Indian characteristics -Cont'd sensuality, 667
sign language, 237, 589, 681 singing, 178, 363, 580, 581, 591, 905, 908, 1059
649, 955, 1012, 1018, lo2o, 1091, 1092, 1272
excess, 952 Indian legends: Arrow lakes, 549 Beaver, 665, 1375, 1393 Calumet, 1009
Cascades of Columbia, 555 Chain of Rocks, 876 Chipiapoos, 1046, 1080
Creation, 525, 1014, 1065, 1079, 1099
Deluge, 975, 1079, 1105, 1378 Grand medicine, 1083 Heaven, 526
Kitch echaonissi, 1095 Morning star, 976 Nanaboojoo, logo, 1098 Piasa bird, 1088 Porcupine and beaver, 512 Rainbow, 840, 1105 Sacred fire, 1047
Separation, Aricaras and Pawnees, 1381
Assiniboins and Sioux, 1142, 1382
Crows and Grosventres, 1381 Thunder, 936, 945, 1083, 1099 Wanity Butte, 1380 Wawanosh, iloo
Woman in moon, 1094 Indian lore, value of, 1218 missions, Catholic, confided to Society of Jesus, 8
relics, 1008, 1517
Indian Question, D. 's relation to, 118
in 1838, 166 1845, 486
1846, 948
skunk-scent, 1000 1849, 1186
slavery, 1004 1851, 646, 684, i2o2
smoking, 156, 165, 211, 217, 251, 1853, 1431
252, 280, 324, 375.1019, 1058 1854, 935, 1110, 1201
surgery and medicine, 524, 573, 1855, 1454
663, 785, 1012, 1013, 1055, 1094 1858, 726, 731, 740, 748, 758,
tattooing, 980 1195
thieving, 154, 396, 512, 561, 625, 1859, 972
943, 954, 1039, 1073 1863, 785
truthfulness, 227, 944, 1417 1864, 789, 792, 795, 820, 833
uncleanliness, 155, 441, 510, 558, 1865, 844
1002, 1012 1866, 856, 858, 1200
utensils, 155, 489, 558, 1002 1867, 860, 874, 877, 879, 885
wampum, 1018 1868, 895
women, treatment of, 509, 525, 1872, 1342
Irving on, 208
Captain Mullan on, 8oo Indians, religious ideas, pagan animal worship, 559, 565, 940 baptism, notion Of, 953 blas0phhemy, 162, 459, 944, 1074, calumet, see General Index conjuring, juggling, etc., 250, 938 Creator, reverence, etc., 219, 243, 253, 265, 267, 560, 936, 1oo3, 1064, 1079
De Smet's essay on, 1062 divination, prophecy, etc., 204, 473, 663, 1094
ear cutting, 679
evil spirit, 1065, 1079 fire worship, 1044 future life, 382, 522, 525, 526, 665, 942, 975, 1003, 1075, 1084, I09I, 1120, 1270
ghosts, 941, 1075, 1161
human sacrifice, 171, 559, 976 "medicine," medicine-men, etc, 170, 250, 522, 566, 672, 692, 942, 1028, Io64, IO6g, 1082, 1093, 1112, 1147, 1148, 1150, 1212, 1270
medicine dance, 566, 939, 1055 morning star, 976
oaths, 944, 1074
prayer, 285, 326, 473, 490, 682, 937, 1085
reverence, 284, 632, 667, 874