Category: History - Religious
Alleged belief in a Great Spirit 365 Phenomena divided into human and superhuman 365 Terms for “mysterious,” “lightning,” etc. 366 Other Omaha and Ponka terms 367 Significance of personal names and kinship terms 368 Myth and legend distinguished from the superhuman 368
§ 92. That the Dakota tribes, before the advent of the white race, believed in one Great Spirit, has been asserted by several writers; but it can not be proved. On the contrary,...
10. CHAPTER III.§ 17. There are certain beliefs and practices which have not been found among the four tribes whose cults are treated of in this chapter. Ancestors were not worshiped. They were...
14. CHAPTER VII.§ 360. In the Journal of the Victoria Institute of Great Britain for 1888,[277] is an article containing the following statements, which were not seen by the writer until he had...
13. CHAPTER VI.§ 311. As among the Dakota, so among the Mandan and Hidatsa, we find that some of the earlier writers assert that the religion of the Indians under consideration “consists in th...
11. CHAPTER IV.§ 72. The Rev. William Hamilton, who was a missionary to the Iowa and Sac Indians of Nebraska, from 1837 to 1853, is the authority for most of the Iowa material in this chapter....
9. CHAPTER II.§ 4. It has been asserted for several hundred years that the North American Indian was a believer in one Great Spirit prior to the coming of the white race to this continent, an...
8. CHAPTER I.§ 1. Cult, as used in this article, means a system of religious belief and worship, especially the rites and ceremonies employed in such worship. The present article treats of t...
5. CHAPTER V.--Dakota and Assiniboin cults 431Alleged Dakota belief in a Great Spirit 431 Riggs on the Taku wakan 432 Meaning of wakan 433 Daimonism 433 Animism 433 Principal Dakota gods 434 Miss Fletcher on Indian religion...
7. CHAPTER VII.--Concluding remarks 520Peet on Indian religions 520 The author’s reply 521 Cults of the elements 522 The four quarters 524 Symbolic colors 527 Colors in personal names 533 The earth powers 534 Earth g...
3. CHAPTER III.--Cults of the Omaha, Ponka, Kansa, and Osage 371Beliefs and practices not found 371 Omaha, Ponka, and Kansa belief in a wakanda 372 Seven great wakandas 372 Invocation of warmth and streams 372 Prayer to wakanda 373 Accessori...
6. CHAPTER VI.--Cults of the Mandan, Hidatsa, and Sapona 501Authorities 501 Alleged belief in a Great Spirit 501 The great mystery a modern deity 501 Polytheism 502 Worship 502 Fasting 502 Sacrifice 502 The Okipa 502 The Daḣpike 503 Cult...
4. CHAPTER IV.--┴ciwere and Winnebago cults 423Authorities 423 Term “Great Spirit” never heard among the Iowa 423 The sun a wakanta 423 The winds as wakantas 423 The thunder-being a wakanta 424 Subterranean powers 424 Subaqu...
2. CHAPTER II.--Definitions 365Alleged belief in a Great Spirit 365 Phenomena divided into human and superhuman 365 Terms for “mysterious,” “lightning,” etc. 366 Other Omaha and Ponka terms 367 Significance o...
1. CHAPTER I.--Introduction 361