- Abnakis, 174
- Acagchemem, a Californian tribe, 105
- Age of man in America, 35-37
- Ages of the world, 213 sq.
- Akakanet, 61
- Akanzas, 238
- Akenatzi, 284
- Algonkins, location, 26
- name of God, 58 n.
- mythical ancestors, 77
- veneration of birds, 103
- of serpents, 108, 109, 113, 116
- myths and rites, 133, 136, 144, 147, 151, 161, 174, 198, 209, 220, 224, 236, 240, 244, 248, 277, 297
- Aluberi, a name of God, 58 n.
- Anahuac, 29, 282
- Angont, a mythical serpent, 136
- Apalachian tribes, 27, 225
- Apocatequil, a Peruvian deity, 153
- Ararats, of America, 203
- Araucanians, 33
- name of God, 48, 61
- myths, 204, 248
- Arks, 255
- Arowacks, 58 n.
- Ataensic, an Iroquois deity, 123, 131, 170
- Ataguju, or Atachuchu, 152
- Atatarho, mythical Iroquois chief, 118
- Athapascan tribes, 24
- myths, 104, 150, 195, 205, 229, 248, 257
- Atl, an Aztec deity, 131
- Aurora borealis, 245
- Aymaras, 31, 34, 177
- Aztecs, their books and characters, 10
- divisions, 29
- names of God, 48, 50, 58 n.
- government, 69
- rites, 72, 126, 127, 147
- calendar, 74
- worship of cross, 95
- names of cardinal points, 93
- worship of birds, 102, 106, 107
- of serpents, 111
- myths, 132, 133, 134, 138, 144, 156, 171, 181, 205, 214 sq., 227, 240, 246, 248, 252, 258
- priests, 282
- prayers, 292
- Aztlan, 181
- Bacab, Maya gods, 80
- Baptism, 125 seq.
- Bimini, 87
- Bird, symbol of, 101 sq., 195 sq., 229, 254
- Blue, symbolic meaning of, 47
- Bochica, 183
- Boiuca, a mythical isle, 87
- Bones, preservation of, 255
- soul in the, 257
- Botocudos, 123, 201
- Brasseur, Abbé, his works, 41
- Brazilian tribes, 102, 134, 250
- (See Tupis, Botocudos.)
- Busk, a Creek festival, 71, 96
Caddoes, 93, 203- Camaxtli, 158
- Cardinal points, adoration of, 67 sq.
- names of, 93 sq.
- Caribs, 32
- theory of lightning, 104, 114
- myths and rites, 145, 184, 223, 237, 244, 256
- priests, 282
- Catequil. (See Apocatequil.)
- Centeotl, goddess of maize, 22, 134
-
Chac, Maya gods, 80
- Chalchihuitlycue, an Aztec god, 123
- Chantico, an Aztec god, 138
- Cherokees, location, 25
- name of God, 51
- serpent myth, 115
- baptism, 128
- deluge, 205
- priests, 281
- Chia, goddess of Muyscas, 134
- Chichimec, 139 n., 158
- Chicomoztoc, the Seven Caves, 227
- Chicunoapa, the Aztec Styx, 249
- Chipeways, picture-writing, 10
- records, 17
- magicians, 71
- myths, 163, 168
- Choctaws, location, 27
- name of God, 51
- myths, 84 n., 225, 261
- priests, 281
- Cholula, 180, 181, 204, 228
- Cihuacoatl, the Serpent Woman, 120
- Cihuapipilti, 246
- Circumcision, 147
- Citatli, 131
- Clairvoyance, 269
- Coatlicue, 118
- Colors, symbolism of, 47, 80, 140, 165
- Con or Contici, 155, 176
- Coxcox, 202
- Craniology, American, 35
- Creation, myths of, 193 seq.
- Creeks, location, 27
- name of God, 50
- rites, 71, 96
- mythical ancestors, 77
- serpent myth, 115
- other myths, 137, 225, 242, 244
- priests, 273, 283
- Cross, symbolic meaning of, 95-7, 183, 188
- of Palenque, 118
- Cupay, the Quichua Pluto, 61, 251
- Cusic, his Iroquois legends, 63, 108 n.
- Dakotas, location, 28
- rites, 71
- language, 75
- mythical ancestors, 77
- myths, 62, 103, 133, 150, 237, 259, 279
- Dawn, myths of, 166, 167, 175, 227
- Delawares, 140 n., 144
- (See Lenni Lenape.)
- Deluge, myth, origin, etc., 198-212
- Devil, idea of unknown to red race, 59, 251
- Divination, 278
- Dobayba, 123
- Dog, as a symbol, 137, 229, 247-9
- Dove, as a a symbol, 107
- Dualism, moral, not found in America, 59
- sexual not found, 146
- Eagle, as a symbol, 104
- East, myths, concerning, 91, 165, 174, 180
- (See Dawn.)
- Eastman, Mrs., her Legends of the Sioux, 103
- Eldorado, 87
- Enigorio and Enigohahetgea, 63
- Epochs of nature, 200 seq.
- Esaugetuh Emissee, 50
- Eskimos, location, 23
- name of chief god, 50, 76
- term for south, 94
- veneration of birds, 101
- myths, 173 n., 193, 226, 229, 241, 245, 261, 280
- Fear in religion, 141, 292
- Fire-worship, 140 seq.
- Flood-myth. (See Deluge.)
- Florida, 87
- Forty, a sacred number, 94
- Fountain of youth, 129
- Four, the sacred number of red race, 66 sq., 105, 157, 167, 178, 182, 184, 240
- Four brothers, the myth of, 76-83, 152, 167, 178, 182
- Garhonia, Iroquois deity, 48
- Gizhigooke, the day-maker, 169
- Guaranis, 32, 84 n.
- Guatavita Lake, 124
- Gucumatz, the bird-serpent, 118
- Gumongo, god of the Monquis, 93
- Haitians, myths of, 78, 85, 135, 188
- Hand, symbol of the, 183
- Haokah, Dakota thunder god, 151
- Hawaneu. (See Neo.)
- Heaven, the, of the red race, 243
- Hell, the hidden world, 252
- Heno, Iroquois thunder-god, 156
- Hiawatha, myth of, 172
-
Hobbamock, 60
- Huemac, the Strong-hand, 181, 183
- Huitzilopochtli, the god of war, 118, 282
- Hunting, its effect on the mind, 21, 67, 100
- Hurakan or hurricane, meaning of, 51
- a Maya god, 81, 82, 114, 156, 196
- Hurons, 25, 48, 114, 136, 169, 248, 250, 275
- Hushtoli, Choctaw name of God, 51
- Illatici, Quichua name of God, 55, 155
- Incas, secret language, 31
- official title, 69
- ancestors, 82, 153
- arms, 120
- sun-worship, 142
- myths, 188, 191, 244
- Ioskeha, supreme god of Iroquois, 63, 170-2
- Iroquois, location, 25
- name of God, 48, 53
- myths of, 83, 85, 169-72, 196, 227, 236
- veneration of serpents, 108, 116, 118
- of fire, 148
- Isolation of the red race, 20, 34
- Itzcuinan, the Bitch-Mother, 138
- Jarvis, Dr., his Discourse on American Religions, 39
- Juripari, 61
- Killistenoes, 270
- Kittanitowit, 58, 60
- Ku, a name of divinity, 46, 47
- Kukulcan, god of air, 118
- Languages of America, 7
- esoteric of priests, 284
- Lenni Lenape, 26, 96, 161, 231
- Light, universal symbol of divinity, 173
- Lightning, the, 112 seq., 151 seq., 168
- Madness, as inspiration, 274 seq.
- Magic, natural, 266
- Maistre, Joseph de, his theory of mythology, 291, n.
- Maize, distribution of, 22, 37
- Man, origin of, 222 sq., 258
- word for, 223
- Mandans, 71, 85, 107, 184, 205, 228
- Manibozho. (See Michabo.)
- Mannacicas, 250
- Manoa, 87
- Manes, 111
- Mayas, alphabet, 13
- location, 30
- calendar, 74, 80
- mythical ancestors, 79, 80, 85
- myths and rites, 93, 146, 183, 188, 214, 221
- name of cross, 97
- Mbocobi, 201
- Meda worship, 162 n.
- Medicine, 45
- lodge, 267
- men, 264, 277 seq.
- Memory, cultivated by picture-writing, 18
- Mesmerism, 272
- Messou, 209
- (See Michabo.)
- Metempsychosis, 253
- Mexicans, (See Aztecs.)
- Meztli, 132, 135
- Michabo, supreme Algonkin god, 63, 116, 136, 161-9, 198, 220, 294
- Mictlan, god of the dead, 92, 252
- Migrations, coarse of, 34
- Milky-way, 244
- Millennium, 261
- Minnetarees, 228, 230, 250
- Mixcoatl, or Mixcohuatl, 22, 51, 158
- Mixtecas, 90, 196
- Monan, 211
- Monquis, 93, 106
- Montezuma, 187, 190
- Moon, worship of, 130 seq.
- Moxos, 124, 230
- Müller, J. G., his work on American religions, 40, 59, 61
- Mummies, 257-60
- Muscogees, 195
- (See Creeks.)
- Muyscas, 31
- myths, 84 n., 183-4
- Nahuas, 29, 73
- myths, 84 n., 118, 138, 158, 206
- (See Aztecs.)
- Nanahuatl, 135
- Natchez, 27, 28 n.
- myths, 126, 142, 149, 205, 225, 239
- Natural religions, 3
- Navajos, 79, 84 n., 103, 127, 205, 241
- Neo, Iroquois corruption of Dieu, 53
- Nemqueteba, 183
- Netelas, 50, 105 n.
- Nez Percés 272, 281
- Nicaraguans, 145, 158, 201, 245, 288
- Nine Rivers, the, 248
- Nootka Indians, 297
- North, myths concerning, 82
- Nottoways, 25, 84
- Numbers, sacred, 66, 98
- (See Four, Three, Seven.)
- Occaniches, 284
- Oki, name of God, 46-8
- Onniont, a mythical serpent, 114
- Onondagas, 171
- Oonawleh unggi, 51
- Otomis, 6, 158
- Ottawas, 93, 145, 161
- Ottoes, 84 n.
- Pacari Tampu, 82, 179, 227
- Pachacamac, 56, 176-7, 298
- Panos, 13
- Paradise, myth of, 86 seq.
- Paria, 87
- Passions, worship of, 146, 149
- Pawnees, 71 n., 84 n.
- Pend d’Oreilles, 233
- Peru, 69
- rites and myths, 82, 102, 106, 131, 132, 137, 138, 142, 149, 152 sq, 176-9, 188, 213, 219, 227, 240, 251, 260
- priests, 278, 282, 284
- (See Aymaras, Incas.)
- Phallic worship, 146, 149
- Picture writing, 9
- Pilgrimages, custom of, 301
- Pimos, 185
- Prayers, specimens of, 296-300
- Priesthood, native, 263 sq.
- Puelches, 277
- Quetzalcoatl, the supreme Aztec god, 106, 118, 157, 180-3, 188, 294-6
- Quiateot, a rain god, 131
- Quichés, 30
- Sacred Book, 41
- names for God, 51, 58 n.
- evil deities, 64
- myth of first four brothers, 81
- of paradise, 89
- of creation, 196
- of flood, 207
- of hell, 251, 258
- Quichuas, 31
- religion, 55
- ancestors, 82, 153
- names of cardinal points, 93 n.
- myths, 155
- (See Peru, Incas.)
- Quipus, 14
- Rattlesnake, as a symbol, 108 sq.
- Raven, as a symbol, 195, 204, 213, 229
- Red, symbolic meaning, 80, 88, 140
- Sacrifice, its meaning, 291
- Sacs, 84, 277
- Sanscrit flood-myth, 212
- Schwarz, Dr., his views of mythology, 112
- Seminoles, 129
- Serpent, as a symbol, 107 sq., 136, 158
- Seven, a sacred number, 66, 128 n., 202, 204, 273 n., 281, 283
- Shawnees, 26, 84 n., 110, 113, 114, 144, 281
- Shoshonees, 28, 138
- Sillam Innua, 50, 76
- Sioux, 28, 151, 236
- Soul, notions concerning, 235 sq., 277
- Sua, the Muysca God, 184
- Sun-worship, 141 sq., 149, 243-9
- Suns, Aztec, 215 sq.
- Takahlis, 127, 197, 201, 253, 256
- Tamu, 184, 294
- Taras, 158
- Taronhiawagon, 171
- Tawiscara, 170
- Teczistecatl, 132
- Teatihuacan, 46, 69
- Three, a sacred number, 66, 98, 156
- Thunder-storm, in myths, 150 sq.
- Tici, the vase, 130
- Timberlake, Lt., his Memoirs, 115
- Titicaca, Lake, 124, 178
- Tlacatecolotl, supposed Aztec Satan, 106
-
Tlaloc, god of rain, 75, 88, 156-7
- Tlalocan, 88, 246
- Tlapallan, 88, 91, 181
- Tloque nahuaque, 58 n.
- Tohil, 157
- Toltecs, 29, 180
- Tonacatepec, 88
- Toukaways, 231
- Trinity, in American religions, 156
- Tulan, 88, 89, 181
- Tupa, 32, 84, 152, 185
- Tupis, 32
- myths, 83 n., 152, 185, 210, 258, 274
- Twins, sacred to lightning, 153-4
- Unktahe, a Dakota god, 133
- Waitz, Dr., his Anthropology, 40, 288
- Wampum, 15
- Water, myths of, 122 seq., 194
- West, myths of, 92, 93, 166
- White, as a symbol, 165, 174-6
- Whiteman’s land, 21 n.
- Winds, myths of, 49-52, 74 sq., 96, 103, 166, 182
- Winnebagoes, 220
- Witchitas, 224
- Writing, modes of, 9-13
- Yakama language, 50
- Yamo and Yama, twin deities, 154 n.
- Yoalli-ehecatl, 50
- Yohualticitl, 132
- Yupanqui, Inca, 55
- Yurucares, 201, 224, 259
- Zac, empire of, 31, 124
- Zamna, culture hero of Mayas, 93, 183, 188
- Zapotecs, 183