5, 228
Manibozho. (See _Michabo_.)
Mannacicas, 250
Manoa, 87
Manes, 111
Mayas, alphabet, 13
location, 30
calendar, 74, 80
mythical ancestors, 79, 80, 85
myths and rites, 93, 146, 183, 188, 214, 221
name of cross, 97
Mbocobi, 201
Meda worship, 162 n.
Medicine, 45
lodge, 267
men, 264, 277 seq.
Memory, cultivated by picture-writing, 18
Mesmerism, 272
Messou, 209
(See _Michabo_.)
Metempsychosis, 253
Mexicans, (See _Aztecs_.)
Meztli, 132, 135
Michabo, supreme Algonkin god, 63, 116, 136, 161-9, 198, 220, 294
Mictlan, god of the dead, 92, 252
Migrations, coarse of, 34
Milky-way, 244
Millennium, 261
Minnetarees, 228, 230, 250
Mixcoatl, or Mixcohuatl, 22, 51, 158
Mixtecas, 90, 196
Monan, 211
Monquis, 93, 106
Montezuma, 187, 190
Moon, worship of, 130 seq.
Moxos, 124, 230
Mueller, J. G., his work on American religions, 40, 59, 61
Mummies, 257-60
Muscogees, 195
(See _Creeks_.)
Muyscas, 31
myths, 84 n.,[TN-20] 183-4
Nahuas, 29, 73
myths, 84 n.,[TN-20] 118, 138, 158, 206
(See _Aztecs_.)
Nanahuatl, 135
Natchez, 27, 28 n.[TN-25]
myths, 126, 142, 149, 205, 225, 239
Natural religions, 3
Navajos, 79, 84 n.,[TN-20] 103, 127, 205, 241
Neo, Iroquois corruption of _Dieu_, 53
Nemqueteba, 183
Netelas, 50, 105 n.
Nez Perces[TN-26] 272, 281
Nicaraguans, 145, 158, 201, 245, 288
Nine Rivers, the, 248
Nootka Indians, 297
North, myths concerning, 82
Nottoways, 25, 84
Numbers, sacred, 66, 98
(See _Four_, _Three_, _Seven_.)
Occaniches, 284
Oki, name of God, 46-8
Onniont, a mythical serpent, 114
Onondagas, 171
Oonawleh unggi, 51
Otomis, 6, 158
Ottawas, 93, 145, 161
Ottoes, 84 n.[TN-20]
Pacari Tampu, 82, 179, 227
Pachacamac, 56, 176-7, 298
Panos, 13
Paradise, myth of, 86 seq.
Paria, 87
Passions, worship of, 146, 149
Pawnees, 71 n., 84 n.[TN-20]
Pend d'Oreilles, 233
Peru, 69
rites and myths, 82, 102, 106, 131, 132, 137, 138, 142, 149,
152 sq,[TN-27] 176-9, 188, 213, 219, 227, 240, 251, 260
priests, 278, 282, 284
(See _Aymaras_, _Incas_.)
Phallic worship, 146, 149
Picture writing, 9
Pilgrimages, custom of, 301
Pimos, 185
Prayers, specimens of, 296-300
Priesthood, native, 263 sq.
Puelches, 277
Quetzalcoatl, the supreme Aztec god, 106, 118, 157, 180-3, 188, 294-6
Quiateot, a rain god, 131
Quiches, 30
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