The Myths of the North American Indians

by Lewis Spence

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