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[BuU. 195] 



IJance heads, 53 

 Land, ownership of, 96, 97 

 "Language of the blanket," 70, 71 

 Lariats, rawhide, 30 

 La Roche Focus, 13 

 Lashing, sinew, 130 

 Lawrence, Kans., 77 

 Lazybacks (backrests), 51, 58 

 Lazy-stitch, used in beadwork, 161 

 Leaders, see Chiefs. 

 L'eau-qui-court, see Niobrara River. 

 Le Claire, Adam, 74, 153 

 Le Claire, Perry, 94, 146 

 Le Claire, Peter, vii, vin, ix, 7, 13, 16, 

 17, 18, 21, 39-60, 62, 66, 68-80, 83, 

 84, 85, 87, 90, 92-96, 98, 99-103, 

 105-108, 110-116, 119, 126, 128- 

 133, 137, 138, 140, 143, 145-149, 

 152-155, 158 

 Leggings, 30, 61, 64 

 Le Roy, Henry, 121 



Le Roy, Joseph, vu, 18, 41, 42, 45, 48, 49, 

 56, 57, 59, 60, 66, 69, 71, 72, 77. 

 78, 79, 84, 85, 87, 92, 93, 95, 96, 

 101, 117, 120, 121, 124, 137, 139, 

 143, 144, 146, 154, 155, 158 

 Lesser, Alexander, 109, 128 

 Levers, knowledge of, 54 

 Lewis, Meriwether, 9, 27, 72 

 Lewis and Clark, 9, 27, 72 

 Lightning, 75, 76, 124 

 Lincoln, Nebr., 2 (map), 44, 131 

 Linton, Ralph, 163, 164 

 Lipan Apache Indians, 132 

 Lipan Indians, 18 

 L'Isle, Guillaume De, map by, 24 

 Little-cook, Dave, Indian man, 6, 69, 70, 



87, 92, 133 

 Little Missouri River, 28 

 Little-rattle-pod pods, 145 

 (LMD), see Macdonald, Louise. 

 Lodge, 49 



built by women, 56 



ceremonial, 92 



communal, 83 



council, 40 



dance. 111, 112, 118 



earth, 28, 56, 83, 100 



earth-covered, 1, 156 



elongated (Diud ipu-hede), 56, 57, 

 58, 60, 119 



Ghost, 155 



grass, 129 



hemispherical {Diudipu), 56, 57, 58, 

 59 



hide-covered, 56, 57 



Medicine, 60, 97 



posts for, 56, 60 



Sun Dance, 60 



sweat, 59 

 Logs, moving of, 54 

 Loincloth, 66 

 Long's Expedition, 9 

 Loons, 75, 103 



Lophophora williamsi, see Peyote. 

 "Love seed" (Cogswellia daucifoUa), 



142 

 Lower Brul6 Reservation, 135 



Lower Loup Focus, 13 

 Lowie, Robert H., 59, 86, 146 

 (LRL), see Red-leaf, Leslie. 

 Lullabies, sung by mothers, 81 

 Lijgodesmia juncea (skeletonweed), 152 



MacDonald, Louise, vni, 18, 23, 41, 48, 

 49, 87, 90, 92, 94, 109, 110, 122, 

 123, 127, 128, 132, 137 

 McGee, W. J., 14, 15, 136 

 Mace 3 



Macy', Nebr., 47, 57, 75, 118, 121 

 Magic, black, 100 



Maha Indians, see Omaha Indians. 

 Maize, see Corn. 



Makes-Cry, Albert (AMC), informant, 

 vni, 41, 48, 74, 75, 78, 84, 87, 92, 

 118, 121, 126 

 Mammals, list of, 8 

 Mammoth, hairy, 78, 129 

 Mandan Indians, 4, 5, 29, 42, 46, 48, 

 58,71 



Ponca name for, 134 

 Manhattan, Kans., 34 

 Maple trees, 44, 52 

 "Marbles," 121 

 Marriage, 81, 147-148 



See also Intermarriage. 

 Martin, Paul S. ; Quimby, George I. ; and 



Collier, Donald, 1 

 Martingales, 50 

 Marysville, Kans., 34 

 Mastodon, extinct, 129 

 Mat, 53 



Mats, bullrush, 52 

 Matting, twined, 12 

 Mauls, grooved stone, 12, 53 

 jNIead, Margaret, 159, 164 

 Meadowrue, use of, 142 

 Mealing slabs, 12 

 Meat, cooking methods, 46 



dried, 26, 30, 39, 46 



wabdsna (roast), 46 

 Medals, 26, 113 

 Medicine : 



angle stem root, 152 



arrows, 119, 120 



beaverroot, 152 



"bleeding" as, 153 



blueflag, 151 



buckbush, 151 



bundles, 100 



cedar, 150 



Chamaesyce serpulUfolia, 151 



chokecherries, 151 



coffee tree, Kentucky, 151 



cohosh, blue, 151 



combplant, 152 



coralberry, 151 



currant, black, 151 



gourd, wild, 151 



herbial, 117, 119, 150 (list), 152 



horse. 126 



love, 70, 141, 142 



mayflies, 153 



milkweed root, 151 



oak bark, 151 



packets, 99, 100 



