F FACE-PAINTING, 59-62 FAIRY WIVES. The story of the, 170-175 FEATHER-WOMAN. A beautiful maiden; in the legend of Poïa, 200-203 FEATHER-WORK. Indian skill in, 63 FESTIVALS, INDIAN, 133-135 FETISHISM. Swanton on totemism and, 84-85; origin and nature of the fetish, 87-89; Apache fetishes, 89-90; Iroquoian fetishes, 91; Huron fetishes, 91; Algonquian fetishes, 91; the Cheyenne tribal fetish, 91; Hidatsa fetishes, 92; Siouan fetishes, 92; Hopi fetishes, 92-93; Zuñi fetishism, 93-97; fetishism associated with totemism, 93 FEWKES, J. W. And fetishes of the Hopi, 92 FINE-WEATHER-WOMAN. Haida storm-deity; in the myth of the origin of certain demi-gods, 314; origin of, as the mother of Sîñ, 314-316 FIVE NATIONS, THE. A federation of the Iroquois, called also the Grand League, 23, 24; the tribes composing, 23, 224-225; Hiawatha the founder of the league, 23; influence upon European history, 223, 227; called also Six Nations and Seven Nations, 224; Hiawatha's early efforts toward federation, 225; the federation inaugurated, and completed, 226; growth of the power of, 227; the Peace Queen appointed by, 263; the office of Peace Queen abolished, 265 FLATHEADS. Name applied to the Choctaws by the whites, 27 FLETCHER, Miss A. C. On dwellings of the Omaha, 48 FLYING SQUIRREL. A creative deity of the Sioux; Ictinike and, 271 FOXES. A tribe of the Algonquian stock, 25, 71 FRIENDLY SKELETON. The story of the, 242-246 FUTURE LIFE. The Indian idea of, 127 G GÉBELIN, COURT DE. And the Dighton Writing Rock, 16 GENETASKA. A Peace Queen; the legend of, 262-265 GHOST PEOPLE. The souls of the dead, the inhabitants of Spirit-land, 129, 130; Ioi and Blue Jay among, 324-326, 327 GHOST-LAND. Same as Spirit-land, _which see_ GILA-SONORA. An ethnic division of the American Indians; costume of, 59 GITSHE IAWBA. A Chippeway brave; hunting exploit of, 54-55 GLOOSKAP (The Liar). A creative deity of the Algonquins, twin with Malsum, 141; his contest with Malsum, 141-142; resembles the Scandinavian Balder, 142; creates man, 143; contest with Win-pe, 143-144; his gifts to man, 144-145; and Wasis, the baby, 145-146; leaves the earth, 146-147; a sun-god, 147; and Summer and Winter, 147-149; his 'wig-wam,' 149 GOD. The Indian idea of, 101 GODS, INDIAN. Character of, 103-105; description of the principal, 118-126 GRAND COUNCIL of the Five Nations, 224, 226 GRAND LEAGUE, or KAYANERENH KOWA. A federation of the Iroquois, known also as the Five Nations. _See under_ Five Nations GREAT DOG. A totem-deity, 137 GREAT EAGLE. A totem-deity, 137 GREAT HEAD. A malevolent being, in Iroquois myth; a legend of, 232-235 GREAT MAN. Name for a chief deity among Californian tribes, 348 GREAT SPIRIT THE, or MANITO. Supreme Indian deity; and the origin of smoking, 116 GREAT WATER. The Pacific; in the story of the Snake-wife, 290, 292 GREATEST FOOL. Supernatural being in Haida myth; in the story of Master-carpenter and South-east, 317