Haokah, Dakota thunder god, 151 Hawaneu. (See _Neo_.) Heaven, the, of the red race, 243 Hell, the hidden world, 252 Heno, Iroquois thunder-god, 156 Hiawatha, myth of, 172 Hobbamock, 60 Huemac, the Strong-hand, 181, 183 Huitzilopochtli, the god of war, 118, 282 Hunting, its effect on the mind, 21, 67, 100 Hurakan or hurricane, meaning of, 51 a Maya god, 81, 82, 114, 156, 196 Hurons, 25, 48, 114, 136, 169, 248, 250, 275 Hushtoli, Choctaw name of God, 51 Illatici, Quichua name of God, 55, 155 Incas, secret language, 31 official title, 69 ancestors, 82, 153 arms, 120 sun-worship, 142 myths, 188, 191, 244 Ioskeha, supreme god of Iroquois, 63, 170-2 Iroquois, location, 25 name of God, 48, 53 myths of, 83, 85, 169-72, 196, 227, 236 veneration of serpents, 108, 116, 118 of fire, 148 Isolation of the red race, 20, 34 Itzcuinan, the Bitch-Mother, 138 Jarvis, Dr., his Discourse on American Religions, 39 Juripari, 61 Killistenoes, 270 Kittanitowit, 58, 60 Ku, a name of divinity, 46, 47 Kukulcan, god of air, 118 Languages of America, 7 esoteric of priests, 284 Lenni Lenape, 26, 96, 161, 231 Light, universal symbol of divinity, 173 Lightning, the, 112 seq., 151 seq., 168 Madness, as inspiration, 274 seq. Magic, natural, 266 Maistre, Joseph de, his theory of mythology, 291, n.[TN-24] Maize, distribution of, 22, 37 Man, origin of, 222 sq., 258 word for, 223 Mandans, 71, 85, 107, 184, 205, 228 Manibozho. (See _Michabo_.) Mannacicas, 250 Manoa, 87 Manes, 111 Mayas, alphabet, 13 location, 30 calendar, 74, 80 mythical ancestors, 79, 80, 85 myths and rites, 93, 146, 183, 188, 214, 221 name of cross, 97 Mbocobi, 201 Meda worship, 162 n. Medicine, 45 lodge, 267 men, 264, 277 seq. Memory, cultivated by picture-writing, 18 Mesmerism, 272 Messou, 209 (See _Michabo_.) Metempsychosis, 253 Mexicans, (See _Aztecs_.) Meztli, 132, 135 Michabo, supreme Algonkin god, 63, 116, 136, 161-9, 198, 220, 294 Mictlan, god of the dead, 92, 252 Migrations, coarse of, 34 Milky-way, 244 Millennium, 261 Minnetarees, 228, 230, 250 Mixcoatl, or Mixcohuatl, 22, 51, 158 Mixtecas, 90, 196 Monan, 211 Monquis, 93, 106 Montezuma, 187, 190 Moon, worship of, 130 seq. Moxos, 124, 230 Müller, J. G., his work on American religions, 40, 59, 61 Mummies, 257-60 Muscogees, 195 (See _Creeks_.) Muyscas, 31 myths, 84 n.,[TN-20] 183-4 Nahuas, 29, 73 myths, 84 n.,[TN-20] 118, 138, 158, 206 (See _Aztecs_.) Nanahuatl, 135 Natchez, 27, 28 n.[TN-25] myths, 126, 142, 149, 205, 225, 239 Natural religions, 3 Navajos, 79, 84 n.,[TN-20] 103, 127, 205, 241 Neo, Iroquois corruption of _Dieu_, 53 Nemqueteba, 183 Netelas, 50, 105 n. Nez Percés[TN-26] 272, 281 Nicaraguans, 145, 158, 201, 245, 288 Nine Rivers, the, 248 Nootka Indians, 297 North, myths concerning, 82 Nottoways, 25, 84 Numbers, sacred, 66, 98 (See _Four_, _Three_, _Seven_.) Occaniches, 284 Oki, name of God, 46-8
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