Index.

[Indian words are in italics; tribal names in small capitals.]

Abalone, 77.

Acolhua, 209.

Acorns, 202, 203.

Adams Co., Ohio, 101.

Adobé, 163.

Adoption, 126.

Agriculture, 4, 136, 164, 209.

Alaska, 21, 95, 181, 195.

Algonkin, 3, 53, 66, 74, 83, 108 et seq., 116;

houses, 8 et seq.;

story, 32;

torture, 45;

villages, 9.

Algonkin words, 108.

Algonquian, 3.

Alibamu, 128.

Altar Mounds, 100.

Altars, 218.

Ambuscade, 41.

Animal names, 198.

Antelope society, 171, 172, 175.

Apache, 39, 59, 87.

Apalache, 128.

Arapaho, 60; sign for, 64.

Architecture, 216; of Pueblos, 162.

Arickara, 64.

Arizona, 161, 168, 175.

Armor, quilted, 212.

Arrow racing, 144.

Arrows, 46, 49.

Assinaboin, 57, 60, 155.

Athapaskan, 3.

Atlantic Ocean, 90, 108.

Atlatl—or spear-thrower, 211.

Atotarho, 116 et seq.

Aztec, 39, 55, 87, 129, 208 et seq., 215;

books, 71;

picture writing, 71.

Baby, 22 et seq., 182.

Badger, sign for, 61.

Ball, 145 et seq.;

game, 29, 34;

sticks, 29.

Bandelier, A. F., 181.

Barrows, D. P., 205.

Basket making, 144.

Baskets, 27, 203.

Beads, 18;

shell, 76;

turquoise, 78.

Bead-work, 16, 17, 18, 25.

Bear—Story of Hunter and, 198.

Beaver, sign for, 62.

Beloved men, 131.

Belts, 20, 164.

Beothuk, 223.

Bernal Diaz del Castillo, 214.

Berries, 188.

Biography, picture, 66.

Birch-bark, 24, 53;

letter, 59;

records, 66.

Bird Dances, 205.

Black drink, 133.

Black-foot, 108, 109, 112 et seq., 132;

sign for, 64;

story, 35 et seq.

Blankets, 16, 20, 21, 78, 186, 210.

Blowgun, 50.

Boas, F., 2, 6, 195.

Bones, buried, 93, 105.

Books, 71, 220.

Bonnets—feather, 44.

Bottles of seaweed stalk, 189.

Bow drill, 55.

Bows, 49.

Box burial, 96.

Boys—training of, 129.

Bread, 166, 167.

Breech-clout, 15, 210.

Bricks, 163.

Brinton, D. G., 108, 115.

British America, 108.

British Columbia, 21, 24, 79, 187.

Brooch, 17.

Brook of the Beans, 178 et seq.

Buffalo, N. Y., 120.

Buffalo, sign for, 63.

Buffalo dance, 48, 87.

Buffalo hunt, 46, 47, 135 et seq.

Bull-boat, 53.

Burial, 92 et seq.;

in caves, 95.

Burros, 91, 165.

Bushotter, G., 159.

Busk, 133 et seq.

Caddo, 134.

Caddoan, 134.

Calabashes, 209.

Calculiform characters, 221.

Calendar, Dakota, 67.

California, 4, 76, 95, 201 et seq.;

baskets, 27;

cradle, 25;

dress, 21;

houses, 11.

Camp circle, 14, 156.

Canada, 32.

Cannibalism, 213.

Canoe burial, 97.

Canoes, 186;

birch-bark, 52;

dugout, 52.

Cañons, 176.

Captives, 45.

Cardinal points, 89, 90.

Carrying babies, 27.

Carrying strap, 27.

Carving, 185, 195, 217, 219, 220.

Cassine, 133.

Catherwood, F., 216.

Catlin, G., 30, 147 et seq.

Catolsta, old, 144.

Cave burial, 95.

Cave houses, 176, 177.

Cayuga, 2, 116, 118, 119.

Cedar bark, 21, 187, 188.

Central America, 71, 215.

Century of Dishonor, 225.

Chamberlain, A. F., 195.

Charles V., 72.

Charms, 84.

Charnay, 220.

Chelley River, 176.

Cherokees, 30, 52, 84, 89, 107, 108, 140 et seq., 224.

Cheyenne, 60, 69.

Chiapas, 215, 216, 217.

Chicasaw, 128.

Chichen Itza, 218.

Chief of Men, 209.

Chilkat, 21.

Chillicothe, Ohio, 99.

Chinook, 182 et seq.

Choctaw, 30, 128.

Chunkey, 113, 132.

Cincinnati, Ohio, 99.

Clams, 188.

Clark, W. P., 41, 49, 64, 65.

Cliff-dwellers, 54.

Cliff-dwellings, 175 et seq.

Cliff-ruins, 176.

Cloths, 180, 210.

Clubs, 188.

Coahuilla, 201 et seq.

Coahuilla Valley, 201.

Cochiti, 44, 77, 178, 181.

Coffins, 93.

Coiled baskets, 203.

Colorado, 175.

Columbia River, 182.

Comanche, 94;

sign for, 64.

Commemorative posts, 195 et seq., 197.

Companions for the dead, 94.

Condition of Indians, 223 et seq.

Confederacy, 117 et seq., 128, 209.

Conjuring, 130, 145.

Conquest of Mexico, 214.

Cooking, 56.

Copan, 218, 220.

Copper, 79.

Coppers, 79.

Coracle (see Bull-boat).

Corpse:

displayed, 196;

treatment of, 92.

Corral, 91, 165.

Cortez, 209, 213, 214.

Cotton, 210.

Council:

tribal, 117;

confederacy, 119.

Council house, 130, 131.

Coup, 42.

Cradle, 22, 183.

Cram, Rev. Mr., 120.

Crazy, sign for, 64.

Creation legend, 112.

Cree, 83, 108.

Creek, 108, 113, 128 et seq.

Cremation, 95, 196.

Crooked Hand, 138.

Crow, 192.

Crow, 49, 60;

sign for, 64.

Cushing, F. H., 90, 162.

Cycle festival, 55.

Dakota: (see also Sioux) 155;

tent, 12;

war feathers, 43.

Dakota Calendar, 67.

Dances: 85 et seq., 172;

bird, 205;

buffalo, 87;

rain, 88;

scalp, 87;

snake, 85, 88, 168 et seq.;

sun, 155 et seq.

Dancing, 32, 48.

Davis, E. H., 107.

Dawes Bill, 225 et seq.

Dawson, G. M., 223.

Daylight, 189, 190.

Dayton, Ohio, 99.

Deaf-mutes, 61.

Deans, J., 195.

Death, 92;

posts, 195;

watch, 98.

Decreasing population, 135, 223.

Deformation of the head, 183.

Delaware (see also Lenape) 108, 126.

Dentalium, 75.

Descent in female line, 198.

Destroying objects for the dead, 95.

Disease, 80, 82, 84, 224.

Display:

of corpse, 196;

of property, 196.

Dog, sign for, 63.

Dog, The, 151 et seq.

Dorsey, J. O., 160.

Dress, 14 et seq., 169, 186, 210, 211;

dancing, 87.

Drum, 86, 90, 213.

Drying meat, 57.

Duck hunting, 209.

Dug-outs, 52, 186.

Eagle dance, 205.

Eastern Cherokees, 143.

Effigy mounds, 102.

Elephant-trunk decoration, 219.

El Rito de los Frijoles, 178 et seq., 181.

Elsie, old, 56.

Enclosures, 99.

Erie, 119.

Eskimo, 96.

Estufa (see also Kiva), 165, 170.

Eyes, 22.

Families, 198.

Families of Language, 2.

Fast, 130, 133, 160.

Feasts, 113.

Feather-cloth, 180.

Feather-on-the-head, 41.

Feathers, 43, 211.

Female descent, 198.

Fewkes, J. W., 170, 175.

Fibulæ, 17.

Figures—stone, 218.

Fire:

secured, 189, 190;

used, 186;

drill, 55;

making, 53;

perpetual, 131;

signals, 59;

sticks, 54;

for dead, 98.

Fisherman and Raven, story of, 192.

Fish hooks, 188.

Fishing, 50 et seq., 188;

devices, 51.

Five Nations, 188.

Flathead, 183;

sign for, 64.

Flint and steel, 53.

Fly's eggs, 210.

Food for dead, 98.

Foot race, 171.

Ft. Du Quesne, 126.

Ft. Stevenson, 153.

Forward Inlet, 76.

Four Bears, 153.

Franciscans, 206.

French and Indian Wars, 123.

Fresh water secured, 189.

Friendship, 41.

Furs, 186.

Gambling, 28, 113, 132, 204.

Game drives, 48.

Games, 28 et seq., 34, 113, 132, 144 et seq., 205.

Gatschet, A. S., 134.

Gauntlet running, 45.

Gay Head, 51.

Genesee River, 126.

Gens, 198.

Georgia, 140, 141.

Gestures, calling rain, 88.

Glooskap, 32 et seq.

Gods, 211.

Granaries, 202.

Grass, dresses of, 21.

Grave posts, 95, 98, 195 et seq.

Graves, 92 et seq.

Great house, 130.

Great Lakes, 108.

Great removal, 142 et seq.

Grinding meal, 167.

Grinnell, G. B., 39, 112, 138.

Guatemala, 215, 216.

Guessing games, 28.

Guess, or Guest, George, 146.

Hadley, L., 65.

Haida, 79, 82, 95, 96, 182 et seq., 223.

Hair, 182; forehead, 22.

Hair fabrics, 180.

Hale, H., 122.

Halibut, 182, 188.

Haliotis, 77.

Hammock, 25.

Hano, 169.

Hat, 187.

Hayenwatha, 116 et seq.

Head deformation, 182, 220.

Head-dress, 211.

Helmet, 211.

Hieroglyphics, 218, 220.

Hoes, 136.

Holmes, W. H., 80, 219.

Honduras, 215, 218.

Hopeton, 99.

Horn bows, 49.

Horses—stealing, 42.

Hospitality, 5.

Houses, 7 et seq., 184, 202, 211, 216;

Pueblo, 162.

House circles, 105.

Housetops, life on, 163.

Hoyoneta, 145.

Hudson Bay Co., 79.

Hudson River, 115.

Hunting, 46 et seq., 135 et seq., 209;

ducks, 209;

snakes, 170.

Hupa, 76.

Huron, 119.

Hut rings, 105.

Hypnotism, 83.

Idol, 213.

Indian, 1.

Indian Territory, 143, 223.

Initiation, 129.

Iowa, 93, 106.

Iroquois, 39, 53, 66, 74, 108, 115 et seq., 129, 209;

ball play, 29;

houses, 7;

story, 32;

torture, 45.

Itztapalapa, 55.

Jacket, 16, 17.

Jackson, H. H., 147, 202, 225.

Jemison, Mary, 122 et seq.

Jemison, T., 122.

Jesuits, 206.

Journeys of George Catlin, 148.

Keeper of the belts, 75.

Kentucky, 95.

Kilts, 20, 21.

King Philip, 74, 108.

Kiowa, 60, 61.

Kisi, 170 et seq.

Koskimo, 183.

Kwakiutl, 182.

Lacrosse, 29.

Ladders, 163.

Land in severalty, 225 et seq.

Languages, 2.

Lapham, I. A., 107.

Leggings, 15, 17.

Leland, C. G., 38, 83.

Lenape, 108, 109 et seq.

Life:

of cliff-dwellers, etc., 181;

Mayan peoples, 220.

Lipan, 56, 134.

Lip piercing, 183.

Lip plug, 183, 210.

Little Bear, 151 et seq.

Lone Dog, 67, 69.

Long House, 7, 119.

Lorillard City, 220.

Los Angeles, Cal., 207.

Los Cerillos, N. M., 77.

Louisiana, 135.

Lower California, 206.

Lummis, C. F., 204.

Magicians (see medicine men).

Maguey, 71, 210.

Mallery, G., 65.

Mancos Cañon, 176, 179.

Mandan, 90, 148, 153, 155, 159;

house, 11;

bull-boat, 53.

Manta, 169.

Map, 3, 201, 225.

Martha's Vineyard, Mass., 51.

Mason, O. T., 30.

Massacre, 125.

Massasoit, 108.

Matthews, W., 153, 154.

Matting, 10.

Maya, 215 et seq.

McElmo Cañon, 181.

Meal:

acorn, 203;

sacred, 90.

Measure, arrow, 50.

Medicinal liquid, 133.

Medicine, 80.

Medicine man, 33, 80 et seq.;

performances, 83;

tested, 84.

Memory helps, 66, 75.

Mendoza, 73.

Mesa, 161.

Mescal, 204.

Metate, 167, 180.

Mexico, 27, 39, 55, 71, 135, 136, 175, 206, 208 et seq., 215.

Micam, 66.

Miko, 131.

Milky Way, 38.

Mission Indians, 201, 206 et seq.

Mission work, 227.

Missionaries, 197.

Mississippi Valley, 97.

Missouri River, 148, 150, 153.

Missouri Valley, 97.

Moccasin game, 28.

Moccasins, 19, 108.

Mohawk, 2, 116, 118, 119.

Mohawk River, 116.

Mohican, 116.

Moki, 20, 85, 90, 91, 161, 168 et seq., 181.

Money, 73 et seq.

Monoliths, 218.

Montezuma, 209.

Morgan, L. H., 14.

Morning Star, 37, 137.

Morton, T., 74.

Mound builders, 99 et seq.

Mounds, 98 et seq.

Mourning, 97, 196.

M'teoulin, 84.

Mummies, 96, 180.

Museum, National—Mexico, 213.

Museum, National—United States, 154.

Music, 86.

Musical instruments, 86, 213.

Muskoki (see Creek).

Mutilation—self, 97.

Mystery, 80.

Mystery men, 66, 80, 84.

Nanabush, 112.

Nashville, 103.

Natchez, 223.

Navajo, 21, 78, 91, 109.

Neckrings, 17.

Neeskotting, 51.

Nekilstlas, 189, 190, 191.

Nets, for rabbits, 49.

Newark, Ohio, 100.

New Brunswick, 108.

New England, 2, 4, 32, 74.

New Fire, 133.

New Mexico, 77, 161, 162, 175, 178.

New Spain, 206.

New York, 2, 108, 115.

Niagara, 127, 128.

Niagara River, 116.

Niblack, A. P., 195, 201.

North, Lieut., 140.

North Carolina, 52, 140, 143.

Northwest Coast, 4, 21, 50, 52, 80, 86, 181 et seq., 189 et seq., 195 et seq.

Notched rattles, 86.

Nova Scotia, 32, 108.

Objects buried with dead, 93, 94, 105.

Obsidian, 210.

Offerings to gods, 91.

Oglethorpe, 141.

Ohio, 99, 101, 106, 107.

Ohio River, 126.

Oil, 188.

Ojibwa, 69, 84, 108, 109, 111.

Oklahoma, 97, 135.

Old Pueblos, 176.

Old Zuñi, 176.

Omaha, 155.

Oneida, 116, 117, 118, 119.

Onondaga, 2, 75, 116, 118, 119.

Onondaga Lake, N. Y., 118.

Oolachen, 82, 182, 188, 189;

secured, 191.

Oraibe, 169.

Orators, 120.

Oregon, 95; cradle, 24.

Ornaments, 17.

Otoe, 92, 155.

Ovens, 166.

Pacific Ocean, 75, 77, 95, 181.

Paddles, 186.

Paintings—Catlin's, 148 et seq., 159, 160.

Paintings on rocks, 179.

Palace at Palenque, 217.

Palenque, 216 et seq., 220.

Pani = Pawnee, 60, 91, 134, 223.

Paper, 71.

Paper bread, 167.

Papoose, 108.

Papoose board, 22.

Pebble-shaped characters, 221.

Peet, S. D., 102, 107.

Pemmican, 57.

Pennsylvania, 122.

Peon, 205.

Physical type, 182, 201, 215.

Picture records, 111.

Picture writing, 65 et seq.

Piercing lips, 183.

Pilgrims, 108.

Pillars, 219.

Pima, 59.

Pittsburg, Pa., 126.

Plains Indians, 13, 42, 47, 59, 60, 109, 134, 136, 155.

Plaster, 211, 217.

Playground, 130, 132.

Plaza, 171, 172, 173, 175.

Pleiades, story of, 31.

Pocahontas, 108.

Points, in blankets, 79.

Points of compass, 89, 90.

Ponka, 96, 155.

Port Simpson, 223.

Posts, carved, 185, 195 et seq.;

kinds of, 195.

Pottery, 136, 144, 180.

Powell, J. W., 3, 7, 210.

Powell's Linguistic Map, 3.

Powers, S., 14, 76.

Powhatan, 108.

Prayer, 160, 175.

Prayer sticks, 90, 170.

Printed sign-language, 65.

Prisoners of war, 45, 212.

Proclamation of Gen. Scott, 142.

Public Square, 130.

Pueblos, 6, 21, 76, 87, 88, 90, 91, 161 et seq., 168, 169, 176, 180, 181;

dress, 20;

cradle, 27;

game drives, 48;

scalps, 44.

Pump drill, 78.

Purification, 88, 156.

Puskita, 133.

Putnam, F. W., 101, 107.

Pyramids, 211.

Queen Charlotte Islands, 79, 82, 95, 195, 223.

Quills—porcupine, 18.

Rabbit sticks, 49.

Rackets (see Ball-sticks).

Rain dances, 88.

Ramona, 202.

Rattles, 86.

Rattlesnakes, 170 et seq.

Raven stories, 189 et seq.

Red Jacket, 120, 225.

Red Score, 111.

Relics, 180.

Reservations, 225.

Rio Grande, 77, 165, 169, 178.

Rock Paintings, 179.

Rocky Mountains, 108, 112.

Roof comb, 217.

Ruins, 175 et seq., 216 et seq.;

types, 176.

Running the gauntlet, 45.

Rushing Eagle, 153.

Russians, 197.

Sacred colors, 91.

Sacred meal, 90.

Sacred numbers, 84, 89.

Sacred tree, 157.

Sacrifice, 137, 213.

Sacrificial stone, 213.

Sac and Fox, 54, 56, 66;

cradle, 22;

dress, 17;

games, 28;

graves, 93, 94, 97;

hammock, 25;

house, 9;

moccasins, 19.

Salmon, 51, 182, 188.

Sand altar, 91.

Sandals, 180, 210.

San Diego, Cal., 207.

San Dionisio, Mex., 206.

San Francisco, Cal., 207.

San Gabriel, Cal., 202.

Santee (Sioux), 155.

Santo Domingo, N. M., 6.

Saponie, 119.

Scaffold burial, 97.

Scalp, 16, 44.

Scalp dance, 87.

Scalping, 44.

Scar-face, story of, 35.

Schoolcraft, H. R., 69.

Schools, 227.

Scott, Gen. W., 142.

Scouts, Pani, 140.

Scraper for dressing skins, 15.

Scratcher, 89, 145.

Screaming of medicine man, 83.

Scum-cakes, 210.

Seaver, J. E., 128.

Seaweed, 188.

Secret Societies, 85.

Seneca, 2, 116, 118, 119.

Senel, 95.

Sequoyah, 146.

Serpent mound, 101.

Servants, 137.

Shag, 191.

Shaman, 80, 95, 96.

Shawnee, 107, 124.

Shell money, 75.

Shenanjie, 126.

Shields, 211.

Shonko, 151.

Shoshone, 169;

sign for, 64.

Signals, fire, 59.

Sign language, 60 et seq.

Signs, examples of, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64.

Sinking into ground, 83.

Siouan, 91, 97, 155.

Sioux, 25, 44, 49, 60, 66, 67, 69, 138 et seq., 150, 151, 155 et seq., 224.

Sipapu, 171.

Sisseton (Sioux), 155.

Six Nations, 119.

Skidgate, 223.

Skil, 187, 197, 200.

Skimming sticks, 28.

Skins, dressing, 14, 48.

Skirt, 17, 21.

Skowl, 197.

Skunk, sign for, 63.

Smith, E. A., 38.

Smoke, 90, 98.

Smoking, 34, 113.

Smoke signals, 59.

Snake, 170.

Snake Dance, 85, 88, 90, 91, 168 et seq.

Snake hunt, 170.

Snake society, 173.

Snake washing, 171.

Societies, secret:

antelope, 85, 171, 172, 175;

snake, 85, 173.

Soul bone, 83.

Southern States, 27, 30, 50, 52.

Spain, 206.

Spear-thrower, 211.

Speech:

of Pani, 221;

of Red Jacket, 120;

of Sioux, 152.

Spinning, 210.

Spirits, 80.

Squaw, 108.

Squaw money, 76.

Squier, E. G., 107.

Stalking animals, 48.

Star, Hill of the, 55.

Stephens, J. L., 216.

Stocks, linguistic, 2.

Stone Age Culture, 106.

Stone boiling, 57, 186, 188.

Stone graves, 93, 103.

Stone tools, 86, 177, 180, 186.

Stories, 189 et seq.;

Algonkin, 32;

Blackfoot, 35;

Hunter and bears, 198;

Iroquois, 31.

Story-telling, 113, 114.

Stucco, 217.

Succotash, 56.

Sun, 38.

Sun dance, 88, 150, 155 et seq.

Superstition regarding portraits, 150 et seq.

Sweat baths, 132.

Syllabary, Cherokee, 146 et seq.

Sympathetic magic, 88.

Tabasco, 215.

Tablet of the Cross, 218.

Tablet of the sun, 218.

Tablets—of stone, 217, 220.

Tambourines, 86.

Taos, 162, 166, 169.

Taos River, 162.

Tattooing, 184.

Tecpanecan, 209.

Temples, 211, 217, 219.

Temple of beau relief, 217.

Temple of Tigers, 219.

Tennessee, 93, 103, 140, 143.

Tenochtitlan, 208, 213.

Tent, 12.

Terrace platforms, 217.

Test:

for bravery, 158;

for liar, 115;

for manhood, 129.

Teton (Sioux), 155.

Texcoco, 208, 209.

Thomas, C., 107.

Three Bears, 41.

Threshing, 167.

Tikal, 220.

Tirawa, 136, 137.

Tlacopan, 209.

Tlingit, 79, 95, 96, 182, 187, 189, 192, 195, 197, 198, 199.

Tobacco, 90.

Tonkaway, 60, 87, 134, 223.

Torture:

of prisoners, 45;

of self, 159, 160, 220.

Totem, 95, 98, 111, 184, 186, 197, 198;

rights and privileges, 199.

Totem posts, 195 et seq.

Towns—white and red, 129;

peace and war, 129.

Town square, 171.

Transformation, 34.

Trapping, 48.

Tree burial, 97.

Tribes of Indians, 2.

Tribute, 209.

Tshimpshian, 182, 187, 192.

Turquoise, 77.

Tuscarora, 118, 119.

Tutelo, 119.

Types of Indians, 1.

Umane, 156.

Uncpapa (Sioux), 151.

Utah, 175.

Ute, 109.

Vancouver Island, 181, 183, 190.

Van Syce, 127.

Vices, introduced, 224.

Villages, 9, 184.

Virginia, 108.

Wahpeton (Sioux), 155.

Waist, 210.

Waiting outside a village, 38.

Wakantanka, 156.

Walum Olum, 111.

Wall decoration, 211.

Walpi, 169.

Wampampeog, 74.

Wampum, 73, 108.

Wampum belts, 66, 74.

War, 39 et seq., 138 et seq., 211.

War drink, 132.

War feathers, 43.

Warriors, 211;

dress, 211.

Washing snakes, 171.

Water craft, 52.

Weapons, 211.

Weaving, 20, 169, 179, 186, 210.

Wichita, 134.

Wigwam, 108.

Wild rice, 109.

William and Mary, The, 122.

Windows, 163, 164.

Winnebago, 107, 155.

Winnowing, 168.

Wisconsin, 102, 103, 107.

Woman among Indians, 4.

Women, dress, 17.

Wyoming, Pa., 147.

Xenia, Ohio, 99.

Yankton (Sioux), 155.

Yanktonnais (Sioux), 155.

Yarn, 180.

Yarrow, H. C., 98.

Yellowstone River, 150.

Yetl, 189 et seq.

Young, E. R., 83.

Yucatan, 215 et seq., 216.

Zizania, 109.

Zuñi, 89, 90, 161, 162, 176.

Zuñian, 3.