WHOLE VOL. CONTENTS Vll 



Page 

 Cross-cousin marriage, preferential marriages, marriage prohibi- 

 tions, sororate, levirate 128 



Age and qualities of partners 130 



Choice of mate, marriage ceremonial 131 



Love charms 137 



Divorce, separation, desertion, infidelity 138 



In-law taboos, joking relationships 138 



Religion and supernatural powers 140 



The Supreme Being, His abode 140 



Private personal prayer, personal supernatural powers 142 



Malignant spirits, their abode 143 



The qillatun : tribal religious ceremonial 144 



Black art 154 



Conjuring 156 



Omens 157 



Death, and belief in life after death 158 



Omens of death 158 



Causes of death 158 



Death IS9 



The wake and burial 160 



The eternal abode 166 



Mourning 166 



Tribal government 167 



Political unit and the cacique 167 



Law and order I73 



Franchise and taxes I74 



Land, subsistence, and trade I75 



Land tenure I75 



Agriculture and horticulture I79 



Domesticated animals, grazing 185 



Hunting, trapping, fishing, collecting seafoods 189 



Transportation 192 



Trade, exchange, and currency 196 



Food, shelter, clothing I99 



Cookery, implements, food, meals I99 



The ruka: construction, lighting, furnishings, storage 216 



Clothing 221 



Domestic handicrafts 226 



Spinning, dyeing, weaving 226 



Basketry 234 



Pottery making 236 



Silversmithing 22,7 



Summary 22,7 



PART 2. THE ARAUCANIANS OF ARGENTINA 261 



Introduction 261 



Prenatal factors 264 



Sterility and fertility 264 



Size of families 265 



