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Chapter 10

Glossary and Index

ABNAKI, A tribe of the Algonquian stock,

ABORIGINES, AMERICAN. Theories as to the origin of, 5-13, 17-22

ACAGCHEMEM. A Californian people; myths of, 350-355

ADAM OF BREMEN. And Norse voyages to America,

AÉ. The first woman, in an Acagchemem creation-myth,

AHSONNUTLI. Principal deity of the Navaho, called the Turquoise Man-woman, 121-122

AKAIYAN. A brave; in Algonquian legend of the origin of the Beaver Medicine, 184-187

ALEUTIAN INDIANS. Custom of, resembles that of Asiatic tribe,

ALGON. A hunter; in the story of the Star-maiden, 152-156

ALGONQUIAN STOCK. An ethnic division of the American Indians, 24-27

ALGONQUINS. The name applied to members of the Algonquian stock, n.; tribes and distribution of, 24-25; early history, ; an advanced people, ; costume of, ; marriage-customs of, ; creation-myth of, 107-108; belief of, respecting birds, ; belief of, respecting lightning, ; and the owl, ; and the serpent of the Great Lakes, ; Michabo the chief deity of, 119-120; and the soul's journey after death, ; the festivals of, ; dialect of the priests of, ; myths and legends of, 141-216; conflict with the Caniengas, , subdued by the Iroquois, ; and the King of Rattlesnakes,

ALLOUEZ, FATHER. Incident connected with, related by Brinton, 100-101

AMERICA. Origin of man in, 5-22; resemblance between tribes of, and those of Asia, , 10-12; discoveries of prehistoric remains in, 7-10; early communication between Asia and, 6,12

ANAYICOYONDI. A goddess of the Pericues, wife of Niparaya,

ANIMISM,

ANNIMIKENS. A brave; hunting adventure of,

APACHES. A tribe of the Athapascan stock, ; of Arizona, houses of, ; costume of, ; fetishes of, 89-90; and the points of the compass,

APALACHEES. A tribe of the Muskhogean stock,

APISIRAHTS (The Morning Star). Son of the Sun-god, in Blackfoot myth; in the stories of Scar-face, or Poïa, 198-205

ARAPAHO. A tribe of the Algonquian stock, ; dwellings of,

ARGALL, CAPTAIN SAMUEL. Mentioned in the story of Pocahontas, ,

ARIKARA. A tribe of the Caddoan stock,

ART, INDIAN, 62-63

ASGAYA GIGAGEI (Red Man). A thunder-god of the Cherokees,

ASHOCHIMI. A Californian tribe; Coyote, a deity of,

ASIA. Ethnological relationship between America and, , 10-13

ASSINIBOINS. A tribe of the Siouan stock, ; their method of cooking flesh,

ATHAPASCANS. An ethnic division of the American Indians, 22-23; costume of, ; and the soul's journey after death,

ATIUS TIRÁWA. Principal deity of the Pawnees, ; in the story of the Sacred Bundle, ; in the story of the Bear-man, , ,

ATOTARHO. A legendary hero of the Iroquois, chieftain of the Onondagas, , 225-226; Hiawatha a warrior under, ; at first opposes Hiawatha's federation scheme, but later joins in it,

ATTAJEN (Man, or Rational Being). In Acagchemem myth, a semi-divine being, a benefactor of the human race,

AUGHEY, DR. Prehistoric remains discovered by,

AUZAR. In Acagchemem myth, reputed mother of Ouiamot,

AWONAWILONA (Maker and Container of All). The Zuñi creative deity, ,

AZTECS. An aboriginal American race; the Shoshoneans related to,

BABEENS. A tribe of the Athapascan stock; carvings of,

BANCROFT, H. H. On the mythological beliefs of the Californian tribes, 348-350; on the beliefs of the Tinneh, 357-358

BARTRAM, W. On the priesthood of the Creeks,

BEAR DANCE. Pawnee ceremonial; story of the originator of the, 308-311

BEAR, THE GREAT. In Blackfoot legend of the origin of the Bear-spear, 188-190

BEAR-MAN. The story of the, 308-311

BEAR-SPEAR. Blackfoot legend of the origin of, 187-190

BEARSKIN-WOMAN. The story of, 182-184

BEAVER. I. A creative deity of the Sioux, chief of the Beaver family; Ictinike and, 269-270, . II. In Haida myth; story of the feud between Porcupine and, 318-320

BEAVER, THE GREAT (Quah-beet). Algonquian totem-deity; in myth of Glooskap and Malsum, ; in legend of origin of the Beaver Medicine, 185-187

BEAVER, LITTLE. In legend of origin of the Beaver Medicine, 185-187

BEAVER MEDICINE. Legend of the origin of, 184-187

BEAVER PEOPLE. The beavers personified, in Haida myth; in the story of Beaver and Porcupine, 318-320

BIG WATER. The Pacific Ocean; in the story of Scar-face,

BIRD, THE. In Indian mythology, 109-111

BLACK TORTOISE, TOMB OF THE. An earth-mound, 19-20

BLACKFEET. A tribe of the Algonquian stock, , ; legends of, 182-184, 187-190, 193-212; the Sun Dance of, ; Nápi, the creative deity of,

BLUE JAY. A mischievous totem-deity of the Chinooks, 124-125, ; stories of, and his sister Ioi, 323-327; and the Supernatural People, 323-324, , 329-332, 339-340; in the story of Stikŭa, 342-348

BOAS, FRANZ. Extract from version of the Coyote myth related by,

BOSCANA, FATHER GERÓNIMO. On the beliefs of Californian tribes, 350-354

BOURBEUSE RIVER. Prehistoric remains discovered at,

BOURKE, J. G. Description of an Apache fetish by, 89-90; on 'phylacteries' (fetishes),

BOY MAGICIAN. The story of the, 238-242

BRÉBEUF, FATHER. Incident connected with, related by Brinton, ; and the after-life of the Indians,

BRINTON, D. G. On the Shoshoneans, ; extract from translation of the Wallum-Olum by, 77-78; on the religion of the Indians, 97-101; on Indian 'good' and 'bad' gods, 104-105; on Indian veneration of the eagle, 110-111

BRUYAS, FATHER. Mentioned,

BUFFALO DANCE. A festival of the Mandans, 134-135

BUFFALO-STEALER. The legend of, 208-212

BUNDLES, SACRED. Collections of articles supposed to possess magical potency, ,

BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY. Quotations from Bulletins of, , , 45-49, 55-59

BURIAL CUSTOMS, INDIAN,

BUSK. A contraction for Pushkita, name of a Creek festival, 133-134

BWOINAIS. A Chippeway warrior; war-songs of, 71-72

CADDO. I. An ethnic division of the American Indians, , . II. A tribe forming a part of the stock of the same name,

CAHROCS. A Californian tribe; deities of, 349-350

'CALAVERAS' SKULL. Prehistoric relic; discovery of,

CALIFORNIA. Prehistoric remains discovered in, ; the tribes of, diversity among, ; mythological beliefs of the tribes of, 348-356

CANIENGAS. One of the two political divisions of the Iroquois family,

CARVER, CAPTAIN JONATHAN. On Sioux methods of reckoning time,

CATLIN, G. On the Pipe-stone Quarry, , 117-118

CAYUGAS. A tribe of the Iroquois stock,

CHÁCOPEE, or WHITE FEATHER. A Sioux hero; the story of, 296-301

CHAREYA (The Old Man Above). Deity of the Cahrocs,

CHARLEVOIX, P. On incident relating to origin of the Indians,

CHEROKEES. A tribe of the Iroquois stock, ; as mound-builders, ; and the eagle, ; and the owl, ; hunter- and thunder-gods of, 125-126; and the points of the compass, ; and the priesthood, ; dialect of the priesthood of, ; subdued by the Iroquois, ; the Iroquois attacks on, ; and the King of Rattlesnakes, ; their legend of the origin of medicine, 249-251

CHEYENNE. A tribe of the Algonquian stock, ; the great tribal fetish of,

CHICKASAWS. A tribe of the Muskhogean stock, ; and earth-mounds,

CHILKAT. A tribe of the Thlingit stock; costume of,

CHIMPSEYANS. An ethnic division of the American Indians; carvings of,

CHINIGCHINICH (Almighty). Deity of the Acagchemems, called also Ouiamot, , 354-355

CHINOOKS. A tribe of the Chinookan stock, ; Coyote a principal deity of, , ; Blue Jay a deity of, ; mode of burial of, ; belief of, regarding the soul, ; cranial deformation among, ; myths of, 322-348; story of their contests with the Supernatural People, 329-332

CHIPPEWAYS, or OJIBWAYS. A tribe of the Algonquian stock, ; dwellings of, ; carvings of, ; called 'Pillagers,' ; war-customs of, 68-69; a legend of, 152-156; Manabozho (or Michabo a demi-god of,

CHOCTAWS. A tribe of the Muskhogean stock, ; cranial deformation among, ; dialect of the priesthood of,

CHURCH, CAPTAIN BENJAMIN. One of the early settlers; his methods in fighting the Indians,

CHUTSAIN. A malevolent spirit of the Tinneh,

CITY OF THE MISTS. Home of Po-shai-an-K'ia, the father of the Zuñi 'medicine' societies,

CLALLAMS. A tribe of the Salish stock; carvings of,

CLARKE, J. On the Pipe-stone Quarry, 116-117

CLIFF- AND ROCK-DWELLINGS, 48-49

CLOUD-CARRIER. The story of, 156-159

COCOPA. A tribe of the Yuman stock; dwellings of, ; costume of,

COLORADO. Prehistoric remains discovered in,

COLOURS. The Indians and, 60-62

COLUMBUS. And the Discovery, ,

COMANCHES. A tribe of the Shoshonean stock, ; dwellings of,

COMMUNITY HOUSES, 45-47

COMPASS, POINTS OF THE. Significance to the Indians,

CONANT, A. J. On the group of earth-mounds in Minnesota,

CONQUEROR, THE. A deity mentioned in the myth of Coyote and Kodoyanpe,

COSTUME OF THE INDIANS, 55-59

COUNTRY OF THE GHOSTS. Same as Spirit-land, which see

COYOTE. See Italapas

COYOTE PEOPLE, THE GREAT. A Zuñi clan, 95-96

CRANIAL DEFORMATION. Practised among the Muskhogeans, ; among the Choctaws, ; among the Chinooks,

CREATION-MYTHS, 106-109, 350-353

CREEKS. A tribe of the Muskhogean stock, ; and earth-mounds, ; and the eagle, no; and the owl, ; Esaugetuh Emissee, the chief deity of, ; the Pushkita, a festival of, 133-134; the priests of,

CREES. A tribe of the Algonquian stock, ; legend of origin of their Young Dog Dance, 190-193; how they caught eagles, 190-191

CROWS. A tribe of the Siouan stock; in a Blackfoot legend, 193-196

DAKOTA. An ethnic division of the American Indians, same as Sioux, which see

DAY OF THE COUNCIL OF THE FETISHES. A Zuñi fetish festival,

DAY-AND-NIGHT MYTH. A Blackfoot, 205-208

DEKANEWIDAH. A Mohawk chieftain; assists Hiawatha in his federation scheme,

DELAWARES. A tribe of the Algonquian stock, ; in the story of Frances Slocum, 37-38,

DÉNÉ. Same as Tinneh, which see

DEVIL. In Indian mythology,

DEVIL DANCES,

DEVIL'S CASTLE. Place in Siskiyou, California; regarded by natives as abode of malignant spirits,

DEVIL-FISH. Supernatural beings in Haida myth; story of an Indian and the daughter of a, 320-321

DEVOURING HILL. The story of the Rabbit and the, 302-303

DICKSON, DR. Discovery of prehistoric remains by,

DIGHTON WRITING ROCK,

DJŪ. A river mentioned in Haida myth,

DOGRIB INDIANS. A tribe of the Athapascan stock; myth of heaven-climber resembles that of Ugrian tribes of Asia,

DROWNED CHILD. The story of the, 285-287

DWELLINGS, INDIAN, 45-49

EAGLE. Indian veneration for, 110-111

EJONI. The first man, in an Acagchemem creation-myth,

ELEGANT. An Indian beau; in the story of Handsome, 160-162

ENO (Thief and Cannibal). A name of Coyote among the Acagchemem tribes,

ES-TONEA-PESTA (The Lord of Cold Weather). In the story of the Snow-lodge, 151-152

ESAUGETUH EMISSEE (Master of Breath). Supreme deity of the Muskhogees, ; in creation-myth,

EYACQUE (Sub-captain). A name of Coyote among the Acagchemem tribes,

FACE-PAINTING, 59-62

FAIRY WIVES. The story of the, 170-175

FEATHER-WOMAN. A beautiful maiden; in the legend of Poïa, 200-203

FEATHER-WORK. Indian skill in,

FESTIVALS, INDIAN, 133-135

FETISHISM. Swanton on totemism and, 84-85; origin and nature of the fetish, 87-89; Apache fetishes, 89-90; Iroquoian fetishes, ; Huron fetishes, ; Algonquian fetishes, ; the Cheyenne tribal fetish, ; Hidatsa fetishes, ; Siouan fetishes, ; Hopi fetishes, 92-93; Zuñi fetishism, 93-97; fetishism associated with totemism,

FEWKES, J. W. And fetishes of the Hopi,

FINE-WEATHER-WOMAN. Haida storm-deity; in the myth of the origin of certain demi-gods, ; origin of, as the mother of Sîñ, 314-316

FIVE NATIONS, THE. A federation of the Iroquois, called also the Grand League, , ; the tribes composing, , 224-225; Hiawatha the founder of the league, ; influence upon European history, , ; called also Six Nations and Seven Nations, ; Hiawatha's early efforts toward federation, ; the federation inaugurated, and completed, ; growth of the power of, ; the Peace Queen appointed by, ; the office of Peace Queen abolished,

FLATHEADS. Name applied to the Choctaws by the whites,

FLETCHER, Miss A. C. On dwellings of the Omaha,

FLYING SQUIRREL. A creative deity of the Sioux; Ictinike and,

FOXES. A tribe of the Algonquian stock, ,

FRIENDLY SKELETON. The story of the, 242-246

FUTURE LIFE. The Indian idea of,

GÉBELIN, COURT DE. And the Dighton Writing Rock,

GENETASKA. A Peace Queen; the legend of, 262-265

GHOST PEOPLE. The souls of the dead, the inhabitants of Spirit-land, , ; Ioi and Blue Jay among, 324-326,

GHOST-LAND. Same as Spirit-land, which see

GILA-SONORA. An ethnic division of the American Indians; costume of,

GITSHE IAWBA. A Chippeway brave; hunting exploit of, 54-55

GLOOSKAP (The Liar). A creative deity of the Algonquins, twin with Malsum, ; his contest with Malsum, 141-142; resembles the Scandinavian Balder, ; creates man, ; contest with Win-pe, 143-144; his gifts to man, 144-145; and Wasis, the baby, 145-146; leaves the earth, 146-147; a sun-god, ; and Summer and Winter, 147-149; his 'wig-wam,'

GOD. The Indian idea of,

GODS, INDIAN. Character of, 103-105; description of the principal, 118-126

GRAND COUNCIL of the Five Nations, ,

GRAND LEAGUE, or KAYANERENH KOWA. A federation of the Iroquois, known also as the Five Nations. See under Five Nations

GREAT DOG. A totem-deity,

GREAT EAGLE. A totem-deity,

GREAT HEAD. A malevolent being, in Iroquois myth; a legend of, 232-235

GREAT MAN. Name for a chief deity among Californian tribes,

GREAT SPIRIT THE, or MANITO. Supreme Indian deity; and the origin of smoking,

GREAT WATER. The Pacific; in the story of the Snake-wife, ,

GREATEST FOOL. Supernatural being in Haida myth; in the story of Master-carpenter and South-east,

GREENLAND. Early voyages from, to America, , 14-16

HAIDA. A tribe of the Skittagetan stock; houses of, 46-47; myths and legends of, 312-321

HAMPTON INSTITUTE. And education of the Indians,

HANDSOME. A beautiful maiden; the story of, 159-162

HAOKAH. Thunder-god of the Sioux,

'HARRYING OF HADES.' American Indian myth provides examples of, , 340-341

HEALING WATERS. The legend of the, 257-260

HELLU-LAND (Land of Flat Stones). In legend of Norse voyage to America, ,

HERBERT, SIR THOMAS. His Travels quoted, 4-5

HERJULFSON, BIARNE. And the Norse discovery of America, 13-14

HIAWATHA (more properly HAI-EN-WAT-HA; = He who seeks the Wampum-belt). A legendary hero of the Iroquois, , 223-228; represented also as of Algonquian race, ; effect of Longfellow's poem on the history of, ; Longfellow's confusion in identity of, ; historical basis for the legends, ; founder of the League of the Five Nations, 223-224; a warrior under Atotarho, ; his plans for federation, ; adopted into the Mohawk tribe, ; his scheme consummated,

HIDATSA. A tribe of the Sioux; fetishes of, ; have no belief in a devil or hell,

HI'NUN. Thunder-god of the Iroquois, ; myths relating to, 218-222; great veneration for,

HOBBAMOCK, Or HOBBAMOQUI (Great). Beneficent Indian deity,

HOFFMANN, W. J. On Algonquian fetishes,

HOGAN. An Indian dwelling,

HOPI, or MOQUI. A tribe of the Shoshonean stock; as cotton-weavers, , ; fetishes of, 92-93; festivals of,

HUNTING, INDIAN, 50-55

HUPA. A tribe of the Athapascan stock; costume of, ; method of reckoning age,

HURONS. A tribe of the Iroquois stock, ; marriage among, ; fetishes of, ; the dove regarded as sacred by, ; and the soul's journey after death, ; originally one people with the Iroquois, ; in the conflict between the Caniengas and Algonquins, ; war with the Onondagas, ; annihilated by the Iroquois, ; a legend of,

ICE-COUNTRY. In Algonquian myth,

ICTINIKE. An evil spirit, in Sioux myth; adventures of, 266-271

ILLINOIS. A tribe of the Algonquian stock; in a Seneca legend, 236-238

'INDIAN.' The name wrongly applied to the North American races,

INDIANA. Primitive implements found in, ; earth-mounds found in, ,

INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN. The theory that they came from the East, 1-2; early controversy as to origin of, 2-3; identified with the lost Ten Tribes, ; other theories of origin of, ; theory of their Welsh origin, 4-5; origination of American man in the Old World, 5-6; scientific data relating to origin of, 5-13, 17-22; affinities with Siberian peoples, 10-12; probably migrants from Asia, 12-13; ethnic divisions of, 22-29; geographical distribution of the tribes of, 22-29; industry of, ; early wars between whites and, 29-31; early relationship with whites, 29-30; deportation of, as slaves, ; confinement of, to 'reservations,' 31-32; stories of whites and, 32-45; and kidnapping of white children, 36-45; dwellings of, 45-49; tribal law and custom among, ; hunting among, 50-55; dress of, 55-59; and face-painting, 59-62; and colours, 60-62; art of, 62-63; war-customs of, 63-72; position of women among, 72-73; marriage among, ; and child-life, 73-74; and totemism, 74-76, 80-87; picture-writing among, 76-78; enlightenment of, , ; and fetishism, 87-97; and religion, 97-105, ; ideas of God, ; character of gods of, 103-105; creation-myths of, 106-109; serpent- and bird-worship among, 109-115; and the use of tobacco, 115-118; the gods of, 118-126; and ideas of a future life, 127-128; burial customs of, ; and the soul's journey after death, ; and the spirit-world, 129-130, 139-140; reverence for the four points of the compass, ; methods of time-reckoning, 131-133; festivals of, , 133-135; the medicine-men of, 135-140; original character of the mythologies of, ; worthiness of the race, 359-360

IOI. A deity of the Chinooks, sister of Blue Jay; stories of, 323-327

IOSKEHA (White One). One of the twin-gods of the Iroquois,

IOWA. I. The State; prehistoric remains discovered in, . II. A tribe of the Sioux stock, ; legends of, 266-271

IROQUOIS (Real Adders). An ethnic division of the American Indians, called also Long House People, 23-24, ; the Five Nations of, , , 223-227; community houses of, ; costume of, ; marriage customs of, ; name for fetish, ; and the serpent of the Great Lakes, ; the twin-gods of, ; and the soul's journey after death, ; myths and legends of, 217-265; Hi'nun, the chief deity of, ; Hiawatha, a mythical hero of, ; originally one people with the Hurons, ; the two political branches of, 224-225; growth of the power of,

IROQUOIS CONFEDERACY. See Five Nations

ISLAND OF THE BLESSED. In the story of the Spirit-bride, 163-165

ITALAPAS or ITALAPATE, (Coyote). A principal deity of the Chinooks and Californian tribes, 123-124, ; in the myth of Ouiot,

JAPAZAWS. A chief,

JEWS. American aborigines identified with, 3-4

KATCINA. A clan of the Hopi tribe, and the tribal festivals,

KAYANERENH KOWA. The Grand League, or Five Nations, a federation of the Troquois. See under Five Nations

KENTUCKY. Earth-mounds found in,

KEWAWKQU'. A race of giants and magicians, in Algonquian myth; conquered by Glooskap,

KICHAI. A tribe of the Caddoan stock,

KICKAPOOS. A tribe of the Algonquian stock,

KIDNAPPING by Indians, ; a story of, 37-45

KIEHTAN. Beneficent Indian deity,

KING OF GRUBS. In the myth of the Thunderers,

KING OF RATTLESNAKES. The legend of,

KING PHILIP'S WAR, 30-31

KINGFISHER. A creative deity of the Sioux; Ictinike and,

KINGSBOROUGH, LORD. And the identity of the American aborigines,

KIOWA. An ethnic division of the American Indians; dwellings of, ; picture-writing records of, ; the year of,

KITTANITOWIT. A manufactured name for the supreme Indian deity,

KOCH, DR. Prehistoric remains discovered by,

KODOYANPE. Principal deity of the Maidu, ,

KOHL, J. G. On Indian face-painting, 59-62

KOKOMIKIS. The Moon-goddess, wife of the Sun-god; in the stories of Scar-face, 199-204

KOLUSCHES. An ethnic division of the American Indians; customs of, resemble those of Asiatic tribes, 10-11

KOOTENAY. An ethnic division of the American Indians; Coyote the creative deity of,

KUM. A semi-subterranean lodge of the Maidu,

KUTOYIS (Drop of Blood). A hero in Algonquian myth; legends of, 212-216

LAKE SUPERIOR. Prehistoric remains discovered in district of,

LAND OF THE SUN. Indian abode of bliss,

LAND OF THE SUPERNATURAL PEOPLE. Region inhabited by a semi-divine race, 129-130; in Chinook myth, 323-324, 327-332, 337-338

LANGUAGE. Resemblance between that of American and Asiatic tribes, ; the basis of ethnic classification of American tribes,

LEIF THE LUCKY. Legend of voyage of, to America, 14-15

LELAND, C. G. On Algonquian mythology,

LENI-LENÂPÉ. A tribe of the Algonquian stock; the Wallum-Olum of, 77-78

LIGHTNING. Indian belief regarding, 111-112

LIPANS. A tribe of the Athapascan stock,

LITTLE DEER. Chief of the Deer tribe, in Cherokee myth. ,

LITTLE MEN. Twin thunder-gods of the Cherokees,

LONE-DOG WINTER-COUNT. A picture-writing chronicle of the Dakota,

LONG HOUSE PEOPLE. A name applied to the Iroquois, ,

LONGFELLOW, H. W. And the identity of Hiawatha,

LORD OF THE DEAD. Indian deity; the owl sometimes represented as the attendant of,

LOUCHEUX. A division of the Tinneh stock; the myth of the moon-god of, 357-358

LOX, or LOKI. Algonquian deity, a reincarnation of Malsum, ; reminiscent of the Scandinavian Loki, ; in the story of the Fairy Wives, 174-175

LYELL, SIR CHARLES. On discovery of prehistoric remains,

MA-CON-A-QUA. The Indian name of Frances Slocum,

MADOC. Legend of,

MAIDU. A Californian tribe; dwellings of, ; creation-myth of, ; Coyote and Kodoyanpe deities of, ; the seasons of,

MAIZE. Chippeway story of the origin of, 180-182

MAKER-OF-THE-THICK-SEA-MIST. Haida deity; in the story of Master-carpenter and South-east,

MALICIOUS MOTHER-IN-LAW. Story of the, 176-180

MALSUM (The Wolf). A malignant creative deity of the Algonquins, twin with Glooskap, 141-143, ; contest with Glooskap, 141-142; appears later in Algonquian myth as Lox, or Loki, ; future conflict with Glooskap,

MAN. Origin of, in America, 5-22

MANABOZHO. Same as Michabo, , which see

MANDANS. A tribe of the Siouan stock; community houses of, ; creation-myth of, ; the dove regarded as sacred by, ; the Buffalo Dance, a festival of, 134-135

MANITO (The Great Spirit). I. Supreme deity of the Algonquins, probably same as Michabo; and the lightning, . II. A general term for a potent spirit or the supernatural among the Algonquins and Sioux, . III. Supreme deity of the Iroquois; in the legend of the Healing Waters, 257-260

MARK-LAND (Wood-land). In legend of the Norse voyage to America, ,

MARRIAGE among the Indians,

MARTEN. An idle brave; in the story of the Fairy Wives, 170-172

MASON, JOHN. One of the early settlers; and the feud with the Pequots,

MASTER OF LIFE. In the story of the Spirit-bride,

MASTER-CARPENTER. A supernatural being, in Haida myth; story of his contest with South-east, 316-318

MEDA. A 'medicine' society of the Algonquins,

MEDA CHANT. An Algonquian religious ceremony,

MEDECOLIN. Sorcerers, in Algonquian myth; conquered by Glooskap,

MEDICINE-MEN, or SHAMANS, 135-140; as priests, ; as healers, 136-138; 'journeys' of, to Spirit-land, 139-140; instituted by Attajen,

'MEDICINE.' A term signifying magical potency, usually of a healing order; Seneca legend of the origin of, 230-232; Cherokee legend of the origin of curative medicine, 249-251

MEN-SERPENTS. The story of the, 273-275

MENOMINEES. A tribe of the Algonquian stock,

MIAMI. A tribe of the Algonquian stock; in the story of Frances Slocum, ,

MICE. Two supernatural beings in Chinook myth, 339-340

MICHABO (The Great Hare). I. Supreme deity of the Algonquins, probably same as Manito, 119-120; in creation-myth, 107-108. II. A demi-god of the Ojibways, called also Manabozho; confusion of, with Hiawatha,

MICMACS. A tribe of the Algonquian stock, ; subdued by the Iroquois,

MILKY WAY. Called the Wolf-trail by the Indians,

MINAS, LAKE. In Nova Scotia; Glooskap leaves the earth upon,

MINNESOTA. Primitive implements found in, ; earth-mounds found in, , 19-20

MINNETAREES. A tribe of the Hidatsa stock; creation-myth of,

'MIOCENE BRIDGE.' And the origin of man in America,

MOHAVE. A tribe of the Yuman stock; costume of,

MOHAWKS. A tribe of the Iroquois stock, , , ; and the twin-gods myth of the Iroquois, ; Hiawatha may have belonged to, , ; Hiawatha adopted into,

MOHEGANS. Same as Mohicans, which see

MOHICANS, or MOHEGANS. A tribe of the Algonquian stock, ; a community house of, ; subdued by the Iroquois,

MON-DA-MIN. The maize-plant; story of the origin of, 180-182

MONTAGNAIS. A tribe of the Algonquian stock,

MOON-GODDESS. See Kokomikis

MOOSE. A brave, a great hunter; in the story of the Fairy Wives, 170-172

MOOWIS. A counterfeit brave; in the story of Elegant and Handsome, 161-162

MOQUI. Same as Hopi, which see

MORGAN, L. On Indian community houses, 45-46

MORNING STAR. See Apisirahts

MOUNDS. Prehistoric earthen erections found in America, 17-22; in animal form, 17-18; purpose of, ; contents of, 18-19, ; description of a group, 19-20; the builders of, 20-21; age of, 21-22

MUSK-RAT. A creative deity of the Sioux; Ictinike and, 270-271

MUSKHOGEANS. An ethnic division of the American Indians, ; costume of, ; marriage-customs of, ; creation-myth of,

NAKOTAT. A Chinook village; in the myth of Stikŭa, ,

NANTAQUAUS. Son of the chief Powhatan,

NANTENA. Spirits or fairies, in Tinneh mythology,

NÁPI. The creative deity of the Blackfeet; in a day-and-night legend, , ; in the legend of Buffalo-stealer, 208-212

NARRAGANSETS. A tribe of the Algonquian stock,

NARVAEZ, PANFILO DE. And the Muskhogean people,

NATCHEZ. I. The city; discoveries of prehistoric remains at, . II. A tribe of the so-called Natchesan stock; and earth-mounds, ; and the eagle,

NAVAHO. A tribe of the Athapascan stock, ; a dwelling of, ; costume of, ; belief of, respecting birds and the winds, ; Ahsonnutli the chief deity of, 121-122; belief of, respecting the soul, ; and the points of the compass,

NEBRASKA. Prehistoric remains discovered in,

NEKUMONTA. An Iroquois brave; in the legend of the Healing Waters, 257-260

NEMISSA. A Star-maiden; in the story of Cloud-carrier, 156-159

NEW ORLEANS. Prehistoric remains discovered at,

NEW YORK. State of; conflict between Indians and the early settlers in,

NEZ PERCÉS. A tribe of the Sahaptian stock; dwellings of,

NIPARAYA. A supreme deity of the Pericues, 355-356

NIPMUCS. A tribe of the Algonquian stock,

NOCUMA. A creative deity of the Acagchemems, 352-353

NOKAY. A noted Chippeway hunter; hunting exploit of,

NOOTKAS. A tribe of the Nootka-Columbia stock; dwellings of, ; Quahootze, a deity of,

NOPATSIS. A brave; in the legend of the origin of the Beaver Medicine, 184-187

NORSEMEN. Discovery of America by, 13-14, ; early voyages of, to America, 14-16; left no traces of their occupation,

NOTTOWAYS. A tribe of the Iroquois stock,

NUNNE CHAHA. A hill mentioned in the Muskhogean creation-myth,

OHIO. I. The State; primitive implements found in, ; earth-mounds found in, , . II. The river; attempt to maintain as Indian boundary,

OJIBWAYS. Same as Chippeways, which see

OKINAI. In the story of Bearskin-woman, 183-184

OKULAM (Noise of Surge). Name given to giant in Chinook myth of the Thunderer,

OLCHONES. A Californian tribe; sun identified with supreme deity by,

OLD MAN ABOVE. I. Name for supreme deity among Californian tribes, . II. The Chareya of the Cahrocs,

OLD WHITE BEAR. Chief of the Bear tribe, in Cherokee myth,

OMAHAS. A tribe of the Siouan stock; dwellings of, ; Ictinike a war-god of,

ONE ABOVE. Name for supreme deity among Californian tribes,

ONEIDAS. A tribe of the Iroquois stock, , , ; inaugurate the federation of the Five Nations,

ONNIONT. A mythological serpent,

ONONDAGAS. A tribe of the Iroquois stock, ; Hiawatha probably belonged to, ; war with Caniengas and Hurons, ; Atotarho a chief of, ; and Hiawatha's federation scheme,

ORENDA. Magical power,

OSAGES. A tribe probably of the Algonquian stock; dwellings of,

OTTER-HEART. The story of, 165-170

OUIAMOT. Same as Chinigchinich, which see

OUIOT (Dominator). I. A demi-god of the Acagchemems, 351-352. II. A tyrannous ruler, 353-354

OWL, THE. Indian veneration for,

PAHE-WATHAHUNI (The Devouring Hill). The story of the Rabbit and, 302-303

PAIUTES. A tribe of the Yunian stock; houses of,

PALMER, CAPTAIN G. Work by, quoted, 3-4

PAMOLA. An evil spirit, in Algonquian myth; conquered by Glooskap,

PAWNEES. A confederacy of tribes of the Caddoan stock, , ; and the tribal fetish of the Cheyenne, ; and thunder, ; Atius Tiráwa, the chief deity of, ; and the Young Dog Dance, ; subdued by the Iroquois, ; strong religious sense of, ; myths and legends of, 304-311; story of the origin of their Sacred Bundle, 304-308

PAYNE, E. J. On resemblance of customs of American and Asiatic tribes, 10-11

PEACE QUEEN. A maiden appointed by the Five Nations to be arbiter of quarrels; the legend of Genetaska the, 262-265; the office abolished,

PEBBLE-RATTLER. Haida wind-deity; in the story of Master-carpenter and South-east,

PEQUOTS. A tribe of the Algonquian stock; feud between the whites and,

PERICUES. A Californian tribe; the hostile divinities of, 355-356

PETIT ANSE. Place in Louisiana; prehistoric remains discovered at,

PHILIP. An Indian chief, called 'King Philip'; war of, with the whites, 30-31

PICTURE-WRITING, INDIAN, 76-78

PIGMIES. Iroquois belief in a race of, ; a legend of, 246-248; perhaps actually a prehistoric American race,

PIMAS. A tribe of the Pueblo stock; costume of, ; method of keeping records,

PIPE-STONE QUARRY. Source of the Indian's pipe; description of, 116-118

PLAGUE DEMON. Iroquois deity,

PLAINS INDIANS. Costume of, ; artistic work of, ; rank among, indicated by feathers worn, ; marriage among,

POCAHONTAS. Daughter of the chief Powhatan; the story of, 32-36

POÏA (Scar-face). The legends of, 196-205

PORCUPINE. One of the Porcupine People, in Haida myth; story of the conflict between Beaver and, 318-320

PO-SHAI-AN-K'IA. A Zuñi deity, father of the 'medicine' societies, ; in creation-myth,

POWELL, CAPTAIN NATHANIEL. And the story of Pocahontas, 32-36

POWERS, STEPHEN. On evil spirits in Indian mythology, 349-350

POWHATAN. A chief, father of Pocahontas, ,

POWHATANS. A tribe of the Algonquian stock, ; belief of, respecting birds, .

PRATT, CAPTAIN R. H. His school for the education of Indian children,

PREHISTORIC REMAINS. Discoveries of, 7-10

PREY BROTHERS. A priesthood of the Zuñi,

PREY-GODS. Deities of the Zuñi, 94-97

PRIESTHOOD of the Indian tribes, 135-136

PRINCE OF SERPENTS. A deity who dwelt in the Great Lakes, ,

PUEBLOS. I. An ethnic division of the American Indians; buildings of, , ; costume of, , ; artistic work of, ; festivals of, . II. Indian community houses, ,

PUSHKITA. A festival of the Creeks,

QUAAYAYP. A son of the Pericue deity Niparaya,

QUAH-BEET (Great Beaver). Algonquian totem-deity; in myth of Glooskap and Malsum,

QUAHOOTZE. Deity of the Nootkas,

QUAPAWS. A tribe of the Caddoan stock; and earth-mounds,

RABBIT. Personified animal in Sioux myth; Ictinike and, 266-268; and the Sun, 301-302; and Pahe-Wathahuni, the Devouring Hill, 302-303

RAFN, K. C. Cited, ; and the Dighton Writing Rock,

RATTLESNAKE. Indian regard for the, 113-115

RAVEN. Personification in Chinook myth; in the story of Stikŭa, 342-348

RED PIPE-STONE ROCK. The first pipe made at,

RED-STORM-CLOUD. A Haida wind-deity; in the story of Master-carpenter and South-east,

RESERVATIONS, INDIAN, 31-32

RESURRECTION. Indian belief in,

ROBIN. A deity of the Chinooks, brother of Blue Jay, , ,

ROGEL, FATHER. Incident connected with his missionary work,

ROLFE, JOHN. Husband of Pocahontas,

ROOT-DIGGERS. A tribe of the Shoshonean stock,

SACRED BUNDLE. The story of the, 304-308

SACRED OTTER. A hunter; in the story of the Snow-lodge, 150-152

SALISH INDIANS. A tribe probably of the Algonquian stock; houses of, ; costume of,

SALMON. The story of, 282-285

SANTEES. A tribe of the Siouan stock,

SASSACUS. Pequot chief; his village destroyed,

SAUKS. A tribe of the Siouan stock,

SAYADIO. A young Wyandot brave; the legend of, 260-262

SCALPING. Nature of the act, ; preservation of scalps,

SCAR-FACE. See Poïa

SCHOOLCRAFT, H. R. On Indian hunting, 52-55; on Indian warfare, 66-72; on the Indian's use of tobacco, and his pipe, 115-118; and the identity of Hiawatha,

SECOTAN. An Indian village in North Carolina,

SEMINOLES. A tribe of the Muskhogean stock, ; costume of,

SENECAS. A tribe of the Iroquois stock, , ; the so-called, in Oklahoma, ; join the Grand League, ; story of the origin of the 'medicine' of, 230-232; legend of, 236-238

SERPENT, THE. In Indian mythology, 109-111, ; worship of, 112-114; reverence paid to,

SHADOW-LAND. Same as Spirit-land, which see

SHANEWIS. Wife of Nekumonta; in the legend of the Healing Waters, 257-260

SHAWNEES. A tribe of the Algonquian stock, ; as mound-builders, ; and the King of Rattlesnakes,

SHOSHONEANS (Snakes). An ethnic division of the American Indians, 28-29; costume of,

SHUSHWAP INDIANS. A Salish tribe; Coyote the creative deity of,

SILVER CHAIN. Name applied to the Grand Council of the league of the Five Nations,

SÎÑ. Sky-god and principal deity of the Haida; myth of the incarnation of, 314-316

SINNEKES. One of the two political divisions of the Iroquois, ,

SIOUX, or DAKOTA. An ethnic division of the American Indians, , ; superstition of, resembles that of the Itelmians of Kamchatka, ; dwellings of, ; face-painting among, 61-62; war-customs of, ; fetishes of, ; belief of, respecting the winds, ; and the eagle, ; and the rattlesnake, ; Haokah, the chief thunder-god of, ; Waukheon, a thunder-god of, ; Unktahe, the water-god of, ; and the soul's journey after death, ; the year of, ; methods of time-reckoning of, 132-133; myths and legends of, 266-303

SIROUT (Handful of Tobacco). One of the first men, in an Acagchemem creation-myth,

SITS-BY-THE-DOOR. The story of, 193-196

SKRÆLINGR. Name given by Norsemen to American natives, ; attack the early Norse voyagers,

SKULL, DEFORMATION OF THE. Practised by the Muskhogean peoples, chiefly by Choctaws, ; among the Chinooks,

SKY-COUNTRY. In a version of the story of Poïa, 201-205

SKY-GOD. Of the Haida--see Sîñ

SLOCUM, FRANCES. The story of, 37-45

SMOKE-EATER. A being with magical powers, in Chinook myth,

SMOKING among the Indians, 115-118; legend of the origin of, ; importance of, in Indian life,

SNAKE-OGRE. The story of the, 278-282

SNAKE-WIFE. The story of the, 287-292

SNOW-LODGE. The story of the, 149-152

SOKUMAPI. A young brave; in Blackfoot story of the origin of the Bear-spear, 187-190

SOTO, HERNANDO DE. And the Muskhogean people,

SOUL. The journey of the, after death, in Indian belief,

SOULS, THE LAND OF. In the legend of Sayadio, 260-261

SOUTH-EAST. A Haida deity representing the south-east wind; contest of, with Master-carpenter, 316-318

SPIDER MAN. In the legend of Poïa, ,

SPIRIT-BRIDE. The story of the, 162-165

SPIRIT-LAND. Abode of mortals after death, 129-130; the lesser soul of sick persons taken to, , 139-140; 'visits' of medicine-men to, 139-140; in the story of the Spirit-bride, 162-165; in the story of Sayadio, 260-261; Ioi and Blue Jay in, 324-326

SQA-I. A town in the Queen Charlotte Islands; the contest of Master-carpenter and South-east at, 316-318

SQUIER, E. G. And the earth-mounds,

STAR-BOY. First name of Poïa, or Scar-face, ,

STAR-COUNTRY, THE. In the story of Algon, 155-156; in the story of Cloud-carrier, 156-159; in the story of the Fairy Wives,

STAR-MAIDEN. The story of the, 152-156

STIKŬA. Wife of Blue Jay; the story of, 341-348

STONE GIANTESS. The story of the, 254-257

STONE GIANTS. A malignant race, in Iroquois myth, , 228-229, 255-257

STYLES, DR. And the Dighton Writing Rock,

SUMMER. Queen of the Elves of Light, in Algonquian myth; Glooskap and, 148-149

SUN, THE. In Indian creation-myth, ; worship of, , ; in Sioux myth, the Rabbit and, 301-302

SUN DANCE. Blackfoot ceremony for the restoration of the sick; Poïa brings the secrets of, to the Blackfeet,

SUN-CHILDREN. Extract from the story of the two, 93-94

SUN-COUNTRY. In the story of Scar-face, 198-200

SUN-GOD. In the stories of Scar-face, 197-205; in a Blackfoot day-and-night myth, ; the Sioux deity, Ictinike the son of,

SUPERNATURAL PEOPLE, THE. A semi-divine race, 129-130; Blue Jay and, 124-125, 323-324, , 329-332; Haida myth of the origin of certain, 312-314; in Chinook myth, 323-324, 327-332, 337-338

SUSQUEHANNOCKS. A tribe of the Iroquois stock,

SWAMP FIGHT. A battle between Indians and whites,

SWANTON, J. R. On totemism, 84-87

SWEET GRASS HILLS. In the legend of Buffalo-stealer,

TA-UL-TZU-JE. An Indian; the fetish of,

TACU. In Californian myth, reputed father of Ouiamot,

TACULLIES. A tribe of the Tinneh stock; a superstition of,

TAKAHLI. A South American tribe; moral sense of,

TAKER-OFF-OF-THE-TREE-TOPS. Haida wind-deity; in the story of Master-carpenter and South-east,

TARENYAWAGO. Master of ceremonies in the Land of Souls; in the legend of Sayadio,

TAWISCARA (Dark One). One of the twin-gods of the Iroquois,

TECUMSEH. An Algonquin chief; war of, with the whites,

TETONS. A tribe of the Siouan stock,

TEXAS. Indians of; and earth-mounds,

THORWALD. Brother of Leif the Lucky; voyage of, to America,

THREE TESTS. The story of the, 275-278

THUNDER-BOYS. Twin thunder-gods of the Cherokees,

THUNDER-GODS, INDIAN, 125-126; analogous to thunder-gods of the aboriginal Mexican peoples,

THUNDER-MEN. Man-eating beings in Sioux myth; in the story of the Snake-wife, 290-292; transformed into the thunder-clouds,

THUNDERER. A supernatural being, in Chinook myth, 334-338

THUNDERER'S SON-IN-LAW. The story of the, 332-341

THUNDERERS. The people of Hi'nun, the Iroquois thunder-god; a myth relating to, 219-222

TIDAL-WAVE. Haida storm-deity; in the story of Master-carpenter and South-east,

TIHUGUN (My Old Friend). A beneficent deity of the Tinneh,

TIME. Indian methods of reckoning, 131-133

TINNEH, or DÉNÉ. A division of the Athapascan stock, , ; poverty of, in mythological conceptions, 356-357; beliefs of, 357-358

TIPI. An Indian tent-dwelling, ,

TIPPECANOE. Battle of the,

TLINGIT. A tribe of the Koluschan stock; houses of, 46-47

TO-MORROW. Haida deity, mother of South-east; in the story of Master-carpenter,

TOBACCO. Use of, among the Indians, 115-116; legend of the origin of smoking,

TOBET. I. A ceremonial dancer of the Acagchemems, . II. The costume worn by the tobet,

TOSAUT. A rock mentioned in creation-myth of the Acagchemem tribes, ,

TOTEMISM. Influence of, upon marriage, ; story of an adventure with a totem, 74-75; story of a totem-vigil, 75-76; origin of, among the Indians, 80-81; wide extension of, , 82-83; development of the totem into a deity, ; rules of, ; severity of totemic rule, ; Swanton on, 84-87; associated with fetishism, ; influence upon the growth of 'morality,'

TSUI 'KALU (Slanting Eyes). A hunter-god of the Cherokees, 125-126

TUPARAN. Same as Wac, which see

TUSCARORAS. A tribe of the Iroquois stock, ; and the twin-gods myth of the Iroquois,

TWIN-GODS of the Iroquois,

TYRKER, or TYDSKER. In legend of Norse voyage to America, ,

TZI-DALTAI. Fetishes of the Apaches, 89-90

UNDERWORLD. Sioux story of an adventure in, 292-296

UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT. And the Indians, ,

UNKTAHE. Water-god of the Dakota,

UTONAGAN. A totem-spirit; an Indian's adventure with, 74-75

VANCOUVER, G. And Indian dwellings,

VIRGINIA. Earth-mounds found in, ; wars between whites and early settlers in, 29-30

WABASKAHA. An Omaha brave; the story of, 271-273

WABOJEEG. An Indian chief; hunting exploit of, ; a war-song of, 70-71

WABOSE, CATHERINE. The adventure of, 75-76

WAC. A supreme deity of the Pericues, called also Tuparan,

WAKANDA. A deity of the Omaha; in the story of Wabaskaha, ; in the story of the Snake-wife,

WAKINYJAN (The Flyers). Sioux wind-deities who send storms,

WALES. Legend that North American Indians came from, 4-5

"WALLUM-OLUM." Picture-writing records of the Leni-Lenâpé, 77-78

WAR-DANCE, INDIAN, , 69-70

WARFARE AND WAR-CUSTOMS, INDIAN, 63-72

WASIS. A baby, in Algonquian myth; Glooskap and, 145-146

WATER MANITOU. In a Chippeway legend,

WATER-GOD. Of the Dakota, ; in an Iroquois legend, 286-287

WAUKHEON (Thunder-bird). A thunder-god of the Dakota,

WAYNE, GENERAL A.,

WEASEL. Name of the Fairy Wives,

WEST WIND, THE. I. Algonquian deity, father of Michabo, . II. Deity of the Iroquois, brother of Hi'nun, ; destroys the Stone Giants, 228-229

WHALE-MEAT-CUTTER. A being with magical powers, in Chinook myth,

WHITE FEATHER. See Chácopee

WHITES. Familiar name for European settlers in America; early wars with Indians, 29-31; early relationship with Indians, 29-30, ; Blackfoot idea of the originator of,

WHITNEY, PROFESSOR J. D. Discovery of 'Calaveras' skull by,

WICHITA. A tribe of the Caddoan stock, ; grass hut of,

WICKIUP. An Indian dwelling,

WIGWAM. An Indian dwelling,

WILSON, PROFESSOR D. On the Chinooks,

WIN-PE. A giant sorcerer, in Algonquian myth; Glooskap and, 143-144

WINE-LAND. In legend of Norse voyage to America,

WINNEBAGO. A tribe of the Siouan stock; as mound-builders,

WINSLOW, E. On the gods of the Indians,

WINTER. A giant, in Algonquian myth; Glooskap and, 147-148

WISCONSIN. Earth-mounds found in,

WITCHCRAFT. Iroquois belief in,

WOLF-TRAIL. Indian name for the Milky Way,

WOMEN, INDIAN. Position of, 72-73; skill of, in weaving,

WONDERFUL KETTLE. The story of the, 251-254

WYANDOTS. A tribe of the Iroquois stock; allied with Algonquian tribes, ; a legend of, 260-262

WYOMING. Prehistoric remains discovered in,

YANKTONS. A tribe of the Siouan stock,

YCAIUT (Above). One of the first women, in an Acagchemem creation-myth,

YOUNG DOG DANCE. Legend of the origin of the, 190-193

YUCHI. A tribe of the Uchean stock; and earth-mounds,

ZlNZENDORF, THE COUNT OF. Story of the rattlesnake and, 114-115

ZUÑI. A tribe of the Zuñian stock; fetishism among, 93-97; creation-myth of, 106-107; Awonawilona, the chief deity of, , ; and the eagle, ; and the serpent, ; the year of, ; dialect of the priesthood of,