MALICIOUS MOTHER-IN-LAW. Story of the, 176-180 MALSUM (The Wolf). A malignant creative deity of the Algonquins, twin with Glooskap, 141-143, 149; contest with Glooskap, 141-142; appears later in Algonquian myth as Lox, or Loki, 143; future conflict with Glooskap, 149 MAN. Origin of, in America, 5-22 MANABOZHO. Same as Michabo, 11, _which see_ MANDANS. A tribe of the Siouan stock; community houses of, 45; creation-myth of, 109; the dove regarded as sacred by, 112; the Buffalo Dance, a festival of, 134-135 MANITO (The Great Spirit). I. Supreme deity of the Algonquins, probably same as Michabo; and the lightning, 112. II. A general term for a potent spirit or the supernatural among the Algonquins and Sioux, 114. III. Supreme deity of the Iroquois; in the legend of the Healing Waters, 257-260 MARK-LAND (Wood-land). In legend of the Norse voyage to America, 14, 15 MARRIAGE among the Indians, 73 MARTEN. An idle brave; in the story of the Fairy Wives, 170-172 MASON, JOHN. One of the early settlers; and the feud with the Pequots, 30 MASTER OF LIFE. In the story of the Spirit-bride, 164 MASTER-CARPENTER. A supernatural being, in Haida myth; story of his contest with South-east, 316-318 MEDA. A 'medicine' society of the Algonquins, 119 MEDA CHANT. An Algonquian religious ceremony, 114 MEDECOLIN. Sorcerers, in Algonquian myth; conquered by Glooskap, 145 MEDICINE-MEN, or SHAMANS, 135-140; as priests, 136; as healers, 136-138; 'journeys' of, to Spirit-land, 139-140; instituted by Attajen, 354 'MEDICINE.' A term signifying magical potency, usually of a healing order; Seneca legend of the origin of, 230-232; Cherokee legend of the origin of curative medicine, 249-251 MEN-SERPENTS. The story of the, 273-275 MENOMINEES. A tribe of the Algonquian stock, 25 MIAMI. A tribe of the Algonquian stock; in the story of Frances Slocum, 40, 41 MICE. Two supernatural beings in Chinook myth, 339-340 MICHABO (The Great Hare). I. Supreme deity of the Algonquins, probably same as Manito, 119-120; in creation-myth, 107-108. II. A demi-god of the Ojibways, called also Manabozho; confusion of, with Hiawatha, 223 MICMACS. A tribe of the Algonquian stock, 25; subdued by the Iroquois, 227 MILKY WAY. Called the Wolf-trail by the Indians, 204 MINAS, LAKE. In Nova Scotia; Glooskap leaves the earth upon, 146 MINNESOTA. Primitive implements found in, 7; earth-mounds found in, 18, 19-20 MINNETAREES. A tribe of the Hidatsa stock; creation-myth of, 109 'MIOCENE BRIDGE.' And the origin of man in America, 6 MOHAVE. A tribe of the Yuman stock; costume of, 59 MOHAWKS. A tribe of the Iroquois stock, 24, 224, 225; and the twin-gods myth of the Iroquois, 121; Hiawatha may have belonged to, 223, 226; Hiawatha adopted into, 226 MOHEGANS. Same as Mohicans, _which see_ MOHICANS, or MOHEGANS. A tribe of the Algonquian stock, 25; a community house of, 45; subdued by the Iroquois, 227