VI CONTENTS 



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Part 2. Songs and texts of coldspring longhouse 101 



Texts 101 



Dance script 101 



Rituals addressed to the Creator 101 



Rituals addressed to the Midpantheon 103 



Shamanistic cures 103 



Women's Medicine Societies 110 



Rituals addressed to the Food Spirits 111 



Social dances — Stomp type 112 



Social dances — Fish type 112 



Part 3. Songs and texts of tonawanda longhouse 193 



Rituals addressed to the Creator 193 



Rituals addressed to the Midpantheon 193 



Shamanistic cures 193 



Women's Medicine Societies 195 



Rituals addressed to the Food Spirits 195 



Social dances — Stomp type 196 



Social dances — Fish type 196 



Miscellan y of songs 196 



Tables 



1. Dance function and musical characteristics 41 



2. Dance function and choreography 55 



