Chapter VII · : MYTHS AND LEGENDS OF THE NORTHERN AND NORTH-WESTERN INDIANS (continued 2)
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NOTE ON PRONUNCIATION
Workers in Indian mythology and linguistics have in some instances created a phonology of their own for the several languages in which they wrought. But, generally speaking, the majority of Indian names, both of places and individuals, should be pronounced as spelt, the spelling being that of persons used to transcribing native diction and as a rule representing the veritable Indian pronunciation of the word.
Among the North American Indians we find languages both harsh and soft. Harshness produced by a clustering of consonants is peculiar to the north-west coast of America, while the Mississippi basin and California possess languages rich in sonorous sounds. A slurring of terminal syllables is peculiar to many American tongues.
The vocabularies of American languages are by no means scanty, as is often mistakenly supposed, and their grammatical structure is intricate and systematic. The commonest traits in American languages are the vagueness of demarcation between the noun and verb, the use of the intransitive form of the verb for the adjective, and the compound character of independent pronouns. A large number of ideas are expressed by means of either affixes or stem-modification. On account of the frequent occurrence of such elements American languages have been classed as 'polysynthetic.'
GLOSSARY AND INDEX
A
ABNAKI, A tribe of the Algonquian stock, 25
ABORIGINES, AMERICAN. Theories as to the origin of, 5-13, 17-22
ACAGCHEMEM. A Californian people; myths of, 350-355
ADAM OF BREMEN. And Norse voyages to America, 16
AÉ. The first woman, in an Acagchemem creation-myth, 353
AHSONNUTLI. Principal deity of the Navaho, called the Turquoise Man-woman, 121-122
AKAIYAN. A brave; in Algonquian legend of the origin of the Beaver Medicine, 184-187
ALEUTIAN INDIANS. Custom of, resembles that of Asiatic tribe, 11
ALGON. A hunter; in the story of the Star-maiden, 152-156
ALGONQUIAN STOCK. An ethnic division of the American Indians, 24-27
ALGONQUINS. The name applied to members of the Algonquian stock, 24 n.; tribes and distribution of, 24-25; early history, 25; an advanced people, 26; costume of, 58; marriage-customs of, 73; creation-myth of, 107-108; belief of, respecting birds, 110; belief of, respecting lightning, 112; and the owl, 111; and the serpent of the Great Lakes, 113; Michabo the chief deity of, 119-120; and the soul's journey after death, 129; the festivals of, 133; dialect of the priests of, 136; myths and legends of, 141-216; conflict with the Caniengas, 225, subdued by the Iroquois, 227; and the King of Rattlesnakes, 248
ALLOUEZ, FATHER. Incident connected with, related by Brinton, 100-101
AMERICA. Origin of man in, 5-22; resemblance between tribes of, and those of Asia, 6, 10-12; discoveries of prehistoric remains in, 7-10; early communication between Asia and, 6,12
ANAYICOYONDI. A goddess of the Pericues, wife of Niparaya, 355
ANIMISM, 80
ANNIMIKENS. A brave; hunting adventure of, 55
APACHES. A tribe of the Athapascan stock, 22; of Arizona, houses of, 47; costume of, 59; fetishes of, 89-90; and the points of the compass, 131
APALACHEES. A tribe of the Muskhogean stock, 27
APISIRAHTS (The Morning Star). Son of the Sun-god, in Blackfoot myth; in the stories of Scar-face, or Poïa, 198-205
ARAPAHO. A tribe of the Algonquian stock, 25; dwellings of, 48
ARGALL, CAPTAIN SAMUEL. Mentioned in the story of Pocahontas, 32, 36
ARIKARA. A tribe of the Caddoan stock, 28
ART, INDIAN, 62-63
ASGAYA GIGAGEI (Red Man). A thunder-god of the Cherokees, 126
ASHOCHIMI. A Californian tribe; Coyote, a deity of, 124
ASIA. Ethnological relationship between America and, 6, 10-13
ASSINIBOINS. A tribe of the Siouan stock, 28; their method of cooking flesh, 11
ATHAPASCANS. An ethnic division of the American Indians, 22-23; costume of, 58; and the soul's journey after death, 129
ATIUS TIRÁWA. Principal deity of the Pawnees, 122; in the story of the Sacred Bundle, 307; in the story of the Bear-man, 308, 310, 311
ATOTARHO. A legendary hero of the Iroquois, chieftain of the Onondagas, 217, 225-226; Hiawatha a warrior under, 225; at first opposes Hiawatha's federation scheme, but later joins in it, 226
ATTAJEN (Man, or Rational Being). In Acagchemem myth, a semi-divine being, a benefactor of the human race, 354
AUGHEY, DR. Prehistoric remains discovered by, 8
AUZAR. In Acagchemem myth, reputed mother of Ouiamot, 354
AWONAWILONA (Maker and Container of All). The Zuñi creative deity, 106, 121
AZTECS. An aboriginal American race; the Shoshoneans related to, 29
B
BABEENS. A tribe of the Athapascan stock; carvings of, 63
BANCROFT, H. H. On the mythological beliefs of the Californian tribes, 348-350; on the beliefs of the Tinneh, 357-358
BARTRAM, W. On the priesthood of the Creeks, 136
BEAR DANCE. Pawnee ceremonial; story of the originator of the, 308-311
BEAR, THE GREAT. In Blackfoot legend of the origin of the Bear-spear, 188-190
BEAR-MAN. The story of the, 308-311
BEAR-SPEAR. Blackfoot legend of the origin of, 187-190
BEARSKIN-WOMAN. The story of, 182-184
BEAVER. I. A creative deity of the Sioux, chief of the Beaver family; Ictinike and, 269-270, 271. II. In Haida myth; story of the feud between Porcupine and, 318-320
BEAVER, THE GREAT (Quah-beet). Algonquian totem-deity; in myth of Glooskap and Malsum, 142; in legend of origin of the Beaver Medicine, 185-187
BEAVER, LITTLE. In legend of origin of the Beaver Medicine, 185-187
BEAVER MEDICINE. Legend of the origin of, 184-187
BEAVER PEOPLE. The beavers personified, in Haida myth; in the story of Beaver and Porcupine, 318-320
BIG WATER. The Pacific Ocean; in the story of Scar-face, 203
BIRD, THE. In Indian mythology, 109-111
BLACK TORTOISE, TOMB OF THE. An earth-mound, 19-20
BLACKFEET. A tribe of the Algonquian stock, 24, 25; legends of, 182-184, 187-190, 193-212; the Sun Dance of, 204; Nápi, the creative deity of, 205
BLUE JAY. A mischievous totem-deity of the Chinooks, 124-125, 323; stories of, and his sister Ioi, 323-327; and the Supernatural People, 323-324, 327, 329-332, 339-340; in the story of Stikŭa, 342-348
BOAS, FRANZ. Extract from version of the Coyote myth related by, 124
BOSCANA, FATHER GERÓNIMO. On the beliefs of Californian tribes, 350-354
BOURBEUSE RIVER. Prehistoric remains discovered at, 7
BOURKE, J. G. Description of an Apache fetish by, 89-90; on 'phylacteries' (fetishes), 90
BOY MAGICIAN. The story of the, 238-242
BRÉBEUF, FATHER. Incident connected with, related by Brinton, 100; and the after-life of the Indians, 130
BRINTON, D. G. On the Shoshoneans, 29; extract from translation of the Wallum-Olum by, 77-78; on the religion of the Indians, 97-101; on Indian 'good' and 'bad' gods, 104-105; on Indian veneration of the eagle, 110-111
BRUYAS, FATHER. Mentioned, 104
BUFFALO DANCE. A festival of the Mandans, 134-135
BUFFALO-STEALER. The legend of, 208-212
BUNDLES, SACRED. Collections of articles supposed to possess magical potency, 92, 308
BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY. Quotations from Bulletins of, 17, 21, 45-49, 55-59
BURIAL CUSTOMS, INDIAN, 128
BUSK. A contraction for Pushkita, name of a Creek festival, 133-134
BWOINAIS. A Chippeway warrior; war-songs of, 71-72
C
CADDO. I. An ethnic division of the American Indians, 28, 304. II. A tribe forming a part of the stock of the same name, 28
CAHROCS. A Californian tribe; deities of, 349-350
'CALAVERAS' SKULL. Prehistoric relic; discovery of, 8
CALIFORNIA. Prehistoric remains discovered in, 8; the tribes of, diversity among, 348; mythological beliefs of the tribes of, 348-356
CANIENGAS. One of the two political divisions of the Iroquois family, 225
CARVER, CAPTAIN JONATHAN. On Sioux methods of reckoning time, 132
CATLIN, G. On the Pipe-stone Quarry, 116, 117-118
CAYUGAS. A tribe of the Iroquois stock, 224
CHÁCOPEE, or WHITE FEATHER. A Sioux hero; the story of, 296-301
CHAREYA (The Old Man Above). Deity of the Cahrocs, 350
CHARLEVOIX, P. On incident relating to origin of the Indians, 12
CHEROKEES. A tribe of the Iroquois stock, 23; as mound-builders, 21; and the eagle, 111; and the owl, 111; hunter- and thunder-gods of, 125-126; and the points of the compass, 131; and the priesthood, 136; dialect of the priesthood of, 136; subdued by the Iroquois, 227; the Iroquois attacks on, 246; and the King of Rattlesnakes, 248; their legend of the origin of medicine, 249-251
CHEYENNE. A tribe of the Algonquian stock, 25; the great tribal fetish of, 91
CHICKASAWS. A tribe of the Muskhogean stock, 27; and earth-mounds, 21
CHILKAT. A tribe of the Thlingit stock; costume of, 58
CHIMPSEYANS. An ethnic division of the American Indians; carvings of, 63
CHINIGCHINICH (Almighty). Deity of the Acagchemems, called also Ouiamot, 352, 354-355
CHINOOKS. A tribe of the Chinookan stock, 322; Coyote a principal deity of, 123, 124; Blue Jay a deity of, 124; mode of burial of, 128; belief of, regarding the soul, 129; cranial deformation among, 322; myths of, 322-348; story of their contests with the Supernatural People, 329-332
CHIPPEWAYS, or OJIBWAYS. A tribe of the Algonquian stock, 25; dwellings of, 48; carvings of, 63; called 'Pillagers,' 68; war-customs of, 68-69; a legend of, 152-156; Manabozho (or Michabo a demi-god of, 223
CHOCTAWS. A tribe of the Muskhogean stock, 27; cranial deformation among, 27; dialect of the priesthood of, 136
CHURCH, CAPTAIN BENJAMIN. One of the early settlers; his methods in fighting the Indians, 31
CHUTSAIN. A malevolent spirit of the Tinneh, 358
CITY OF THE MISTS. Home of Po-shai-an-K'ia, the father of the Zuñi 'medicine' societies, 95
CLALLAMS. A tribe of the Salish stock; carvings of, 63
CLARKE, J. On the Pipe-stone Quarry, 116-117
CLIFF- AND ROCK-DWELLINGS, 48-49
CLOUD-CARRIER. The story of, 156-159
COCOPA. A tribe of the Yuman stock; dwellings of, 47; costume of, 59
COLORADO. Prehistoric remains discovered in, 8
COLOURS. The Indians and, 60-62
COLUMBUS. And the Discovery, 1, 2
COMANCHES. A tribe of the Shoshonean stock, 28; dwellings of, 48
COMMUNITY HOUSES, 45-47
COMPASS, POINTS OF THE. Significance to the Indians, 131
CONANT, A. J. On the group of earth-mounds in Minnesota, 20
CONQUEROR, THE. A deity mentioned in the myth of Coyote and Kodoyanpe, 123
COSTUME OF THE INDIANS, 55-59
COUNTRY OF THE GHOSTS. Same as Spirit-land, which see
COYOTE. See Italapas
COYOTE PEOPLE, THE GREAT. A Zuñi clan, 95-96
CRANIAL DEFORMATION. Practised among the Muskhogeans, 27; among the Choctaws, 27; among the Chinooks, 322
CREATION-MYTHS, 106-109, 350-353
CREEKS. A tribe of the Muskhogean stock, 27; and earth-mounds, 21; and the eagle, no; and the owl, 111; Esaugetuh Emissee, the chief deity of, 122; the Pushkita, a festival of, 133-134; the priests of, 136
CREES. A tribe of the Algonquian stock, 25; legend of origin of their Young Dog Dance, 190-193; how they caught eagles, 190-191
CROWS. A tribe of the Siouan stock; in a Blackfoot legend, 193-196
D
DAKOTA. An ethnic division of the American Indians, same as Sioux, which see
DAY OF THE COUNCIL OF THE FETISHES. A Zuñi fetish festival, 96
DAY-AND-NIGHT MYTH. A Blackfoot, 205-208
DEKANEWIDAH. A Mohawk chieftain; assists Hiawatha in his federation scheme, 226
DELAWARES. A tribe of the Algonquian stock, 25; in the story of Frances Slocum, 37-38, 41
DÉNÉ. Same as Tinneh, which see
DEVIL. In Indian mythology, 349
DEVIL DANCES, 135
DEVIL'S CASTLE. Place in Siskiyou, California; regarded by natives as abode of malignant spirits, 349
DEVIL-FISH. Supernatural beings in Haida myth; story of an Indian and the daughter of a, 320-321
DEVOURING HILL. The story of the Rabbit and the, 302-303
DICKSON, DR. Discovery of prehistoric remains by, 7
DIGHTON WRITING ROCK, 16
DJŪ. A river mentioned in Haida myth, 314
DOGRIB INDIANS. A tribe of the Athapascan stock; myth of heaven-climber resembles that of Ugrian tribes of Asia, 11
DROWNED CHILD. The story of the, 285-287
DWELLINGS, INDIAN, 45-49
E
EAGLE. Indian veneration for, 110-111
EJONI. The first man, in an Acagchemem creation-myth, 353
ELEGANT. An Indian beau; in the story of Handsome, 160-162
ENO (Thief and Cannibal). A name of Coyote among the Acagchemem tribes, 351
ES-TONEA-PESTA (The Lord of Cold Weather). In the story of the Snow-lodge, 151-152
ESAUGETUH EMISSEE (Master of Breath). Supreme deity of the Muskhogees, 122; in creation-myth, 108
EYACQUE (Sub-captain). A name of Coyote among the Acagchemem tribes, 351
F
FACE-PAINTING, 59-62
FAIRY WIVES. The story of the, 170-175
FEATHER-WOMAN. A beautiful maiden; in the legend of Poïa, 200-203
FEATHER-WORK. Indian skill in, 63
FESTIVALS, INDIAN, 133-135
FETISHISM. Swanton on totemism and, 84-85; origin and nature of the fetish, 87-89; Apache fetishes, 89-90; Iroquoian fetishes, 91; Huron fetishes, 91; Algonquian fetishes, 91; the Cheyenne tribal fetish, 91; Hidatsa fetishes, 92; Siouan fetishes, 92; Hopi fetishes, 92-93; Zuñi fetishism, 93-97; fetishism associated with totemism, 93
FEWKES, J. W. And fetishes of the Hopi, 92
FINE-WEATHER-WOMAN. Haida storm-deity; in the myth of the origin of certain demi-gods, 314; origin of, as the mother of Sîñ, 314-316
FIVE NATIONS, THE. A federation of the Iroquois, called also the Grand League, 23, 24; the tribes composing, 23, 224-225; Hiawatha the founder of the league, 23; influence upon European history, 223, 227; called also Six Nations and Seven Nations, 224; Hiawatha's early efforts toward federation, 225; the federation inaugurated, and completed, 226; growth of the power of, 227; the Peace Queen appointed by, 263; the office of Peace Queen abolished, 265
FLATHEADS. Name applied to the Choctaws by the whites, 27
FLETCHER, Miss A. C. On dwellings of the Omaha, 48
FLYING SQUIRREL. A creative deity of the Sioux; Ictinike and, 271
FOXES. A tribe of the Algonquian stock, 25, 71
FRIENDLY SKELETON. The story of the, 242-246
FUTURE LIFE. The Indian idea of, 127
G
GÉBELIN, COURT DE. And the Dighton Writing Rock, 16
GENETASKA. A Peace Queen; the legend of, 262-265
GHOST PEOPLE. The souls of the dead, the inhabitants of Spirit-land, 129, 130; Ioi and Blue Jay among, 324-326, 327
GHOST-LAND. Same as Spirit-land, which see
GILA-SONORA. An ethnic division of the American Indians; costume of, 59
GITSHE IAWBA. A Chippeway brave; hunting exploit of, 54-55
GLOOSKAP (The Liar). A creative deity of the Algonquins, twin with Malsum, 141; his contest with Malsum, 141-142; resembles the Scandinavian Balder, 142; creates man, 143; contest with Win-pe, 143-144; his gifts to man, 144-145; and Wasis, the baby, 145-146; leaves the earth, 146-147; a sun-god, 147; and Summer and Winter, 147-149; his 'wig-wam,' 149
GOD. The Indian idea of, 101
GODS, INDIAN. Character of, 103-105; description of the principal, 118-126
GRAND COUNCIL of the Five Nations, 224, 226
GRAND LEAGUE, or KAYANERENH KOWA. A federation of the Iroquois, known also as the Five Nations. See under Five Nations
GREAT DOG. A totem-deity, 137
GREAT EAGLE. A totem-deity, 137
GREAT HEAD. A malevolent being, in Iroquois myth; a legend of, 232-235
GREAT MAN. Name for a chief deity among Californian tribes, 348
GREAT SPIRIT THE, or MANITO. Supreme Indian deity; and the origin of smoking, 116
GREAT WATER. The Pacific; in the story of the Snake-wife, 290, 292
GREATEST FOOL. Supernatural being in Haida myth; in the story of Master-carpenter and South-east, 317
GREENLAND. Early voyages from, to America, 13, 14-16
H
HAIDA. A tribe of the Skittagetan stock; houses of, 46-47; myths and legends of, 312-321
HAMPTON INSTITUTE. And education of the Indians, 79
HANDSOME. A beautiful maiden; the story of, 159-162
HAOKAH. Thunder-god of the Sioux, 125
'HARRYING OF HADES.' American Indian myth provides examples of, 332, 340-341
HEALING WATERS. The legend of the, 257-260
HELLU-LAND (Land of Flat Stones). In legend of Norse voyage to America, 14, 15
HERBERT, SIR THOMAS. His Travels quoted, 4-5
HERJULFSON, BIARNE. And the Norse discovery of America, 13-14
HIAWATHA (more properly HAI-EN-WAT-HA; = He who seeks the Wampum-belt). A legendary hero of the Iroquois, 217, 223-228; represented also as of Algonquian race, 223; effect of Longfellow's poem on the history of, 223; Longfellow's confusion in identity of, 223; historical basis for the legends, 223; founder of the League of the Five Nations, 223-224; a warrior under Atotarho, 225; his plans for federation, 225; adopted into the Mohawk tribe, 226; his scheme consummated, 226
HIDATSA. A tribe of the Sioux; fetishes of, 92; have no belief in a devil or hell, 104
HI'NUN. Thunder-god of the Iroquois, 217; myths relating to, 218-222; great veneration for, 222
HOBBAMOCK, Or HOBBAMOQUI (Great). Beneficent Indian deity, 105
HOFFMANN, W. J. On Algonquian fetishes, 91
HOGAN. An Indian dwelling, 49
HOPI, or MOQUI. A tribe of the Shoshonean stock; as cotton-weavers, 56, 73; fetishes of, 92-93; festivals of, 135
HUNTING, INDIAN, 50-55
HUPA. A tribe of the Athapascan stock; costume of, 59; method of reckoning age, 133
HURONS. A tribe of the Iroquois stock, 23; marriage among, 73; fetishes of, 91; the dove regarded as sacred by, 111; and the soul's journey after death, 129; originally one people with the Iroquois, 224; in the conflict between the Caniengas and Algonquins, 225; war with the Onondagas, 225; annihilated by the Iroquois, 227; a legend of, 248
I
ICE-COUNTRY. In Algonquian myth, 147
ICTINIKE. An evil spirit, in Sioux myth; adventures of, 266-271
ILLINOIS. A tribe of the Algonquian stock; in a Seneca legend, 236-238
'INDIAN.' The name wrongly applied to the North American races, 1
INDIANA. Primitive implements found in, 7; earth-mounds found in, 17, 18
INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN. The theory that they came from the East, 1-2; early controversy as to origin of, 2-3; identified with the lost Ten Tribes, 3; other theories of origin of, 4; theory of their Welsh origin, 4-5; origination of American man in the Old World, 5-6; scientific data relating to origin of, 5-13, 17-22; affinities with Siberian peoples, 10-12; probably migrants from Asia, 12-13; ethnic divisions of, 22-29; geographical distribution of the tribes of, 22-29; industry of, 26; early wars between whites and, 29-31; early relationship with whites, 29-30; deportation of, as slaves, 31; confinement of, to 'reservations,' 31-32; stories of whites and, 32-45; and kidnapping of white children, 36-45; dwellings of, 45-49; tribal law and custom among, 50; hunting among, 50-55; dress of, 55-59; and face-painting, 59-62; and colours, 60-62; art of, 62-63; war-customs of, 63-72; position of women among, 72-73; marriage among, 73; and child-life, 73-74; and totemism, 74-76, 80-87; picture-writing among, 76-78; enlightenment of, 79, 360; and fetishism, 87-97; and religion, 97-105, 140; ideas of God, 101; character of gods of, 103-105; creation-myths of, 106-109; serpent- and bird-worship among, 109-115; and the use of tobacco, 115-118; the gods of, 118-126; and ideas of a future life, 127-128; burial customs of, 128; and the soul's journey after death, 129; and the spirit-world, 129-130, 139-140; reverence for the four points of the compass, 131; methods of time-reckoning, 131-133; festivals of, 132, 133-135; the medicine-men of, 135-140; original character of the mythologies of, 359; worthiness of the race, 359-360
IOI. A deity of the Chinooks, sister of Blue Jay; stories of, 323-327
IOSKEHA (White One). One of the twin-gods of the Iroquois, 121
IOWA. I. The State; prehistoric remains discovered in, 8. II. A tribe of the Sioux stock, 266; legends of, 266-271
IROQUOIS (Real Adders). An ethnic division of the American Indians, called also Long House People, 23-24, 224; the Five Nations of, 23, 24, 223-227; community houses of, 45; costume of, 58; marriage customs of, 73; name for fetish, 85; and the serpent of the Great Lakes, 113; the twin-gods of, 121; and the soul's journey after death, 129; myths and legends of, 217-265; Hi'nun, the chief deity of, 217; Hiawatha, a mythical hero of, 217; originally one people with the Hurons, 224; the two political branches of, 224-225; growth of the power of, 227
IROQUOIS CONFEDERACY. See Five Nations
ISLAND OF THE BLESSED. In the story of the Spirit-bride, 163-165
ITALAPAS or ITALAPATE, (Coyote). A principal deity of the Chinooks and Californian tribes, 123-124, 350; in the myth of Ouiot, 351
J
JAPAZAWS. A chief, 32
JEWS. American aborigines identified with, 3-4
K
KATCINA. A clan of the Hopi tribe, and the tribal festivals, 135
KAYANERENH KOWA. The Grand League, or Five Nations, a federation of the Troquois. See under Five Nations
KENTUCKY. Earth-mounds found in, 18
KEWAWKQU'. A race of giants and magicians, in Algonquian myth; conquered by Glooskap, 145
KICHAI. A tribe of the Caddoan stock, 28
KICKAPOOS. A tribe of the Algonquian stock, 25
KIDNAPPING by Indians, 36; a story of, 37-45
KIEHTAN. Beneficent Indian deity, 105
KING OF GRUBS. In the myth of the Thunderers, 222
KING OF RATTLESNAKES. The legend of, 248
KING PHILIP'S WAR, 30-31
KINGFISHER. A creative deity of the Sioux; Ictinike and, 271
KINGSBOROUGH, LORD. And the identity of the American aborigines, 3
KIOWA. An ethnic division of the American Indians; dwellings of, 48; picture-writing records of, 77; the year of, 132
KITTANITOWIT. A manufactured name for the supreme Indian deity, 105
KOCH, DR. Prehistoric remains discovered by, 7
KODOYANPE. Principal deity of the Maidu, 123, 124
KOHL, J. G. On Indian face-painting, 59-62
KOKOMIKIS. The Moon-goddess, wife of the Sun-god; in the stories of Scar-face, 199-204
KOLUSCHES. An ethnic division of the American Indians; customs of, resemble those of Asiatic tribes, 10-11
KOOTENAY. An ethnic division of the American Indians; Coyote the creative deity of, 124
KUM. A semi-subterranean lodge of the Maidu, 47
KUTOYIS (Drop of Blood). A hero in Algonquian myth; legends of, 212-216
L
LAKE SUPERIOR. Prehistoric remains discovered in district of, 8
LAND OF THE SUN. Indian abode of bliss, 127
LAND OF THE SUPERNATURAL PEOPLE. Region inhabited by a semi-divine race, 129-130; in Chinook myth, 323-324, 327-332, 337-338
LANGUAGE. Resemblance between that of American and Asiatic tribes, 12; the basis of ethnic classification of American tribes, 22
LEIF THE LUCKY. Legend of voyage of, to America, 14-15
LELAND, C. G. On Algonquian mythology, 143
LENI-LENÂPÉ. A tribe of the Algonquian stock; the Wallum-Olum of, 77-78
LIGHTNING. Indian belief regarding, 111-112
LIPANS. A tribe of the Athapascan stock, 22
LITTLE DEER. Chief of the Deer tribe, in Cherokee myth. 249, 250
LITTLE MEN. Twin thunder-gods of the Cherokees, 126
LONE-DOG WINTER-COUNT. A picture-writing chronicle of the Dakota, 77
LONG HOUSE PEOPLE. A name applied to the Iroquois, 224, 227
LONGFELLOW, H. W. And the identity of Hiawatha, 223
LORD OF THE DEAD. Indian deity; the owl sometimes represented as the attendant of, 112
LOUCHEUX. A division of the Tinneh stock; the myth of the moon-god of, 357-358
LOX, or LOKI. Algonquian deity, a reincarnation of Malsum, 143; reminiscent of the Scandinavian Loki, 143; in the story of the Fairy Wives, 174-175
LYELL, SIR CHARLES. On discovery of prehistoric remains, 7
M
MA-CON-A-QUA. The Indian name of Frances Slocum, 44
MADOC. Legend of, 4
MAIDU. A Californian tribe; dwellings of, 47; creation-myth of, 123; Coyote and Kodoyanpe deities of, 123; the seasons of, 133
MAIZE. Chippeway story of the origin of, 180-182
MAKER-OF-THE-THICK-SEA-MIST. Haida deity; in the story of Master-carpenter and South-east, 318
MALICIOUS MOTHER-IN-LAW. Story of the, 176-180
MALSUM (The Wolf). A malignant creative deity of the Algonquins, twin with Glooskap, 141-143, 149; contest with Glooskap, 141-142; appears later in Algonquian myth as Lox, or Loki, 143; future conflict with Glooskap, 149
MAN. Origin of, in America, 5-22
MANABOZHO. Same as Michabo, 11, which see
MANDANS. A tribe of the Siouan stock; community houses of, 45; creation-myth of, 109; the dove regarded as sacred by, 112; the Buffalo Dance, a festival of, 134-135
MANITO (The Great Spirit). I. Supreme deity of the Algonquins, probably same as Michabo; and the lightning, 112. II. A general term for a potent spirit or the supernatural among the Algonquins and Sioux, 114. III. Supreme deity of the Iroquois; in the legend of the Healing Waters, 257-260
MARK-LAND (Wood-land). In legend of the Norse voyage to America, 14, 15
MARRIAGE among the Indians, 73
MARTEN. An idle brave; in the story of the Fairy Wives, 170-172
MASON, JOHN. One of the early settlers; and the feud with the Pequots, 30
MASTER OF LIFE. In the story of the Spirit-bride, 164
MASTER-CARPENTER. A supernatural being, in Haida myth; story of his contest with South-east, 316-318
MEDA. A 'medicine' society of the Algonquins, 119
MEDA CHANT. An Algonquian religious ceremony, 114
MEDECOLIN. Sorcerers, in Algonquian myth; conquered by Glooskap, 145
MEDICINE-MEN, or SHAMANS, 135-140; as priests, 136; as healers, 136-138; 'journeys' of, to Spirit-land, 139-140; instituted by Attajen, 354
'MEDICINE.' A term signifying magical potency, usually of a healing order; Seneca legend of the origin of, 230-232; Cherokee legend of the origin of curative medicine, 249-251
MEN-SERPENTS. The story of the, 273-275
MENOMINEES. A tribe of the Algonquian stock, 25
MIAMI. A tribe of the Algonquian stock; in the story of Frances Slocum, 40, 41
MICE. Two supernatural beings in Chinook myth, 339-340
MICHABO (The Great Hare). I. Supreme deity of the Algonquins, probably same as Manito, 119-120; in creation-myth, 107-108. II. A demi-god of the Ojibways, called also Manabozho; confusion of, with Hiawatha, 223
MICMACS. A tribe of the Algonquian stock, 25; subdued by the Iroquois, 227
MILKY WAY. Called the Wolf-trail by the Indians, 204
MINAS, LAKE. In Nova Scotia; Glooskap leaves the earth upon, 146
MINNESOTA. Primitive implements found in, 7; earth-mounds found in, 18, 19-20
MINNETAREES. A tribe of the Hidatsa stock; creation-myth of, 109
'MIOCENE BRIDGE.' And the origin of man in America, 6
MOHAVE. A tribe of the Yuman stock; costume of, 59
MOHAWKS. A tribe of the Iroquois stock, 24, 224, 225; and the twin-gods myth of the Iroquois, 121; Hiawatha may have belonged to, 223, 226; Hiawatha adopted into, 226
MOHEGANS. Same as Mohicans, which see
MOHICANS, or MOHEGANS. A tribe of the Algonquian stock, 25; a community house of, 45; subdued by the Iroquois, 227
MON-DA-MIN. The maize-plant; story of the origin of, 180-182
MONTAGNAIS. A tribe of the Algonquian stock, 25
MOON-GODDESS. See Kokomikis
MOOSE. A brave, a great hunter; in the story of the Fairy Wives, 170-172
MOOWIS. A counterfeit brave; in the story of Elegant and Handsome, 161-162
MOQUI. Same as Hopi, which see
MORGAN, L. On Indian community houses, 45-46
MORNING STAR. See Apisirahts
MOUNDS. Prehistoric earthen erections found in America, 17-22; in animal form, 17-18; purpose of, 18; contents of, 18-19, 21; description of a group, 19-20; the builders of, 20-21; age of, 21-22
MUSK-RAT. A creative deity of the Sioux; Ictinike and, 270-271
MUSKHOGEANS. An ethnic division of the American Indians, 27; costume of, 58; marriage-customs of, 73; creation-myth of, 108
N
NAKOTAT. A Chinook village; in the myth of Stikŭa, 341, 345
NANTAQUAUS. Son of the chief Powhatan, 33
NANTENA. Spirits or fairies, in Tinneh mythology, 358
NÁPI. The creative deity of the Blackfeet; in a day-and-night legend, 205, 208; in the legend of Buffalo-stealer, 208-212
NARRAGANSETS. A tribe of the Algonquian stock, 25
NARVAEZ, PANFILO DE. And the Muskhogean people, 27
NATCHEZ. I. The city; discoveries of prehistoric remains at, 7. II. A tribe of the so-called Natchesan stock; and earth-mounds, 21; and the eagle, 112
NAVAHO. A tribe of the Athapascan stock, 22; a dwelling of, 49; costume of, 59; belief of, respecting birds and the winds, 110; Ahsonnutli the chief deity of, 121-122; belief of, respecting the soul, 129; and the points of the compass, 131
NEBRASKA. Prehistoric remains discovered in, 8
NEKUMONTA. An Iroquois brave; in the legend of the Healing Waters, 257-260
NEMISSA. A Star-maiden; in the story of Cloud-carrier, 156-159
NEW ORLEANS. Prehistoric remains discovered at, 7
NEW YORK. State of; conflict between Indians and the early settlers in, 30
NEZ PERCÉS. A tribe of the Sahaptian stock; dwellings of, 47
NIPARAYA. A supreme deity of the Pericues, 355-356
NIPMUCS. A tribe of the Algonquian stock, 25
NOCUMA. A creative deity of the Acagchemems, 352-353
NOKAY. A noted Chippeway hunter; hunting exploit of, 54
NOOTKAS. A tribe of the Nootka-Columbia stock; dwellings of, 47; Quahootze, a deity of, 100
NOPATSIS. A brave; in the legend of the origin of the Beaver Medicine, 184-187
NORSEMEN. Discovery of America by, 13-14, 16; early voyages of, to America, 14-16; left no traces of their occupation, 16
NOTTOWAYS. A tribe of the Iroquois stock, 23
NUNNE CHAHA. A hill mentioned in the Muskhogean creation-myth, 108
O
OHIO. I. The State; primitive implements found in, 7; earth-mounds found in, 17, 18. II. The river; attempt to maintain as Indian boundary, 25
OJIBWAYS. Same as Chippeways, which see
OKINAI. In the story of Bearskin-woman, 183-184
OKULAM (Noise of Surge). Name given to giant in Chinook myth of the Thunderer, 335
OLCHONES. A Californian tribe; sun identified with supreme deity by, 350
OLD MAN ABOVE. I. Name for supreme deity among Californian tribes, 348. II. The Chareya of the Cahrocs, 350
OLD WHITE BEAR. Chief of the Bear tribe, in Cherokee myth, 249
OMAHAS. A tribe of the Siouan stock; dwellings of, 48; Ictinike a war-god of, 266
ONE ABOVE. Name for supreme deity among Californian tribes, 348
ONEIDAS. A tribe of the Iroquois stock, 24, 224, 225; inaugurate the federation of the Five Nations, 226
ONNIONT. A mythological serpent, 91
ONONDAGAS. A tribe of the Iroquois stock, 224; Hiawatha probably belonged to, 223; war with Caniengas and Hurons, 225; Atotarho a chief of, 225; and Hiawatha's federation scheme, 226
ORENDA. Magical power, 112
OSAGES. A tribe probably of the Algonquian stock; dwellings of, 48
OTTER-HEART. The story of, 165-170
OUIAMOT. Same as Chinigchinich, which see
OUIOT (Dominator). I. A demi-god of the Acagchemems, 351-352. II. A tyrannous ruler, 353-354
OWL, THE. Indian veneration for, 113
P
PAHE-WATHAHUNI (The Devouring Hill). The story of the Rabbit and, 302-303
PAIUTES. A tribe of the Yunian stock; houses of, 47
PALMER, CAPTAIN G. Work by, quoted, 3-4
PAMOLA. An evil spirit, in Algonquian myth; conquered by Glooskap, 145
PAWNEES. A confederacy of tribes of the Caddoan stock, 28, 304; and the tribal fetish of the Cheyenne, 91; and thunder, 112; Atius Tiráwa, the chief deity of, 122; and the Young Dog Dance, 190; subdued by the Iroquois, 227; strong religious sense of, 304; myths and legends of, 304-311; story of the origin of their Sacred Bundle, 304-308
PAYNE, E. J. On resemblance of customs of American and Asiatic tribes, 10-11
PEACE QUEEN. A maiden appointed by the Five Nations to be arbiter of quarrels; the legend of Genetaska the, 262-265; the office abolished, 265
PEBBLE-RATTLER. Haida wind-deity; in the story of Master-carpenter and South-east, 318
PEQUOTS. A tribe of the Algonquian stock; feud between the whites and, 30
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
POÏA (Scar-face). The legends of, 196-205
PORCUPINE. One of the Porcupine People, in Haida myth; story of the conflict between Beaver and, 318-320
PO-SHAI-AN-K'IA. A Zuñi deity, father of the 'medicine' societies, 95; in creation-myth, 107
POWELL, CAPTAIN NATHANIEL. And the story of Pocahontas, 32-36
POWERS, STEPHEN. On evil spirits in Indian mythology, 349-350
POWHATAN. A chief, father of Pocahontas, 32, 33
POWHATANS. A tribe of the Algonquian stock, 25; belief of, respecting birds, 110.
PRATT, CAPTAIN R. H. His school for the education of Indian children, 79
PREHISTORIC REMAINS. Discoveries of, 7-10
PREY BROTHERS. A priesthood of the Zuñi, 96
PREY-GODS. Deities of the Zuñi, 94-97
PRIESTHOOD of the Indian tribes, 135-136
PRINCE OF SERPENTS. A deity who dwelt in the Great Lakes, 112, 113
PUEBLOS. I. An ethnic division of the American Indians; buildings of, 47, 49; costume of, 57, 59; artistic work of, 63; festivals of, 135. II. Indian community houses, 46, 48
PUSHKITA. A festival of the Creeks, 134
Q
QUAAYAYP. A son of the Pericue deity Niparaya, 355
QUAH-BEET (Great Beaver). Algonquian totem-deity; in myth of Glooskap and Malsum, 142
QUAHOOTZE. Deity of the Nootkas, 100
QUAPAWS. A tribe of the Caddoan stock; and earth-mounds, 21
R
RABBIT. Personified animal in Sioux myth; Ictinike and, 266-268; and the Sun, 301-302; and Pahe-Wathahuni, the Devouring Hill, 302-303
RAFN, K. C. Cited, 14; and the Dighton Writing Rock, 16
RATTLESNAKE. Indian regard for the, 113-115
RAVEN. Personification in Chinook myth; in the story of Stikŭa, 342-348
RED PIPE-STONE ROCK. The first pipe made at, 116
RED-STORM-CLOUD. A Haida wind-deity; in the story of Master-carpenter and South-east, 317
RESERVATIONS, INDIAN, 31-32
RESURRECTION. Indian belief in, 128
ROBIN. A deity of the Chinooks, brother of Blue Jay, 125, 330, 332
ROGEL, FATHER. Incident connected with his missionary work, 105
ROLFE, JOHN. Husband of Pocahontas, 32
ROOT-DIGGERS. A tribe of the Shoshonean stock, 28
S
SACRED BUNDLE. The story of the, 304-308
SACRED OTTER. A hunter; in the story of the Snow-lodge, 150-152
SALISH INDIANS. A tribe probably of the Algonquian stock; houses of, 47; costume of, 58
SALMON. The story of, 282-285
SANTEES. A tribe of the Siouan stock, 28
SASSACUS. Pequot chief; his village destroyed, 30
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
SHANEWIS. Wife of Nekumonta; in the legend of the Healing Waters, 257-260
SHAWNEES. A tribe of the Algonquian stock, 25; as mound-builders, 21; and the King of Rattlesnakes, 248
SHOSHONEANS (Snakes). An ethnic division of the American Indians, 28-29; costume of, 59
SHUSHWAP INDIANS. A Salish tribe; Coyote the creative deity of, 124
SILVER CHAIN. Name applied to the Grand Council of the league of the Five Nations, 226
SÎÑ. Sky-god and principal deity of the Haida; myth of the incarnation of, 314-316
SINNEKES. One of the two political divisions of the Iroquois, 224, 225
SIOUX, or DAKOTA. An ethnic division of the American Indians, 28, 266; superstition of, resembles that of the Itelmians of Kamchatka, 11; dwellings of, 48; face-painting among, 61-62; war-customs of, 68; fetishes of, 92; belief of, respecting the winds, 110; and the eagle, 111; and the rattlesnake, 114; Haokah, the chief thunder-god of, 125; Waukheon, a thunder-god of, 126; Unktahe, the water-god of, 126; and the soul's journey after death, 129; the year of, 132; methods of time-reckoning of, 132-133; myths and legends of, 266-303
SIROUT (Handful of Tobacco). One of the first men, in an Acagchemem creation-myth, 353
SITS-BY-THE-DOOR. The story of, 193-196
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
SOKUMAPI. A young brave; in Blackfoot story of the origin of the Bear-spear, 187-190
SOTO, HERNANDO DE. And the Muskhogean people, 27
SOUL. The journey of the, after death, in Indian belief, 129
SOULS, THE LAND OF. In the legend of Sayadio, 260-261
SOUTH-EAST. A Haida deity representing the south-east wind; contest of, with Master-carpenter, 316-318
SPIDER MAN. In the legend of Poïa, 201, 202
SPIRIT-BRIDE. The story of the, 162-165
SPIRIT-LAND. Abode of mortals after death, 129-130; the lesser soul of sick persons taken to, 129, 139-140; 'visits' of medicine-men to, 139-140; in the story of the Spirit-bride, 162-165; in the story of Sayadio, 260-261; Ioi and Blue Jay in, 324-326
SQA-I. A town in the Queen Charlotte Islands; the contest of Master-carpenter and South-east at, 316-318
SQUIER, E. G. And the earth-mounds, 18
STAR-BOY. First name of Poïa, or Scar-face, 201, 203
STAR-COUNTRY, THE. In the story of Algon, 155-156; in the story of Cloud-carrier, 156-159; in the story of the Fairy Wives, 173
STAR-MAIDEN. The story of the, 152-156
STIKŬA. Wife of Blue Jay; the story of, 341-348
STONE GIANTESS. The story of the, 254-257
STONE GIANTS. A malignant race, in Iroquois myth, 217, 228-229, 255-257
STYLES, DR. And the Dighton Writing Rock, 16
SUMMER. Queen of the Elves of Light, in Algonquian myth; Glooskap and, 148-149
SUN, THE. In Indian creation-myth, 106; worship of, 113, 350; in Sioux myth, the Rabbit and, 301-302
SUN DANCE. Blackfoot ceremony for the restoration of the sick; Poïa brings the secrets of, to the Blackfeet, 204
SUN-CHILDREN. Extract from the story of the two, 93-94
SUN-COUNTRY. In the story of Scar-face, 198-200
SUN-GOD. In the stories of Scar-face, 197-205; in a Blackfoot day-and-night myth, 208; the Sioux deity, Ictinike the son of, 266
SUPERNATURAL PEOPLE, THE. A semi-divine race, 129-130; Blue Jay and, 124-125, 323-324, 327, 329-332; Haida myth of the origin of certain, 312-314; in Chinook myth, 323-324, 327-332, 337-338
SUSQUEHANNOCKS. A tribe of the Iroquois stock, 23
SWAMP FIGHT. A battle between Indians and whites, 31
SWANTON, J. R. On totemism, 84-87
SWEET GRASS HILLS. In the legend of Buffalo-stealer, 209
T
TA-UL-TZU-JE. An Indian; the fetish of, 90
TACU. In Californian myth, reputed father of Ouiamot, 354
TACULLIES. A tribe of the Tinneh stock; a superstition of, 358
TAKAHLI. A South American tribe; moral sense of, 98
TAKER-OFF-OF-THE-TREE-TOPS. Haida wind-deity; in the story of Master-carpenter and South-east, 318
TARENYAWAGO. Master of ceremonies in the Land of Souls; in the legend of Sayadio, 261
TAWISCARA (Dark One). One of the twin-gods of the Iroquois, 121
TECUMSEH. An Algonquin chief; war of, with the whites, 25
TETONS. A tribe of the Siouan stock, 28
TEXAS. Indians of; and earth-mounds, 21
THORWALD. Brother of Leif the Lucky; voyage of, to America, 15
THREE TESTS. The story of the, 275-278
THUNDER-BOYS. Twin thunder-gods of the Cherokees, 126
THUNDER-GODS, INDIAN, 125-126; analogous to thunder-gods of the aboriginal Mexican peoples, 126
THUNDER-MEN. Man-eating beings in Sioux myth; in the story of the Snake-wife, 290-292; transformed into the thunder-clouds, 292
THUNDERER. A supernatural being, in Chinook myth, 334-338
THUNDERER'S SON-IN-LAW. The story of the, 332-341
THUNDERERS. The people of Hi'nun, the Iroquois thunder-god; a myth relating to, 219-222
TIDAL-WAVE. Haida storm-deity; in the story of Master-carpenter and South-east, 318
TIHUGUN (My Old Friend). A beneficent deity of the Tinneh, 358
TIME. Indian methods of reckoning, 131-133
TINNEH, or DÉNÉ. A division of the Athapascan stock, 22, 356; poverty of, in mythological conceptions, 356-357; beliefs of, 357-358
TIPI. An Indian tent-dwelling, 48, 49
TIPPECANOE. Battle of the, 25
TLINGIT. A tribe of the Koluschan stock; houses of, 46-47
TO-MORROW. Haida deity, mother of South-east; in the story of Master-carpenter, 318
TOBACCO. Use of, among the Indians, 115-116; legend of the origin of smoking, 115
TOBET. I. A ceremonial dancer of the Acagchemems, 355. II. The costume worn by the tobet, 355
TOSAUT. A rock mentioned in creation-myth of the Acagchemem tribes, 352, 353
TOTEMISM. Influence of, upon marriage, 73; story of an adventure with a totem, 74-75; story of a totem-vigil, 75-76; origin of, among the Indians, 80-81; wide extension of, 81, 82-83; development of the totem into a deity, 82; rules of, 83; severity of totemic rule, 83; Swanton on, 84-87; associated with fetishism, 93; influence upon the growth of 'morality,' 102
TSUI 'KALU (Slanting Eyes). A hunter-god of the Cherokees, 125-126
TUPARAN. Same as Wac, which see
TUSCARORAS. A tribe of the Iroquois stock, 23; and the twin-gods myth of the Iroquois, 121
TWIN-GODS of the Iroquois, 121
TYRKER, or TYDSKER. In legend of Norse voyage to America, 14, 15
TZI-DALTAI. Fetishes of the Apaches, 89-90
U
UNDERWORLD. Sioux story of an adventure in, 292-296
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT. And the Indians, 32, 79
UNKTAHE. Water-god of the Dakota, 126
UTONAGAN. A totem-spirit; an Indian's adventure with, 74-75
V
VANCOUVER, G. And Indian dwellings, 47
VIRGINIA. Earth-mounds found in, 18; wars between whites and early settlers in, 29-30
W
WABASKAHA. An Omaha brave; the story of, 271-273
WABOJEEG. An Indian chief; hunting exploit of, 54; a war-song of, 70-71
WABOSE, CATHERINE. The adventure of, 75-76
WAC. A supreme deity of the Pericues, called also Tuparan, 356
WAKANDA. A deity of the Omaha; in the story of Wabaskaha, 272; in the story of the Snake-wife, 288
WAKINYJAN (The Flyers). Sioux wind-deities who send storms, 110
WALES. Legend that North American Indians came from, 4-5
"WALLUM-OLUM." Picture-writing records of the Leni-Lenâpé, 77-78
WAR-DANCE, INDIAN, 65, 69-70
WARFARE AND WAR-CUSTOMS, INDIAN, 63-72
WASIS. A baby, in Algonquian myth; Glooskap and, 145-146
WATER MANITOU. In a Chippeway legend, 179
WATER-GOD. Of the Dakota, 126; in an Iroquois legend, 286-287
WAUKHEON (Thunder-bird). A thunder-god of the Dakota, 126
WAYNE, GENERAL A., 26
WEASEL. Name of the Fairy Wives, 172
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
WINE-LAND. In legend of Norse voyage to America, 15
WINNEBAGO. A tribe of the Siouan stock; as mound-builders, 21
WINSLOW, E. On the gods of the Indians, 105
WINTER. A giant, in Algonquian myth; Glooskap and, 147-148
WISCONSIN. Earth-mounds found in, 17
WITCHCRAFT. Iroquois belief in, 229
WOLF-TRAIL. Indian name for the Milky Way, 204
WOMEN, INDIAN. Position of, 72-73; skill of, in weaving, 73
WONDERFUL KETTLE. The story of the, 251-254
WYANDOTS. A tribe of the Iroquois stock; allied with Algonquian tribes, 25; a legend of, 260-262
WYOMING. Prehistoric remains discovered in, 8
Y
YANKTONS. A tribe of the Siouan stock, 28
YCAIUT (Above). One of the first women, in an Acagchemem creation-myth, 353
YOUNG DOG DANCE. Legend of the origin of the, 190-193
YUCHI. A tribe of the Uchean stock; and earth-mounds, 21
Z
ZlNZENDORF, THE COUNT OF. Story of the rattlesnake and, 114-115
ZUÑI. A tribe of the Zuñian stock; fetishism among, 93-97; creation-myth of, 106-107; Awonawilona, the chief deity of, 106, 121; and the eagle, 111; and the serpent, 113; the year of, 132; dialect of the priesthood of, 136