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Ponca Indians, Southern, v, vi, vii, viii, 

 5, 6, 7, 10, 14, 38, 39, 44, 45, 47, 50, 

 51, 52, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 66, 67 

 (fig.), 68, 69, 70, 80, 81, 84, 85, 94, 

 96, 100, 102, 103, 104, 106. 107, 108, 

 109, 113, 114, 115, 116, lis, 121, 

 124, 125, 126, 128, 130, 137, 140, 

 141, 142, 146, 152, 153, 156, 157, 

 158, 160, 161 



agency, 60, 147 

 Ponca Medicine Lodge, 60, 97 

 Poncarara, see Ponca. 

 Ponca Reservation, 32, 161 

 "Poncaries Village," see Ponca Indians. 

 Ponca River. 31 

 "Poncas of Dakota," 38 

 "Poncas of Nebraska," 38 

 Poorliorse, Mrs. James, 47 

 Popguns, clay, 130 

 Poppleton, A. J., lawyer, 22 

 Population figures, 9-10, 37, 60 

 Porcupine, 61. 79, 107 

 Post molds, 12 

 Posts, 11, 56, 58 

 Potatoes, Indian, 18, 38, 43 

 Potawatomi Indians, 61, 77, 147 



Ponca name for, 134 

 Pots, earthenware, 2, 53 

 Pottery, 1, 3, 11, 12, 13, 20, 53-54 

 Power, supernatural, 93, 99 

 Powwow, 39, 47, 50, 57, 59, 70, 80, 84, 98, 

 106, 107, 114, 159, 160, 161, 162, 

 165 



dwelling for, 57 



grounds for, 57. 116, 160 



Omaha, 47, 57, 59 



Ponca, 50, 70, 78, 102, 108, 114, 115. 

 116, 124, 160, 163 



Quapaw, 162 

 "Powwow Princess," 107, 160 

 Prairie dog, 8 

 Prairie Flower, daughter of Standing 



Bear, 34 

 Prairie Indian, 56, 102 

 Prairie-Plains area, 4, 10, 71, 124 



culture, 51, 107 



tribes, 108, 110, 112, 115, 153 

 Prairie region. 4, 10, 71 



tribes, 5, 79, 124, 136, 156 

 Prairie turnip. 43. 44. 45 

 Prayers. 75, 76, 107, 162 



at end of dance, 21 



at start of meals, 46 



offered at Ponca rites, 47, 94, 125 



offered to Mother Earth, 152-153 



places of, 71 



respect for. 145 

 Priests, 3. 4. 40, 105 



hereditary, 146 



of Southeast. 92 



Sun Dance, 103 

 Primeau, Peter, 71 

 Primeaux, Ed, 66, 68, 74. 118 

 Projectile points, flint, 12, 20 

 Promiscuity, frowned upon, 142 

 Property, ownership of, 96-97 

 "Prophets," assistants to the shaman, 

 109 



Protestant church, 57 



Provinse, John H., 95 



Puffballs, 43, 150 



Pumice, 52 



Pumpkins, 44, 45 



Puncah Indians, see Ponca. 



Punishment, supernatural, 106, 141 



Purification rite, see Ceremonies. 



Purse, leather coin, 123 



Pyramids, 1, 3 



Quapaw Agency, 35 



Quapaw Indians, ix, 4, 5, 14, 15, 23, 34, 

 114, 115, 162 



country, 35 



dialect, 6 



lands, 34 



Ponca name for, 134 



reservation, 35 

 Quarrels, rare, S3 

 Quillwork, 142 



bands, used on fetlocks, 50 



replaced by beadwork, 79 

 Quirt handles, wooden, 51 



Rabbit and Grizzly Bear, Ponca folk 



tale, 144 

 Rabbits, 39 



medicinal use of, 151, 153 



used for bait, 42 

 Raccoon, 8, 41, 42, 119 

 Racehorses, 126 

 Raiding expedition, procedure followed, 



137-138 

 Raids. 29, 132, 135 

 Rail, 8 



Rain, 7, 8, 75, 104, 124 

 Rainmakers, 19. 75. 76, 90 

 Raspberries, wild, 44 

 Rattles, deer-hoof, 80, 111 



gourd, 20, SO, 101, 105, 110, 111, 125 



leg, 115 



Peyote, 45 



rawhide, SO, 123 



terrapin-shell or condensed-milk 

 can, 115 

 Rattlesnake, 8 



Rave, John, Winnebago leader, 125 

 Rawhide, used for saddles, 49 

 Razors, adopted by Ponca men, 70 

 Redbird Focus, 13 

 Redbmsh, added to tobacco. 47 

 Redgrass, use of, 75 

 Red horse (fish), S 

 Red4eaf. Leslie, viii. 66, 92, 94, 123, 



126, 136. 137, 146 

 Redroot or "Indian tea." 44 

 Religion, vii, 4. 99-102, 161 



See also Peyote. 

 Renzel, Antonio, 9, 24 

 Reprimand, form of discipline, 84 

 Residence, 83 



Resurrection, no belief in, 153 

 Ribbonwork designs, 64, 66 

 Rifles, see Firearms. 

 Riggs, Stephen R., 14, 73, 111, 113 

 Rings, 68 

 Rites, see Ceremonies. 



