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Show 298 BASIS OF AMERICAN HISTORY Massachusset, Algonquian, 150. Maya- Quiche. See Mexico. Medicine- man, training, 120, 1 2 1, 25 1; cure of sickness, 152, 265; development of priesthood, 252; bibliography 289. Menominee, Algonquian, 150. Messianic ideas, 254- 256. Metals, in United States, 16; aboriginal acquaintance, 79; Indian acquaintance, 227. Mexico, Gulf of, climatic influence, 7, 17; plains, 12. Mexico tribes, variety, 187; Aztec confederacy, 188, 211, 213; Maya- Quiche\ 188; influence of European culture, 189; culture at conquest, 189,191,193; ruins, 189- 191, 220; social organization, 191; industrial life, 192; art, 102; religion, 192; hieroglyphics, 193; function of phratry, 207; human sacrifice, 250; bibliography, 286. Miami Trail, 33. Micmac, Algonquian, 150. Migrations, indications of early, 96; Athapascan, 97; Sioux, 97; Algonquian, 98; Indians not nomadic, 99, 216. Military affairs, war- trails, 31- 33; campaign organization and initiative, 160, 172, 211, 244; Creek war titles, 169; continual state of war, 241; training, 241; weapons, 241- 243; art, 243; adoption, torture, 243; scalping, 244; warrior's reputation, 244; voluntary service, 245; formal declaration of war, 245; authority of leaders, 245; war- dance, 245; return from war- path, 245; character of inter- tribal wars, 245; effect of confederations, 426; incentive to war, 246; influence of whites, 247. Minerals, variety and distribution, 15, 16; sufficiency, 16. Mississippi Valley, variations, 10; great plains, 10; prairies, 11; drainage, 13; portages to Great Lakes, 24, 26, 27; to Atlantic slope, 29; land routes to Atlantic slope, 30- 34; north and south trails, 32, 33; routes to Pacific slope, 35- 38. For Indians, see Great plains, Eastern woodland. Modoc, Lutuamian, culture, 127. Mohave, Yuman, 181. Mohawk, Iroquoian, 153. Mohegan, Algonquian, 150. Moquelumnan family, 94. Mound- builders, race, 73, 81; remains, 7 5. See also Archaeology. Mountain- sheep, 61. Mountain systems, Cordillera, 7; Appalachian, 8- 10; and settlement, 23. Music, Eskimo, 107; Indian, 260; instruments, 261. Musk- ox, 62, Muskhogean family, tribes, 94, 167; Creek, 168- 173; Seminole, 173; Timacua, 174; Choctaw, 174; Chickasaw, 174; present condition, 270; bibliography, 285. Mythology, northwest coast, 115, 129; northern interior, 121; Algonquian, 153; genesis, 254; culture hero, 255; his incongruous character, 256; animal, 257; distribution of myths, 257; bibliography, 288. See also Religion. NAHANB, Athapascan, 118. Nahua. See Mexico. Names, customs concerning, 202- 204. |