INDEX 



173 



Orabapple tree, 155 

 Cradleboards, 123 



description of, 123-124 

 Cranberries {toca), 62 

 Cranes, 66 

 Creator, 81, 141 

 Cross-cousin, 128 

 Crows, 66, 109, 128, 140 

 Cuirass, 80 



Culin, Stewart, 114, 115 

 Curing Ceremony, 75, 93, 101-102, 106, 

 107, 108 



example of, 111-113, 118 



preparation for, 110 

 Cuitin, Jeremiah, and Hewitt, J. N. B., 

 74, 81, 131, 133 



d'Aillon, Joseph de la Roche, Recollet 



missionary, 5, 6 

 Dancers, 73, 77, 97, 98, 102 



costumes of, 98, 107 



nakedness of, 77, 98, 107 

 Dances, 43, 49, 59, 86, 87, 91, 93, 101, 

 103, 135 



before death, 36 



body-paint for, 77, 98 



costumes in, 30 



Feather, 72, 77, 79 



forbidden to children, 109 



invitations to, 98-99 



Medicine Society, 106 



position of hands in, 77 



reasons for, 76 



round, 77 



spectators at, 77 



sponsor of, 73 



Thanksgiving, 30 



War, 30, 75, 79, 115 

 Dancing, 72, 76-78, 95, 103, 107 



positions of bodies in, 77 

 Dead, the, distribution of property of, 

 131 



disposal of bones of, 15, 132, 135 



flesh removed from body of, 132 



guarded by friends, 129, 132 



habits of, 134 



myths about, 142 



painting of, 129 



resurrections of, enacted by Hurons, 

 45 



Neutrals, 16 



scaffold used for, 15, 54, 131, 136, 

 137, 138, 139 

 Deardorff, Merle H., 141 

 Death, 39, 128-143 



causes of, 12, 132 



ceremony of, 139 



cold as cause of, 12 



customs, 44^5, 46, 128-143 



dreams, 129 



feasts, 45, 46, 80, 129-133 



freezing as cause of, 132 



preparation for, 129 



restitution for, 28 



shipwreck as cause of, 132 



sign, 129 



smallpox as cause of, 12, 120 



Death — Continued 



speech, 129, 130 



starvation as cause of, 12 



unusual modes of, 132 

 Deer, 15, 23, 25, 39, 65, 66, 67, 74, 76, 

 101, 109, 121, 128, 140, 145 



drives, 65, 66 



fat used as butter, 66, 70 



horns, magic use of, 155 



meat, used for feasts, 66, 70 



skin, 66, 110 



clothing from, 20 

 Deer clan, 12 

 Delaware Bay, 17 



de None, Anne, Jesuit missionary, 5, 6 

 Deputies, 111, 112 

 Descent, 128 



inheritance through, 43, 47, 128 



matrilineal, 126, 127, 128, 154 

 Deserontyon, John, 45 

 Desires of the soul, 86, 87, 88, 92, 93, 101 



See also Sick, desires of the. 

 Devil, see Evil Spirit. 

 Dew Eagle, 82 

 Diagnosticians, consulted in sickness, 



91, 92, 104, 106, 114, 117 

 Diapers, substitute for, 124 

 Digging stick, 61 

 Diseases, 82, 109 



European-introduced, 3 



Jesuit-introduced, 11, 119-120 

 Dish game, see Bowl game. 

 Divorce, 125, 126 

 Dockstader, Frederick J., 99 

 Dogs, 64, 79, 86, 89, 101, 110, 112, 118, 

 131, 140, 145 



eaten by Indians, 35, 39, 66, 67, 73, 

 74, 90, 114, 126 



feast of, 90, 93. 94, 96, 104, 105, 114 



killing of, 67, 78, 90, 114 



pet, 40, 89 



quivers from skin of, 30 



raising of, 66, 67 



sinews of, 99 



supernatural, 141 



used in hunting, 66, 67 

 Dolls, used in rituals, 99 

 Doorkeepers, 78 



Dream-guessing, 87, 110, 112, 113 

 Dreams, 76, 83, 86, 87, 90, 106, 115, 117, 

 152, 153 



and the desires, 86-91, 92, 114 



death, 129 



influence of, 90-91, 92 



reenactment of, 90, 107 



visitation, 90 

 Dress of the Huron, 20-22 

 Drought, 95 

 Drowning, 12, 132 

 Drugs, 84 

 Drums, 79 

 Dutch, trade, 9, 16, 17, 27 



Bagle Dance, 73, 75 

 Eagles, 66 



talons of, 99, 121 



wing and tail feathers of, used for 

 arrows, 30 



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