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 thetobet,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.SeeChácopee
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