INDEX 



185 



Pawnee Indians — Continued 



as horsethieves, 132 



attacked by Ponca Indians, 30 



hunting camp of, 30 



Ponca name for, 134 

 Pelican, 8, 101 

 Pemmican (Dagadiibe) , 46 

 Pendants, beaded or quilled, 61 

 Peniska, Lea, 137 

 Perfume, 63, 69, 70 

 Pestle, stone, 46 



Petit, Solomon, French trader, 25 

 Petroglyphs, 17, 54, 71, 80 

 Petrullo, Vincenzo, 159, 161 

 Petticoats, 69 

 Pewter, see Inlay. 



Peyote, vui, 39, 47, 48, 50, 51, 55, 57, 

 58, 66, 68, 70, 73, 74, 76, 80, 84, 

 86, 97, 99, 101, 102, 118, 122, 123, 

 124, 125, 142, 152, 157, 161, 162, 

 163, 164, 165 



beadwork, 80, 161 



feathers, 64, 80, 101, 102, 116 



"fire chief," 74 



"fireplace," 85 



gourd, 116 



jewelry, silver, 57 



Northern Ponca, vn, 118, 122 



rattle, 45, 80 



regalia, 57 



"road chief," 66, 74 



See also Blanket ; Songs 

 Peyote (Lophophora wilUamsi) , 48, 125 

 "Peyote tea," taken by sick people, 48 

 Pheasants, 41, 42 



feathers of, 42, 102 

 Phillips, George, Omaha peyotist, 55, 75, 



101, 135 

 Phratries, clan division, 87 

 Pickaxes, 26 

 Pictures, 58 



Pierre, S. Dak., 2 (map) 

 Piette River, 2 (map) 

 Pike, Kenneth L., x 



Pike's Peak (Pahe-ze-ega) , 18, 20, 53, 131 

 Pilcher, Joshua, 28 

 Pilcher, Joshua, and Dougherty, John, 



report of, 29 

 Pillow, bison wool, 123 

 Pilotweed, beliefs regarding, 76, 152 

 Pine Ridge Reservation, 108, 131, 135 

 Pins, wooden, 57 

 Pipes, 17, 47, 79, SO, 92, 95, 105, 106, 118 



catlinite, 12 



clan, 17, 79, 94, 102 



hair, 12, 61, 63 



keeper of, 40 



peace, 29, 141 



sacred, 17, 19, 40, 92, 93, 94, 95, 103 



tribal, 40, 92, 94, 100, 102 

 Pipe smoking, ceremonial, 47-48, 94 



See also Ceremonies. 

 Pipe stem, 17 

 Pipestone, Minn., 15, 17 

 Pipestone, 15, 17 

 Piracy, 25, 26 

 Pitchfork, used for spearing, 43 



Pits: 



cache, 59 

 camouflaged, 42 

 eagle-trapping, 42 

 fire, 52 

 Plains, V, 3-7, 10, 29 

 Plains Apache Indians, 18 

 Plains-Cree Indians, 104, 147 

 Plains Indians, 6, 17, 50, 70, 71, 95, 102, 



104, 117, 124, 136, 157. 160 

 Plains-Ojibwa Indians, 56, 104, 111, 153 

 Plant roots, powdered, 100 

 Plants, 43, 44, 151-153 

 Plant taboos, 76 



Plates, White manufactured. 46, 47 

 Platte River, viii, 130, 131, 132 

 Plaza or "square ground," 1 

 (PLC), see Le Clair, Peter. 

 Plume holders, 53, 62 

 Plumes, 62, 66, 68 

 Plums, wild, 44 



Plum stones, counters in game, 128 

 "Point" village, 60 

 Poison ivy, taboo on, 76 

 Pole, center, 103, 104, 126 



sacred (2 q-waxube), 15, 23 

 Sun Dance, 75, 103, 104 

 Police, 21, 32. 94. 95 



See also Buffalo-police. 

 Polygyny, formerly practiced, 148 

 Ponca, Nebr., 17 

 Ponca Agency, 38, 60, 147 

 Ponca City, Okla., vn, vni, 2 (map), 16, 



60, 94, 141 

 Ponca Creek, Knox County, 11, 24, 25, 



27 90 129 

 Ponca Fort site (25KX1), 11, 12, 13, 26, 



52, 53, 157 

 Ponca House, French trading post, 2 



(map), 25 

 Ponca Indians, v, vn. ix, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10, 

 14, 15, 16, 17, 20, 23, 24, 25, 27, 28, 

 29, 30, 31, 32, 35, 36, 39, 42, 47, 52, 

 57. 59, 60, 68, 78, 85, 87. 88, 91, 93, 

 101, 108, 109, 113, 117, 122, 124, 

 125, 128, 131, 132, 133, 141, 149, 

 156, 162 

 and Sioux Indians, battle between, 



140 

 as known by other tribes, 6 

 bands of, 19 (list), 44 

 ethics of, code of, 98 (list) 

 gentile system, 73 

 history, 71, 72, 93, 157 

 physical type, 12 

 Removal, vin, 2 (map), 5, 6, 16, 21, 



29, 30-39, 156, 157 

 territory of, 2 (map), 7-9, 21, 22, 



28, 31, 32, 42, 45, 130, 157 

 traditions of, 13, 16, 30, 49, 71, 156 

 tribal lore, 7. 11. 14 

 Ponca Indians, Northern, v, vi, vn, 5, 6, 

 7, 10, 38, 39. 41, 43, 47, 50, 51, 55, 

 57, 59, 60. 69, 74, 80, 81. 90, 93, 94, 

 96, 101, 103, 108. 109, 113, 117, 120, 

 121, 125, 129, 133, 137, 146, 156, 

 157, 158 



