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Pain, development of lix–lx, lxvi–lxviii, xcii

Paint in Cherokee myth ,

Paint, use of, by Indians ,

Paint town, purchase of

Palmer, ——, collection by xxix

Pamunkey, Cherokee relations with

Pandora, Indian parallel to myths of

Panther, myths concerning , , ,

Papago, study of xxiii

Parched corn, Indian use of

Pardo, Juan, explorations in Cherokee country by –,

Paris, treaty of

Parker, Caroline, proposal to bestow title of “Peacemaker” on

Parker, Sir Peter, attack on Charleston by

Parkman, Francis, on Algonquian myths

Parsnip, wild, in Cherokee lore –

Partridge, see Pheasant.

Pascagoula, tribe of Choctaw confederacy

Passamaquoddy, myths of

Patagonia, work in xviii

Pathkiller, relief of

Pawnee, ceremony of

Pawnee, myths and beliefs of –, , –, ,

Pawnee, settlement of, on Cherokee strip

Pawnee, study of fraternities and cults of xlviii

Payne, J. H., arrest of –

Payne, J. H. on Cherokee myths , ,

Payne, J. H. on New-fire ceremony of Cherokee –

Payne, J. H. on sacred square of Creeks

Peace embassies, Iroquois , , –, , –, –, –

Peace pipe, Cherokee

Peace towns, Indian –

Peaches among Cherokee

Peacock, Cherokee legend of –

Peacock, Indian use of feathers of

Pea ridge, Cherokee participants in battle of

Penn, William, treaty with Delawares by

Pensacola, Spanish possession of

Persimmon, myth concerning

Personification, development of lxxxvii–lxxxviii

Perspective, development of lxxvi

Peyote, study of use of xv–xvii

Pheasant, myths concerning , , , ,

Philadelphia, treaty at (1791)

Philadelphia, treaty at (1794)

Philip, King, mutilation of body of

Phillips on ancestry of Sequoya ,

Phillips on Cherokee syllabary , ,

Phillips on death of Sequoya

Philology, subject-matter of xii

Philology, work in xxv

Phœnix, Cherokee, see Cherokee Phœnix.

Phonetics, Cherokee

Phratry, see Fraternity.

Pickens, Gen. Andrew, expeditions against Cherokees under ,

Pickens, Gen. Andrew, home of, at Hopewell

Pickens, Gen. Andrew on Shaw’s missions

Pickens, Gen. Andrew, signing of treaty by

Pickering on Cherokee chief among Seneca

Pickett on Creek war –,

Pickett on defeat of D’Artaguette

Pickett on De Soto’s route , , , , –

Pickett on Fort Mims massacre

Pickett on Chief McGillivray

Pickett on Chief Weatherford

Pigeon, myth concerning

Pike, Gen. Albert, treaty negotiated, by

Pilling, James, on Cherokee literature

Pilling, James on Cherokee schoolbooks

Pilling, James on Cherokee syllabary ,

Pilling, James on Jones and Warlord

Pilling, James on translation of New Testament

Pilling, James on Rev. S. A. Worcester , ,

Pilot knob, myths concerning , –, –, –

Pinckney on Cherokee attitude in war of 1812

Pinedale, collection from ruins near xxi

Pinedale, excavation of ruins near xvi

Pine knots, Cherokee use of, as torches

Pin Indians, see Ketoowah society.

Pipe, sacred, of Cherokee ,

Piratic acculturation, study of xxii–xxv

Piro, study of language of xxvi

Piro, work among xvi

Pitfalls, see Traps.

Plants, myths and lore concerning , , , –,

Pleasure, activities designed to give lv–xcii

Pleasure, development of lix–lx, lxii–lxiii, lxvi–lxxii–lxxiii, xcii

Pleiades, myths concerning –, –

Poetry, development of lxxxvii–xcii

Poison ivy in Cherokee lore

Polygamy among Cherokee , ,

Polynesians, myths of

Ponka, settlement of, on Cherokee strip

Ponka, study of feather symbolism of xx

Ponka, study of fraternities and cults of xlviii

Pontiac, confederacy of ,

Population, Cherokee , , , , , , , , , –

Population, Cherokee loss in, through Civil war

Population, East Cherokee –, , , ,

Population, Texas Cherokee (1838)

Pork, Indian, quality of

Portuguese gentleman, see Elvas.

Possum, see Opossum.

Potatoes among Cherokee ,

Potter, T. W., on East Cherokee affairs

Pottery among Cherokee

Poultry-raising among Cherokee

Power myth, development of lxxxiii–lxxxiv

Powhatan, Cherokee relations with

Powhatan, name for Cherokee , ,

Prairie dog, myth concerning

Prayer among Indians , ,

Pregnancy, beliefs concerning ,

Presbyterians, mission work of, among Cherokee ,

Press, national, of Cherokee –

Pretty Woman town, purchase of

Priber, Christian, work of, among Cherokee , –,

Price, H., on East Cherokee affairs

Price, H. on East Cherokee censuses ,

Price, H. on East Cherokee suit for participation in annuities ,

Primitive numbers, memoir on xliii–xliv

Printing among Cherokee –, –

Proctor, General, stand against Americans at Thames river by

Proctor, ——, arrest of

Pronoun, study of xxv

Properties, discussion of lv–lvii, lviii

Property, acquisition of xxxiii

Property, classes of xxxi–xxxii

Prophet, revelation of , , ,

Protolithic stage, features of xxi–xxii

Publication, work in xxix–xxx

Pueblo Grande, excavation of xiii–xiv

Pueblo Indians, devotional tendency of xxviii

Pueblo Indians, New-fire ceremony among

Pueblo Indians, racing among

Pueblo Viejo, excavation of ruin of xiv–xv

Pumpkin in Cherokee myth ,

Punk-plugged-in, legend of raid by

Purificatory rites, Cherokee

Putty-root in Cherokee lore

Puyallup, myths of