WEST WIND, THE. I. Algonquian deity, father of Michabo, [120]. II. Deity of the Iroquois, brother of Hi'nun, [217]; destroys the Stone Giants, [228-229]
WHALE-MEAT-CUTTER. A being with magical powers, in Chinook myth, [330]
WHITE FEATHER. See Chácopee
WHITES. Familiar name for European settlers in America; early wars with Indians, [29-31]; early relationship with Indians, [29-30], [32]; Blackfoot idea of the originator of, [208]
WHITNEY, PROFESSOR J. D. Discovery of 'Calaveras' skull by, [8]
WICHITA. A tribe of the Caddoan stock, [28]; grass hut of, [48]
WICKIUP. An Indian dwelling, [49]
WIGWAM. An Indian dwelling, [49]
WILSON, PROFESSOR D. On the Chinooks, [322]
WIN-PE. A giant sorcerer, in Algonquian myth; Glooskap and, [143-144]