_Minsi_ or _Muncey_, a tribe of the Lenape, 13; archaic heaven of, 54; belief of, in Great Spirit, 19, 127, 133-134; belief of, in plant spirits, 51; Big House of, 128-132; Mask impersonator absent from, 138; carved faces in, 129-130, 151; ceremonies of, compared with Unami, 127-145, 196-200; ceremonies of, to Mother Corn, 43; chants of, referring to visions, 72-77; Doll Being of, 45-47, 162, 166-171; Feast of first fruits of, 144-145; guardian spirits of, 72-77; kĭʹntika or dance of, 116; Mask of, 36-38, 158-161; Mask society of, 138, 159-161, 198-199; mediumship among, 54-55; proportion of, in Lenape, 124-125; Thanksgiving ceremony of, 138-143 _Mĭsiʹngʷ‛_, dance of, 152-156. See _Mask_, _Minsi mask_ _Mĭsinghâliʹkŭn_, Unami name for Mask Being, 32. See _Mask Being_ _Mĭsingkĭʹnĭkä_, Unami name for Mĭsiʹngʷ‛ dance, 152. See _Mĭsiʹngʷ‛_ _Missionary_ teaching, concept of Great Spirit not due to, 19-20. See _Christianity_ _Miziʹnk_, Minsi form of Mĭsiʹngʷ‛, 158. See _Mask society_, _Minsi mask_ _Mizinkhâliʹkŭn_, Minsi form of Mĭsinghâliʹkŭn, 36. See _Mask Being_ _Mizinkĭʹntĭka_ or dance of Mask society, 159 _Mkäähiʹgŭn_, Minsi term for painted sticks, 140. See _Sticks_ _Moccasins_, burned to deflect Tornado, 47; made for Naniʹtis, 167; made of ceremonial deerskins, 108 _Monture, Chief Nellis_, acknowledgment to, 14 _Monture, Isaac_, acknowledgment to, 14; Minsi mask bought from, 161 _Moon_, or mound, at Peyote rite, 186-187; or Piskeʹwenikiʹzho: as guardian spirit, 78; concept of, 28; duties of, 193; wailing to, 145; wampum string symbolizing, 141-142. See _Full moon_ _Moral code_, at Annual ceremony, 58, 90-92; at Feast of first fruits, 144; at Minsi Annual ceremony, 133-134, 137; at Peyote rite, 186-190 _Mortar_ made of mud, 85 _Mortar_, peyote crushed in, 188 _Mother_, title of earth, 28, 89-90, 193; title of Naniʹtis, 170-171 _Mother Corn_, as guardian spirit, 70, 195; attributes of, 43-44, 51 _Mound_, ceremonial, in Peyote rite, 186-187 _Mountains_, home of Mask Being, 33, 147; home of Thunder Beings, 30 _Moxhomsaʹ Eliosiʹgak_ or Grandfather at the West, 26 _Moxhomsaʹ Lowaneʹyŭng‛_ or Grandfather at the North, 26 _Moxhomsaʹ Wähänjioʹpŭng‛_ or Grandfather at the East, 26 _Mud_, ceremonial mortar made of, 85 “_Muncey devil idol_” or mask, 38. See _Mask_ _“Muncey John” Henry_, Sun spirit guardian of, 76 _Munceytown_, Ontario, drowning near, 55; masks of, 158; Minsi ceremony at, 127-138 _Munsey_, see _Minsi_ _Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation_, masks in, 36; paraphernalia of Otter ceremony in, 176; researches of, 15 _Music_, see _Drum_, _Singers_, _Singing_ _Musselshells_ used as spoons at feast, 97