INDEX 



177 



Ehinonascarant, Huron village, 149 

 Khionontateronons, see Ehionontater- 



rhonon. 

 Khionontaterons, see Ehionontater- 



rhonon. 

 Khionontaterrho'non, see Tobacco 



League. 

 Kichesperini, see Hongueronon. 

 Eichkagoneiak, allies of Huron, 19 

 Kinietz, W. Vernon, 5, 10, 36, 99 

 Kinship terms, 128 

 EionontateJironon, see Khionontater- 



rhonon. 

 Kirkland, Samuel, 141 

 Knives, 24, 26, 30, 32, 38, 51, 110, 117, 



137 

 Knowles, Nathaniel, 32 

 Kurath, Gertrude P., 77, 135 



Lacrosse, game, 114, 115 



matches, 43 



sticks, 87 

 Ladders, 138 



to ascend palisades, 40 

 Lake, supernatural spirit of, 132 

 Lake Huron, 12, 19, 25, 63 

 Lake of the Iroquois, see Lake Ontario. 

 Lake Ontario, 14, 34, 96 

 Lake St. Louys, see Lake Ontario. 

 Lalemant, Charles, 39, 160 

 Lalemant, Hierosme, 39, 160 

 Land, clearing of, 61 



name signs on, 60 



use ownership of, 60 

 Land of the dead, tales of, 142, 143-145 

 Language of the Huron, written by mis- 

 sionaries, 71 

 Lard, uses of, 60 

 Laurentian Iroquois, 3, 16 

 Leather, 110, 117, 118 



girdle worn by women, 20 

 Le Caron, Joseph, 5 

 Leggings, 111, 113, 116, 128 



skin, 20 



with shoes attached, 19 

 Leindohy (stinking corn), 68, 69 

 •Lent, observance of, 65 

 Lice, 22 



Lighthall, W. D., 3 

 Lightning, 82 



Little People (Pygmies), 121 

 Little Water Medicine, 122 

 Lizards, giant, 82 

 Longhouses, 40, 41, 42, 73, 122, 127 



members of, 85 



use of as ceremonial places, 42, 48, 

 152 

 Longnose masks, 97 

 Lorette Huron, 10 

 Love charms, 121 

 Lynx skins, 110 



Magical treatments, 84 

 Magic power ( orenda ) , 78, 91 

 Maize, see Corn. 

 Maples, 12 

 Maple sugar, 69 



Marriage, 125-127, 143 



announcement of, 127 



arranged by mothers, 126 



ceremonies, 126 



children not impediment to, 125 



feast, 126, 127 



matrilocal, 127 



patrilateral cross-cousin, 47 



rules on, 126 



thoughts regarding, 125, 128 

 Martenlike animal (tsouhendaia) , 145 

 Mascot, 91 

 Maskers, 109 

 Masks, hung in doorways, 105, 109 



worn by dancers, 103, 108 

 Masqueraders, 120 

 Match, cotton, 24 

 Mating, ceremonial {andacwander), 



101, 106-107, 113 

 Mats, 73, 77, 130, 132, 133, 138, 139 



maize leaf, 59 



reed, 23, 41, 48, 49, 59 



sleeping, 41, 99, 129 

 Mayapples, 62 



Meat, 51, 59, 68, 69, 107, 117, 126, 127 

 Medicine, 60, 83, 92, 116, 120, 122 



bundle, 84, 99, 121 



complex of, 72 



French, 84 



herbs used in, 80, 84 



Indian, 84 



water, 120 

 Medicine man, 7, 19, 76, 78, 83, 84, 85, 

 87, 89, 91-97, 99, 102, 103, 115, 

 118, 122, 152 



powers of, 97-101, 109, 117, 118 



rules laid down by, 87, 107, 108, 114 

 Medicine societies, 39, 72, 75, 80, 88, 91, 

 99, 102, 106, 107, 109 



membership in, 109 



dances of, 106 

 Melons, 60 

 Men, dreams of, 91 



dress for dance, 77 



feasts of, women not admitted to, 

 59 



grieving of, 130 



ground cleared by, 58 



head, 48 



old, 36, 42, 47, 48, 49, 57, 76, 77, 101, 

 112, 115-116, 119, 136, 139 



positions of, in dancing, 77 



price for miirder of, 52 



young, 36, 48, 76, 116, 120, 125, 131, 

 137 

 Menstrual periods, rules regarding, 125 

 Mercier, Francois Joseph le, 160 

 Messengers, volunteer, 50 

 Metal, 116 

 Mice, 64 



Michisaguek, Algonquin tribe, 19 

 Mid6 Society, 99 

 Midewiwin ceremonies, 99 

 Midwinter ceremonial, 39, 65, 67, 72, SO, 



103, 109, 110, 133 

 Midwives, 123 

 Migan (boiled corn) , 68, 108 

 Milky Way, beliefs regarding, 140 



