Chapter IV: Book IV: Of the Natives of Louisiana

CHAP. I.
The Origin of the Americans

CHAP. II.
An Account of the several Nations of Louisiana

SECT. I.
Of the Nations inhabiting on the East of the Missisippi

SECT. II.
Of the Nations inhabiting on the West of the Missisippi

CHAP. III.
A Description of the Natives of Louisiana; of their
Manners and Customs, particularly those of the Natchez:
Of their Language, their Religion, Ceremonies, Rulers,
or Suns, Feasts, Marriages, &c

SECT. I.
A Description of the Natives; the different Employments
of the two Sexes; and their Manner of bringing up their
Children

SECT. II.
Of the Language, Government, Religion, Ceremonies, and
Feasts of the Natives

SECT. III.
Of their Marriages, and Distinction of Ranks

SECT. IV.
Of the Temples, Tombs, Burials, and other religious
Ceremonies of the People of Louisiana

SECT. V.
Of the Arts and Manufactures of the Natives

SECT. VI.
Of the Attire and Diversions of the Natives: Of their
Meals and Fastings

SECT. VII.
Of the Indian Art of War

CHAP. IV.
Of the Negroes of Louisiana

SECT. I.
Of the Choice of Negroes; of their Distempers, and the
Manner of curing them

SECT. II.
Of the Manner of governing the Negroes

INDEX

List of Illustrations

Indian in Summer Time
Indian in Winter Time
Indian Woman and Daughter
Plan of New Orleans, 1720
Beaver, Beaver lodge, Beaver dam
Indians of the North Leaving in the Winter with their
Families for a Hunt
Indigo
Cotton and Rice on the Stalk
Appalachean Beans. Sweet Potatoes
Watermelon
Pawpaw. Blue Whortle-berry
Sweet Gum or Liquid-Amber
Cypress
Magnolia
Sassafras
Myrtle Wax Tree. Vinegar Tree
Poplar ("Cotton Tree")
Black Oak
Linden or Bass Tree
Box Elder or Stink-wood Tree
Cassine or Yapon. Tooth-ache Tree or Prickly Ash
Passion Thorn or Honey Locust. Bearded Creeper
Palmetto
Bramble, Sarsaparilla
Rattlesnake Herb
Red Dye Plant. Flat Root
Panther or Catamount. Bison or Buffalo

Indian Deer Hunt
Wild Cat. Opossum. Skunk
Alligator. Rattle Snake. Green Snake
Pelican. Wood Stock
Flying Squirrel. Roseate Spoonbill. Snowy Heron
White Ibis. Tobacco Worm. Cock Roach
Cat Fish. Gar Fish. Spoonbill Catfish
Indian Buffalo Hunt on Foot
Dance of the Natchez Indians
Burial of the Stung Serpent
Bringing the Pipe of Peace
Torture of Prisoners. Plan of Fort

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