Algonquin nations, 56, 64 Allegewi, tradition concerning, 45 Alliances, how formed, 32 Alliance, nature of, between ^the Dutch and the Iroquois, 145 ; of Dutch with

Long

Island chieftaincies,

1245 of

English with Iroquois and Mahicans, ori

Adogbegnewalquo, a Mohawk chief, ad dress of, 141 Aepjin, chief sachem of Mahicans, 58 j party to treaty of 1645, 118; totemic signature of, 119; council fire

58 ; authorized to treat Aepjin's island, 375 Agassiz, theory of, 17 Analysis of tribes and chieftaincies, 7 1 Andastes, war with the Iroquois, 55 at Schodac,

for Esopus Indians,

Andros, Governor, offers lands to fugitive Indians, 177; invites Pennacooks to settle at Schaticook,

Albany, Fort Nassau

Andriaensen, Maryn, in command at massacre at Corlear's Hook, 106 Ankerop, sachem of Esopus Indians, 201 Ann Hoock, alias Wampage, a chief of Siwanoys, 8 1 Ann Hutchinson, murder of, 112 daughter of, returned from capti vity, 118

Ampamit, address of, to Gov. Burnet, 191 Appamanskoch, sachem of Raritans, 90 Aquackanonks, location of, 91 Armies, how composed, 30 Ashhurst, Sir John, buys lands of Waoranecks, 93 Assiapam, sachem of Matinecocks, 74 Assinapink creek, 92, 377 Atkarkarton, Kingston so called, 125,

Attention in sickness, 23

Atyataronghta, Louis, captain of Oneidas, aids the Americans, 284

Aupamut, see Hendrik, Captain Barren Hill, Mahicans in battle of, 286 Bald Eagle, a Lenape chief, death 0^256 Beeren, or Mahican island, 85, 374 Bellomont, Gov., description of an Indian conference, 186

Bennington, battle of, 275 Biographical Sketches, 299

Abraham, Little, sachem of Lower Mohawk castle, 264