IROQUOIS CONFEDERACY.SeeFive 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 underFive 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; theWallum-Olumof,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.SeeKokomikis
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.SeeApisirahts
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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.SeePoïa
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--seeSîñ
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
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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