The Myths of the North American IndiansSpence, Lewis
History
The Myths of the North American Indians
Spence, Lewis
Indian mythology -- North America; Indians of North America -- Folklore
GREENLAND. Early voyages from, to America, 13, 14-16
H
HAIDA. A tribe of the Skittagetan stock; houses of, 46-47; myths and
legends of, 312-321
HAMPTON INSTITUTE. And education of the Indians, 79
HANDSOME. A beautiful maiden; the story of, 159-162
HAOKAH. Thunder-god of the Sioux, 125
'HARRYING OF HADES.' American Indian myth provides examples of, 332,
340-341
HEALING WATERS. The legend of the, 257-260
HELLU-LAND (Land of Flat Stones). In legend of Norse voyage to
America, 14, 15
HERBERT, SIR THOMAS. His _Travels_ quoted, 4-5
HERJULFSON, BIARNE. And the Norse discovery of America, 13-14
HIAWATHA (more properly HAI-EN-WAT-HA; = He who seeks the Wampum-belt).
A legendary hero of the Iroquois, 217, 223-228; represented also as of
Algonquian race, 223; effect of Longfellow's poem on the history of,
223; Longfellow's confusion in identity of, 223; historical basis for
the legends, 223; founder of the League of the Five Nations, 223-224; a
warrior under Atotarho, 225; his plans for federation, 225; adopted
into the Mohawk tribe, 226; his scheme consummated, 226
HIDATSA. A tribe of the Sioux; fetishes of, 92; have no belief in a
devil or hell, 104
HI'NUN. Thunder-god of the Iroquois, 217; myths relating to, 218-222;
great veneration for, 222
HOBBAMOCK, Or HOBBAMOQUI (Great). Beneficent Indian deity, 105
HOFFMANN, W. J. On Algonquian fetishes, 91
HOGAN. An Indian dwelling, 49
HOPI, or MOQUI. A tribe of the Shoshonean stock; as cotton-weavers,
56, 73; fetishes of, 92-93; festivals of, 135
HUNTING, INDIAN, 50-55
HUPA. A tribe of the Athapascan stock; costume of, 59; method of
reckoning age, 133
HURONS. A tribe of the Iroquois stock, 23; marriage among, 73;
fetishes of, 91; the dove regarded as sacred by, 111; and the soul's
journey after death, 129; originally one people with the Iroquois, 224;
in the conflict between the Caniengas and Algonquins, 225; war with the
Onondagas, 225; annihilated by the Iroquois, 227; a legend of, 248
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ICE-COUNTRY. In Algonquian myth, 147
ICTINIKE. An evil spirit, in Sioux myth; adventures of, 266-271
ILLINOIS. A tribe of the Algonquian stock; in a Seneca legend, 236-238
'INDIAN.' The name wrongly applied to the North American races, 1
INDIANA. Primitive implements found in, 7; earth-mounds found in, 17,
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