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.' {377} 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