Adder’s-tongue, 6.
Agoseris, 184.
Alberta (Canadian Province), 29, 145, 179.
All Chief Band, 251.
American Museum of Natural History, 217, 310.
Amusements, 74, 133, 196, 226, 254.
Anatapsa, granddaughter of Mad Wolf, 75, 85, 249.
Antelope Dance, 295.
Antelope Song, 294.
Á-pe-ech-e-ken, Indian name for author.
See White Weasel Moccasin.
Arnica, golden, 161.
Assiniboine Indians, 88;
dog-feast of, 256.
Aster, 248.
Auriga, constellation, 143.
Autosuggestion in healing, 270.
Awasáki, prayer by, 308.
Bad-Old-Man, myth, 136.
Baldy, pack-horse of author, 100.
Bands, marriage within, 83;
names of, 250, 251.
Bannock Indians, 251.
Barren Lands, 210.
Basket Grass, 6.
Bear Chief, 24, 251, 306, 307, 312.
Bear Dance, 64.
Bear Spear, 174–178.
Beaver Bundle, 22, 37, 42–45;
legend of, 46–53;
rules of, 45;
ceremony of, 54–67;
taboos, 71; 85.
Beaver Tepee, 264.
Begging dance, 291.
Behind-the-Ears, 276.
Belly River, 179.
Big Eyes, gives tepee to author, 261.
Big-Horn Sheep. See Sheep.
Big Moon, 284.
Big Rock Tepee, 260.
Big Spring, 290.
Birch, canoe, 9.
Bird, wife of Brings-Down-the-Sun, 189, 191.
Black Buffalo Tepee, 262.
Blackfoot, country, 14;
our first sight of the camp, 20.
Blackfoot Glacier, 14.
Blackfoot Mountain, 14.
Black Snake Man, former head chief, 87, 89.
Black Snake Woman, a wife of the head chief, 90.
Black Weasel, dance leader, 276.
Blizzard, 16, 130–32, 137, 139, 149.
Blood Indians, 27;
head men of, 30; 179, 184, 193.
Bluebird, mountain, 258.
Booth, in dancing-lodge, 311.
Botanical collection, 159, 179, 319–26.
Boundary Creek, 29.
Boys, training of, 74.
Brave Dog Society, 252, 268, 284, 298, 299, 301, 314.
Braves, Society, 219–22.
Brings-Down-the-Sun, medicine man, 165, 179, 188;
camp of, 191, 201;
contest with Bull Plume, 206–09;
tells about his father, 210–18;
his children, 217;
tells about Men’s Societies, 219–25;
about the birds and the stars, 226–39;
farewell of, 240.
Buffalo Dance, 66.
Buffalo hunt, 155.
Buffalo Rock Bundle, 75.
Bull Child, medicine man, 22, 243, 248, 310, 311.
Bull Plume, medicine man, 194, 206–09.
Bull Shoe, race-horse, 279.
Bunched Stars. See Pleiades.
Burial customs, 155, 166, 272, 273.
Buttercup, snow, 161.
Capella, 143.
Carnegie Museum of Pittsburgh, 319.
Catbird, 195.
Catches-Two-Horses, wife of the head chief, 22, 56, 58, 60, 87.
Caterpillars, tent, dance of, 186.
Cedar, creeping, 197.
Cedar, giant, 9.
Celebration song, 281.
Center Pole, 303, 304, 308, 309, 311.
Ceremonies, adoption by Mad Wolf, 35–41;
Beaver Bundle, 56–67;
Sun Dance, 88, 241; etc.;
Medicine Pipe, 89, 90, 289–97;
Bear Spear, 175;
Crow Water, 201;
tongues, 243–46;
Otter Tepee, 259, 260;
doctoring, 269–72;
cutting hide, 306, 307;
plants used for, 323.
Chalice Cup, 162.
Chastity of women, 82, 246, 307.
Cheering songs, 312.
Cheyenne scouts, 10.
Chief Mountain, 170, 214, 242.
Chinook Indians, 152.
Chipmunk, 125.
Chokecherry, 187, 195, 256, 324.
Circle camp, 247, 258, 259, 267, 304.
Clematis, 161.
Cleveland Mountain, 14.
Cleveland, President Grover, Preface.
Climate, 10.
Clown, 300.
Columbine, yellow, 20.
Coming Running and family, 252.
Conjunction of planets, 239.
Conservation by North Piegans, 193.
Continental Divide, 10, 12, 14, 15, 163.
Cony, 164.
Cottonwood, 154, 156, 187, 193, 325.
Cradle song, 291.
Crane Dance, 295.
Cream Antelope, 285.
Cree Indians, 10, 84, 180, 199, 251, 261.
Cross Guns, son of head chief, 85, 88.
Crow Indians, 182, 201, 251, 261, 266, 277.
Crow Tepee, 263.
Crow Water ceremony, 201.
Custer Massacre, 10.
Cutbank Pass, 106.
Cutbank River, home of the scout, 22;
home of Mad Wolf, 68, 76;
home of head chief, 85;
home of White Grass, 92.
Cutbank Trail, 20.
Cypress Hills, 89.
Dances, Beaver, 58–67;
frontier, 119–22;
sandpiper, 185;
tent caterpillars, 186;
grizzly bear, 220;
mosquito, 222;
kit fox, 225;
grass, 274–77;
horseback, 278;
kissing, 280;
Brave Dog Society, 286–88;
begging, 291;
Medicine Pipe, 294, 295;
Weather Makers, 311–13.
Deer hunt, Black-tail, 164.
Deer Tepee, 265.
Diseases, contagious, 36.
Dog, as food, 256.
Dog Dance, 65.
Don’t Laugh Band, 251.
Double Runner, 37, 55, 244, 248, 304.
Dutch oven, 105.
Dwarf People, 44.
Eagle catching, 216.
Eagle Tepee, 265.
Eat-Before-Others Band, 251.
Eclipse of sun, 227.
Elk Dance, 306.
Elk Horn, herald, 274, 279, 284, 287, 292, 304.
Elk Song, 306.
Elk Tepee, 265.
Etiquette, 23, 30, 70, 71, 83.
Fairy rings, 179.
Fasting woman, 248, 250, 301, 306.
Father-in-law customs, 70, 81, 83.
Finch, purple, 159.
Fir, great silver, 9;
Douglas, 161;
alpine, 164.
First Strike, woman doctor, 268, 270.
Flag, blue, 258.
Flathead Forest Reserve, Preface; 5.
Flathead Indians, 106, 162, 251.
Flathead River, 8.
Fleabane, 184.
Flowers, 6, 20, 154, 156, 160, 161, 184, 187, 195, 248, 258, 325.
Forget-me-not, 154, 162, 163, 187.
Four Bears, medicine man, 32, 89, 313.
Fox, kit, 258.
Fox, red, 14.
Games. See Amusements.
Gemini, constellation, 142.
Geranium, 187.
Ghosts. See Spirits.
Ghost Lariat. See Clematis.
Ghost stories, 114–18, 134–35, 166, 168–69.
Gives-to-the-Sun, wife of Mad Wolf, 37, 55, 58, 74, 134, 242, 298, 305, 306, 314.
Glacier National Park, Preface.
Globeflower, Western, 161.
Goat, Rocky Mountain, 14;
hunt, 124–28.
Going-to-the-Sun Mountain, 54.
Goldfinch, 195.
Good Luck Song, 295.
Grass, blue-eyed, 258.
Grass Dancers, 274–77.
Grasshopper, Blood chief, 30.
Grasshoppers, 185.
Graves, Henry S., Preface.
Grease Melter Band, 212.
Great Dipper (Ursa Major), 118, 137, 204;
legend of, 229–31.
Grizzly bear, story, 17;
author’s experience with, 102–06;
Medicine Grizzly, 106; 112;
roping a grizzly, 121; 176, 186, 213, 217, 262;
and Medicine Pipe, 290;
dances, 220, 294.
Gros Ventre Indians, 91, 107, 199, 266.
Ground squirrel, black, 153.
Grosbeak, evening, 159.
Guide. See Siksikaíkoan.
Hail storm, 169.
Hair Parters. See Grass Dancers.
Hare, crying, 129.
Hare, prairie, 258.
Heart Butte, 80.
Heather, 162.
Heavy Breast, story by, 17; 37, 55, 61, 248.
Heliotrope, 161.
Hemlock, 9.
Hollyhock, 184.
Horse race, 279.
Horses, character of Indian, 5, 13, 27, 100, 101.
Huckleberries, 102.
Hudson Bay Divide, 76, 146, 167, 170.
Humor, Indian, 31, 63, 87, 136, 199, 202, 205, 289, 292.
Husband, potential, 65.
Hyades, constellation, 143.
Indian, manners of, 30, 71;
character, 111, 174.
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Indian Mounted Police, 123, 146.
Inner Circle, 259.
Iron Shirt, former head chief, 212.
Jackson Mountain, 14.
Jackson, William. See Siksikaíkoan.
Japanese Current, 152.
Jennings, O. E., 319.
Jester, 300.
Jupiter, legend about, 232–39.
Katoyísa, 25, 26, 109, 121, 122.
Kingbird, 227.
Kinglet, golden-crown, 6.
Kissing dance, 280.
Kit Fox Society, 223.