hottuk

Updated: May 11, 2025

The Hottuk Ishtohoollo or Holy People , with their relations the Nana Ishtohoollo, proclaimed from the clouds the threatened danger to the life of the warrior; while the Nana Ookproose, or accursed beings, howled out the tidings from their dwellings in the far west.

James Athearn Jones - Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 2

And so died Mishikinakwa, the Little Turtle of the Winnebagoes, of love for a phantom woman. The Hottuk Ishtohoollo, or Holy People. p. 273. Almost every hill and cavern has, in the eye of the Indian, its tutelary deity. The tradition entitled "The Mountain of Little Spirits" is one which paints a genuine belief.

James Athearn Jones - Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 2