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
TOBACCO. Use of, among the Indians, 115-116; legend of the origin of
smoking, 115
TOBET. I. A ceremonial dancer of the Acagchemems, 355. II. The
costume worn by the _tobet_, 355
TOSAUT. A rock mentioned in creation-myth of the Acagchemem tribes,
352, 353
TOTEMISM. Influence of, upon marriage, 73; story of an adventure with
a totem, 74-75; story of a totem-vigil, 75-76; origin of, among the
Indians, 80-81; wide extension of, 81, 82-83; development of the totem
into a deity, 82; rules of, 83; severity of totemic rule, 83; Swanton
on, 84-87; associated with fetishism, 93; influence upon the growth of
'morality,' 102
TSUI 'KALU (Slanting Eyes). A hunter-god of the Cherokees, 125-126
TUPARAN. Same as Wac, _which see_
TUSCARORAS. A tribe of the Iroquois stock, 23; and the twin-gods myth
of the Iroquois, 121
TWIN-GODS of the Iroquois, 121
TYRKER, or TYDSKER. In legend of Norse voyage to America, 14, 15
TZI-DALTAI. Fetishes of the Apaches, 89-90
U
UNDERWORLD. Sioux story of an adventure in, 292-296
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT. And the Indians, 32, 79
UNKTAHE. Water-god of the Dakota, 126
UTONAGAN. A totem-spirit; an Indian's adventure with, 74-75
V
VANCOUVER, G. And Indian dwellings, 47
VIRGINIA. Earth-mounds found in, 18; wars between whites and early
settlers in, 29-30
W
WABASKAHA. An Omaha brave; the story of, 271-273
WABOJEEG. An Indian chief; hunting exploit of, 54; a war-song of, 70-71
WABOSE, CATHERINE. The adventure of, 75-76
WAC. A supreme deity of the Pericues, called also Tuparan, 356
WAKANDA. A deity of the Omaha; in the story of Wabaskaha, 272; in the
story of the Snake-wife, 288
WAKINYJAN (The Flyers). Sioux wind-deities who send storms, 110
WALES. Legend that North American Indians came from, 4-5
"WALLUM-OLUM." Picture-writing records of the Leni-Lenâpé, 77-78
WAR-DANCE, INDIAN, 65, 69-70
WARFARE AND WAR-CUSTOMS, INDIAN, 63-72
WASIS. A baby, in Algonquian myth; Glooskap and, 145-146
WATER MANITOU. In a Chippeway legend, 179
WATER-GOD. Of the Dakota, 126; in an Iroquois legend, 286-287
WAUKHEON (Thunder-bird). A thunder-god of the Dakota, 126
WAYNE, GENERAL A., 26
WEASEL. Name of the Fairy Wives, 172
WEST WIND, THE. I. Algonquian deity, father of Michabo, 120. II.
Deity of the Iroquois, brother of Hi'nun, 217; destroys the Stone
Giants, 228-229
WHALE-MEAT-CUTTER. A being with magical powers, in Chinook myth, 330
WHITE FEATHER. _See_ Chácopee
WHITES. Familiar name for European settlers in America; early wars
with Indians, 29-31; early relationship with Indians, 29-30, 32;
Blackfoot idea of the originator of, 208
WHITNEY, PROFESSOR J. D. Discovery of 'Calaveras' skull by, 8
WICHITA. A tribe of the Caddoan stock, 28; grass hut of, 48
WICKIUP. An Indian dwelling, 49
WIGWAM. An Indian dwelling, 49
WILSON, PROFESSOR D. On the Chinooks, 322
WIN-PE. A giant sorcerer, in Algonquian myth; Glooskap and, 143-144
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