INDEX 



187 



"River du Roeher," see Big Sioux River. 

 "Road chief," Peyote leader, 66, 74 

 "Road Man," see Peyote. 

 Robes, 52, 61, 128 



bisou, 61, lis, 147 



decoration of, 80 

 Rock pictures, see Petroglypbs. 

 Rocky Mountains, 7, 18, 20, 41, 48, 132 

 Rodeos, 147, 159 

 Rodriguez Miro, Esteban, 9 

 Roofs, poles and thatch, 1 

 Rooster spurs, used as projectiles, 119 

 Roots, wild, 8, 46 

 Ropes, 51, 103 



Rosebud Reservation, 108, 131, 135 

 Royce, Charles C, 31 

 Rush, Joseph, 76 

 Rushes, 9 



Saddles, "Spanish type," 49, 50 

 Sage, 62, 66, 104, 152 

 Sagebrush, buffalo meat served on, 137 

 St. Charles, S. Dak., 47, 112 

 St. Helena, Nebr., 18 

 St. Louis, 26, 28 

 Salt, 44 



Salt Fork River, north-central Okla- 

 homa, 35, 37 

 Sanctions, religious, 95 



supernatural, 96 

 Sand, suitable for pottery, 8 

 Sandpaper, use of, 51 

 "Sand Pawnee" or Arikara, 13, 132, 133 

 Sandstone, 8, 51, 52 

 Santee, Nebr., 18 



Santee Dakota Indians, vii, 2, 124, 133, 

 157 



language, 7 

 "Saones," see Brules. 

 Sashes, finger-woven, 48, 52, 64 

 Sauk Indians, 77, 161 



Ponca name for, 134 

 Scalping, 6, 138 

 "Scalp lock." 68 

 Scalps, 7, 101, 137, 140 

 Schmitt, Karl, 159 

 School, 32. 38, 76 

 Schudegacheh, Ponca chief, 61 

 Schurz, Carl, Secretary of the Interior, 



36 

 Scoria, 51 

 Scouring-rush, 51 

 Scouts, 40, 137 

 Scrapers, 12, 52 

 Screens, camouflage, 42 

 Scythes, 32 



Seasons, Ponca names for, 74 (list) 

 Secoy, Frank R., 18, 132 

 Sedges, 9 



Sellard-Perrin du Lac map, 24 

 Seminole Indians, 116 

 Seneca -Cayuga Indians, 116 

 Servicemen, honors paid to, 141 

 "Seven," sacred number, 17, 19, 20, 47, 



73 

 Seward, Nebr., 34 

 Sexual abstinence, 142 

 Sexual intercourse, 141 



Shaker Church of the Northwest, 164 

 Shaky, Northern Ponca shaman, 100, 



118, 120, 121 

 Shamans, viii, 76, 97, 100, 102, 109, 117, 

 118, 120, 121, 127, 142, 152, 153, 

 154, 155 



Bear-Buffalo, surgeons, 117, 119 



Bufealo, 137 

 Sharpshooters, 19 

 Shawls, 68, 113, 116 

 Shawnee-Delaware-Wyandot Indian, 



162 

 Sheep, 49 



Rocky Mountain, 41 

 Shells, 53 



"Shell shaker" contest, 162 

 Shellwork, 2 

 Shields, buffalo hide, 41, 55 



decoration of, 55, 80 

 Shiery, Carl, Secretary of Interior, 22 

 Shinny, see Games. 

 Shirt, buckskin, 61, 64 



copied from Whites, 62 



dark, 68 



otterskin, 61 

 Shoes, 52, 62 

 Shoestringweed, 74, 151 

 Shoshone Indians, 18, 49, 117 

 Shoulder bustle, U-shaped, 64 

 Sign language, use of, 70, 72 

 Silverwork, 80 

 Sinews, 20, 55 

 Singers, Omaha, 114 



Ponca, 80 

 Singing, 125 



antiphonal, 115 



rhythmic, 121 



See also Songs. 

 Siouan language family, 4, 6, 71, 87 

 Siouan tribes. Central, 81, 84, 156, 157 



Northeastern, 157 



Southern, 5, 157 

 Sioux City, Iowa, 15, 24, 131 

 Sioux Indians, 4, 6, 28, 31, 32, 108, 123, 

 126, 138, 140, 157 



and Ponca Indians, battle between, 

 140 



Southern, 4, 5, 157 

 Sioux subagency, 28 

 Sioux Treaty of 1868, 133 

 Sister, 147 



"Sister," kinship term, 86 

 Sisters-in-law, 13 

 Site 25KK1, see Ponca Fort site. 

 Sites, archeological, 14 



Ponca, 11, 12, 13 



See also specific site names. 

 Skeletonweed, 144, 152 

 Skinner, Alanson, 6, 14, 39, 40, 45, 55, 

 56, 57, 60, 61, 62, 66, 68, 70, 74, 

 78, 83, M, 85, 86, 89, 91, 93, 94. 96, 

 97, 98, 105, 106, 108, 110. Ill, 

 113, 118, 120, 121, 124, 136, 138, 

 142, 143, 148, 155 

 Skins, tanned, 52 

 Skirt, 61, 66, 69 

 Sleds, bison-rib, 130 

 Sleighbells, worn by dancers, 64 



