16 Iroquois , peace embassies of 109 , 352 , 353 – 356 , 365 , 367 – 370 , 485 – 488 , 491 – 494 Iroquois , peace towns among 208 Iroquois , sketch of 483 – 485 Iroquois , study of fraternities and cults of xlvii Irrigation by inhabitants of Pueblo Viejo xv Irving on De Soto’s route 193 , 195 , 198 Ish, John , killing of 77 Iskagua , change of name by 69
— from Myths of the Cherokee Extract from the Nineteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology by James Mooney

Nantahala , myths concerning 303 , 408 Nanticoke , association of, with Delawares 497 Nanticoke , modern remnants of 498 Nanticoke , separation of, from Delawares 18 – 19 Nashville , attack on 63 Nashville , conference at (1792) 72 Nashville founding of 56 Natchee , tribe of Creek 498 – 499 Natchez , blood of, among Cherokee 234 Natchez , enslavement of 233 Natchez , surrender of post at 81 National committee , establishment of 107 National council , enactment by 86 – 87 National council , establishment of 107 Navaho , myths of 443 , 447 – 448 , 468 , 501 Navaho , publication of memoir on xxix Navaho , study of paternities and cults of xlvii Navaho , use of language of, as trade language 188 Necromancy , development of lxxxv–lxxxvi Necromancy , see also Magic .
— from Myths of the Cherokee Extract from the Nineteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology by James Mooney

Pascagoula , tribe of Choctaw confederacy 500 Passamaquoddy , myths of 451 Patagonia , work in xviii Pathkiller , relief of 90 Pawnee , ceremony of 413 Pawnee , myths and beliefs of 445 – 446 , 451 , 462 – 463 , 473 , 505 Pawnee , settlement of, on Cherokee strip 151 Pawnee , study of fraternities and cults of xlviii Payne, J. H. , arrest of 122 – 123 Payne, J. H. on Cherokee myths 436 , 440 , 442 Payne,
— from Myths of the Cherokee Extract from the Nineteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology by James Mooney

Plants , myths and lore concerning 231 , 240 , 252 , 420 – 427 , 505 Pleasure , activities designed to give lv–xcii Pleasure , development of lix–lx, lxii–lxiii, lxvi–lxxii–lxxiii, xcii Pleiades , myths concerning 258 – 259 , 442 – 443 Poetry , development of lxxxvii–xcii Poison ivy in Cherokee lore 425 Polygamy among Cherokee 163 , 365 , 481 Polynesians , myths of 431 Ponka , settlement of, on Cherokee strip 151 Ponka , study of feather symbolism of xx Ponka , study of fraternities and cults of xlviii Pontiac , confederacy of 41 , 235 Population , Cherokee 11 , 34 , 39 , 103 , 112 , 125 , 136 , 150 , 155 , 156 – 157 Population , Cherokee loss in, through Civil war 150 Population , East Cherokee 166 – 168 , 172 , 176 , 179 , 180 Population , Texas Cherokee (1838) 145 Pork , Indian, quality of 82 Portuguese gentleman , see Elvas .
— from Myths of the Cherokee Extract from the Nineteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology by James Mooney

60 Sevier , Gov. John , expedition against Hiwassee towns under (1786) 63 Sevier , Gov. John , expedition against Overhill towns under (1781) 58 – 59 Sevier , Gov. John , life of 210 – 211 Sevier , Gov. John , prevention of burning of Chilhowee by 73 Shaw, Leonard D. , appointment of, as Government ethnologist 70 – 71 Shawano among Cherokee, number of 157 Shawano , anti-American confederacy headed by 72 Shawano , attack on Buchanans station by 73 Shawano , attitude of, during Revolution 55 Shawano blood among Cherokee 234 Shawano , character of 461 Shawano , Cherokee invitations to 105 , 136 Shawano , Cherokee relations with 14 , 15 , 31 – 32 , 38 , 384 Shawano , hostility of, to Americans 66 – 67 , 74 Shawano , incorporation of, with Cherokee 99 , 161 Shawano in Texas, union of, with Cherokee 143 Shawano , legends concerning 486 – 487 Shawano , legends of Cherokee wars with 370 – 378 Shawano , myths of 437 Shawano , probable origin of Cherokee myths among 235 Shawano , separation of, from Delawares 18 – 19 Shawano , sketch of 494 – 496 Shawano , trans-Mississippi migration of 99 Shea, J. G. , on De Soto’s route 193 , 198 Shea, J. G. on early Spanish settlements 27 Shea, J. G. on Rogel’s expedition 201 – 202 Shea, J. G. on Spanish mission among Cherokee 29 Sheep , Cherokee name for 265 Sheep , raising of, by Cherokee 112 Shelby , Colonel, defeat of Ferguson by 57 Shelby , Colonel, expedition against Chickamauga towns under 56 Shining rock , myth concerning 480 Shoe-boots , war medicine of 394 Shumopovi , study of altar at xlvii, xlviii, xlix, l–lii Sia , studies of fraternities and cults of xlvi Sibbald, John A. , special agent to Cherokee 175 Sibley , ——, on Cherokee in Arkansas in 1805 101 Sibley , ——, on Mobilian trade language 187 Sign language , study of xxvii Siler, D. W. , East Cherokee census by 167 Silver , myth concerning 350 – 351 Similitude , development of lxxxviii–lxxxix Sin , myths concerning origin of 248 – 249 Sinti , Kiowa myths of 434 , 449 Siouan tribes, study of xxix Sioux , legends concerning 386 Sioux , myths of 440 , 450 Sioux , use of language of, as trade language 188 Sissipahaw , Spanish contract with 28 [ 571 ] Six Nations , see Iroquois .
— from Myths of the Cherokee Extract from the Nineteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology by James Mooney

Whatsoever doth happen in the ordinary course and consequence of X. How ridiculous and strange is he, that wonders at anything that XI.
— from Meditations by Emperor of Rome Marcus Aurelius

I entered, and found Captain Nemo deep in algebraical calculations of x and other quantities.
— from Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea by Jules Verne

You have gloriously marked the difference between the soldiers of Cæsar and the armed cohorts of Xerxes.
— from Napoleon's Letters to Josephine, 1796-1812 For the First Time Collected and Translated, with Notes Social, Historical, and Chronological, from Contemporary Sources by Emperor of the French Napoleon I

The others asked if he were an Athenian from the army yonder, and no sooner had the interpreter replied, "Yes, the same," than up they leapt and galloped off; and in less time than it takes to tell a couple of hundred peltasts had come up who seized and carried off Xenophon and those with him and brought them to Seuthes.
— from Anabasis by Xenophon

Freedom of wives and children of, XII. 61.
— from Charles Sumner: his complete works, volume 20 (of 20) by Charles Sumner

He was military governor of Xeres de la Frontera, from whence we have our wine called Sherry, a corruption of Xeres.
— from Twenty-Five Years in the Rifle Brigade by William Surtees

In the mean time, all the admirals and captains of Xerxes' fleet advised engaging in a sea-fight, except Artemisia, who spoke as follows: "Tell the king from me, Mardonius, that I say this.
— from The Boys' and Girls' Herodotus Being Parts of the History of Herodotus, Edited for Boys and Girls by Herodotus

Aguja, point of, 25 Agaz, Juan, eats a dozen apples, 39 Aji, 142 note , 232 Alaya, chief of Xauxa, 224 , 301 Alcobasa (Diego de), his account of the ruins of Tiahuanaco, 378 note Alcon (Pedro), one of the thirteen companions of Pizarro, 420 note Aldana (Lorenzo de), 123 Algoroba trees, 129 , 235 , 239 note Alligators, 16 Alligator pears (see Paltas).
— from The travels of Pedro de Cieza de Léon, A.D. 1532-50, contained in the first part of his Chronicle of Peru by Pedro de Cieza de León

Cavalry, Fourth (German) Army, composition of, xvii ( note ).
— from Ypres 1914: An Official Account Published by Order of the German General Staff by Otto Schwink

When the creator turns critic, we are certain of [xv] a feast.
— from Adventures in the Arts Informal Chapters on Painters, Vaudeville, and Poets by Marsden Hartley