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
WINE-LAND. In legend of Norse voyage to America, 15
WINNEBAGO. A tribe of the Siouan stock; as mound-builders, 21
WINSLOW, E. On the gods of the Indians, 105
WINTER. A giant, in Algonquian myth; Glooskap and, 147-148
WISCONSIN. Earth-mounds found in, 17
WITCHCRAFT. Iroquois belief in, 229
WOLF-TRAIL. Indian name for the Milky Way, 204
WOMEN, INDIAN. Position of, 72-73; skill of, in weaving, 73
WONDERFUL KETTLE. The story of the, 251-254
WYANDOTS. A tribe of the Iroquois stock; allied with Algonquian
tribes, 25; a legend of, 260-262
WYOMING. Prehistoric remains discovered in, 8
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YANKTONS. A tribe of the Siouan stock, 28
YCAIUT (Above). One of the first women, in an Acagchemem
creation-myth, 353
YOUNG DOG DANCE. Legend of the origin of the, 190-193
YUCHI. A tribe of the Uchean stock; and earth-mounds, 21
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ZlNZENDORF, THE COUNT OF. Story of the rattlesnake and, 114-115
ZUÑI. A tribe of the Zuñian stock; fetishism among, 93-97;
creation-myth of, 106-107; Awonawilona, the chief deity of, 106, 121;
and the eagle, 111; and the serpent, 113; the year of, 132; dialect of
the priesthood of, 136
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