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
STAR-MAIDEN. The story of the, 152-156
STIK[=U]A. Wife of Blue Jay; the story of, 341-348
STONE GIANTESS. The story of the, 254-257
STONE GIANTS. A malignant race, in Iroquois myth, 217, 228-229, 255-257
STYLES, DR. And the Dighton Writing Rock, 16
SUMMER. Queen of the Elves of Light, in Algonquian myth; Glooskap and,
148-149
SUN, THE. In Indian creation-myth, 106; worship of, 113, 350; in Sioux
myth, the Rabbit and, 301-302
SUN DANCE. Blackfoot ceremony for the restoration of the sick; Poïa
brings the secrets of, to the Blackfeet, 204
SUN-CHILDREN. Extract from the story of the two, 93-94
SUN-COUNTRY. In the story of Scar-face, 198-200
SUN-GOD. In the stories of Scar-face, 197-205; in a Blackfoot
day-and-night myth, 208; the Sioux deity, Ictinike the son of, 266
SUPERNATURAL PEOPLE, THE. A semi-divine race, 129-130; Blue Jay and,
124-125, 323-324, 327, 329-332; Haida myth of the origin of certain,
312-314; in Chinook myth, 323-324, 327-332, 337-338
SUSQUEHANNOCKS. A tribe of the Iroquois stock, 23
SWAMP FIGHT. A battle between Indians and whites, 31
SWANTON, J. R. On totemism, 84-87
SWEET GRASS HILLS. In the legend of Buffalo-stealer, 209
T
TA-UL-TZU-JE. An Indian; the fetish of, 90
TACU. In Californian myth, reputed father of Ouiamot, 354
TACULLIES. A tribe of the Tinneh stock; a superstition of, 358
TAKAHLI. A South American tribe; moral sense of, 98
TAKER-OFF-OF-THE-TREE-TOPS. Haida wind-deity; in the story of
Master-carpenter and South-east, 318
TARENYAWAGO. Master of ceremonies in the Land of Souls; in the legend
of Sayadio, 261
TAWISCARA (Dark One). One of the twin-gods of the Iroquois, 121
TECUMSEH. An Algonquin chief; war of, with the whites, 25
TETONS. A tribe of the Siouan stock, 28
TEXAS. Indians of; and earth-mounds, 21
THORWALD. Brother of Leif the Lucky; voyage of, to America, 15
THREE TESTS. The story of the, 275-278
THUNDER-BOYS. Twin thunder-gods of the Cherokees, 126
THUNDER-GODS, INDIAN, 125-126; analogous to thunder-gods of the
aboriginal Mexican peoples, 126
THUNDER-MEN. Man-eating beings in Sioux myth; in the story of the
Snake-wife, 290-292; transformed into the thunder-clouds, 292
THUNDERER. A supernatural being, in Chinook myth, 334-338
THUNDERER'S SON-IN-LAW. The story of the, 332-341
THUNDERERS. The people of Hi'nun, the Iroquois thunder-god; a myth
relating to, 219-222
TIDAL-WAVE. Haida storm-deity; in the story of Master-carpenter and
South-east, 318
TIHUGUN (My Old Friend). A beneficent deity of the Tinneh, 358
TIME. Indian methods of reckoning, 131-133
TINNEH, or DÉNÉ. A division of the Athapascan stock, 22, 356; poverty
of, in mythological conceptions, 356-357; beliefs of, 357-358
TIPI. An Indian tent-dwelling, 48, 49
TIPPECANOE. Battle of the, 25
TLINGIT. A tribe of the Koluschan stock; houses of, 46-47
TO-MORROW. Haida deity, mother of South-east; in the story of
Master-carpenter, 318
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