BRINTON, D. G. On the Shoshoneans, 29; extract from translation of the _Wallum-Olum_ by, 77-78; on the religion of the Indians, 97-101; on Indian 'good' and 'bad' gods, 104-105; on Indian veneration of the eagle, 110-111 BRUYAS, FATHER. Mentioned, 104 BUFFALO DANCE. A festival of the Mandans, 134-135 BUFFALO-STEALER. The legend of, 208-212 BUNDLES, SACRED. Collections of articles supposed to possess magical potency, 92, 308 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY. Quotations from _Bulletins_ of, 17, 21, 45-49, 55-59 BURIAL CUSTOMS, INDIAN, 128 BUSK. A contraction for Pushkita, name of a Creek festival, 133-134 BWOINAIS. A Chippeway warrior; war-songs of, 71-72 C CADDO. I. An ethnic division of the American Indians, 28, 304. II. A tribe forming a part of the stock of the same name, 28 CAHROCS. A Californian tribe; deities of, 349-350 'CALAVERAS' SKULL. Prehistoric relic; discovery of, 8 CALIFORNIA. Prehistoric remains discovered in, 8; the tribes of, diversity among, 348; mythological beliefs of the tribes of, 348-356 CANIENGAS. One of the two political divisions of the Iroquois family, 225 CARVER, CAPTAIN JONATHAN. On Sioux methods of reckoning time, 132 CATLIN, G. On the Pipe-stone Quarry, 116, 117-118 CAYUGAS. A tribe of the Iroquois stock, 224 CHÁCOPEE, or WHITE FEATHER. A Sioux hero; the story of, 296-301 CHAREYA (The Old Man Above). Deity of the Cahrocs, 350 CHARLEVOIX, P. On incident relating to origin of the Indians, 12 CHEROKEES. A tribe of the Iroquois stock, 23; as mound-builders, 21; and the eagle, 111; and the owl, 111; hunter- and thunder-gods of, 125-126; and the points of the compass, 131; and the priesthood, 136; dialect of the priesthood of, 136; subdued by the Iroquois, 227; the Iroquois attacks on, 246; and the King of Rattlesnakes, 248; their legend of the origin of medicine, 249-251 CHEYENNE. A tribe of the Algonquian stock, 25; the great tribal fetish of, 91 CHICKASAWS. A tribe of the Muskhogean stock, 27; and earth-mounds, 21 CHILKAT. A tribe of the Thlingit stock; costume of, 58 CHIMPSEYANS. An ethnic division of the American Indians; carvings of, 63 CHINIGCHINICH (Almighty). Deity of the Acagchemems, called also Ouiamot, 352, 354-355 CHINOOKS. A tribe of the Chinookan stock, 322; Coyote a principal deity of, 123, 124; Blue Jay a deity of, 124; mode of burial of, 128; belief of, regarding the soul, 129; cranial deformation among, 322; myths of, 322-348; story of their contests with the Supernatural People, 329-332 CHIPPEWAYS, or OJIBWAYS. A tribe of the Algonquian stock, 25; dwellings of, 48; carvings of, 63; called 'Pillagers,' 68; war-customs of, 68-69; a legend of, 152-156; Manabozho (or Michabo a demi-god of, 223 CHOCTAWS. A tribe of the Muskhogean stock, 27; cranial deformation among, 27; dialect of the priesthood of, 136 CHURCH, CAPTAIN BENJAMIN. One of the early settlers; his methods in fighting the Indians, 31 CHUTSAIN. A malevolent spirit of the Tinneh, 358