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
INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN. The theory that they came from the East, 1-2;
early controversy as to origin of, 2-3; identified with the lost Ten
Tribes, 3; other theories of origin of, 4; theory of their Welsh
origin, 4-5; origination of American man in the Old World, 5-6;
scientific data relating to origin of, 5-13, 17-22; affinities with
Siberian peoples, 10-12; probably migrants from Asia, 12-13; ethnic
divisions of, 22-29; geographical distribution of the tribes of, 22-29;
industry of, 26; early wars between whites and, 29-31; early
relationship with whites, 29-30; deportation of, as slaves, 31;
confinement of, to 'reservations,' 31-32; stories of whites and, 32-45;
and kidnapping of white children, 36-45; dwellings of, 45-49; tribal
law and custom among, 50; hunting among, 50-55; dress of, 55-59; and
face-painting, 59-62; and colours, 60-62; art of, 62-63; war-customs
of, 63-72; position of women among, 72-73; marriage among, 73; and
child-life, 73-74; and totemism, 74-76, 80-87; picture-writing among,
76-78; enlightenment of, 79, 360; and fetishism, 87-97; and religion,
97-105, 140; ideas of God, 101; character of gods of, 103-105;
creation-myths of, 106-109; serpent- and bird-worship among, 109-115;
and the use of tobacco, 115-118; the gods of, 118-126; and ideas of a
future life, 127-128; burial customs of, 128; and the soul's journey
after death, 129; and the spirit-world, 129-130, 139-140; reverence for
the four points of the compass, 131; methods of time-reckoning,
131-133; festivals of, 132, 133-135; the medicine-men of, 135-140;
original character of the mythologies of, 359; worthiness of the race,
359-360
IOI. A deity of the Chinooks, sister of Blue Jay; stories of, 323-327
IOSKEHA (White One). One of the twin-gods of the Iroquois, 121
IOWA. I. The State; prehistoric remains discovered in, 8. II. A tribe
of the Sioux stock, 266; legends of, 266-271
IROQUOIS (Real Adders). An ethnic division of the American Indians,
called also Long House People, 23-24, 224; the Five Nations of, 23, 24,
223-227; community houses of, 45; costume of, 58; marriage customs of,
73; name for fetish, 85; and the serpent of the Great Lakes, 113; the
twin-gods of, 121; and the soul's journey after death, 129; myths and
legends of, 217-265; Hi'nun, the chief deity of, 217; Hiawatha, a
mythical hero of, 217; originally one people with the Hurons, 224; the
two political branches of, 224-225; growth of the power of, 227
IROQUOIS CONFEDERACY. _See_ Five Nations
ISLAND OF THE BLESSED. In the story of the Spirit-bride, 163-165
ITALAPAS or ITALAPATE, (Coyote). A principal deity of the Chinooks and
Californian tribes, 123-124, 350; in the myth of Ouiot, 351
J
JAPAZAWS. A chief, 32
JEWS. American aborigines identified with, 3-4
K
KATCINA. A clan of the Hopi tribe, and the tribal festivals, 135
KAYANERENH KOWA. The Grand League, or Five Nations, a federation of
the Troquois. _See under_ Five Nations
KENTUCKY. Earth-mounds found in, 18
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