GLOSSARY AND INDEX
A
ABNAKI, A tribe of the Algonquian stock, [25]
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, [16]
AÉ. The first woman, in an Acagchemem creation-myth, [353]
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, [11]
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, [24] n.; tribes and distribution of, [24-25]; early history, [25]; an advanced people, [26]; costume of, [58]; marriage-customs of, [73]; creation-myth of, [107-108]; belief of, respecting birds, [110]; belief of, respecting lightning, [112]; and the owl, [111]; and the serpent of the Great Lakes, [113]; Michabo the chief deity of, [119-120]; and the soul's journey after death, [129]; the festivals of, [133]; dialect of the priests of, [136]; myths and legends of, [141-216]; conflict with the Caniengas, [225], subdued by the Iroquois, [227]; and the King of Rattlesnakes, [248]
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, [6], [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, [355]
ANIMISM, [80]
ANNIMIKENS. A brave; hunting adventure of, [55]
APACHES. A tribe of the Athapascan stock, [22]; of Arizona, houses of, [47]; costume of, [59]; fetishes of, [89-90]; and the points of the compass, [131]
APALACHEES. A tribe of the Muskhogean stock, [27]
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, [25]; dwellings of, [48]
ARGALL, CAPTAIN SAMUEL. Mentioned in the story of Pocahontas, [32], [36]
ARIKARA. A tribe of the Caddoan stock, [28]
ART, INDIAN, [62-63]
ASGAYA GIGAGEI (Red Man). A thunder-god of the Cherokees, [126]
ASHOCHIMI. A Californian tribe; Coyote, a deity of, [124]
ASIA. Ethnological relationship between America and, [6], [10-13]
ASSINIBOINS. A tribe of the Siouan stock, [28]; their method of cooking flesh, [11]
ATHAPASCANS. An ethnic division of the American Indians, [22-23]; costume of, [58]; and the soul's journey after death, [129]
ATIUS TIRÁWA. Principal deity of the Pawnees, [122]; in the story of the Sacred Bundle, [307]; in the story of the Bear-man, [308], [310], [311]
ATOTARHO. A legendary hero of the Iroquois, chieftain of the Onondagas, [217], [225-226]; Hiawatha a warrior under, [225]; at first opposes Hiawatha's federation scheme, but later joins in it, [226]
ATTAJEN (Man, or Rational Being). In Acagchemem myth, a semi-divine being, a benefactor of the human race, [354]
AUGHEY, DR. Prehistoric remains discovered by, [8]
AUZAR. In Acagchemem myth, reputed mother of Ouiamot, [354]
AWONAWILONA (Maker and Container of All). The Zuñi creative deity, [106], [121]
AZTECS. An aboriginal American race; the Shoshoneans related to, [29]
B
BABEENS. A tribe of the Athapascan stock; carvings of, [63]
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, [136]
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], [271]. 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, [142]; 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, [203]
BIRD, THE. In Indian mythology, [109-111]
BLACK TORTOISE, TOMB OF THE. An earth-mound, [19-20]
BLACKFEET. A tribe of the Algonquian stock, [24], [25]; legends of, [182-184], [187-190], [193-212]; the Sun Dance of, [204]; Nápi, the creative deity of, [205]
BLUE JAY. A mischievous totem-deity of the Chinooks, [124-125], [323]; stories of, and his sister Ioi, [323-327]; and the Supernatural People, [323-324], [327], [329-332], [339-340]; in the story of Stikŭa, [342-348]
BOAS, FRANZ. Extract from version of the Coyote myth related by, [124]
BOSCANA, FATHER GERÓNIMO. On the beliefs of Californian tribes, [350-354]
BOURBEUSE RIVER. Prehistoric remains discovered at, [7]
BOURKE, J. G. Description of an Apache fetish by, [89-90]; on 'phylacteries' (fetishes), [90]
BOY MAGICIAN. The story of the, [238-242]
BRÉBEUF, FATHER. Incident connected with, related by Brinton, [100]; and the after-life of the Indians, [130]
BRINTON, D. G. On the Shoshoneans, [29]; 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, [104]
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, [92], [308]
BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY. Quotations from Bulletins of, [17], [21], [45-49], [55-59]
BURIAL CUSTOMS, INDIAN, [128]
BUSK. A contraction for Pushkita, name of a Creek festival, [133-134]
BWOINAIS. A Chippeway warrior; war-songs of, [71-72]
C
CADDO. I. An ethnic division of the American Indians, [28], [304]. II. A tribe forming a part of the stock of the same name, [28]
CAHROCS. A Californian tribe; deities of, [349-350]
'CALAVERAS' SKULL. Prehistoric relic; discovery of, [8]
CALIFORNIA. Prehistoric remains discovered in, [8]; the tribes of, diversity among, [348]; mythological beliefs of the tribes of, [348-356]
CANIENGAS. One of the two political divisions of the Iroquois family, [225]
CARVER, CAPTAIN JONATHAN. On Sioux methods of reckoning time, [132]
CATLIN, G. On the Pipe-stone Quarry, [116], [117-118]
CAYUGAS. A tribe of the Iroquois stock, [224]
CHÁCOPEE, or WHITE FEATHER. A Sioux hero; the story of, [296-301]
CHAREYA (The Old Man Above). Deity of the Cahrocs, [350]
CHARLEVOIX, P. On incident relating to origin of the Indians, [12]
CHEROKEES. A tribe of the Iroquois stock, [23]; as mound-builders, [21]; and the eagle, [111]; and the owl, [111]; hunter- and thunder-gods of, [125-126]; and the points of the compass, [131]; and the priesthood, [136]; dialect of the priesthood of, [136]; subdued by the Iroquois, [227]; the Iroquois attacks on, [246]; and the King of Rattlesnakes, [248]; their legend of the origin of medicine, [249-251]
CHEYENNE. A tribe of the Algonquian stock, [25]; the great tribal fetish of, [91]
CHICKASAWS. A tribe of the Muskhogean stock, [27]; and earth-mounds, [21]
CHILKAT. A tribe of the Thlingit stock; costume of, [58]
CHIMPSEYANS. An ethnic division of the American Indians; carvings of, [63]
CHINIGCHINICH (Almighty). Deity of the Acagchemems, called also Ouiamot, [352], [354-355]
CHINOOKS. A tribe of the Chinookan stock, [322]; Coyote a principal deity of, [123], [124]; Blue Jay a deity of, [124]; mode of burial of, [128]; belief of, regarding the soul, [129]; cranial deformation among, [322]; myths of, [322-348]; story of their contests with the Supernatural People, [329-332]
CHIPPEWAYS, or OJIBWAYS. A tribe of the Algonquian stock, [25]; dwellings of, [48]; carvings of, [63]; called 'Pillagers,' [68]; war-customs of, [68-69]; a legend of, [152-156]; Manabozho (or Michabo a demi-god of, [223]
CHOCTAWS. A tribe of the Muskhogean stock, [27]; cranial deformation among, [27]; dialect of the priesthood of, [136]
CHURCH, CAPTAIN BENJAMIN. One of the early settlers; his methods in fighting the Indians, [31]
CHUTSAIN. A malevolent spirit of the Tinneh, [358]
CITY OF THE MISTS. Home of Po-shai-an-K'ia, the father of the Zuñi 'medicine' societies, [95]
CLALLAMS. A tribe of the Salish stock; carvings of, [63]
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, [47]; costume of, [59]
COLORADO. Prehistoric remains discovered in, [8]
COLOURS. The Indians and, [60-62]
COLUMBUS. And the Discovery, [1], [2]
COMANCHES. A tribe of the Shoshonean stock, [28]; dwellings of, [48]
COMMUNITY HOUSES, [45-47]
COMPASS, POINTS OF THE. Significance to the Indians, [131]
CONANT, A. J. On the group of earth-mounds in Minnesota, [20]
CONQUEROR, THE. A deity mentioned in the myth of Coyote and Kodoyanpe, [123]
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, [27]; among the Choctaws, [27]; among the Chinooks, [322]
CREATION-MYTHS, [106-109], [350-353]
CREEKS. A tribe of the Muskhogean stock, [27]; and earth-mounds, [21]; and the eagle, no; and the owl, [111]; Esaugetuh Emissee, the chief deity of, [122]; the Pushkita, a festival of, [133-134]; the priests of, [136]
CREES. A tribe of the Algonquian stock, [25]; 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]
D
DAKOTA. An ethnic division of the American Indians, same as Sioux, which see
DAY OF THE COUNCIL OF THE FETISHES. A Zuñi fetish festival, [96]
DAY-AND-NIGHT MYTH. A Blackfoot, [205-208]
DEKANEWIDAH. A Mohawk chieftain; assists Hiawatha in his federation scheme, [226]
DELAWARES. A tribe of the Algonquian stock, [25]; in the story of Frances Slocum, [37-38], [41]
DÉNÉ. Same as Tinneh, which see
DEVIL. In Indian mythology, [349]
DEVIL DANCES, [135]
DEVIL'S CASTLE. Place in Siskiyou, California; regarded by natives as abode of malignant spirits, [349]
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, [7]
DIGHTON WRITING ROCK, [16]
DJŪ. A river mentioned in Haida myth, [314]
DOGRIB INDIANS. A tribe of the Athapascan stock; myth of heaven-climber resembles that of Ugrian tribes of Asia, [11]
DROWNED CHILD. The story of the, [285-287]
DWELLINGS, INDIAN, [45-49]
E
EAGLE. Indian veneration for, [110-111]
EJONI. The first man, in an Acagchemem creation-myth, [353]
ELEGANT. An Indian beau; in the story of Handsome, [160-162]
ENO (Thief and Cannibal). A name of Coyote among the Acagchemem tribes, [351]
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, [122]; in creation-myth, [108]
EYACQUE (Sub-captain). A name of Coyote among the Acagchemem tribes, [351]
F
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, [63]
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, [91]; Huron fetishes, [91]; Algonquian fetishes, [91]; the Cheyenne tribal fetish, [91]; Hidatsa fetishes, [92]; Siouan fetishes, [92]; Hopi fetishes, [92-93]; Zuñi fetishism, [93-97]; fetishism associated with totemism, [93]
FEWKES, J. W. And fetishes of the Hopi, [92]
FINE-WEATHER-WOMAN. Haida storm-deity; in the myth of the origin of certain demi-gods, [314]; origin of, as the mother of Sîñ, [314-316]
FIVE NATIONS, THE. A federation of the Iroquois, called also the Grand League, [23], [24]; the tribes composing, [23], [224-225]; Hiawatha the founder of the league, [23]; influence upon European history, [223], [227]; called also Six Nations and Seven Nations, [224]; Hiawatha's early efforts toward federation, [225]; the federation inaugurated, and completed, [226]; growth of the power of, [227]; the Peace Queen appointed by, [263]; the office of Peace Queen abolished, [265]
FLATHEADS. Name applied to the Choctaws by the whites, [27]
FLETCHER, Miss A. C. On dwellings of the Omaha, [48]
FLYING SQUIRREL. A creative deity of the Sioux; Ictinike and, [271]
FOXES. A tribe of the Algonquian stock, [25], [71]
FRIENDLY SKELETON. The story of the, [242-246]
FUTURE LIFE. The Indian idea of, [127]
G
GÉBELIN, COURT DE. And the Dighton Writing Rock, [16]
GENETASKA. A Peace Queen; the legend of, [262-265]
GHOST PEOPLE. The souls of the dead, the inhabitants of Spirit-land, [129], [130]; Ioi and Blue Jay among, [324-326], [327]
GHOST-LAND. Same as Spirit-land, which see
GILA-SONORA. An ethnic division of the American Indians; costume of, [59]
GITSHE IAWBA. A Chippeway brave; hunting exploit of, [54-55]
GLOOSKAP (The Liar). A creative deity of the Algonquins, twin with Malsum, [141]; his contest with Malsum, [141-142]; resembles the Scandinavian Balder, [142]; creates man, [143]; 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, [147]; and Summer and Winter, [147-149]; his 'wig-wam,' [149]
GOD. The Indian idea of, [101]
GODS, INDIAN. Character of, [103-105]; description of the principal, [118-126]
GRAND COUNCIL of the Five Nations, [224], [226]
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, [137]
GREAT EAGLE. A totem-deity, [137]
GREAT HEAD. A malevolent being, in Iroquois myth; a legend of, [232-235]
GREAT MAN. Name for a chief deity among Californian tribes, [348]
GREAT SPIRIT THE, or MANITO. Supreme Indian deity; and the origin of smoking, [116]
GREAT WATER. The Pacific; in the story of the Snake-wife, [290], [292]
GREATEST FOOL. Supernatural being in Haida myth; in the story of Master-carpenter and South-east, [317]
GREENLAND. Early voyages from, to America, [13], [14-16]
H
HAIDA. A tribe of the Skittagetan stock; houses of, [46-47]; myths and legends of, [312-321]
HAMPTON INSTITUTE. And education of the Indians, [79]
HANDSOME. A beautiful maiden; the story of, [159-162]
HAOKAH. Thunder-god of the Sioux, [125]
'HARRYING OF HADES.' American Indian myth provides examples of, [332], [340-341]
HEALING WATERS. The legend of the, [257-260]
HELLU-LAND (Land of Flat Stones). In legend of Norse voyage to America, [14], [15]
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, [217], [223-228]; represented also as of Algonquian race, [223]; effect of Longfellow's poem on the history of, [223]; Longfellow's confusion in identity of, [223]; historical basis for the legends, [223]; founder of the League of the Five Nations, [223-224]; a warrior under Atotarho, [225]; his plans for federation, [225]; adopted into the Mohawk tribe, [226]; his scheme consummated, [226]
HIDATSA. A tribe of the Sioux; fetishes of, [92]; have no belief in a devil or hell, [104]
HI'NUN. Thunder-god of the Iroquois, [217]; myths relating to, [218-222]; great veneration for, [222]
HOBBAMOCK, Or HOBBAMOQUI (Great). Beneficent Indian deity, [105]
HOFFMANN, W. J. On Algonquian fetishes, [91]
HOGAN. An Indian dwelling, [49]
HOPI, or MOQUI. A tribe of the Shoshonean stock; as cotton-weavers, [56], [73]; fetishes of, [92-93]; festivals of, [135]
HUNTING, INDIAN, [50-55]
HUPA. A tribe of the Athapascan stock; costume of, [59]; method of reckoning age, [133]
HURONS. A tribe of the Iroquois stock, [23]; marriage among, [73]; fetishes of, [91]; the dove regarded as sacred by, [111]; and the soul's journey after death, [129]; originally one people with the Iroquois, [224]; in the conflict between the Caniengas and Algonquins, [225]; war with the Onondagas, [225]; annihilated by the Iroquois, [227]; a legend of, [248]
I
ICE-COUNTRY. In Algonquian myth, [147]
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, [1]
INDIANA. Primitive implements found in, [7]; earth-mounds found in, [17], [18]
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, [3]; other theories of origin of, [4]; 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, [26]; early wars between whites and, [29-31]; early relationship with whites, [29-30]; deportation of, as slaves, [31]; 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, [50]; 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, [73]; and child-life, [73-74]; and totemism, [74-76], [80-87]; picture-writing among, [76-78]; enlightenment of, [79], [360]; and fetishism, [87-97]; and religion, [97-105], [140]; ideas of God, [101]; 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, [128]; and the soul's journey after death, [129]; and the spirit-world, [129-130], [139-140]; reverence for the four points of the compass, [131]; methods of time-reckoning, [131-133]; festivals of, [132], [133-135]; the medicine-men of, [135-140]; original character of the mythologies of, [359]; 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, [121]
IOWA. I. The State; prehistoric remains discovered in, [8]. II. A tribe of the Sioux stock, [266]; legends of, [266-271]
IROQUOIS (Real Adders). An ethnic division of the American Indians, called also Long House People, [23-24], [224]; the Five Nations of, [23], [24], [223-227]; community houses of, [45]; costume of, [58]; marriage customs of, [73]; name for fetish, [85]; and the serpent of the Great Lakes, [113]; the twin-gods of, [121]; and the soul's journey after death, [129]; myths and legends of, [217-265]; Hi'nun, the chief deity of, [217]; Hiawatha, a mythical hero of, [217]; originally one people with the Hurons, [224]; the two political branches of, [224-225]; growth of the power of, [227]
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], [350]; in the myth of Ouiot, [351]
J
JAPAZAWS. A chief, [32]
JEWS. American aborigines identified with, [3-4]
K
KATCINA. A clan of the Hopi tribe, and the tribal festivals, [135]
KAYANERENH KOWA. The Grand League, or Five Nations, a federation of the Troquois. See under Five Nations
KENTUCKY. Earth-mounds found in, [18]
KEWAWKQU'. A race of giants and magicians, in Algonquian myth; conquered by Glooskap, [145]
KICHAI. A tribe of the Caddoan stock, [28]
KICKAPOOS. A tribe of the Algonquian stock, [25]
KIDNAPPING by Indians, [36]; a story of, [37-45]
KIEHTAN. Beneficent Indian deity, [105]
KING OF GRUBS. In the myth of the Thunderers, [222]
KING OF RATTLESNAKES. The legend of, [248]
KING PHILIP'S WAR, [30-31]
KINGFISHER. A creative deity of the Sioux; Ictinike and, [271]
KINGSBOROUGH, LORD. And the identity of the American aborigines, [3]
KIOWA. An ethnic division of the American Indians; dwellings of, [48]; picture-writing records of, [77]; the year of, [132]
KITTANITOWIT. A manufactured name for the supreme Indian deity, [105]
KOCH, DR. Prehistoric remains discovered by, [7]
KODOYANPE. Principal deity of the Maidu, [123], [124]
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, [124]
KUM. A semi-subterranean lodge of the Maidu, [47]
KUTOYIS (Drop of Blood). A hero in Algonquian myth; legends of, [212-216]
L
LAKE SUPERIOR. Prehistoric remains discovered in district of, [8]
LAND OF THE SUN. Indian abode of bliss, [127]
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, [12]; the basis of ethnic classification of American tribes, [22]
LEIF THE LUCKY. Legend of voyage of, to America, [14-15]
LELAND, C. G. On Algonquian mythology, [143]
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, [22]
LITTLE DEER. Chief of the Deer tribe, in Cherokee myth. [249], [250]
LITTLE MEN. Twin thunder-gods of the Cherokees, [126]
LONE-DOG WINTER-COUNT. A picture-writing chronicle of the Dakota, [77]
LONG HOUSE PEOPLE. A name applied to the Iroquois, [224], [227]
LONGFELLOW, H. W. And the identity of Hiawatha, [223]
LORD OF THE DEAD. Indian deity; the owl sometimes represented as the attendant of, [112]
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, [143]; reminiscent of the Scandinavian Loki, [143]; in the story of the Fairy Wives, [174-175]
LYELL, SIR CHARLES. On discovery of prehistoric remains, [7]
M
MA-CON-A-QUA. The Indian name of Frances Slocum, [44]
MADOC. Legend of, [4]
MAIDU. A Californian tribe; dwellings of, [47]; creation-myth of, [123]; Coyote and Kodoyanpe deities of, [123]; the seasons of, [133]
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, [318]
MALICIOUS MOTHER-IN-LAW. Story of the, [176-180]
MALSUM (The Wolf). A malignant creative deity of the Algonquins, twin with Glooskap, [141-143], [149]; contest with Glooskap, [141-142]; appears later in Algonquian myth as Lox, or Loki, [143]; future conflict with Glooskap, [149]
MAN. Origin of, in America, [5-22]
MANABOZHO. Same as Michabo, [11], which see
MANDANS. A tribe of the Siouan stock; community houses of, [45]; creation-myth of, [109]; the dove regarded as sacred by, [112]; 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, [112]. II. A general term for a potent spirit or the supernatural among the Algonquins and Sioux, [114]. 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, [14], [15]
MARRIAGE among the Indians, [73]
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, [30]
MASTER OF LIFE. In the story of the Spirit-bride, [164]
MASTER-CARPENTER. A supernatural being, in Haida myth; story of his contest with South-east, [316-318]
MEDA. A 'medicine' society of the Algonquins, [119]
MEDA CHANT. An Algonquian religious ceremony, [114]
MEDECOLIN. Sorcerers, in Algonquian myth; conquered by Glooskap, [145]
MEDICINE-MEN, or SHAMANS, [135-140]; as priests, [136]; as healers, [136-138]; 'journeys' of, to Spirit-land, [139-140]; instituted by Attajen, [354]
'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, [25]
MIAMI. A tribe of the Algonquian stock; in the story of Frances Slocum, [40], [41]
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, [223]
MICMACS. A tribe of the Algonquian stock, [25]; subdued by the Iroquois, [227]
MILKY WAY. Called the Wolf-trail by the Indians, [204]
MINAS, LAKE. In Nova Scotia; Glooskap leaves the earth upon, [146]
MINNESOTA. Primitive implements found in, [7]; earth-mounds found in, [18], [19-20]
MINNETAREES. A tribe of the Hidatsa stock; creation-myth of, [109]
'MIOCENE BRIDGE.' And the origin of man in America, [6]
MOHAVE. A tribe of the Yuman stock; costume of, [59]
MOHAWKS. A tribe of the Iroquois stock, [24], [224], [225]; and the twin-gods myth of the Iroquois, [121]; Hiawatha may have belonged to, [223], [226]; Hiawatha adopted into, [226]
MOHEGANS. Same as Mohicans, which see
MOHICANS, or MOHEGANS. A tribe of the Algonquian stock, [25]; a community house of, [45]; subdued by the Iroquois, [227]
MON-DA-MIN. The maize-plant; story of the origin of, [180-182]
MONTAGNAIS. A tribe of the Algonquian stock, [25]
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, [18]; contents of, [18-19], [21]; 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, [27]; costume of, [58]; marriage-customs of, [73]; creation-myth of, [108]
N
NAKOTAT. A Chinook village; in the myth of Stikŭa, [341], [345]
NANTAQUAUS. Son of the chief Powhatan, [33]
NANTENA. Spirits or fairies, in Tinneh mythology, [358]
NÁPI. The creative deity of the Blackfeet; in a day-and-night legend, [205], [208]; in the legend of Buffalo-stealer, [208-212]
NARRAGANSETS. A tribe of the Algonquian stock, [25]
NARVAEZ, PANFILO DE. And the Muskhogean people, [27]
NATCHEZ. I. The city; discoveries of prehistoric remains at, [7]. II. A tribe of the so-called Natchesan stock; and earth-mounds, [21]; and the eagle, [112]
NAVAHO. A tribe of the Athapascan stock, [22]; a dwelling of, [49]; costume of, [59]; belief of, respecting birds and the winds, [110]; Ahsonnutli the chief deity of, [121-122]; belief of, respecting the soul, [129]; and the points of the compass, [131]
NEBRASKA. Prehistoric remains discovered in, [8]
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, [7]
NEW YORK. State of; conflict between Indians and the early settlers in, [30]
NEZ PERCÉS. A tribe of the Sahaptian stock; dwellings of, [47]
NIPARAYA. A supreme deity of the Pericues, [355-356]
NIPMUCS. A tribe of the Algonquian stock, [25]
NOCUMA. A creative deity of the Acagchemems, [352-353]
NOKAY. A noted Chippeway hunter; hunting exploit of, [54]
NOOTKAS. A tribe of the Nootka-Columbia stock; dwellings of, [47]; Quahootze, a deity of, [100]
NOPATSIS. A brave; in the legend of the origin of the Beaver Medicine, [184-187]
NORSEMEN. Discovery of America by, [13-14], [16]; early voyages of, to America, [14-16]; left no traces of their occupation, [16]
NOTTOWAYS. A tribe of the Iroquois stock, [23]
NUNNE CHAHA. A hill mentioned in the Muskhogean creation-myth, [108]
O
OHIO. I. The State; primitive implements found in, [7]; earth-mounds found in, [17], [18]. II. The river; attempt to maintain as Indian boundary, [25]
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, [335]
OLCHONES. A Californian tribe; sun identified with supreme deity by, [350]
OLD MAN ABOVE. I. Name for supreme deity among Californian tribes, [348]. II. The Chareya of the Cahrocs, [350]
OLD WHITE BEAR. Chief of the Bear tribe, in Cherokee myth, [249]
OMAHAS. A tribe of the Siouan stock; dwellings of, [48]; Ictinike a war-god of, [266]
ONE ABOVE. Name for supreme deity among Californian tribes, [348]
ONEIDAS. A tribe of the Iroquois stock, [24], [224], [225]; inaugurate the federation of the Five Nations, [226]
ONNIONT. A mythological serpent, [91]
ONONDAGAS. A tribe of the Iroquois stock, [224]; Hiawatha probably belonged to, [223]; war with Caniengas and Hurons, [225]; Atotarho a chief of, [225]; and Hiawatha's federation scheme, [226]
ORENDA. Magical power, [112]
OSAGES. A tribe probably of the Algonquian stock; dwellings of, [48]
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, [113]
P
PAHE-WATHAHUNI (The Devouring Hill). The story of the Rabbit and, [302-303]
PAIUTES. A tribe of the Yunian stock; houses of, [47]
PALMER, CAPTAIN G. Work by, quoted, [3-4]
PAMOLA. An evil spirit, in Algonquian myth; conquered by Glooskap, [145]
PAWNEES. A confederacy of tribes of the Caddoan stock, [28], [304]; and the tribal fetish of the Cheyenne, [91]; and thunder, [112]; Atius Tiráwa, the chief deity of, [122]; and the Young Dog Dance, [190]; subdued by the Iroquois, [227]; strong religious sense of, [304]; 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, [265]
PEBBLE-RATTLER. Haida wind-deity; in the story of Master-carpenter and South-east, [318]
PEQUOTS. A tribe of the Algonquian stock; feud between the whites and, [30]
PERICUES. A Californian tribe; the hostile divinities of, [355-356]
PETIT ANSE. Place in Louisiana; prehistoric remains discovered at, [7]
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, [229]; a legend of, [246-248]; perhaps actually a prehistoric American race, [248]
PIMAS. A tribe of the Pueblo stock; costume of, [59]; method of keeping records, [133]
PIPE-STONE QUARRY. Source of the Indian's pipe; description of, [116-118]
PLAGUE DEMON. Iroquois deity, [264]
PLAINS INDIANS. Costume of, [58]; artistic work of, [62]; rank among, indicated by feathers worn, [63]; marriage among, [73]
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, [95]; in creation-myth, [107]
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, [32], [33]
POWHATANS. A tribe of the Algonquian stock, [25]; belief of, respecting birds, [110].
PRATT, CAPTAIN R. H. His school for the education of Indian children, [79]
PREHISTORIC REMAINS. Discoveries of, [7-10]
PREY BROTHERS. A priesthood of the Zuñi, [96]
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, [112], [113]
PUEBLOS. I. An ethnic division of the American Indians; buildings of, [47], [49]; costume of, [57], [59]; artistic work of, [63]; festivals of, [135]. II. Indian community houses, [46], [48]
PUSHKITA. A festival of the Creeks, [134]
Q
QUAAYAYP. A son of the Pericue deity Niparaya, [355]
QUAH-BEET (Great Beaver). Algonquian totem-deity; in myth of Glooskap and Malsum, [142]
QUAHOOTZE. Deity of the Nootkas, [100]
QUAPAWS. A tribe of the Caddoan stock; and earth-mounds, [21]
R
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, [14]; and the Dighton Writing Rock, [16]
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, [116]
RED-STORM-CLOUD. A Haida wind-deity; in the story of Master-carpenter and South-east, [317]
RESERVATIONS, INDIAN, [31-32]
RESURRECTION. Indian belief in, [128]
ROBIN. A deity of the Chinooks, brother of Blue Jay, [125], [330], [332]
ROGEL, FATHER. Incident connected with his missionary work, [105]
ROLFE, JOHN. Husband of Pocahontas, [32]
ROOT-DIGGERS. A tribe of the Shoshonean stock, [28]
S
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, [47]; costume of, [58]
SALMON. The story of, [282-285]
SANTEES. A tribe of the Siouan stock, [28]
SASSACUS. Pequot chief; his village destroyed, [30]
SAUKS. A tribe of the Siouan stock, [71]
SAYADIO. A young Wyandot brave; the legend of, [260-262]
SCALPING. Nature of the act, [66]; preservation of scalps, [67]
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, [223]
SECOTAN. An Indian village in North Carolina, [48]
SEMINOLES. A tribe of the Muskhogean stock, [27]; costume of, [58]
SENECAS. A tribe of the Iroquois stock, [225], [226]; the so-called, in Oklahoma, [24]; join the Grand League, [226]; story of the origin of the 'medicine' of, [230-232]; legend of, [236-238]
SERPENT, THE. In Indian mythology, [109-111], [114]; worship of, [112-114]; reverence paid to, [135]
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, [25]; as mound-builders, [21]; and the King of Rattlesnakes, [248]
SHOSHONEANS (Snakes). An ethnic division of the American Indians, [28-29]; costume of, [59]
SHUSHWAP INDIANS. A Salish tribe; Coyote the creative deity of, [124]
SILVER CHAIN. Name applied to the Grand Council of the league of the Five Nations, [226]
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, [224], [225]
SIOUX, or DAKOTA. An ethnic division of the American Indians, [28], [266]; superstition of, resembles that of the Itelmians of Kamchatka, [11]; dwellings of, [48]; face-painting among, [61-62]; war-customs of, [68]; fetishes of, [92]; belief of, respecting the winds, [110]; and the eagle, [111]; and the rattlesnake, [114]; Haokah, the chief thunder-god of, [125]; Waukheon, a thunder-god of, [126]; Unktahe, the water-god of, [126]; and the soul's journey after death, [129]; the year of, [132]; 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, [353]
SITS-BY-THE-DOOR. The story of, [193-196]
SKRÆLINGR. Name given by Norsemen to American natives, [13]; attack the early Norse voyagers, [15]
SKULL, DEFORMATION OF THE. Practised by the Muskhogean peoples, chiefly by Choctaws, [27]; among the Chinooks, [322]
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, [330]
SMOKING among the Indians, [115-118]; legend of the origin of, [116]; importance of, in Indian life, [131]
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, [27]
SOUL. The journey of the, after death, in Indian belief, [129]
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, [201], [202]
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, [129], [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, [18]
STAR-BOY. First name of Poïa, or Scar-face, [201], [203]
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, [173]
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, [217], [228-229], [255-257]
STYLES, DR. And the Dighton Writing Rock, [16]
SUMMER. Queen of the Elves of Light, in Algonquian myth; Glooskap and, [148-149]
SUN, THE. In Indian creation-myth, [106]; worship of, [113], [350]; 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, [204]
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, [208]; the Sioux deity, Ictinike the son of, [266]
SUPERNATURAL PEOPLE, THE. A semi-divine race, [129-130]; Blue Jay and, [124-125], [323-324], [327], [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, [23]
SWAMP FIGHT. A battle between Indians and whites, [31]
SWANTON, J. R. On totemism, [84-87]
SWEET GRASS HILLS. In the legend of Buffalo-stealer, [209]
T
TA-UL-TZU-JE. An Indian; the fetish of, [90]
TACU. In Californian myth, reputed father of Ouiamot, [354]
TACULLIES. A tribe of the Tinneh stock; a superstition of, [358]
TAKAHLI. A South American tribe; moral sense of, [98]
TAKER-OFF-OF-THE-TREE-TOPS. Haida wind-deity; in the story of Master-carpenter and South-east, [318]
TARENYAWAGO. Master of ceremonies in the Land of Souls; in the legend of Sayadio, [261]
TAWISCARA (Dark One). One of the twin-gods of the Iroquois, [121]
TECUMSEH. An Algonquin chief; war of, with the whites, [25]
TETONS. A tribe of the Siouan stock, [28]
TEXAS. Indians of; and earth-mounds, [21]
THORWALD. Brother of Leif the Lucky; voyage of, to America, [15]
THREE TESTS. The story of the, [275-278]
THUNDER-BOYS. Twin thunder-gods of the Cherokees, [126]
THUNDER-GODS, INDIAN, [125-126]; analogous to thunder-gods of the aboriginal Mexican peoples, [126]
THUNDER-MEN. Man-eating beings in Sioux myth; in the story of the Snake-wife, [290-292]; transformed into the thunder-clouds, [292]
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, [318]
TIHUGUN (My Old Friend). A beneficent deity of the Tinneh, [358]
TIME. Indian methods of reckoning, [131-133]
TINNEH, or DÉNÉ. A division of the Athapascan stock, [22], [356]; poverty of, in mythological conceptions, [356-357]; beliefs of, [357-358]
TIPI. An Indian tent-dwelling, [48], [49]
TIPPECANOE. Battle of the, [25]
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, [318]
TOBACCO. Use of, among the Indians, [115-116]; legend of the origin of smoking, [115]
TOBET. I. A ceremonial dancer of the Acagchemems, [355]. II. The costume worn by the tobet, [355]
TOSAUT. A rock mentioned in creation-myth of the Acagchemem tribes, [352], [353]
TOTEMISM. Influence of, upon marriage, [73]; 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, [81], [82-83]; development of the totem into a deity, [82]; rules of, [83]; severity of totemic rule, [83]; Swanton on, [84-87]; associated with fetishism, [93]; influence upon the growth of 'morality,' [102]
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, [23]; and the twin-gods myth of the Iroquois, [121]
TWIN-GODS of the Iroquois, [121]
TYRKER, or TYDSKER. In legend of Norse voyage to America, [14], [15]
TZI-DALTAI. Fetishes of the Apaches, [89-90]
U
UNDERWORLD. Sioux story of an adventure in, [292-296]
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT. And the Indians, [32], [79]
UNKTAHE. Water-god of the Dakota, [126]
UTONAGAN. A totem-spirit; an Indian's adventure with, [74-75]
V
VANCOUVER, G. And Indian dwellings, [47]
VIRGINIA. Earth-mounds found in, [18]; wars between whites and early settlers in, [29-30]
W
WABASKAHA. An Omaha brave; the story of, [271-273]
WABOJEEG. An Indian chief; hunting exploit of, [54]; a war-song of, [70-71]
WABOSE, CATHERINE. The adventure of, [75-76]
WAC. A supreme deity of the Pericues, called also Tuparan, [356]
WAKANDA. A deity of the Omaha; in the story of Wabaskaha, [272]; in the story of the Snake-wife, [288]
WAKINYJAN (The Flyers). Sioux wind-deities who send storms, [110]
WALES. Legend that North American Indians came from, [4-5]
"WALLUM-OLUM." Picture-writing records of the Leni-Lenâpé, [77-78]
WAR-DANCE, INDIAN, [65], [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, [179]
WATER-GOD. Of the Dakota, [126]; in an Iroquois legend, [286-287]
WAUKHEON (Thunder-bird). A thunder-god of the Dakota, [126]
WAYNE, GENERAL A., [26]
WEASEL. Name of the Fairy Wives, [172]
WEST WIND, THE. I. Algonquian deity, father of Michabo, [120]. II. Deity of the Iroquois, brother of Hi'nun, [217]; destroys the Stone Giants, [228-229]
WHALE-MEAT-CUTTER. A being with magical powers, in Chinook myth, [330]
WHITE FEATHER. See Chácopee
WHITES. Familiar name for European settlers in America; early wars with Indians, [29-31]; early relationship with Indians, [29-30], [32]; Blackfoot idea of the originator of, [208]
WHITNEY, PROFESSOR J. D. Discovery of 'Calaveras' skull by, [8]
WICHITA. A tribe of the Caddoan stock, [28]; grass hut of, [48]
WICKIUP. An Indian dwelling, [49]
WIGWAM. An Indian dwelling, [49]
WILSON, PROFESSOR D. On the Chinooks, [322]
WIN-PE. A giant sorcerer, in Algonquian myth; Glooskap and, [143-144]
WINE-LAND. In legend of Norse voyage to America, [15]
WINNEBAGO. A tribe of the Siouan stock; as mound-builders, [21]
WINSLOW, E. On the gods of the Indians, [105]
WINTER. A giant, in Algonquian myth; Glooskap and, [147-148]
WISCONSIN. Earth-mounds found in, [17]
WITCHCRAFT. Iroquois belief in, [229]
WOLF-TRAIL. Indian name for the Milky Way, [204]
WOMEN, INDIAN. Position of, [72-73]; skill of, in weaving, [73]
WONDERFUL KETTLE. The story of the, [251-254]
WYANDOTS. A tribe of the Iroquois stock; allied with Algonquian tribes, [25]; a legend of, [260-262]
WYOMING. Prehistoric remains discovered in, [8]
Y
YANKTONS. A tribe of the Siouan stock, [28]
YCAIUT (Above). One of the first women, in an Acagchemem creation-myth, [353]
YOUNG DOG DANCE. Legend of the origin of the, [190-193]
YUCHI. A tribe of the Uchean stock; and earth-mounds, [21]
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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, [106], [121]; and the eagle, [111]; and the serpent, [113]; the year of, [132]; dialect of the priesthood of, [136]