OLCHONES. A Californian tribe; sun identified with supreme deity by, 350 OLD MAN ABOVE. I. Name for supreme deity among Californian tribes, 348. II. The Chareya of the Cahrocs, 350 OLD WHITE BEAR. Chief of the Bear tribe, in Cherokee myth, 249 OMAHAS. A tribe of the Siouan stock; dwellings of, 48; Ictinike a war-god of, 266 ONE ABOVE. Name for supreme deity among Californian tribes, 348 ONEIDAS. A tribe of the Iroquois stock, 24, 224, 225; inaugurate the federation of the Five Nations, 226 ONNIONT. A mythological serpent, 91 ONONDAGAS. A tribe of the Iroquois stock, 224; Hiawatha probably belonged to, 223; war with Caniengas and Hurons, 225; Atotarho a chief of, 225; and Hiawatha's federation scheme, 226 ORENDA. Magical power, 112 OSAGES. A tribe probably of the Algonquian stock; dwellings of, 48 OTTER-HEART. The story of, 165-170 OUIAMOT. Same as Chinigchinich, _which see_ OUIOT (Dominator). I. A demi-god of the Acagchemems, 351-352. II. A tyrannous ruler, 353-354 OWL, THE. Indian veneration for, 113 P PAHE-WATHAHUNI (The Devouring Hill). The story of the Rabbit and, 302-303 PAIUTES. A tribe of the Yunian stock; houses of, 47 PALMER, CAPTAIN G. Work by, quoted, 3-4 PAMOLA. An evil spirit, in Algonquian myth; conquered by Glooskap, 145 PAWNEES. A confederacy of tribes of the Caddoan stock, 28, 304; and the tribal fetish of the Cheyenne, 91; and thunder, 112; Atius Tiráwa, the chief deity of, 122; and the Young Dog Dance, 190; subdued by the Iroquois, 227; strong religious sense of, 304; myths and legends of, 304-311; story of the origin of their Sacred Bundle, 304-308 PAYNE, E. J. On resemblance of customs of American and Asiatic tribes, 10-11 PEACE QUEEN. A maiden appointed by the Five Nations to be arbiter of quarrels; the legend of Genetaska the, 262-265; the office abolished, 265 PEBBLE-RATTLER. Haida wind-deity; in the story of Master-carpenter and South-east, 318 PEQUOTS. A tribe of the Algonquian stock; feud between the whites and, 30 PERICUES. A Californian tribe; the hostile divinities of, 355-356 PETIT ANSE. Place in Louisiana; prehistoric remains discovered at, 7 PHILIP. An Indian chief, called 'King Philip'; war of, with the whites, 30-31 PICTURE-WRITING, INDIAN, 76-78 PIGMIES. Iroquois belief in a race of, 229; a legend of, 246-248; perhaps actually a prehistoric American race, 248 PIMAS. A tribe of the Pueblo stock; costume of, 59; method of keeping records, 133 PIPE-STONE QUARRY. Source of the Indian's pipe; description of, 116-118 PLAGUE DEMON. Iroquois deity, 264 PLAINS INDIANS. Costume of, 58; artistic work of, 62; rank among, indicated by feathers worn, 63; marriage among, 73 POCAHONTAS. Daughter of the chief Powhatan; the story of, 32-36 POÏA (Scar-face). The legends of, 196-205 PORCUPINE. One of the Porcupine People, in Haida myth; story of the conflict between Beaver and, 318-320