India china, 100.
Indians, houses of, 3-4; caves of, 138; corn dances of, 138; cultivation of corn by, 126-131; endurance of, 137; mode of cooking corn, 131-135; names of corn foods, 131-137; mode of drying pumpkins, 143; spoons of, 88; mode of cooking beans, 145; brooms of, 301-304; four best things, 304; modes of travel of, 325; boats of, 325; paths of, 329-330.
Indian corn. See Corn.
Indian pudding, 135.
Indigo, as dye, 193.
Inns. See Taverns.
Invention, of cotton-gin, 208; of fly-shuttle, 228; of spinning-jenny, 229; of throstle-spun yarn, 229; of combing-machine, 230; of flax-spinning machine, 230-231.
Ipswich, grist-mill at, 133.
Iris, as dye, 193.
Itineracies, old-time, 176, 300-301.
Jack-knife, 307-308.
Jacks, 64.
James I. on fishing, 116.
Jamestown, spinning-schools at, 182; summons to meeting at, 367.
Jeans, 250.
Jefferson, Thomas, quoted, 207, 256; hospitality of, 397; impoverishment of, 397-398.
Jewellery, slight wear of, 297.
Johnson, quoted, 143, 145, 188.
Johnson, Governor, baby clothes of, 265.
Johnny-cakes, 135.
Josselyn, quoted, 117; his list of plants in New England, 432 _et seq._
Judd, Sylvester, quoted, 216, 237.
Jugs, of stoneware, 98.
Jumel, Madame, cave house of, 3.
Kalm, quoted, 39-40; on squirrels, 110; on bees, 111; on maize bread, 134; on canoes, 326-327; on the plantain, 436.
Kearsarge, Mount, romance of, 405.
Kentucky, hand-weaving in, 249.
Ketch, 328.
Kill-devil. See Rum.
Killing time, 153.
King Hooper house, 30.
Kitchen, description, 52; in rhyme, 73-75.
Knife. See Jack-knife.
Knife-racks, 68.
Knights, Madame, quoted, 8; on canoes, 327-328; journey of, 332; on sleighs, 355.
Knitting, 190; yarn for, 201; by children, 261-262; elaborate designs, 262.
Knitting machine, 190.
Knives, of flax brake, 170.
Knocker, Hanc.o.c.k house, 28; Winslow house, 29.
Knots, of flax thread, 175.
Krankbesoeckers, 385.
Labadist missionaries, quoted, 118-119.
Lad"s lore, 428.
Lamps, 43-45.
Lathe. See Batten.
Latten ware, 58.
Laws, about flax culture, 179-180; about dress, 282-284; about ferries, 330-331; about mail, 334; about taverns, 357; on observance of Sunday, 378-379; of warning out, 392 _et seq._; about fences, 401-402.
Lay, of loom. See Batten.