Madison tribe, population 105
Magical practices of Midewiwin 205-206
Mahican, population 51
Makah tribe 129
habitat 130
population 130
Mallery, Garrick, work of XXXIV, XXXV
cited on early Indian population 33
acknowledgments to 142
cited on Schoolcraft’s account of the Ojibwa
hieroglyphs 156
cited on Indian jugglery 276-277
cited on character and use of Algonkian
pictographs 287-288
Malthusian law, not applicable to American Indians 33-34
Mandan habitat 116
population 118
Map showing Indian linguistic families, explanation of 26, 45
Marchand on the Tshinkitani 86
Margry on early habitat of the Biloxi 114
Maricopa population 138
Mariposan family 90-91
Marquette, Jaques, cited on practices of Algonkian
medicine men 152-153
cited on use of the cross in Indian ceremonials 155
Marquette’s map, location of the Quapaw on 113
Marriage among Indians 35
Marys River tribe, population 82
Maskegon, population 49
Matthews, Washington, work of XXXII
Mdewakantonwan, population 116
Medical practice of Cherokees, plants used 322-331
Medical prescriptions of the Midewiwin 197-201, 226,
241-242
Medicine Creek treaty 84
Medicine dance of Cherokees 337
Medicine men, practices of, among Algonkian tribes 151, 152,
154, 159
Medicine practice of the Indians, evils of 39
Meherrin, joined by the Tutelo 114
Mendewahkantoan, habitat 111
Menomīnee, population 49
Mescalero Apache, population 56
Mexican language, Kinai bears analogies to the 86
Miami, population 49
Micmac, population 49
western Newfoundland colonized by 58
Middleton, James D., work of XVII, XVIII
Midē class of Shamans, relative importance of 156
how elected 160, 163-164
charts of, described 165, 174-183,
185-187
therapeutics of 197-202
Midē Society. See Midewiwin.
Midewigân, or Grand Medicine Lodge, described 187-189, 224,
240, 255-257
Midewiwin or Grand Medicine Society of the Ojibwa,
notice of paper on XXXIX-XL
paper by W. J. Hoffman on 143-300
purposes of 151
origin of 160
degrees in 164
records of 164-165
ceremonies of first degree 189-224
songs of 193-196, 202-203, 207-214, 216,
218-219, 227-230, 232-233,
239-240, 243-244, 246-251,
253-254, 259-261, 263-264,
266-273, 282-286, 289-297
ceremony of initiation into 187-196, 202-286
magical practices of 204-206
ceremonies of second degree 224-240
payments made to priests of 225
use of tobacco in ceremonials of 231, 248-249
drums used in ceremonies of 238
ceremonies of third degree 240-255
ceremonies of fourth degree 255-278
initiation into, by substitution 281-286
pictography of 286-289
dress and ornaments used in dances of 298-299
future of 299-300
Migis (Indian charm or token),
forms and uses of 191, 192, 215, 217-218,
220, 236, 251, 265
Migration of Siouan tribes westward 112
Migration, effect of, upon language 141
Milhau on the derivation of “Coos” 89
Minabozho, an Ojibwa deity 166
Mindeleff, Cosmos, work of XXV-XXVIII, XXXIII
Mindeleff, Victor, work of XXV-XXVIII, XXXII-XXXIII
Misisauga, population 49
Missouri tribe, habitat 116
Miwok division of Moqueluman family, tribes of 93
“Mobilian trade Jargon” 96
Modoc, habitat and population 90
Módokni, or Modoc 90
Mohave, population 138
Mohawk, population 80
Moki Indians, study of snake dance of XXVI, XXIX
Moki pueblos, Arizona, work among XXIX
Moki tribes, studies among XXIV-XXV
Moki ruins explored XXV-XXVII
Moki. See Tusayan.
Molále, habitat and population 127, 128
Monsoni, population 49
Montagnais, population 49
Monterey, Cal., natives of 71
Montesano, population 105
Montigny, M. de, on the Na’htchi and Taensa 96, 97
Mooney, James, work of XXXIV, XXXV
acknowledgments to 142
paper on sacred formulas of the Cherokees, by 301-397
Moquelumnan family 92-93
Mound explorations XVI-XVIII
Muekleshoot, population 105
Mummy cave ruins, exploration of XXVII
Murdoch, John, Eskimo researches of 73
Music of Midewiwin described 289-290
Muskhogean family 94-95