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307 Index Ab-boin-ug.See Dakota Indians Addick totem.See Reindeer totem Ah-ah-wauk totem.See Loon totem Ah-mous.See Little Bee Ais-sance.See Little Clam Aitkin,William A.,trader,72,276–77 A-ke-gui-ow (Neck of Earth),131,224 alcohol: introduced by whites,xvii,6n,10, 54,76; use by Ojibwe,76,144,157–58, 241; as trade item,81,88,129,185,213; use by Iroquois,98; use opposed by Shawano prophet,229 Algic tribes: name,9,6n; component tribes, 6,9–12,27,30,31,36,37,74,80,91, 172–73; customs,17,18,25,28,34,37; alliances,23,91,97,99,135,138; as descendants of Hebrews,39,41 Algonquin Indians,11,264; name,9,30, 74,79; as Algonquian language group, 12n,18,30,58n,74,172–73,178 Allouez,Father Claude,missionary,xxi,54, 55n,59n,72–73 American Board (of Commissioners) of Foreign Missions,93,279 American Fur Company,159,275–78 Amik totem.See Beaver totem Ance Bay.See L’Anse,Michigan Ance-ke-we-naw.See L’Anse,Michigan An-daig-we-os (Crow’s Flesh),51,53n, 130n,225 Anishinaabe (A-nish-in-aub-ay) Indians: meaning,xvii,27–28; name,13; totems, 18–20,36,224n; migration,44–47 Arickaree (Arickara) Indians,108,122 Ashmun,Samuel,trader,277 Askin,John,British agent,267–69 Assiniboin (Assiniboine) Indians: trade,48, 129,272–73; allies of Crees,91,125, 229,254–55; separation from Dakota, 91–92; war parties,122,125,183; smallpox , 183–84 Astor,John Jacob,trader,277–78 Astor Fur Company.See American Fur Company Awause totem.See Catfish totem Ba-be-sig-au-dib-ay.See Curly Head Bad Pelican.See Sha-da-wish Bad River (Mush-kee-se-be),Wisconsin, 74,170,176 Balsam (Shingoob),Fond du Lac chief,23, 84 Bancroft,George,historian,54,72–73,78 Baraga,Rev.Frederick,missionary,xxi, 33n,51n Battle Lake (Ish-quon-e-de-win-ing),battle, 241–44,257 Baug-ah-ud-o-way (la crosse),139–42,186, 256 Bear (Noka) totem,19,20; characteristics, 22,23,61; members,23,85n,177,180, 238; origin,50,52; favored by French, 80; migration,126,131 Beaver,the,Dakota chief.See Shappa Beaver (Amik) totem,19 Be-dud,warrior,247 Bell,trader,198,204 Be-na,hunter,254 Be-she-ke.See Buffalo (Be-she-ke),Leech Lake war chief Be-shen totem.See Lynx totem Bi-a-jig,warrior,235–38 Bi-aus-wah I,chief of Loon totem,83,120 Bi-aus-wah II,war chief,120,125–26,128– 29,155; village chief,165,167–68; family , 248,249 Bible,xvii,26,29–30; compared with Ojibwe oral tradition,20,32,34,38,41 Big Foot.See Ma-mong-e-se-da Big (Great) Marten (Ke-che-waub-ishashe ),war chief,23,164,167–68 Big Ojibway,war chief,216–18 Schenck bk p i-xxiv 1-318_Layout 1 5/13/11 10:54 AM Page 307 Black Dog,war chief,280 Black Duck (Muk-ud-a-shib),Red River warrior,23,260 Black Duck totem.See Cormorant totem Blackfeet Indians,xii (note),11,36–37 Blue Eagle,257 Bois Brule River,Wisconsin.See Brule River Bois Fort band,15,20,50,272 Bonga,Pierre,trader,275 Bostwick,Henry,trader,144 Boudinot,Elias,author and statesman,32 Boutwell,Rev.William T.,missionary,xiii Bow-e-ting.See Sault Ste.Marie Bright Forehead (Waus-e-ko-gub-ig),war chief,155,158 British: councils,74,150–51,265,267–71; policy,89,265; Indian trade,91,97,129, 182,207,212,249–50,272; Ojibwe hostility towards,134–39,141,146,149, 151–53; flags and medals,200,249,253, 259,261–62,266,268–70 Broken Tooth (Ka-dow-aub-e-da),civil chief,55n,249–50,261–62 Bruce,Charles,trader,198–99,275 BruleRiver(BurntWood,Wis-a-co-da),176 Brunet,Jean,trader,282–83 Buffalo (Be-she-ke),Leech Lake war chief, 23 Buffalo (Great Buffalo,Ke-che-waishkeenh ),La Pointe chief: head of Loon totem,ix,22,51,53n; source of story, 98,154,172; and Shawnee prophet, 230 Buffalo,St.Croix chief,238,239n Bug-an-auk,Pillager warrior,281 Burial customs,40,68–69; mourning,102, 106–7,116–17,131,147,163,186, 216,220 Burnt Wood River,See Brule River Bus-in-aus-e totem.See Crane totem Cadeau (Cadot...

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