The Myths of the North American Indians

by Lewis Spence

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]