The Folk-Talcs of ihc Kiwai Papuans. 557 



exchange for a canoë, p. 156; decorating the canoës before a journey, no. 489; a snake 

 • or tish changing into a canoë, no. 413 A, B, 419, 4r)4 B; a canoë vvhich travelled about 

 of its own accord, no. 54; a canoë which travelled under water, no. 419, 442. See Trav- 

 elling. 



Cérémonies and observances; magie vvrought with objects which hâve been used in the cérémo- 

 nies, no. 286. p. 340, 343, 344; observances kept when drinking from a certain well, no. 

 495; after drinking from a certain well the people tie a bündle of grass to a tree growing 

 close by, no. 495; the disaster which followed vxhen the vvomen and children became 

 cognizant of a certain secret ceremony, no, 365 A; the great ceremon_\' of the Mâsingdra 

 people, p. 79, no. "-^ A; the gdera or harvest ceremony, no. 41, 106, 290; the iniiiiia cere- 

 mony, p. 13, no. 51, 286; the name of niiiii/a not mentioned to women, p. .351; the 

 inogiiru ceremony, no. 73, pp. 339 sq., no. 279 — 282, 470, 485; the présence of no stranger 

 is tolerated at the »logâru, no, 8 A; the women and children who were killed when they 

 learned the secret of the iiiognni, no. 280— 2<S2; a misleading name is used of the iiiogiirn 

 in speaking to women and children. no. 281, 282; the punishiiient of the people who let 

 out the secret of the niogûru, no. 280 — 282; the tàera of liôiioniit ceremony, p. 90, 92, 

 no. 55. p. 160, 172, no. 71, 91, 287—289. 294, p. .365. no. 313, .329, 408; a stone is 

 used at the mitnia and iâera, pp, 350 sq., no. 287 A, C'; the women kept in ignorance 

 of the character of the tdera, p. 352; a boy killed for having committed a sacrilège against 

 the tdera, no. 289; the \isit of strangers at the tiiera causes disaster, no. 19; intro- 

 duction of the tdera ceremony to the Islands in the Torres straits, no. 294, 296; the 

 Turtle ceremony, no. 86, 261, 283 — 285; a boy killed who committed sacrilège against the 

 Turtle ceremony, no. 285. See Dances. 



Character of the natives (excitability); people bec(jme so frightened that they fulfîl their wants 

 involuntarily, p. Wi, 271, 316, .398 (bis), 458, 502; they fall into a swoon when first seeing 

 tire, eating food which is new to them, or when meeting some unexpected phenomenon 

 generally, p. 83, no. 15 B, p. 95, no. 43, 60 A, 111, 201, 263, 272, 273, 468; men who 

 shoot off arrows blindly in anger, no. 5, p. 95, no. 233; the man who brooded revenge 

 on his people and at the same time lamented their fate beforehand, p. 1.38, 153. 



Children, taies of, chapter XV'Il (no. 408—412); kept in ignorance uf bullroarers, no. 261; of 

 certain cérémonies, see Cérémonies. See also Birth, Family, Games, Initiation, Property. 



Commerce and trade; barter, p. 327, no. 467 A, 485, 489; procuring certain things from olher 

 places, no. 46, p. 271, no. 257; stone axes d:o, no. 335 B, 467 A; near relatives mutually 

 accept no payment from each other, no. 300; a man loahs his wife or daughter by way 

 of paying for certain things or services rendered, no. 56, 246, 2öl, p. 393, no, 481; a 

 woman loans herself for the same purpose, p. 128, 129, 131, no. 1.33. Exchanging and 

 distributing presents, see Social intercourse; canoë traffic, see Canoës. 



Communication, see Travelling. 



Courtship, see Marriage. 



Culture myths, chapter IX (no. 272—278); taies of agriculture no. 261—271; taies connected with 

 the cérémonies, no. 279 — 290; the first use of beheading knives, no. 'i; how the lasa women 



N:o 1. 



