform in homes, 56. Crane pronounces the Iroquois to be unsurpassed by any people, 21. Crime no greater than among many sections of white people, 2, 8. Crisis among the Six Nations realized by them, 37. Crouse, Sylvester, clerk of the Seneca nation, 63. Crow, Rev. A. A., at Cattaraugus, 44. Cushing suggests dates of relic from the Tuscarora mound, 48. Cusick, Albert, a prominent Onondaga, 26, 42. Cusick, Captain Cornelius, Twenty-second United States infantry, an Onondaga, Cusick, David, historian, 21, 73. Cusler, B. E., address of, on the severalty question, 34. D Dances of the Six Nations, 46. Dead feast among the Six Nations, 74. Canadian Iroquois, 5. Carrington, General Henry B., special agent, 1. Cartier made a Huron vocabulary at Montreal in 1535, 20. Dearborn, H., Secretary of War, honors Handsome Lake, 73, Deerfield bell not carried to Saint Regis, 45. Deer, John J. (Running Deer), 32. Denunciation of drunkenness at Allegany slanderous, 59. Diseases incident to early white association diminishing, 2. Distinction between the Six Nations and western tribes, 19. Distribution of goods, 1890, and incidents, 78. Divorces, separations, and marriages, 4, 54. Doctrines of Handsome Lake and the new religion, 46. Donaldson, Thomas, expert special agent, on the Six Nations, 1-17. Draper, Andrew, state superintendent of public instruction, deplores irregular Drawing and penmanship attract the Indian mind, 63. Educational incidents, 63. E Educational lines in which the Indians excel and fail, 63. Education, schools, and language, 63-70. Education should be compulsory, 3, 80. Eleazur the original name for Lazar and Lesor, 76. Election contest at Tonawanda settled by a state court, 37. Election in the Seneca nation, 38, 39. Election of officers at Tonawanda, 37. Election of trustees at Saint Regis, and powers of trustees defined, 40. Enforcement of the Six Nations to appoint persons with authority to adjust England dropped her Indian allies on cessation of hostilities with the United England recognized the independence of the Six Nations, 19. English language among the Six Nations, 3, 9. English royal grants ambiguous and conflicting, 19. Enumeration calls for moral, social, and physical details, 55. Episcopal church at Onondaga, services at, 42. Faith, the pagan, statement of, 46. F Family unity the principle of the Iroquois league, 21. Fancher, Rev. Mr., Methodist minister at Onondaga, failure of, to keep record of Indian marriages, 55. Farmer, Orris, at distribution of goods, 78. Farming illustrated by leading examples, 49. Farm of John Jimerson, 51. Green, Eliza, at home, 56. Green, Thomas D., agent for the Onondagas, 26, 36. Grow, Superintendent, encouraged as to Saint Regis schools, 69. Η Halftown, Harrison, deputy clerk of Seneca nation, 39. Halftown, John, associate of Governor Blacksnake and John O'Bail in negotia- Hall, Rev. William, long life of, among the Senecas, 43, 75. Handsome Lake and his origin, 46. Handsome Lake, the Peace Prophet, honored, 73. Hard-cider dealers watch annuity day, 77. Hard-cider traffic denounced in vain by Indian agents for 25 years, 60. Hazard, Joseph E., superintendent of Cattaraugus schools, finds it difficult to secure teachers at pay allowed, 65. Health and vital statistics noticed, 6, 7, 71. Health statistics indicate improvement among the Iroquois, 71. Hemlock, Joseph, 77. Hemlock, Martha, and her jewels, 56. Henderson, James, superintendent Friends' school, 68. Hiawatha initiates the Iroquois confederacy, 20. High or mechanical school needed, 37, 64. Hill, Abram, at Onondaga, 42, 78. Hill, Bill, house of, 56. Hill, Julia, punctual at school, 64. Hill, Nancy, a pensioner, 77. Hoag, William C., 49, 71. Hobart, Bishop, establishes Protestant Episcopal mission at Oneida, 75. Honnos, Captain, 74. Hospitality of the Iroquois gracious and hearty, 57. Household effects, 13, 55. Houses of various kinds, 55, 56. Houses, one-room, not the prime cause of low moral tone, 61. Hunting and trapping among the Saint Regis, 51. I Future rewards and punishments described by Handsome Lake, 46. G Gambling, Indians not more given to, than white people, 61. Games among the Six Nations, 52, 53, Geographical Indian names, 72. Goods, annuity, distribution of, 78. Good Templar lodge at Onondaga, 59. Gordon, Father Anthony, accompanied the Tarbells to Saint Regis in 1760, 22. Government of the Six Nations outlined, 21. Governor Tryon's map of 1771, 24. Grammar difficult for the Indian, 63. Gray, Charles, in the war of 1812, 76. Gray, Louis, gives his family history, 76. Gray, William, captured at age of 7, 76. Implements, value of agricultural, by reservations, 15. Indian agents for 25 years denounced the sale of hard cider to Indians, 60. Indian homes as compared with other homes, 55. Indian industries, 49. Indian language deficient in range, 63. Indian morals, 60-62. Indian movement westward and the ordinance of 1787, 19. Indian pupils, conduct of, in the schoolroom, exemplary, 64. Indian reservations of New York, intemperance on, caused by white men and Indian teachers, difficulties of, 64. Indian teachers who have a thorough knowledge of the English language Indian topographical names, sacrificing of, a wrong, 72, 76. Indolence an incident of alternate occupations, 71. Interpreters retard Indian progress, 70. Iroquois agricultural society and fair, 1890, 49. Iroquois as estimated by Colden, Crane, Jefferies, Morgan, Parkham, and Iroquois better qualified for citizenship than many who seek America as a Iroquois confederacy and the Aztec monarchy, 22. Iroquois confederacy, "the Long House" described, 24. Iroquois conquests, 22. Iroquois contrasted with the Algonquins, 20. Iroquois dominant at advent of the white people, 21. Iroquois jealous of family rights, 60. Great feather dance, 46. Great Valley in Allegany incorporated, 27. Green-corn festival and other annual festivals and dances, 52. Green, Dr. Samuel, secretary Massachusetts Historical Society, cites action of Iroquois law of descent, 54. Iroquois, league of, at various dates, 6. Iroquois resisted a French conquest with success, 19. Irwakura, Japanese ambassador, conviction of, regarding the relationship of Isaacs, Billy, "Buffalo Bill of Onondaga", wit and philosopher, 56. J Jacket, John, grandson of Red Jacket, at annuity distribution, 77. Jack, Luther W., clerk of Tuscarora nation, 39. Jack, Mary, at home, 56. Jackson, T. W., United States Indian agent and enumerator, report of, 82. Jacobs, Josiah, a christian worker, 42. Janes, Bishop, presents bell to Saint Regis Methodist church, 45. Javelin game popular, 53. Jay, John, governor of New York, and treaty with the Saint Regis, 39. Jefferies honors the Iroquois confederacy, 21. Jesuit mission near Montreal, 1675, 22. Jimerson, Alfred T., a Presbyterian elder, 44. Jimerson, David, member of executive board of Thomas Orphan Asylum, 67. Jimerson, John, a model farmer, 51. Jimerson, Mary, the Wyoming captive, testifies to the honorable dealing of Jimerson, Theodore F., great-grandson of Mary Jimerson, 74. Jimerson, Willit B., at Allegany, 44. Joe, John, the old blind man, at the annuity distribution, 77. John, Andrew, jr., president Seneca nation, 1889, a thorough pagan politician, 38. Johnson, Elias, Tuscarora historian and member of executive board of Thomas La Forte, Daniel, Onondaga chief, once a christian worker, 42. La Forte, Rev. Thomas, minister at Onondaga, 42. Land distribution, per capita, destructive of honest industry, 81. Lands of the Six Nations, leases of, 81. Lands of the Six Nations, partition of, 81. Lands of the Six Nations, title to, how acquired and held, 80. Lands, titles to, and values of, 4, 12, 13. Language and a higher course of study, 9, 64, 70. Language of the Iroquois, no words in, for profaning the name of the Great Language spoken by the Six Nations, 3. Lay, Chester C., ex-president of the Seneca nation and professional musician; League of the Iroquois from 1660 to 1890, 1, 5, 20. Maple dance, 52. Marriage among the Saint Regis followed by 3 suppers, 58. Marriage between members of the same divisions and tribes forbidden, 21. Marriage, observance of legal forms of, by the Saint Regis, 58. Massachusetts, action of, toward redemption of the captive Tarbells alluded to, 76. Massachusetts and New York respected original Indian titles, 19. Massachusetts honors a Saint Regis chief, 1775, 39. Masters, Rebecca, minister of the Friends, addresses the Senecas, 1890, 46, 68. Mechanical or high school needed, 37, 64. Mechanical trades followed by few, 51. Mechanical work among the Saint Regis, 50. Medicinal roots and herbs relied on for healing ordinary ailments, 71. Memorial sterling domestic qualities held in higher esteem than field achieve- Memorial wampums described, 33. Merit the original basis and reward of office, 21. Methodist church at Saint Regis finished in 1845, 45. Methodist churches at Cattaraugus (Rev. A. A. Crow), Onondaga, and Tona- Methodist services at Saint Regis specially noticed, 45. Military prowess, 1. Military service voluntary, 21. Missionaries, French, could not teach English, 69. Missionary society at Cattaraugus, 44. Mohawk, Allan, plea of, in behalf of his sons for protection against the white Mohawk dialect of 11 letters used by Saint Regis Indians, 69, Mohawks as described by Hiawatha, 20. Monument to Cornplanter, inscriptions on, 29. Monument to Washington in the Seneca heaven described, 48. Moral prostitution, white men responsible for, 59–61. Morgan credits the Iroquois with the defeat of French colonization, 21. Morris, Robert, 27. Moses, David, 26. Moses, George, women preparing a pagan supper near the house of, 61. Mountpleasant, John and William, founders of the Tuscarora temperance Mountpleasant, Mrs. Caroline, home of; reminiscences of; elected " queen Mountpleasant, Rev. Frank, at Tuscarora, 44. Musical accomplishments of children, 67. Musical instruments, besides those of 5 brass and reed bands, 10, 57. Music, love for, among the Six Nations, 67. N Names of Bible characters among the Tonawanda Senecas, 72. Names, traditions, and reminiscences grouped, 72–75. New-year festivities among the pagans, 47. New York and Massachusetts adjust conflicting claims, 27. New York commission of 1888, report of, 20. New York courts availed of by the Saint Regis, 40. New York Indian problem, 19, 79. New York Indians early recognized as an independent body, 19. New York legislation amenable to federal review, 20. New York patient and generous in her dealings with the Six Nations, 19. New York, treaties of, together with treaties of the United States with the Six Nomenclature among the Six Nations, 72. North Carolina the old home of the Tuscaroras, 31. Northrup, Judge A. J., secured memorials of Aunt Dinah, of Onondaga, before Nurses aided by nature among the Six Nations, 71. O'Bail, John, known as Cornplanter, honored by Washington, 28. O'Bail, Solomon, grandson of Cornplanter, at the annuity distribution, 78. Object lesson presented by Indians and white people on Sunday, near Akron, Obligations of the Indian-he should be required to accept and meet them, 82. Ogden Land Company, claims of, must be lifted, 4, 82. Ogden Land Company lien removed from Tonawanda lands, 3, 26. Oneida history a sad one, 22. Oneida Indians described by Hiawatha, 20. Onondaga Castle the "entrance gate" to Onondaga reservation, 25. Onondaga constitution of 1882 and its history to date, 34-36. Onondaga crops, live stock, agricultural implements, and property, 13-15. Onondaga Indians affected by 21 statutes, 20. Onondaga quarries, 25. Onondaga reservation described, 25, 26. Onondaga schools, 64, 65. Onondagas described by Hiawatha, 20. Onondagas the heart or center of the league, 25, 33. Orchards of Tuscarora and Cattaraugus, 31, 49. Р Pagan and christian surroundings generally differ among the Six Nations, 2, 42. Pagan element generally opposes education, 63. Pagan faith, statement of, 46. Pagans, many, anticipate radical changes, 37. Pagans often loyal to home ties, 56. Parker, Eliza, of Tonawanda, and her firebrand, 56. Parker, General Ely S., Seneca chief, staff officer of General Grant, and trans- Parker, Mrs. Abbie, of Cattaraugus, a successful teacher at Cornplanter, 63. Parlor accommodations, 56. Partition of lands among Indians, demands of white citizens for, reviewed, 81. Paxon, James E., 78. Peacemaker courts, jurisdiction of, 38. Peacemaker courts, records and proceedings of, 4, 54. Peck, Abigail, a veteran teacher, 64. Penmanship and drawing interest the Indian mind, 63. Pennsylvania honored Cornplanter, 29. Percentage of Indian acquisition almost identical with that of white people, 82. Pickering, Timothy, grants requests of Indians for Quaker teachers, 68. Pierce, Adam, at the funeral of his brother, 74. Pierce, Harriet, a native teacher, removal of, 75. Pierce, Jacob, funeral of, 74. Pierce, Jaris, of Onondaga, progressive, 42. Pierce, Marius Bryant, graduate of Dartmouth college, 75. Pierce, Marsh, of Cornplanter, 44. Pierce, Mary Jane, career of, 74. Plummer, John, school record of, 65. Political motives largely shape the religious attitude, 45. Politics, the white man's methods in, followed by the Indian politician, 37. Poodry, Edward M., a leading Tonawanda Seneca, statements of, regarding Population of the Six Nations, by reservations and nations or tribes, 6, 14. Presbyterian churches at Allegany, Cattaraugus, Cornplanter, Tonawanda, President of the league taken from the Onondagas, 21. Pride in the old systems and regard for traditions promote respect for au- Printup, Daniel, of Tuscarora, 49. Prisoners of war, treatment of, 60. Professions and trades, 11, 51. Property, acquisition and distribution of, 13, 82. Sage, Alla, teacher, daughter of the veteran teacher William Sage, 64. Sage, William, retired teacher and friend of the Indian, 64. Saint Regis about equally divided by the boundary line, 32. Saint Regis bells came from Troy, New York, within the last 25 years, 45. Saint Regis Indians, marriage among, observed by 3 suppers, 58. Saint Regis school details, 68, 69. Salamanca, business aspect marred by the prevalence of the liquor traffic, 59. Sawyer, Louis, at Saint Regis, 76. Scanandoah, Elizabeth, native teacher of experience, at Onondaga, 63. Scattergood, Joseph, commissioner in 1875 with John Manly and Henry Shank- lin to lay out corporations, 27. Scholars at Thomas Orphan Asylum discharged at 16 years of age, 67. School details, 9, 10, 64-70. Scott, Mrs. John, conducts music of Onondaga Episcopal church, 42. Seneca nation and its government and laws, 38, 81. Seneca nation presented 1 mile square to the Tuscaroras, 31. Severalty a misnomer for adjustment of the New York problem, 82. Protestant communicants among the Saint Regis, 9. Public dances not immoral, 60. Pupils of special merit for school attendance mentioned, 65, 69. Purity of blood a fundamental idea of the Iroquois system, 21, 60. Q Quaker boarding school at Allegany, 68. Quaker school work among the Senecas, foundation for, in 1682, 1796, 1798, 68. Quarts, Boots, Hill, and other names at Saint Regis explained, 76. R Railroad encroachments at Allegany, 39. Recommendations of New York commission practical, 79, 83. Shanklin, Henry, a commissioner in 1875 to lay out towns, 27. Sherman, Judge, report of, for 1877, on titles and rights of the Six Nations, 28. Sigourney, Mrs., embodies an incorrect tradition in her poem, The Bell of Saint Silverheels, Henry, and wife, native missionaries, honored, 75. Silverheels, Robert, 77. Single-room houses not the prime source of low moral tone, 61. Six Nations and their antecedents, 1, 3, 4, 20. Six Nations contrasted with the Algonquins, 20. Six Nations not foreigners, 3. Six Nations not on the decline, 1, 6. Six Nations, population of, 6 Six Nations Temperance Society of the United States and Canada organized in Sky, Stephen, a leading Methodist at Tonawanda, 43. Slavery repugnant to the Iroquois constitution, 21, 60. Smith, Mrs. Erminie, a lifelong friend of the Iroquois, 72. Snow-snake a popular game, 53. Social grade of the Onondagas in transition for the better, 79. Social life, games, and amusements, 52. Social reunions and surprise parties, 52. Society among the ancient Iroquois precluded gross immorality, 60. Soldier and sailor element in the late war, 16, 17. Sparks, in Life of Washington, recognizes the services of the Saint Regis In- Specific schools, 64. Spells for chopping, building, and planting common, 52. Spiritual religion, 45. Spring, Mrs. Hattie, a normal-school graduate, and a woman of refinement, 63. State Superintendent A. S. Draper deplores the condition of Indian schools, 66. Studies at Thomas Orphan Asylum, 68. Sugar making at an end, 50. Suggestive characters, 74. Sullivan's expedition, 21. Sympathy for the poor and sick characteristic of the Six Nations, 51, 57. T Tarbell boys stolen from Groton, Massachusetts, 1708, 22. Tarbell captives married daughters of chiefs, 22. Tarbell, Joseph, visited Europe and the pope in 1826, 76. Tarbell, Lesor, or Eleazur, 76. Tarbell, Loren, a trustee of the Saint Regis in 1802, 40. Tarbell, Thomas, grandson of elder captive Tarbell, surviving at the age of 89 Teachers of Indian youth require special fitness, 64. Temperance and morals, 59. Temperance hall, Onondaga, 59. Temperance jubilee in 1876, 60. Temperance movement of Handsome Lake in 1800, 46. Temperance society in its seventh decade, 60. Testimony before New York commission minutely examined and witnesses Testimony of competent Indians as to the moral status taken, 59. The new religion, 46. Thomas Orphan Asylum founded by Philip Thomas, 1855, 67. Thomas Orphan Asylum school and Friends' school, 67, 68. Thompson, Asa, death of, 49. Timber land of Tuscarora reserved, 31. Timber of Cattaraugus, 31. Titles and tenures of Indian lands, how obtained, 12, 30, 31. Tonawanda chiefs elected by the women, 37. Tonawanda churches, 43. Tonawanda crops, live stock, and agricultural implements, 14, 15. Tonawanda executive officers elected by the people, 37. Tonawanda fences and improvements, 27. Tonawanda reservation described, 26. Tonawanda reservation relieved of claim of Ogden Land Company, 26. Tonawanda Senecas affected by 14 statutes, 20. Torrance, Elias, exhibits a medal given to his grandfather by George III, 76. Traditions and customs of Hebrew origin, 48, 54. Traditions of the Iroquois and Six Nations, 1, 20, 48, 73. Treaties, tendency to ignore all existing, 20. Treaty of Big Tree, 1797, between Senecas and Robert Morris, 27. Tribes or clans defined, 20, 21. Trippe, Rev. M. F., at Allegany, Tonawanda, and Tuscarora, 43, 44. Trustees of the Saint Regis, 1890, 40. Turkey, Joseph, at Allegany, labors for the conversion of the people, 43. Winthrop, John, reports establishment of friendship with the Saint Regis, 40. Women elect chiefs among the Onondagas, 34. Women of bad character abhorred by the Iroquois, 60. Women permitted to sit in council and exercise veto powers, 21. Wood, Joseph, descendant of Elizabeth Wood Tarbell, 76. Woodman, John Wesley, son of Mary Benedict Woodman, founder of the Saint Wright, Rev. Asher, and wife, memory of, cherished, 75. |