FOOTNOTES:

[1] Great Salt Lake, the ocean.

[2] A boiling stream, near the mouth of the river Walkulla, in Florida.

[3] Great wigwam, an Indian expression, signifying the council-house.

[4] Muskets, which were termed "spears" by the Indians in the earlier part of their intercourse with the Europeans.

[5] Great Medicine, Supreme Being; medicine simply means a spirit.

[6] Backbone of the Great Spirit, the Alleghany Mountains.

[7] The North Star, in their beautiful, poetical language, "the star which never moves," and "The Hunter's Star."

[8] "Daughter of the Sun."—See the Tradition infra.

[9] Thunder, also called the "hissing of the Great Serpent."