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INDEX 



Page 

 Mahican, Hudson River, affinities of, with 



Mohegan-Pequot.. __ 213-219 



Mahican-Wappinger Indians, connection 



of, with southern New England tribes,. 214-215 

 Maize— 



a life symbol 60 



feast of, completing ceremony 58 



See also Corn. 



Marksville, La., remains near 11 



Marriage custom of the Wawenock 177 



Marrow, medicinal use of 266 



Masks, purpose of 610 



Massachusetts-Narragansett gro up. 



See New England tribes, southern. 

 Massachusetts tribe, missionaries re- 

 corders of 211 



Masta, Henry, information furnished by. _ 177 



Mayweed, medicinal use of 264 



Medicinal practices of the Mohegan 2fi4-270 



Medicine, explanation of the term 610-611 



Medicine house, ruins of... 8 



Melbourne, Fla., investigations near 14-15 



Memmadgeen, a Wawenoclt chief 174 



Men of Mystery — 



personal names of 157-160 



symbolic hair cut of 92 



Menominee Indian.?, work among.. 10-11 



Miantonomoh, allied to Nehantic 217 



MicHELSON. Truman— 



papers by 15 



reference to 206,210,215,216,222,281 



worit of 6-7 



Migration LEGEND ofthe Mohegan-Pequot 216-217 



Mi-K'i"' GENS, personal names of 153-155 



MiscoGEON, John L., Ottawa text by 5 



Mission Indians— 



construction of house of 8-9 



work among 7-9 



MiSYAHU, investigation of site of 9 



Mohawk, peace treaty of 456 



MoHEGAN, synonyms for the name 219-221 



Mohegan Hill, church on 237.254 



Mohegan Indian Association, formation 



of* 213 



Mohegan tribe— 



attitude of, toward neighboring peoples.. 218 



history of _. 207 



linguistic affinity of, with Pequot. 208 



population of 212 



Mohegan-Pequot dialect— 



affinities of, with Hudson River Ma- 

 hican 21.3-219 



an obsolete language 206 



diary written in 205.228-251 



Mohegan-Pequot Indians— 



behefsof. 260-263 



ethnic compositio n 200-212 



Mohican. See M.-.hican. 



MONTAGNAis, efforts of, to establish peace. . . 4.^ 



MONTAUK TRIBE, COntaCtS Of 210 



Moon— 



a sky deity 73,74 



prayers to 38 



Moose, myth concerning 188-189 



MoosEHEAD Lake, native name of.- 189 



Morgan, Miss Mary V., mention of 213 



Morgan, IM rs. Hattie, mention of 213 



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Morning .Star, a sky deity 73 



Mortar, wooden — 



Nehantic 209 



Pequot 208 



Mortuary customs, Picuris 389-393 



MossucK family, descent of.. 209 



Mothers, special instructions to 54-56 



Motherwort, medicinal use of. 265, 266 



Mounds, examination of- 13-14 



Muddy Cove, Indian name for 244, 253 



Mullein, medicinal use of 265 



Munroe, Miss Helen, work of 16 



Music, Indian, manuscripts on 10-11 



Mustard, wild, medicinal use of 264 



Myer, W. E., papers by. 16 



Myths or the Iroquois 464-169 



Name Wi'-gi-e... 69-71 



Names — • 



gentile personal ., 31 



geographical 253-259 



Mohegan personal 280 



Nehantic personal 280 



of gentes andsubgentcs 122-124 



Pequot personal 281 



personal, female 126-127, 



129-130, 132, 133, 134-135, 136, 138-139, 

 141, 142, 143, 145-146, 150-151, 153, 154- 

 155, 156, 157, 159-160. 



personal, from the whiteswan 52 



personal, male.. 124-126, 



128-129, 131, 132-133, 134, 135-136, 136- 

 138, 139-*41, 142-143, 144-145, 146, 147- 

 150, 152-153, 153-154, 155-156, 157, 158- 

 159, 160-163. 



personal, ofthe Wawenock 175 



personal, origin stories of 84-86 



personal, relating to li fe symbols 86-87 



selected by mothers 48, 72, 73 



See also Birth names; Earth names. 



Name-taking wi'-gi-e. 40-44 



Nanticoke, adopted into League of the 



Iroquois 463 



Narragansett— 



iissimilation of, by Mohegan-Pequot.. 208-209 

 exterminated by English and Mohegan.. 207 



related to Nehantic... 217 



Natick, missionaries recorders of 211 



Naugatuck language, material from 215 



Nehantic— 



absorbed by Mohegan 207, 209 



division of 217 



ethnological survivals of-.. 209 



habitat of 217 



incorporated with Narragansett 217 



synonyms for 221 



Neptune, Francois, informant, mentioned. 171, 



173, 177 

 Neptune family, information concerning.. . 176 

 New England tribes— 



combination of, as Brotherton Indians... 211 



extinction of 168 



.*f also New England Tribes, south- 

 ern. 

 New England Tribes, southern— 



affiliations of. -. 214-216 



composite character of 210-211 



culture of- _ 222 



migration of 222 



