6Chapter III: Algonquian Myths and Legends
244Mystic Trees and Plants
7Chapter IV: Iroquois Myths and Legends
245Iȼa‘eȼĕ
8Chapter V: Sioux Myths and Legends
246Personal Mystery Decorations
9Chapter VI: Myths and Legends of the Pawnees
247Order of Thunder Shamans
10Chapter VII: Myths and Legends of the Northern and North-Western Indians
248Generic Forms of Decoration
11I. Introduction
249Specific Forms of Decoration
12The Traditionary Period
250Corn and the Buffalo
13The Period of Spanish Exploration—1540–?
251Other Omaha Mystery Decorations
14The Colonial and Revolutionary Period—1654–1784
252Kansa Mystery Decorations
15From the First Treaty to the Removal—1785–1838 (pt. 1)
253Omaha Nikie Decorations
16From the First Treaty to the Removal—1785–1838 (pt. 2)
254Omaha Nikie Customs
17The Removal—1838–39
255Governmental Instrumentalities
18The Arkansas Band—1817–1838
256§ 57. Omaha and Ponka Taboos
19The Texas Band—1817–1900
257Fetichism
20The Cherokee Nation in the West—1840–1900
258Sorcery
21The Eastern Band
259Jugglery
22III. Notes to the Historical Sketch (pt. 1)
260Omaha and Ponka Belief as to a Future Life
23III. Notes to the Historical Sketch (pt. 2)
261Kansa Beliefs Respecting Death and a Future Life
24IV. Stories and Story Tellers
262Term “Great Spirit” Never Heard Among the Iowa
251. How the World was Made
263The Sun a Wakanta
262. The First Fire
264The Winds as Wakantas
273. Kana′tĭ and Selu: The Origin of Game and Corn
265The Thunder-being a Wakanta
284. Origin of Disease and Medicine
266Subterranean Powers
295. The Daughter of the Sun
267Subaquatic Powers
306. How They Brought Back the Tobacco
268Animals as Wakantas
317. The Journey to the Sunrise
269Apotheoses
328. The Moon and the Thunders
270Dwellings of Gods
339. What the Stars are Like
271Worship
3410. Origin of the Pleiades and the Pine
272Taboos
3511. The Milky Way
273Public or Tribal Fetiches81
3612. Origin of Strawberries
274Symbolic Earth Formations of the Winnebago82
3713. The Great Yellow-jacket: Origin of Fish and Frogs
275Personal Fetiches
3814. The Deluge
276Dancing Societies
3915. The Fourfooted Tribes
277┴Ciwere Traditions
4016. The Rabbit Goes Duck Hunting
278Belief in Future Life
4117. How the Rabbit Stole the Otter’s Coat
279Alleged Dakota Belief in a Great Spirit
4218. Why the Possum’s Tail is Bare
280Riggs on the Taku Wakan
4319. How the Wildcat Caught the Gobbler
281Meaning of “Wakan”
4420. How the Terrapin Beat the Rabbit
282Daimonism
4521. The Rabbit and the Tar Wolf
283Animism
4622. The Rabbit and the Possum After a Wife
284Principal Dakota Gods
4723. The Rabbit Dines the Bear
285Miss Fletcher on Indian Religion
4824. The Rabbit Escapes from the Wolves
286Prayer
4925. Flint Visits the Rabbit
287Sacrifice
5026. How the Deer Got His Horns
288Use of Paint in Worship
5127. Why the Deer’s Teeth are Blunt
289The Unkteḣi, or Subaquatic and Subterranean Powers
5228. What Became of the Rabbit
290The Wakiᴺyaᴺ (Wakiŋyaŋ), or Thunder-beings
5329. Why the Mink Smells
291The Armor Gods
5430. Why the Mole Lives Underground
292The War Prophet
5531. The Terrapin’s Escape from the Wolves
293The Spirits of the Mystery Sacks
5632. Origin of the Groundhog Dance: The Groundhog’s Head
294Takuśkaŋśkaŋ, the Moving Deity
5733. The Migration of the Animals
295Tunkan Oe Inyan, the Stone God or Lingam
5834. The Wolf’s Revenge—The Wolf and the Dog
296Iŋyaŋ Śa
5935. The Bird Tribes
297Mato Tipi
6036. The Ball Game of the Birds and Animals
298The Sun and Moon
6137. How the Turkey Got His Beard
299Berdaches
6238. Why the Turkey Gobbles
300Astronomical Lore
6339. How the Kingfisher Got His Bill
301Day and Night
6440. How the Partridge Got His Whistle
302The Dawn
6541. How the Redbird Got His Color
303Weather Spirit
6642. The Pheasant Beating Corn; Origin of the Pheasant Dance
304Heyoka
6743. The Race Between the Crane and the Hummingbird
305Iya, the God of Gluttony
6844. The Owl Gets Married
306Ikto, Iktomi, or Unktomi
6945. The Huhu Gets Married
307Ćaŋotidaŋ and Hoḣnoġića
7046. Why the Buzzard’s Head is Bare
308Anŭŋg-ite
7147. The Eagle’s Revenge
309Penates
7248. The Hunter and the Buzzard
310Guardian Spirits
7349. The Snake Tribe
311Beliefs about the Buffalo
7450. The Uktena and the Ulûñsû′tĭ
312The Bear
7551. Âgăn-uni′tsĭ’s Search for the Uktena
313The Wolf
7652. The Red Man and the Uktena
314Horses
7753. The Hunter and the Uksu′hĭ
315Spiders
7854. The Ustû′tlĭ
316Snake Lore
7955. The Uwʼtsûñ′ta
317The Double Woman
8056. The Snake Boy
318Deer Women
8157. The Snake Man
319Dwarfs or Elves
8258. The Rattlesnake’s Vengeance
320Bogs
8359. The Smaller Reptiles—Fishes and Insects
321Trees
8460. Why the Bullfrog’s Head is Striped
322Customs Relating to Childhood
8561. The Bullfrog Lover
323Puberty
8662. The Katydid’s Warning
324Ghost Lore and the Future Life
8763. Ûñtsaiyĭ′, The Gambler
325Exhortations to Absent Warriors
8864. The Nest of the Tlă′nuwă
326Mysterious Men and Women
8965. The Hunter and the Tlă′nuwă
327Gopher Lore
9066. Uʻtlûñ′tă, The Spear-finger
328Causes of Boils and Sores
9167. Nûñ′yunu′wĭ, The Stone Man
329Results of Lying, Stealing, Etc.
9268. The Hunter in the Dăkwă′
330Secret Societies
9369. Atagâ′hĭ, The Enchanted Lake
331Fetichism
9470. The Bride from the South
332Ordeals or Modes of Swearing
9571. The Ice Man
333Sorcery and Jugglery
9672. The Hunter and Selu
334Omens
9773. The Underground Panthers
335Authorities
9874. The Tsundige′wĭ
336Alleged Belief in a Great Spirit
9975. Origin of the Bear: The Bear Songs
337The Great Mystery a Modern Deity
10076. The Bear Man
338Polytheism
10177. The Great Leech of Tlanusi′yĭ
339Worship
10278. The Nûñnĕ′hĭ and Other Spirit Folk
340Mandan Cults
10379. The Removed Townhouses
341Mystery Objects and Places of the Mandan and Hidatsa
10480. The Spirit Defenders of Nĭkwăsĭ′
342Hidatsa Cults
10581. Tsulʻkălû′, The Slant-eyed Giant
343Sapona Cults
10682. Kăna′sta, The Lost Settlement
344Peet on Indian Religions
10783. Tsuwe′năhĭ: A Legend of Pilot Knob
345The Author’s Reply
10884. The Man Who Married the Thunder’s Sister
346Cults of the Elements
10985. The Haunted Whirlpool
347The Four Quarters
11086. Yahula
348Symbolic Colors
11187. The Water Cannibals
349Colors in Personal Names
11288. First Contact with Whites
350The Earth Powers
11389. The Iroquois Wars
351Earth Gentes
11490. Hiadeoni, The Seneca
352The Fire Powers
11591. The Two Mohawks
353Fire Gentes
11692. Escape of the Seneca Boys
354The Wind-Makers
11793. The Unseen Helpers
355Wind Gentes
11894. Hatcinoñdoñ’s Escape from the Cherokee
356Each Quarter Reckoned as Three
11995. Hemp-carrier
357Names Referring to Other Worlds
12096. The Seneca Peacemakers
358The Water Powers
12197. Origin of the Yontoñwisas Dance
359Water People
12298. Gaʼna’s Adventures Among the Cherokee
360Cautions and Queries
12399. The Shawano Wars
361Composite Names
124100. The Raid on Tĭkwăli′tsĭ
362Personal Names from Horned Beings
125101. The Last Shawano Invasion
363Names Derived from Several Homogeneous Objects or Beings
126102. The False Warriors of Chilhowee
364Return of the Spirit to the Eponym
127103. Cowee Town
365Functions of Gentes and Subgentes
128104. The Eastern Tribes
366The “Messiah Craze”
129105. The Southern and Western Tribes
367The Survival of Early Zuñi Traits
130106. The Giants from the West
368Outline of Spanish-Zuñi History
131107. The Lost Cherokee
369Outline of Pristine Zuñi History
132108. The Massacre of the Ani′-kuta′nĭ
370Outline of Zuñi Mytho-Sociologic Organization
133109. The War Medicine
371General Explanations Relative to the Text
134110. Incidents of Personal Heroism
372The Genesis of the Worlds, or the Beginning of Newness
135111. The Mounds and the Constant Fire: The Old Sacred Things
373The Genesis of Men and the Creatures
136112. The Ignorant Housekeeper
374The Gestation of Men and the Creatures
137113. The Man in the Stump
375The Forthcoming from Earth of the Foremost of Men
138114. Two Lazy Hunters
376The Birth from the Sea of the Twain Deliverers of Men
139115. The Two Old Men
377The Birth and Delivery of Men and the Creatures
140116. The Star Feathers
378The Condition of Men When First Into the World of Daylight Born
141117. The Mother Bear’s Song
379The Origin of Priests and of Knowledge
142118. Baby Song, To Please the Children
380The Origin of the Raven and the Macaw, Totems of Winter and Summer
143119. When Babies are Born: The Wren and the Cricket
381The Origin and Naming of Totem-Clans and Creature Kinds, and the Division and Naming of Spaces and Things
144120. The Raven Mocker
382The Origin of the Councils of Secrecy or Sacred Brotherhoods
145121. Herbert’s Spring
383The Unripeness and Instability of the World When Still Young
146122. Local Legends of North Carolina
384The Hardening of the World, and the First Settlement of Men
147123. Local Legends of South Carolina
385The Beginning of the Search for the Middle of the World, and the Second Tarrying of Men
148124. Local Legends of Tennessee
386The Learning of War, and the Third Tarrying
149125. Local Legends of Georgia
387The Meeting of the People of Dew, and the Fourth Tarrying
150126. Plant Lore
388The Generation of the Seed of Seeds, or the Origin of Corn
151Notes and Parallels to Myths (pt. 1)
389The Renewal of the Search for the Middle
152Notes and Parallels to Myths (pt. 2)
390The Choosing of Seekers for Signs of the Middle
153Notes and Parallels to Myths (pt. 3)
391The Change-Making Sin of the Brother and Sister
154Glossary of Cherokee Words (pt. 1)
392The Birth of the Old-Ones or Ancients of the Kâ´kâ
155Glossary of Cherokee Words (pt. 2)
393The Renewal of the Great Journey, and the Sundering of the Tribes of Men
156Hi-nun Destroying the Giant Animals
394The Origin of Death by Dying, and the Abode of Souls and the Kâ´kâ
157A Seneca Legend of Hi-Nun and Niagara
395The Loss of the Great Southern Clans
158The Thunderers
396The Saving of the Father-Clans
159Echo God
397The Awaiting of the Lost Clans
160Extermination of the Stone Giants
398The Straying of K‘yäk´lu, and His Plaint to the Water-Fowl
161The North Wind
399How the Duck, Hearing, was Fain to Guide K‘yäk´lu
162Great Head
400How the Rainbow-Worm Bore K‘yäk´lu to the Plain of Kâ´‘hluëlane
163Cusick's Story of the Dispersion of the Great Heads
401The Tarrying of K‘yäk´lu in the Plain, and His Dismay
164The Stone Giant's Wife
402How the Duck Found the Lake of the Dead and the Gods of the Kâ´kâ
165The Stone Giant's Challenge
403How the Gods of the Kâ´kâ Counselled the Duck
166Hiawatha and the Iroquois Wampum
404How by Behest of the Duck the Kâ´yemäshi Sought K‘yäk´lu to Convey Him to the Lake of the Dead
167The Warrior Saved by Pigmies
405How the Kâ´yemäshi Bore K‘yäk´lu to the Council of the Gods
168The Pigmies and the Greedy Hunters
406The Council of the Kâ´kâ, and the Instruction of K‘yäk´lu by the Gods
169The Pigmy's Mission
407The Instruction of the Kâ´yemäshi by K‘yäk´lu
170The Origin of Witches and Witch Charms
408How the Kâ´yemäshi Bore K‘yäk´lu to His People
171Origin of the Seneca Medicine
409The Return of K‘yäk´lu, and His Sacred Instructions to the People
172A "True" Witch Story
410The Enjoining of the K‘yäk´lu Ámosi, and the Departure of K‘yäk´lu and the Old-Ones
173A Case of Witchcraft
411The Coming of the Brothers Ánahoho and the Runners of the Kâ´kâ
174An Incantation to Bring Rain
412The Dispatching of the Souls of Things to the Souls of the Dead
175A Cure for All Bodily Injuries
413The Renewal of the Great Journeying and of the Search for the Middle
176A Witch in the Shape of a Dog
414The Warning-Speech of the Gods, and the Untailing of Men
177A Man Who Assumed the Shape of a Hog
415The Origin of the Twin Gods of War and of the Priesthood of the Bow
178Witch Transformation
416The Downfall of Hán‘hlipiŋk‘ya, and the Search Anew for the Middle
179A Superstition About Flies
417The Wars with the Black People of the High Buildings and with the Ancient Woman of the K‘yákweina and other Kâ´kâkwe
180Origin of the Human Race
418The Adoption of the Black People, and the Division of the Clans to Search for the Middle
181Formation of the Turtle Clan
419The Northward Eastern Journey of the Winter Clans
182How the Bear Lost His Tail
420The Southward Eastern Journey of the Summer Clans
183Origin of Medicine
421The Eastward Middle Journey of the People of the Middle
184Origin of Wampum
422The Settlement of Zuñi-land, and the Building of the Seven Great Towns Therein
185Origin of Tobacco
423The Reunion of the People of the Middle with the Summer and Seed Peoples
186Origin of Plumage
424The Great Council of Men and the Beings for the Determination of the True Middle
187Why the Chipmunk has the Black Stripe on His Back
425The Establishment of the Fathers and Their Tabernacle at Hálonawan or the Erring-Place of the Middle
188Origin of the Constellations
426The Flooding of the Towns, and the Building of the City of Seed on the Mountain
189The Pole Star
427The Staying of the Flood by Sacrifice of the Youth and Maiden, and the Establishment of Hálona Ítiwana on the True Middle
190Boy Rescued by a Bear
428The Custom of Testing the Middle in the Middle Time
191Infant Nursed by Bears
429The Cherishing of the Corn Maidens and Their Custom as of Old
192The Man and His Step-son
430The Murmuring of the Foolish Anent the Custom of the Corn Maidens
193The Boy and His Grandmother
431The Council of the Fathers that the Perfection of the Custom Be Accomplished
194The Dead Hunter
432The Observance of the ‘Hláhekwe Custom, or Dance of the Corn Maidens
195A Hunter's Adventures
433The Sending of the Twain Priests of the Bow, that They Bespeak the Aid of Paíyatuma and His Flute People
196The Old Man's Lessons to His Nephew
434The Finding of Paíyatuma, and His Custom of the Flute
197The Hunter and His Faithless Wife
435The Preparations for the Coming of Paíyatuma and His People of the Flute
198The Charmed Suit
436The Coming of Paíyatuma and His Dance of the Flute
199The Boy and the Corn
437The Sacrilege of the Youths of the Dance, and the Fleeting of the Maidens of Corn
200The Lad and the Chestnuts
438The Mourning for Loss of the Maidens of Corn
201The Guilty Hunters
439The Seeking of the Maidens of Corn by the Eagle
202Mrs. Logan's Story
440The Seeking of the Maidens of Corn by the Falcon
203The Hunter and His Dead Wife
441The Seeking of the Maidens of Corn by the Raven
204A Sure Revenge
442The Beseeching of Paíyatuma, and His Reversal of the People's Evil
205Traveler's Jokes
443The Seeking of the Maidens of Corn by Paíyatuma
206Kingfisher and His Nephew
444The Finding of the Maidens of Corn in Summerland
207The Wild-Cat and the White Rabbit
445The Return of the Maidens of Corn with Paíyatuma
208New-Year Festival
446The Presentation of the Perfected Seed to the Fathers of Men, and the Passing of the Maidens of Seed
209Tapping the Maple Trees
447The Instructions of Paíyatuma for the Ordinances and Customs of the corn Perfecting
210Planting Corn
448The Final Instructions of Paíyatuma, and His Passing
211Strawberry Festival
449Introduction
212Green-Corn Festival
450Myth of the Origin of Dsilyídje Qaçàl
213Definitions of “Cult” and “Siouan”
451The Ceremonies of Dsilyídje Qaçàl
214Siouan Family
452The Great Pictures of Dsilyídje Qaçàl
215Authorities
453Sacrifices of Dsilyídje Qacàl
216Alphabet
454198. First Song of the First Dancers.
217Abbreviations
455201. First Song of the Mountain Sheep.
218Alleged Belief in a Great Spirit
456205. Sixth Song of the Mountain Sheep.
219Phenomena Divided into Human and Superhuman
457209. Twelfth Song of the Mountain Sheep.
220Terms for “Mysterious,” “Lightning,” Etc.
458213. First Song of the Thunder.
221Other Omaha and Ponka Terms
459216. Twelfth Song of the Thunder.
222Significance of Personal Names and Kinship Terms
460219. First Song of the Holy Young Men, or Young Men Gods.
223Myth and Legend Distinguished from the Superhuman
461223. Sixth Song of the Holy Young Men.
224Beliefs and Practices not Found
462227. Twelfth Song of the Holy Young Men.
225Omaha, Ponka, and Kansa Belief in a Wakanda
463231. Eighth Song of the Young Women Who Become Bears.
226Seven Great Wakandas
464236. One of the Awl Songs.
227Invocation of Warmth and Streams
465239. First Song of the Exploding Stick.
228Prayer to Wakanda
466243. Last Song of the Exploding Stick.
229Accessories of Prayer
467247. First Daylight Song.
230Omaha and Kansa Expressions about Wakanda
468250. Last Daylight Song.
231Ponka Belief About Malevolent Spirits
469254. Song of the Prophet to the San Juan River.
232An Old Omaha Custom
470257. Song of the Building of the Dark Circle.
233The Sun a Wakanda
471261. Prayer to Dsilyi‘ Neyáni.
234The Moon a Wakanda
472265. Song of the Rising Sun Dance.
235Berdaches
473269. Instructions Given to the Akáninili.
236Stars as Wakandas
474272. Prayer of the Prophet to His Mask.
237The Winds as Wakandas
475275. Last Words of the Prophet.
238The Thunder-Being a Wakanda
