Church, Captain Benjamin, receives Indians to transport, 140; instructed to go against Indians, 142; to distribute captives among soldiers, 142; to receive captives from governor of Rhode Island, 142 Church act, 269 Cibola, 31, 52 Clermont, Sieur Pierre, manumits Indian slave, 95 Clinton, Governor, on Indian slaves in New York, 114; tries to prevent abuse of apprenticeship, 206 Clothing of slaves, 42, 251–252 Cocheco, seizure of Indians at, 147, 309 Code Noir, 90, 102. Collacot, Sergeant, agreement of Massachusetts with, 222 Colonists, of Louisiana, character of, 82; used slave women as mistresses, 82 Columbia River country, Indian slavery in, 33, 45, 46 Columbus, enslaves Indians, 48 Comanche, tribe, 86 Company, of the Indies, 64; of the West, 102; of Providence Islands, 125 Compostella, 54 Concessions, negroes on, 102 Congaree, tribe, preys on weaker tribes, 170 Corannine, tribe, destruction of, 287 Cosmé, owns Indian slave, 81 Connecticut, slaves in, 110, 111, 123, 128, 130–131; act against importing Indians, 189–191; enslaves Indians as punishment, 206; restricts Indian slaves, 260; favors religious instruction of slaves, 275; exchanges Indian slave for land, 277; regulates manumission, 281; regulates action of slaves, 290; finds Indian slaves unsatisfactory, 291; hired Indians in, 294; indentured Indians in, 295 Cooks, hired Indians as, 243; Indian slaves as, 243 Copper, object of barter, 27 Cornbury, Governor, on fugitive slave law, 221; helps in conversion of slaves, 268 Coronado, Francisco Vasquez de, 31, 52, 53; uses Indian slaves as guides, 55 Council, Indian, 40, 42; grand council of South Carolina sends agents to remove Indian slaves from plantations, 175; opposed to proprietors, 176 Coureurs de bois, stir up tribes, 64; purchase Indians, 75, 76, 77, 78, 168; Indianized Frenchmen, 87; trade, 96 Cramoisy, on Indian slaves, 86 Creeks, tribe, enslaved by Indians, 121; other tribes join with, 287 Crows, tribe, slavery among, 45 Cruzat, Lieutenant-governor, proclamation of against enslavement of Indians, 58 Culacut, Steward, desires Indian slaves, 310 Cutler, Reverend Timothy, reports on religious condition of slaves in Boston, 274 Dartmouth, Indians, seized by Plymouth, 146 Davenport, Lieutenant, desires Indian slave, 310; Reverend John, on Indian slaves, 209 Dealers, in Indians state reasons for traffic, 177 Death, punishment, 261 De Ayllon, cédula issued to, 49; sends expedition, 53 De Beauharnois, governor of Canada, 94 De Boucherville, journey to Canada, 32 De Bourgmont, 32, 64; purchases Indians, 74, 80; sends Indian slaves to New Orleans, 74; uses slave as interpreter, 82; uses slaves as bribes and rewards, 86 Decline of Indian slavery, 59, 96–102, 281–319