ishtohoollo

Updated: May 12, 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

Several warriors have told me," he says, "that their Nana Ishtohoollo, 'concomitant Holy Spirits, or angels, have forewarned them, as by intuition, of a dangerous ambuscade, which must have been attended with certain death, when they were alone and seemingly out of danger; and, by virtue of the impulse, they immediately darted off, and with extreme difficulty escaped the crafty, pursuing enemy."

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