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Alnus rhombifolia, 94: 103 



A. rugosa, 99: 91, 185, 216, 218, 



219, 246, 257, 308 

 A. sen-ulata, use of, 99: 185, 219, 



298 

 A. tcnuifolia, among the Tewa, 55: 



38 

 See also Alder. 

 Alona, site of present Zuui, 100: 10 

 Alopccurus aristulatus, among the Te- 

 wa, 55: 64 

 Alouko, a Seminole town, 73: 411 

 Alo'waqpi 



also called Huqka, 61: 69 

 definition of the word, 61: 69 

 Alo'warjpi Ceremony 



invitation to perform, 61 : 74 

 liberal rewards to performers of, 



61: 76 

 preparation for, 61 : 71 

 significance of colors of, 61: 77 

 songs of, 61: 73, 75 

 statement by Looking Elk, 61: 70 

 statement by Robert P. Higheagle, 



61: 70 

 tribes using, 61: 68 

 use of corn in, 61: 72 

 Alpaca, wool of, 7:7 

 Alpatopo, a Quale town, 73: 83 

 Alphabet 



Maya, nonexistence of, 57: 27 

 used in recording Alsea texts, 67: 



20 f . 

 used in recording Cherokee, 6: 



72 f. 

 used in recording Choctaw, 46 : x f . 

 used in recording Chinook texts, 



20: 7 f. 

 used in recording Haida texts, 



29: 5 f. 

 used in recording Kathlamet texts, 



26: 6 f. 

 used in recording Kutenai texts, 



59 : XI f ., 313 

 used in recording Tlingit texts, 



39: vui 

 used in recording Tslmshian texts, 



27: 6 

 See also Phonetics. 

 Alsatian skulls, 52: 339 

 Alsea George, an Alsea informant, 



67: 9 

 Alsea Indians 



belief of, concerning Giant Woman, 



67: 15 

 games of the, 67: 

 cat's cradle, 211 

 cup and pin, 205 

 dice game, 207, 209 

 grace sticks, 211 

 guessing game, 205 

 shinnyball, 197-201 

 spear throwing, 203 

 target shooting with arrows, 



201, 203 

 top spinning, 209, 211 

 whipping top, 209 



Alsea Indians — Continued 



importance of young brother in 



tradition of, 67:16 

 relationship of folklore of, to that 

 of Coast and Northwest tribes, 

 67: 15 

 Alsek River People, Tlingit myth of, 



39: 04-69 

 Altamaha 



a province visited by De Soto, 



73:95 

 head town of the Lower Yamasee, 



73: 95 

 synonyms of, 73 : 95 

 Altamaha Sound, French and Spanish 



names for, 73: 51 

 Altamahaw, a Yamasee town, 73: 97 

 Altamira, 44: 49 



Altar fire, Natchez temple, 43: 165 

 Altar prayer 



at ailolo inspection, 38: 34 

 at ailolo service, 38: 34 

 in prose speech, 38 : 46 

 to Kane and Kapo, 38: 45 

 to Laka, 38: 19, 20, 43 

 Altars 



ground, paintings of, 78: 104, 105, 

 368, 626, 639, 640, 661-665, 671, 

 673, 674, 713 

 religious, Maya, 64: 28 

 supposed sacrificial origin of, 76: 



172 

 visible abode of the deity, 38 : 15 

 Sec also Sacrificial stones. 

 Altau 



Kumachisi identified with, 78: 479 

 Paleuyami identified with, 78: 475 

 Alta Vera Paz 



ancient inhabitants of, 28: 101 

 characteristics of, 28: 78 

 Alterations in rooms of Kiatuthlanna, 



100: 103 

 Altinin, Paleuyami identified with, 78: 



475, 479 

 Alton, house mounds near, 76: 161 

 Alueste 



vassals of chief of, 73: 60 

 See also Aluste. 

 Aluete 



vassals of chief of, 73: 19 

 See also Aluste. 

 Aluque, a Quale town, 73: 83 

 Alush, name of a chief, 73: 20, 67 

 Aluste 



a Cusabo tribe, chief, and village, 



73 : 20, 82 

 submission of chief of, to Span- 

 iards, 73: 59 

 synonyms for, 73: 59 

 Alva Ixtlilxochitl, Juan de, paper be- 

 longing to, 28: 20 

 Alvear 



geologic specimens from, 52: 58- 



64, 79, 93 f . 

 references to, 52 : vu, 30 



