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Bandoliers, 61, 62, 63, 68, 70, 104, 112, 



116, 136 

 Banners, cloth, 103 

 Bannerstone, catlinlte, 13 

 Bannock Indians, Ponca name for, 134 

 Bare-legs, Indian shaman, 154 

 Barges, 28 

 Basil Creek, 155 

 Basketry, 51 



Basswood ashes, solution of, 44 

 Bastions, 11 

 Baths, sweat, 59 

 Batons, carved, 51, 64 

 Baxter Springs, Kans., viii, 2 (map), 21, 



34,35 

 Bazile Creek, 25 

 Beads, 21, 28, 63 

 Beadwork, 64, 79, 80, 142 



designs of, 79, 156 



Peyote, 80, 161 

 Beans, 3, 13, 18, 30, 44, 45, 46 



mescal, 63, 101, 112, 119, 121, 123, 

 124, 126, 154 

 Beards, 70 

 Bear hunts, 41 

 Beatrice, Nebr., 34 

 Beaver, 8, 25, 39, 41, 42 

 Beds, 37, 58 

 Beetle, vpater, 121 

 Bellin map, 24 

 Bells, 21, 64 

 Belts, 61, 62, 64, 79 

 Berdache (Mi-xuga) , 142, 143 

 Berries, dried, 46 



wild, 8, 17, 44, 46 



See also specific names. 

 Beverages, 44 



Big-goose, informant, 110, 118 

 Big Horn Mountains, 18 

 Big Sioux River, 14, 15, 24 

 Big-soldier, see Headman, Mrs. Vir- 

 ginia 

 Birdhead, Northern Ponca chief, 55, 93, 



94, 102, 146 

 Birds, 8 (list), 17, 41 



claws of, used as fishhooks, 43 



figures of, 80 



power from, 99 

 Birdskins, scalps attached to, 100 

 Bison, 8, 19, 20, 25, 28, 30, 39, 40, 41, 43, 

 44, 49, 74, 80, 104, 115 



bulls, 41, 55, 103, 112 



cannon bone, 53 



cows, 41 



dung, 20, 54 



figures of, 80 



headdress, worn by dancers, 112, 

 119 



herd, 19, 40, 41 



hide, 41, 50, 54, 57, 71, 137, 142 



horn, 53, 111, 119, 131 



hunt, V, 18, 26, 28, 29, 30, 32, 33, 

 39, 49, 50, 57, 74, 91, 94, 95, 123, 

 131 



meat, 41, 137 



ribs, 53, 130 



robe, 58, 61, 118, 119, 147 



scapula, 8, 52, 53 



Bison — Continued 



sinews, lashings of, 130 



tail-hair, 68, 101, 119 



wool, use of, 48, 123 

 Black-eagle, see Blue-back, Walter 

 Blackf oot Indians, 71, 111, 133 

 Blackhaw fruits, 43 

 Black Hills of South Dakota, 7, 15, 20, 



28, 41, 49, 76, 131 

 Black-rattle-pod pods, 145 

 Blankets, 21, 26, 28, 33, 50, 58, 61, 113, 

 114, 116, 137 



broadcloth, vin, 68, 112, 116 



costume, 161 



Government issue, 6 



"Peyote," 116, 161 



saddle, 85 



white sheeting, 68 

 Blood-root, use of, 142 

 Bloodsucker, nightmare about, 120 

 Blouse, loose silk, 66. 69 

 Blue-back, Ernest, 123, 126, 127 

 Blue-back, Walter (WBB), viii, 45, 48, 

 57, 59, 71, 73, 76, 78, 84, 85, 86, 

 98, 104, 109, 118, 127, 142, 145, 

 146, 149, 153, 154 

 Blue stone (Mohi-du), used for knives, 



53 

 Boats, pillage of by Ponca Indians, 13 

 Body painting, 62, 66, 69, 111 



See also Face painting. 

 Bon Homme County, S. Dak., 131 

 Bow Creek, Nebr., 15 

 Bowl, wooden, 128 

 Bows, 13, 19, 51, 54, 55, 62, 79, 127 



"medicine," 119 



See also Arrows. 

 Bowshaves, 12 

 Bowstring, 55, 127 

 Boxelder trees, 9, 44 

 Boxes, 51, 73, 102 

 Bracelets, 68, 112 



Brackenridge, H. M., explorer, 27, 61 

 Bradbury, John, 9 

 Brant, 75, 103 

 Bread, 46 

 Breakfast, 46, 125 

 Breastplates, bone "hairpipe," 61 

 Breechcloth, 61, 62, 64, 79 

 Bridle, beaded, 146 

 Broadcloth, 64, 68 

 Broken-jaw, Ponca chief, 101, 102 

 Brooches, 12, 66, 68, 111 

 Brother, 84, 85, 120, 121 

 "Brother," 86 



Brother-in-law/sister-in-law relation- 

 ship, 86 

 Brul6s, subband of Teton Dakota, 9, 21, 



27, 31, 32, 135, 139 

 Brush, houses covered with, 56 

 Buckskin, 52, 66, 90, 116, 123, 144 

 Buffalo, see Bison. 

 Buffalo (fish), 8 

 Buffaloberries, 44 

 Buffalo-chief, Edward, vn, 46, 58, 92, 



106, 125, 157 

 Buffalo-chip, see Buffalo-chief, Edward. 

 Buffalo-head, Mrs. Napoleon, 109 



