The Myths of the North American IndiansSpence, Lewis
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The Myths of the North American Indians
Spence, Lewis
Indian mythology -- North America; Indians of North America -- Folklore
CITY OF THE MISTS. Home of Po-shai-an-K'ia, the father of the Zuñi
'medicine' societies, 95
CLALLAMS. A tribe of the Salish stock; carvings of, 63
CLARKE, J. On the Pipe-stone Quarry, 116-117
CLIFF- AND ROCK-DWELLINGS, 48-49
CLOUD-CARRIER. The story of, 156-159
COCOPA. A tribe of the Yuman stock; dwellings of, 47; costume of, 59
COLORADO. Prehistoric remains discovered in, 8
COLOURS. The Indians and, 60-62
COLUMBUS. And the Discovery, 1, 2
COMANCHES. A tribe of the Shoshonean stock, 28; dwellings of, 48
COMMUNITY HOUSES, 45-47
COMPASS, POINTS OF THE. Significance to the Indians, 131
CONANT, A. J. On the group of earth-mounds in Minnesota, 20
CONQUEROR, THE. A deity mentioned in the myth of Coyote and Kodoyanpe,
123
COSTUME OF THE INDIANS, 55-59
COUNTRY OF THE GHOSTS. Same as Spirit-land, _which see_
COYOTE. _See_ Italapas
COYOTE PEOPLE, THE GREAT. A Zuñi clan, 95-96
CRANIAL DEFORMATION. Practised among the Muskhogeans, 27; among the
Choctaws, 27; among the Chinooks, 322
CREATION-MYTHS, 106-109, 350-353
CREEKS. A tribe of the Muskhogean stock, 27; and earth-mounds, 21; and
the eagle, no; and the owl, 111; Esaugetuh Emissee, the chief deity of,
122; the Pushkita, a festival of, 133-134; the priests of, 136
CREES. A tribe of the Algonquian stock, 25; legend of origin of their
Young Dog Dance, 190-193; how they caught eagles, 190-191
CROWS. A tribe of the Siouan stock; in a Blackfoot legend, 193-196
D
DAKOTA. An ethnic division of the American Indians, same as Sioux,
_which see_
DAY OF THE COUNCIL OF THE FETISHES. A Zuñi fetish festival, 96
DAY-AND-NIGHT MYTH. A Blackfoot, 205-208
DEKANEWIDAH. A Mohawk chieftain; assists Hiawatha in his federation
scheme, 226
DELAWARES. A tribe of the Algonquian stock, 25; in the story of
Frances Slocum, 37-38, 41
DÉNÉ. Same as Tinneh, _which see_
DEVIL. In Indian mythology, 349
DEVIL DANCES, 135
DEVIL'S CASTLE. Place in Siskiyou, California; regarded by natives as
abode of malignant spirits, 349
DEVIL-FISH. Supernatural beings in Haida myth; story of an Indian and
the daughter of a, 320-321
DEVOURING HILL. The story of the Rabbit and the, 302-303
DICKSON, DR. Discovery of prehistoric remains by, 7
DIGHTON WRITING ROCK, 16
DJ[=U]. A river mentioned in Haida myth, 314
DOGRIB INDIANS. A tribe of the Athapascan stock; myth of
heaven-climber resembles that of Ugrian tribes of Asia, 11
DROWNED CHILD. The story of the, 285-287
DWELLINGS, INDIAN, 45-49
E
EAGLE. Indian veneration for, 110-111
EJONI. The first man, in an Acagchemem creation-myth, 353
ELEGANT. An Indian beau; in the story of Handsome, 160-162
ENO (Thief and Cannibal). A name of Coyote among the Acagchemem
tribes, 351
ES-TONEA-PESTA (The Lord of Cold Weather). In the story of the
Snow-lodge, 151-152
ESAUGETUH EMISSEE (Master of Breath). Supreme deity of the Muskhogees,
122; in creation-myth, 108
EYACQUE (Sub-captain). A name of Coyote among the Acagchemem tribes,
351
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