INDEX 



183 



Medicine — Continued 



pelican (slvin and head) , 101 



pilotweed, 152 



plantain, 151 



plants, 152-153 



pleurisy root, 151 



power, 100, 121 



prairie cone flower, 152 



projectiles, 119 



rabbit, 151, 153 



ragweed, 152 



rose, wild, 151 



sage, green, 152 



shoot, 119, 120 



skeletonweed, 144, 152 



squaw, 85, 142 



sticky head, 152 



windflower, 151 

 Medicine Men, 17, 18, 117, 153 

 Medicine Women, 93, 100 

 Medill, William, Commissioner of In- 

 dian Affairs, 29 

 Memorial Day, celebration of, 51 

 Men, 56, 70, 76, 80, 83, 86, 106, 140 

 Menomini Indians, 77 

 Merrill, Rev. Moses, 10 

 Mescal Bean cult, 121, 122, 123, 124 

 Mescal bean tea, drunk by members, 



123, 124 

 Meskwaki Indians, 61, 109 

 Messages, conveyal of, 72 

 Meteoric shower, recorded by Ponca, 71 

 Mexico, 3, 4 



Mica, use of for signaling, 72 

 Mice, 90 



Middle American influences, 3, 4 

 Middle Mississippi civilization, 3-6, 8, 

 10, 12, 19 



weapon, 13 

 Middle Missouri area, 13 

 Middy collar, 66, 67 (fig.) 

 Midwestern tribes, 57, 78 

 Miles, Gen. Nelson A., 37 

 Milford, Nebr., 34 

 Military fraternities, 40 

 Military funerals. 111 

 Military service, unorganized, 135 

 Milkcamp Community Hall, near St. 



Charles, S. Dak., 112 

 Milkweed, 43, 151 

 Milky Way (Wakq-olqge) , 75 

 Mill Creek Aspect, 10 

 Miner, William Harvey, 14, 127 

 Mink. 62. 119 

 Minnesota, 10, 15. 131 

 Minnesota Uprising, 133 

 Mint, wild, beverage made from. 44, 151 

 Mirror handle, carved. 51, 72 

 Mirrors. 32, 51, 64. 72, 109 



heliograph. 72 

 Missionary influence, effect of, 98 

 Mississippi River, 15. 17 

 Mississippi Valley culture, 10 

 Missouri. 15 

 Missouri bluffs. 8. 37 

 Missouri country. 23 

 Missouri Indians. 4. 5. 76 



Ponca name for, 134 



Missouri River (Nusho-day) , v, 4, 8, 11, 

 13, 15, 18, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 41, 

 42, 43, 44, 52, 53, 72, 76, 77, 112, 

 130, 132, 133 



bottom lands, 9 

 Missouri Valley Indian trade, 25 

 Missouri Valley tribes, 39, 49 

 Mittens, 61 



Moccasins, 30, 52, 61, 62, 64, 66, 69, 132, 

 139, 154, 156 



decoration of, 79 



for dogs, 48 



toy, 145 

 Moities, 87 

 Mole, 100 



Monarda flstulosa, 69 

 Monier, Jean Baptiste, Spanish trader, 



25, 53 

 Monogamy, practice of, 148 

 Monowi, Nebr., 77, 120 

 Months (Moons), recognized by Ponca, 



73 (list) -74 

 Monuments, historical, 71 

 Moon, 75 

 Mooney, James, 9 

 Morel, wild, 43 

 Morgan, Lewis H., 86, 87, 90 

 Mormons, 21, 29, 30, 96, 97, 138, 139 

 Mortars, corn, 51 



perfume and medicine, 51, 69 



wooden, 46, 58, 69 

 Mortuary customs, 154 

 Mourning, 154 

 Moss, green, 121 

 Mother-in-law, 71, 83, 147 



taboos, 86 

 Mothers, 76, 81, 82, 84, 85 

 Mounds. 1, 3, 12 

 :\Iules, 35, 49, 123, 124 

 aiullers, 12 



Munie, Juan, see Monier, Jean Baptiste 

 Music, excelled in by Ponca Indians, SO, 



81 

 Musical instruments, 80 

 Muskrat, 8, 41, 42, 101 

 Mythological beings, 77-80 



Bear, 117, 118 



Bear Girl, 84 



Buffalo, 117, 118 



buffalo cow, 20 



Deer-woman, 78. 143 



dwarfs, 18, 77-78 



Gisnd, water monster, 77, 120, 121 



Great Medicine, 103 



Jnd&diqe, 77 



Indddinge, Ponca wood sprite, 51, 

 144 



Little-tree-dweller, Dakota, 77 



"Monkey," see Trickster. 



Mother Earth, 152, 153 



Nida, 78 



Satan ( Wakdnda-p^zi) , 99 



Snake, 90 



Sun, 103, 104 



Thunder, 124 



Thunder Bird. 75, 90, 104 



"Trickster," 78 



