[Edward Manning Ruttenber (1872)] Abenaquis, a Mahican nation, 41 j murder Mohawk chiefs, 156; English agree not to assist, 1595 made peace with the Iroquois, 1835 make peace with the Mahicans, 2525 Iroquois refuse to renew war with, 193 Abraham, or Schabash, a Mahican chief, converted by Moravians, 197 j made captain by Mahicans, 89; assistant at Gnadenhiitten, 89; elected chief sachem of Mahicans of the Delaware, 197 Little, sachem of Lower Mohawk castle, 264; brother of King Hen-drik, 3135 succeeds King Hen-drik, 264 Abrahamsen, Isaac, rescues an Indian boy, 107 Ackhough, sachem of Weckquaesgeeks, 79 Adair, James, theory of, concerning ori gin of American Indians, 16 Adogbegnewalquo, a Mohawk chief, ad dress of, 141 Aepjin, chief sachem of Mahicans, 58 j party to treaty of 1645, 118; to-temic signature of, 119; council fire at Schodac, 58; authorized to treat for Esopus Indians, 137 Aepjin's island, 375 Agassiz, theory of, 17 Analysis of tribes and chieftaincies, 7 1 Andastes, war with the Iroquois, 55 Andros, Governor, offers lands to fugitive Indians, 177; invites Pennacooks to settle at Schaticook, 63 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 Albany, Fort Nassau erected at, 99 j Fort Orange erected at, 99; Dutch make treaty with Mahicans and Iroquois at, 54; surrendered to the English, 158; English establish council fire at, 161; council fire re moved from, to Mount Johnson, 222; commissioners of congress hold council with Iroquois at, 263 j aboriginal name of, 398 Algonquin language, 645 grammar of, 338 Aix la Chapelle, conditions of treaty of, 208 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, 158 Ampamit, address of, to Gov.