The Myths of the North American Indians

by Lewis Spence

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]