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
PO-SHAI-AN-K'IA. A Zuñi deity, father of the 'medicine' societies, 95;
in creation-myth, 107
POWELL, CAPTAIN NATHANIEL. And the story of Pocahontas, 32-36
POWERS, STEPHEN. On evil spirits in Indian mythology, 349-350
POWHATAN. A chief, father of Pocahontas, 32, 33
POWHATANS. A tribe of the Algonquian stock, 25; belief of, respecting
birds, 110.
PRATT, CAPTAIN R. H. His school for the education of Indian children,
79
PREHISTORIC REMAINS. Discoveries of, 7-10
PREY BROTHERS. A priesthood of the Zuñi, 96
PREY-GODS. Deities of the Zuñi, 94-97
PRIESTHOOD of the Indian tribes, 135-136
PRINCE OF SERPENTS. A deity who dwelt in the Great Lakes, 112, 113
PUEBLOS. I. An ethnic division of the American Indians; buildings of,
47, 49; costume of, 57, 59; artistic work of, 63; festivals of, 135.
II. Indian community houses, 46, 48
PUSHKITA. A festival of the Creeks, 134
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QUAAYAYP. A son of the Pericue deity Niparaya, 355
QUAH-BEET (Great Beaver). Algonquian totem-deity; in myth of Glooskap
and Malsum, 142
QUAHOOTZE. Deity of the Nootkas, 100
QUAPAWS. A tribe of the Caddoan stock; and earth-mounds, 21
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RABBIT. Personified animal in Sioux myth; Ictinike and, 266-268; and
the Sun, 301-302; and Pahe-Wathahuni, the Devouring Hill, 302-303
RAFN, K. C. Cited, 14; and the Dighton Writing Rock, 16
RATTLESNAKE. Indian regard for the, 113-115
RAVEN. Personification in Chinook myth; in the story of Stik[)u]a,
342-348
RED PIPE-STONE ROCK. The first pipe made at, 116
RED-STORM-CLOUD. A Haida wind-deity; in the story of Master-carpenter
and South-east, 317
RESERVATIONS, INDIAN, 31-32
RESURRECTION. Indian belief in, 128
ROBIN. A deity of the Chinooks, brother of Blue Jay, 125, 330, 332
ROGEL, FATHER. Incident connected with his missionary work, 105
ROLFE, JOHN. Husband of Pocahontas, 32
ROOT-DIGGERS. A tribe of the Shoshonean stock, 28
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SACRED BUNDLE. The story of the, 304-308
SACRED OTTER. A hunter; in the story of the Snow-lodge, 150-152
SALISH INDIANS. A tribe probably of the Algonquian stock; houses of,
47; costume of, 58
SALMON. The story of, 282-285
SANTEES. A tribe of the Siouan stock, 28
SASSACUS. Pequot chief; his village destroyed, 30
SAUKS. A tribe of the Siouan stock, 71
SAYADIO. A young Wyandot brave; the legend of, 260-262
SCALPING. Nature of the act, 66; preservation of scalps, 67
SCAR-FACE. _See_ Poïa
SCHOOLCRAFT, H. R. On Indian hunting, 52-55; on Indian warfare, 66-72;
on the Indian's use of tobacco, and his pipe, 115-118; and the identity
of Hiawatha, 223
SECOTAN. An Indian village in North Carolina, 48
SEMINOLES. A tribe of the Muskhogean stock, 27; costume of, 58
SENECAS. A tribe of the Iroquois stock, 225, 226; the so-called, in
Oklahoma, 24; join the Grand League, 226; story of the origin of the
'medicine' of, 230-232; legend of, 236-238
SERPENT, THE. In Indian mythology, 109-111, 114; worship of, 112-114;
reverence paid to, 135
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