INDEX
Adder’s-tongue, [6].
Agoseris, [184].
Alberta (Canadian Province), [29], [145], [179].
All Chief Band, [251].
Altar, Sun Dance, [301], [305].
American Museum of Natural History, [217], [310].
Amusements, [74], [133], [196], [226], [254].
Anatapsa, granddaughter of Mad Wolf, [75], [85], [249].
Antelope, [151], [213], [254].
Antelope Dance, [295].
Antelope Song, [294].
Á-pe-ech-e-ken, Indian name for author.
See White Weasel Moccasin.
Arnica, golden, [161].
Assiniboine Indians, [88];
dog-feast of, [256].
Aster, [248].
Auriga, constellation, [143].
Autosuggestion in healing, [270].
Awasáki, prayer by, [308].
Bad-Old-Man, myth, [136].
Baldy, pack-horse of author, [100].
Bands, marriage within, [83];
names of, [250], [251].
Bannock Indians, [251].
Barren Lands, [210].
Basket Grass, [6].
Bearberry, [45], [160], [323].
Bear Chief, [24], [251], [306], [307], [312].
Bear Dance, [64].
Bear Spear, [174]–178.
Beaver Bundle, [22], [37], [42]–45;
legend of, [46]–53;
rules of, [45];
ceremony of, [54]–67;
taboos, [71]; [85].
Beaver Tepee, [264].
Begging dance, [291].
Behind-the-Ears, [276].
Belly River, [179].
Big Eyes, gives tepee to author, [261].
Big-Horn Sheep. See Sheep.
Big Moon, [284].
Big Rock Tepee, [260].
Big Spring, [290].
Big Stripe Tepee, [260], [264].
Birch, canoe, [9].
Bird, wife of Brings-Down-the-Sun, [189], [191].
Black Buffalo Tepee, [262].
Blackfoot, country, [14];
our first sight of the camp, [20].
Blackfoot Glacier, [14].
Blackfoot Mountain, [14].
Black Snake Man, former head chief, [87], [89].
Black Snake Woman, a wife of the head chief, [90].
Black Weasel, dance leader, [276].
Blizzard, [16], [130]–32, [137], [139], [149].
Blood Indians, [27];
head men of, [30]; [179], [184], [193].
Bluebells, [156], [161], [195].
Bluebird, mountain, [258].
Booth, in dancing-lodge, [311].
Botanical collection, [159], [179], [319]–26.
Boundary Creek, [29].
Boys, training of, [74].
Brave Dog Society, [252], [268], [284], [298], [299], [301], [314].
Braves, Society, [219]–22.
Brings-Down-the-Sun, medicine man, [165], [179], [188];
camp of, [191], [201];
contest with Bull Plume, [206]–09;
tells about his father, [210]–18;
his children, [217];
tells about Men’s Societies, [219]–25;
about the birds and the stars, [226]–39;
farewell of, [240].
Buffalo Dance, [66].
Buffalo hunt, [155].
Buffalo Rock Bundle, [75].
Bull Child, medicine man, [22], [243], [248], [310], [311].
Bull Plume, medicine man, [194], [206]–09.
Bull Shoe, race-horse, [279].
Bunched Stars. See Pleiades.
Burial customs, [155], [166], [272], [273].
Buttercup, snow, [161].
Camas, [20], [21], [160], [200], [325].
Canada, [27], [119], [165], [170].
Capella, [143].
Carnegie Museum of Pittsburgh, [319].
Catbird, [195].
Catches-Two-Horses, wife of the head chief, [22], [56], [58], [60], [87].
Caterpillars, tent, dance of, [186].
Cedar, creeping, [197].
Cedar, giant, [9].
Celebration song, [281].
Center Pole, [303], [304], [308], [309], [311].
Ceremonies, adoption by Mad Wolf, [35]–41;
Beaver Bundle, [56]–67;
Sun Dance, [88], [241]; etc.;
Medicine Pipe, [89], [90], [289]–97;
Bear Spear, [175];
Crow Water, [201];
tongues, [243]–46;
Otter Tepee, [259], [260];
doctoring, [269]–72;
cutting hide, [306], [307];
plants used for, [323].
Chalice Cup, [162].
Chastity of women, [82], [246], [307].
Cheering songs, [312].
Cheyenne scouts, [10].
Chief Mountain, [170], [214], [242].
Chinook Indians, [152].
Chipmunk, [125].
Chokecherry, [187], [195], [256], [324].
Circle camp, [247], [258], [259], [267], [304].
Clematis, [161].
Cleveland Mountain, [14].
Cleveland, President Grover, Preface.
Climate, [10].
Clown, [300].
Columbine, yellow, [20].
Comet, legend of, [92]–99; [227].
Coming Running and family, [252].
Conjunction of planets, [239].
Conservation by North Piegans, [193].
Continental Divide, [10], [12], [14], [15], [163].
Cony, [164].
Cottonwood, [154], [156], [187], [193], [325].
Coyote, [150], [187], [254], [268].
Cradle song, [291].
Crane Dance, [295].
Cream Antelope, [285].
Cree Indians, [10], [84], [180], [199], [251], [261].
Cross Guns, son of head chief, [85], [88].
Crow Indians, [182], [201], [251], [261], [266], [277].
Crow Tepee, [263].
Crow Water ceremony, [201].
Curly Bear, judge, [22], [244].
Custer Massacre, [10].
Cutbank Pass, [106].
Cutbank River, home of the scout, [22];
home of Mad Wolf, [68], [76];
home of head chief, [85];
home of White Grass, [92].
Cutbank Trail, [20].
Cutbank Valley, [92], [101], [107].
Cypress Hills, [89].
Dances, Beaver, [58]–67;
frontier, [119]–22;
sandpiper, [185];
tent caterpillars, [186];
grizzly bear, [220];
mosquito, [222];
kit fox, [225];
grass, [274]–77;
horseback, [278];
kissing, [280];
Brave Dog Society, [286]–88;
begging, [291];
Medicine Pipe, [294], [295];
Weather Makers, [311]–13.
Dancing lodge, [304], [310]–16.
Deer hunt, Black-tail, [164].
Deer Tepee, [265].
Diseases, contagious, [36].
Divide Mountain, [167], [242].
Dog, as food, [256].
Dog Dance, [65].
Dolly Varden trout, [12], [158].
Don’t Laugh Band, [251].
Double Runner, [37], [55], [244], [248], [304].
Dutch oven, [105].
Dwarf People, [44].
Eagle catching, [216].
Eagle Tepee, [265].
Eat-Before-Others Band, [251].
Eclipse of sun, [227].
Elk Dance, [306].
Elk Horn, herald, [274], [279], [284], [287], [292], [304].
Elk Song, [306].
Elk Tepee, [265].
Etiquette, [23], [30], [70], [71], [83].
Fairy rings, [179].
Fasting woman, [248], [250], [301], [306].
Father-in-law customs, [70], [81], [83].
Fat Melter Band, [251], [292].
Finch, purple, [159].
Fir, great silver, [9];
Douglas, [161];
alpine, [164].
First Strike, woman doctor, [268], [270].
Flag, blue, [258].
Flathead Forest Reserve, Preface; [5].
Flathead Indians, [106], [162], [251].
Flathead River, [8].
Fleabane, [184].
Flowers, [6], [20], [154], [156], [160], [161], [184], [187], [195], [248], [258], [325].
Forget-me-not, [154], [162], [163], [187].
Four Bears, medicine man, [32], [89], [313].
Fox, kit, [258].
Fox, red, [14].
Gaillardia, [156], [195], [248].
Gambling, [8], [133], [197], [279].
Games. See Amusements.
Gemini, constellation, [142].
Geranium, [187].
Ghosts. See Spirits.
Ghost Lariat. See Clematis.
Ghost stories, [114]–18, [134]–35, [166], [168]–69.
Girls, training of, [74], [82].
Gives-to-the-Sun, wife of Mad Wolf, [37], [55], [58], [74], [134], [242], [298], [305], [306], [314].
Glacier National Park, Preface.
Globeflower, Western, [161].
Goat, Rocky Mountain, [14];
hunt, [124]–28.
Going-to-the-Sun Mountain, [54].
Goldfinch, [195].
Good Luck Song, [295].
Good-Old-Man, myth, [136], [151].
Grass, blue-eyed, [258].
Grass Dancers, [274]–77.
Grasshopper, Blood chief, [30].
Grasshoppers, [185].
Graves, Henry S., Preface.
Grease Melter Band, [212].
Great Dipper (Ursa Major), [118], [137], [204];
legend of, [229]–31.
Grizzly bear, story, [17];
author’s experience with, [102]–06;
Medicine Grizzly, [106]; [112];
roping a grizzly, [121]; [176], [186], [213], [217], [262];
and Medicine Pipe, [290];
dances, [220], [294].
Gros Ventre Indians, [91], [107], [199], [266].
Ground squirrel, black, [153].
Grosbeak, evening, [159].
Guide. See Siksikaíkoan.
Hail storm, [169].
Hair Parters. See Grass Dancers.
Hard-Top-Knot Band, [251], [253].
Hare, crying, [129].
Hare, prairie, [258].
Heart Butte, [80].
Heather, [162].
Heavy Breast, story by, [17]; [37], [55], [61], [248].
Heliotrope, [161].
Hemlock, [9].
Hollyhock, [184].
Horsemint, [160], [187], [321].
Horse race, [279].
Horses, character of Indian, [5], [13], [27], [100], [101].
Huckleberries, [102].
Hudson Bay Divide, [76], [146], [167], [170].
Humor, Indian, [31], [63], [87], [136], [199], [202], [205], [289], [292].
Husband, potential, [65].
Hyades, constellation, [143].
Indian, manners of, [30], [71];
character, [111], [174]. [[332]]
Indian Mounted Police, [123], [146].
Inner Circle, [259].
Iron Shirt, former head chief, [212].
Jackson Mountain, [14].
Jackson, William. See Siksikaíkoan.
Japanese Current, [152].
Jennings, O. E., [319].
Jester, [300].
Jupiter, legend about, [232]–39.
Katoyísa, [25], [26], [109], [121], [122].
Kingbird, [227].
Kinglet, golden-crown, [6].
Kissing dance, [280].
Kit Fox Society, [223].
Kutenai, saddle horse of author, [9], [12], [27], [36], [109], [124], [130], [144], [150], [181], [242].
Lady’s-slipper, [161].
Lark, horned, [157], [227], [258].
Laurel, swamp, [161].
Legends, of Beaver Bundle, [46]–53;
Smoking Star, [92]–99;
Snow Tepee, [136]–38;
of Old Man, [171]–73;
Bear Spear, [176]–78;
Bunched Stars, [228];
Seven Stars, [229]–31;
Star Boy and Scarface, [232]–39.
Limb catcher, [200].
Lion, Rocky Mountain, [151].
Little Creek, son-in-law of Mad Wolf, [68];
character of, [70], [160]; [74], [75], [109];
stories by, [117], [162]; [124], [129], [153], [158]–64.
Little Dog, former head chief, [213].
Little Dog, war chief, [22], [89], [251], [277], [299].
Little Mountain, [210].
Little Owl and family, [253].
Little Plume, war chief, [22], [251], [278], [299].
Little Sister, star in Ursa Major, [231].
Lodge poles, cutting of, [159].
Lone Dog, Sioux chief, [281].
Longspur, chestnut-collared, [184].
Lookout Butte, [197].
Loon, [6].
Love song, [78], [203], [204], [267].
Lupine, blue, [21].
Mad Indian, [111], [123];
tragedy of, [144]–48.
Mad Wolf (Siyeh), meeting with author, [22];
adoption by, [35];
personality, [37];
prayers by, [38]–41;
tells about the past, [42];
legend of Beaver Bundle, [46]–53;
gives Beaver Ceremony, [54]–67;
his summer camp, [68]–76;
home, [76]–79;
story by, [71];
experience with ghost, [135];
tells legend of Snow Tepee, [136]–38;
sun dance of, [242], [316];
his farewell, [315].
Mad Wolf Mountain. See Siyeh Mountain.
Mandan Indians, [251].
Man-in-the-Moon, [5].
Marmot, hoary, [14], [125], [164].
Marriage customs, [80]–84, [87].
Materia medica, [319]–23.
Meadowlark, western, [23], [185], [227], [242], [248].
Meals, time of, [199].
Meat, preparation of, [72], [149], [156], [167], [200], [256].
Medicinal plants, [73], [159], [160], [179], [226], [271], [319]–23.
Medicine Bull, weather dancer, [310]–12.
Medicine Grizzly, story of, [106]–08.
Medicine Owl, [263].
Medicine Pipe, [71], [89], [90], [193], [213], [281], [290], [292]–97, [315].
Medicine Weasel, [248], [261].
Men, work of, [70].
Meteor, [239].
Mice, [129].
Middle Calf, [37], [55], [61], [107], [244], [248], [305]. [[333]]
Milk River, [73].
Milky way, [238].
Missionary meeting, [24].
Mistake Morning Star, [238], [301].
Monkey flower, [163].
Moons, calendar of, [228].
Mormons, [29].
Morning Plume, [37], [244], [248], [291], [302].
Morning Star, [232]–39.
Mosquito Society, [222], [314].
Mother-in-law customs, [32], [70], [83], [201].
Mother-in-law of scout, [32].
Mountain Chief, [276], [285], [312].
Mountain Sheep Tepee, [265].
Mourning customs, [64], [181], [272], [273].
Mourning song, [314].
Music, Indian, [21], [78], [203], [275], [278], [280]–83, [308].
Natosin, chief from the north, [254].
Nez Percé, Indians, [163], [251].
Nighthawk, [159].
Night singers, [267], [268], [283].
Night song, [202], [203], [283].
Nitana, [109];
ghost story by, [114]–116, [153], [158], [175], [186], [189].
Northern Pacific Railway, [119].
North Piegan Indians, [184].
North Trail, Old, [166], [170], [210].
Nor’wester, [150].
North-West Mounted Police, [30], [147], [165], [213].
Old Man’s Gambling Place, [187].
Old Man’s River, [165].
Old Man’s Sliding Place, [187].
Old Man Stories, [171].
Old Person, visit to Sand Hills, [115].
One Spot, Blood Indian, [180], [181].
Onesta, [109], [153], [155], [158], [168];
character of, [174];
songs by, [185], [186], [188], [191], [199]–208.
Orchid, [20].
Orion, constellation, [142].
Oven bird, [3].
Owl, superstitions, [16], [114]–18.
Pack horses, characteristics of, [5], [13], [100], [101].
Paint-brush, Indian, [156], [195].
Painted-cup, [258].
Painted tepees, [68], [136]–38, [201], [258]–66.
Parsnip, cow, [111], [160], [200], [306], [320], [324].
Pemmican, [156], [199], [256].
Pend d’Oreille Indians, [251].
Phacelia, [156].
Photographing, Preface;
mountains, [104];
snow scenes, [128], [160];
ceremonies, [245], [259];
a doctor and his patient, [269];
Medicine Pipe ceremony, [292].
Picture writing, [149], [207], [212], [258]–66, [275], [300], [301], [310], [311].
Pinchot, Gifford, Preface.
Pine, yellow, [6];
white, [9], [10];
lodge-pole, [161];
limber, [161].
Pine Tree Tepee of author, [261].
Pleiades, constellation, [5], [143];
legend of, [228].
Poplar, western balsam, [154], [156], [184], [193], [325].
Porcupine, [41].
Porcupine Hills, [186], [197], [217].
Prairie chicken, [185].
Prayers, to bear, [19];
by Mad Wolf, [38]–41;
to Water Spirits, [46];
to beaver, [60];
by White Grass, [61];
by head chief, [62];
by a woman, [88];
by scout, [150];
before eating, [180], [202];
by Brings-Down-the-Sun, [240];
to Sun, [243];
by woman doctor, [270];
by man doctor, [272];
by head chief, [303].
President of United States, [277], [315].
Primrose, [184].
Ptarmigan, willow, [129].
Puccoon, narrow-leaved, [175], [187], [323].
Rabbit, snowshoe, [129], [153]. [[334]]
Rainbow Tepee, [264].
Ranch, Lone Wolf, [25], [120], [121];
of scout, [22]–27, [32], [139]–52;
of Mad Wolf, [76]–79;
of head chief, [85]–91;
of White Grass, [92].
Raspberries, [102].
Rattler, doctor, [67], [268]–72.
Records, on skins, [149], [207], [212];
of war, [265], [266], [300].
Red Rover, dog, [144].
Religion, Blackfoot, [16], [19], [192], [241], [242].
Reno’s command, [10].
Riding song, [282].
Riel Rebellion, [10].
Rising Wolf Mountain, [54].
Robin, [258].
Rocky Mountains, [5], [19], [28], [54], [124], [130], [141], [150], [152], [156], [170], [258], [316].
Running Crane, [22], [251], [277], [316].
Running Fisher, [255].
St. Mary River, [170], [179], [214].
Salmo clarkii, [12].
Sand Hills, [115], [134], [272].
Sandpiper, spotted, [227], [258].
Sandpiper Dance, [185].
Sarcee Indians, [251].
Saskatchewan River, [86].
Scarface, legend, [236]–39;
302, [309].
Scout. See Siksikaí-koan.
Service berry, [180], [195], [323].
Seven Stars. See Great Dipper.
Sham battle, [277], [278], [312], [313].
Sheep, Rocky Mountain, [16];
hunt, [111]–14, [164].
Sherman, General W. T., report of, [11].
Shooting stars, [21], [156], [161].
Shoots-in-the-Air, judge, [22].
Short Robe, chief of Brave Dogs, [284], [286], [288].
Sign language, [9], [56], [57], [180], [294].
Siksikaí-koan (William Jackson), character and life, [4], [10], [11], [14], [102];
accident to, [20];
home of, [22]–27, [32], [149]–52.
Sioux Indians, [10], [85], [251], [280].
Sirius, [142].
Siyeh. See Mad Wolf.
Siyeh (Mad Wolf) Mountain, [14].
Skunk, [204].
Skunk Band, [251].
Skunk Song, [196].
Skylark, Missouri, [157].
Slim, cowboy, [119]–23.
Small Otter, grandson of Mad Wolf, [74], [243].
Small Robe Band, [251].
Smoking Star, legend, [92].
Snake Tepee, [263].
Snow banners, [150].
Snowberry, shrub, [258].
Snow Tepee, of Mad Wolf, [68];
taboos of, [71];
legend of, [136]–38;
decorations, [262], [263].
Societies, men’s, [219]–25, [274]–77, [284]–88, [314].
Songs, Indian, [21], [78];
to Sun, [38];
gambling, [133];
of Sandpiper Dance, [185];
of Tent Caterpillar Dance, [186];
skunk, [196];
night, [203];
love, [203];
contest with songs, [202]–04;
mosquito, [222];
dance, [275];
victory, [278];
of kissing dance, [280];
celebration, [281];
wolf, [281];
riding, [282];
sacred, [301]–03;
tribal hymn, [308], [309].
Sparrow, Gambel, [160].
Sparrow, white-crowned, [23], [159], [195].
Speeches, by Mountain Chief, [276], [312];
by Running Crane, [277];
Bear Chief, [307];
Mad Wolf, [315], [316].
Spirits, belief in, [16], [17], [114]–18, [134]–35, [166], [168], [169], [217], [272].
Spirit world. See Sand Hills.
Spotted Eagle, medicine man, character of, [170];
story by, [171]–73, [298], [299], [310]–14.
Spruce, Engelmann, [161].
Star Boy, legend, [232]–36.
Stories, about a bear, [17];
The Warrior [[335]]who ate his Foot, [33];
by Mad Wolf, [71];
The Medicine Grizzly, [106];
ghosts, [168]–69, [114]–18, [134]–35;
of Mad Indian, [144]–48;
buffalo hunt, [155];
of Swift Eagle, [162];
about the past, [167];
Old Man and the Squirrels, [171]–73;
Red Head, [182];
by Brings-Down-the-Sun, [210]–18;
war, [311], [312].
Strikes-on-Both-Sides, daughter of Mad Wolf, [38], [54];
dance by, [66], [68], [69], [75];
favorite of her father, [77];
ghost stories by, [114], [134], [153], [226], [253], [291].
Stuyimi, death of, [268]–73.
Suicide, [314].
Sun, the Great Power, [16], [241].
Sun Dance, [21], [82], [88], [192], [217], [241]–316.
Sun Dance Bundle, [244].
Sun dogs, [130], [150], [227], [301], [311].
Sun Pole, [304], [305], [308], [309], [311].
Sun River, [153].
Swan Dance, [295].
Swans, [124].
Swans, whistling, [153].
Swallows, [185].
Sweat lodge, [77], [298], [299].
Sweet grass, [77], [179], [319], [325].
Sweet Grass Hills, [54], [72], [258].
Taboos, of Beaver Bundle, [45], [71];
of Snow Tepee, [71], [263];
Thunder Tepee, [204], [261];
of Medicine Pipe, [214], [296], [297];
Buffalo Tepees, [262].
Tanning skins, [72], [167], [255].
Taurus, constellation, [143].
Tears-in-Her-Eyes, niece of Mad Wolf, [253], [291].
Temperature, winter, [140], [142];
summer, [185].
Terry, General, [10].
Thimbleberry, [101].
Thrush, olive-backed, [6];
willow, [23], [157], [159], [242].
Thunder, [194], [215], [227], [297], [310].
Thunder Bird, [16], [68], [200], [263], [264], [295].
Thunder Chief, head man of the Bloods, [30].
Thunder Dance, [295].
Thunder Pipe, [214]–16.
Thunder Tepee, [201];
taboos of, [202], [204], [264].
Tongues, sacred, [244]–46, [307], [308], [314].
Torture, self, [314].
Toys, children’s, [74], [196], [226], [254].
Trails, Indian, [20], [25], [100], [111], [129], [166], [170], [185], [210].
Traveling Song, [282].
Traveling-tepee of author, [68];
decorations of, [261], [262].
Triple Divide Mountain, [14].
Turnip, prairie, [160], [200], [324].
Twin flower, [6].
Two-Bear-Woman, mother-in-law of scout, [32].
Two Medicine River, [134], [154].
Two Guns, son of White Calf, [85], [135], [136].
Underground spirits, [17], [40], [180], [308].
United States Government, [85], [87], [119].
Vegetables, wild, [156], [160], [200], [323].
Venus, morning star, [232], [239].
Vermin, [199].
Vows, by men, [88], [208], [255], [260], [313].
Vows, by women, [82], [88], [242], [243], [245], [259], [307].
Warbler, Macgillivray, [6].
Warbler, myrtle, [6].
War Bridle, sacred, [278].
War Tepee, [256], [265], [266].
Water Monster Tepee, [264].
Weather Dancers, [310]–13.
Weather Makers, [301].
Wheel game, [197].
Whiskey, [36].
Whistling-All-Night, [192].
White Antelope, wife of scout, [22], [32].
White Calf, the head chief, [22], [43], [55], [56];
dance by, [61];
prayers by, [62], [303];
wives of, [83];
home of, [85];
character, [85], [244], [298], [305], [308], [309]. [[336]]
White Grass, medicine man, [22], [55], [58];
prayer by, [61];
author painted by, [62];
character, [92], [243], [248], [261], [279].
White Weasel Moccasin, Indian name of author, [61];
in Buffalo Dance, [66], [136], [191], [194], [206].
Wind Maker, [16].
Winter-counts, [212].
Winter Tepee. See Snow Tepee.
Wipes-His-Eyes, [260].
Wives, number of, [82];
distant, [83].
Wolf Eagle, [276].
Wolf Song, [281].
Wolf Tail, son of head chief, [85], [260].
Wolf Trail. See Milky way.
Women, industries of, [200], [255], [256];
chastity of, [82], [246], [307];
vows by, [82], [242], [243], [245], [307].
Woodcraft, [5].
Woodpecker, [226].
Worm People Band, [251].
Wren, winter, [6].
Yellow Bird, relative of scout, [24]–31, [109]–14, [121], [139]–46.
Yellow Buffalo Tepee, [262].
Yellow Owl, [84].