INDEX 



Abortifacients, Q-io, 238 



Abortions, 9-10, 32, 238, 241, 266 



Achicoria (native plant), 366, 396 



Adobe, use of, 374 



Adoptions, 8, 34-35, 242, 281, 385 



Adornments, personal, 58, 294 

 See also Ornaments 



Age, reckoning of, 88-89, 310, 387 



Agricultural implements, 181 



Agriculture and horticulture, 179-185, 

 354-356 



Aigo tribe, 338 



Aillarewe (organization of witran 

 mapu), 169 



Alamo (medicinal plant), 28, 396 



Alepue area, xiii, xiv, xv, 6, 11, 12, 13, 

 14, 16, 17, 22, 23, 24, 25, 27, 31, 33, 

 35, 38, 39, 43, 45, 46, 47. 48, 53, 72, 

 74, 77, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 

 88, 89, 90, 91, 94, 99, 102, 113, 115, 

 118, 121, 122, 123, 125, 126, 130, 131, 

 138, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 152-154, 

 155, 157, 158, 159, 162, 165, 167, 168, 

 169, 177, 183, 191, 195, 196, 197, 198, 

 199, 209, 212, 216, 218, 220, 221, 224, 

 225, 226, 230, 232, 236, 237, 239, 240, 

 250, 254 



Alkapan, Father Pascual, xv 



Almud (wheat measure), 183 



Alpacas, 186, 253 



Alum, used for commercial dyes, 380, 



394 

 used for teething, 276, 383 

 Ambition, 53 



Anciano, Dr. Alberto, xvii 

 Anger, 68, 298, 386 

 Animals, 107, 185-189, 190, 191, 205, 

 209, 210, 248, 253, 254, 261, 356, 359, 

 360, 361, 363, 391, 402 

 fables about, 96-97 

 ownership of, 189 

 pet, 107, 248, 320-321, 388 

 Anklets, 222 



Antumelia, Rosamel, 171-172 

 Aniill (German dye), 230 



Apio (medicinal plant), 269, 325, 366, 



396 

 Apoll (spiced lungs), 363 

 Appearance, personal, 48, 58, 286, 294 



physical, 6, 245, 270 

 Apple trees, 185, 355, 367, 391 

 Apples, 214, 355, 392 



taboos regardirig, 12 

 Aprons, 197, 224 

 Arapaho Indians, 11, 17, 89, 143, 265, 



269 

 Araucaria nuts, 205-206, 214, 278, 357, 



367, 371, 392 

 Araucaria tree, 176, 197, 205, 252, 355, 



396 

 Area occupied by Araucanians, 4, 5, 6, 



237, 263 

 Argentina, Araucanians of, 261-394 

 Arises (shellfish), 197, 213, 403 

 Armadillo, 359, 361, 363, 364, 391, 402 

 Arrowheads, 348, 359 



poisoned, 348 

 Asenjo, Dr. and Mrs. Luis, xvi 

 Atypical conditions, 31-35, 241, 279, 



384 

 Augusta, Father Felix Jose de. See 



Felix Jose de Augusta 

 Aukupun area, 336 

 Avellano (nuts), 203, 205, 396 

 Avutarda (wildfowl), 359, 402 

 A war kuden (game), 272 

 Axes, 196 

 Aymara, 328, 356, 357 



B 



Baby: bathing, 20-21, 240, 271, 383 

 beautifying the face, 19-20, 239, 



270, 383 

 clothes, 24, 29, 241, 273, 274, 383 

 creeping, 28, 241, 276-277, 384 

 deformities, 241, 384 

 feeding, 29-30, 241 

 head shaping, 19-20, 239, 270 

 illegitimate, 241, 279-280, 384 

 laughing, 27 



lullabies, 26-27, 240, 275-276, 383 

 medicine for, 280-281, 384-385 



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