WHOLE VOL. 



INDEX 



435 



Poncho (man's garment), 22, 29, 92, 

 186, 193, 197, 198, 222, 223, 224, 227, 

 231, 233, 234, 256, 257, 358, 375, 378, 

 393 



Porgies, 191, 403 



Pork, 209, 210, 254, 364, 392 



Possessions, personal, buried with dead, 

 i6s, 251, 345, 390 

 sacrificed after death, 167, 345, 390 



Postnatal interests, 21-29, 240, 271- 

 V7, 383-384 



Potatoes, 184, 214, 253, 254, 355, 366, 

 392 

 fermented, z^d 

 methods of cooking, 208, 215, 366- 



storage of, 221, 375 



wild, 204 

 Potsherds, 381 



Pottery, 208, 366, 367, 368, 380-381, 

 392, 394 



decorated, 381, 394 



miniature, 248 



unadorned, 237, 257, 394 

 Pottery materials, 236, 394 

 Potterymaking, 236-237, 257, 380, 394 

 Poultices, 248 

 Pratschner, Mother Rosamond, of St. 



Benedict's Convent, xvii 

 Prayers, communal, 339 



fishing, 362 



private personal, 142-143, 250, 334, 



389 

 See also sections on Nillatun 



Preface, xi 



Pregnancy, beliefs regarding, 11 -12, 

 137, 141, 250, 265, 267, 280, 382 



Prenatal factors, 7-9, 238, 264-265, 382 



Prenatal period, 9-12, 238, 265-267, 

 382 



Pride, 53, 66-67, 297-298, 386 



Profanity, 299, 386 



Promiscuity, 128, 249 



Prophet, 145, 146 



Prostitutes, 295 



Psychoses, 124-125, 248-249 



Puberty rites, 56-57, 244, 292, 396 



Pudii (mammal), 189, 190, 360, 402 



Puelche (Araucanians living in Argen- 

 tina), 7, 91 



Piilku (alcoholic drink), 392 



Pumas, 188, 190, 191, 209, 210, 253, 

 254, 359, 360, 363, 391, 402 



Pumice, 257 



Pun'chiuku (bird), 158 



Punishment, 78-79, 289-290, 303, 385, 



387 

 Purple dye, 379, 390 

 Purple-gray dye, 229 

 Pushcart, 28 

 Puyen (fish), 361, 364, 403 



Q 



Quarreling, 54-55, 68-69, 244-245, 289- 



290, 298-299, 386 

 Quebracho (native plant), 368, 400 

 Quechua, 328, 356, 357, 381 



language, 81, 83, 304, 305, 387 

 Quilaquina area, xiv, 335, 337, 340, 343, 



344, 353, 367, 368 

 Quillay (native plants), 48, 58, 325, 



400 

 Quinces, 214 

 Quinoa (native plant), 179, 214, 354, 



365, 369, 371, 400 

 Quipu (knotted cord), 84 

 Quoits, 102-103, 248 



R 



Rabbits, 107, 190, 191, 248, 359, 360, 361 



Radicacion, 176 



Radishes, 185 



Rafts, 196, 258, 359, 



Rai huela (game), 102 



Rattles, 97, 98, 116 



Rebirth, 11, 266 



Red dye, 229, 379 



Reeds, 218 



Reincarnation, 238, 382 



Reins, 193 



Religion, 140-157, 250-251, 332-342, 



389-390 

 Reniruka (witches' meeting), 154 

 Respect for parents, 286, 385 

 Revenge, 70, I5S, 245, 298 

 Rewe, 114, 151 



Rhea, 261, 278, 359, 360, 363, 391, 403 

 eggs of, 365 

 meat of, 363-364 

 Riding gear, 358 

 Rights under Argentine law, 352 

 Rings, 49, 61, 243, 294, 295, 377, 386 

 Robalo, fished for, 191, 197, 212, 403 

 Roble (chileno or pellin), 200, 325, 379, 



400 

 Roca, General, 261, 262 

 Romualda, Mother, of Sisters of the 



Holy Cross, xv 

 Roots, 392 



