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Buffalo, George, 85:146 

 Buffalo, John, 89 : 6 

 Buffalo 



a fragment of a myth, 47: 52 ff. 

 and the coyote, Kutenai tales, 59: 



12-16, 60-65 

 Arikara offering to, 77: 171 

 clamshell used for skinning, 61: 



399 

 dreams concerning, 61: 173-176 

 effect of, on culture in Mississippi 



Valley, 60: 48 

 heart of, used as a charm, 85: 19 

 herds, mention of, 83 : 7 

 horns of, used as drumsticks, 85: 



19 

 hunting of, 77 : 4-7 

 importance of. to the Indian, 77: 



3f. 

 manner of traveling, 77 : 72 

 migration affected by, 22 : 11 

 occurrence of remains of, 23 : 50 

 skin, body wrapped in, 83 : 67 

 skins, use of, by Pascagoula, 43: 



304 

 skulls, a charm to entice buffaloes, 



77 : 62 f . 

 skulls, burials marked by, 83: 10, 



35 

 skulls, graves decorated with, 83; 



83,84 

 skulls, in circle of human skulls, 



83:46,47,68 

 skulls, offerings to the spirit of, 



80:65 

 song of, 80 : 70 

 tabooed as food, 87 : 58, 64 

 uses made of parts of, 61 : 436 

 white, description and uses of, 61 : 



446 

 See also Bison ; Buffalo hunt ; Buf- 

 falo trails ; Buffaloes, Supernatu- 

 ral. 

 Buffalo Boy 



informant concerning Sun dance, 



61:91 

 Sun-dance vow of, 61 : 91 

 Buffalo Chiefs 



mention of, 87:23,29,31 

 underground, 87 : 23 

 Buffalo Dances 



ceremonial purpose of, 80 : 36 

 of Bear gens, details of, 95 : 9-35 

 of Bear gens, diagram of, 95 : 7 

 of the Pawnee, 93 : 24r-35 

 Buffaloe Creek, ancient works on, 37: 



75,80 

 Buffaloes, supernatural 

 blessings by, 95 : 27, 29 

 names of, 95:2 



references to, 95: 13, 27, 31, 33, 35 

 Buffalo gens, 87:27 

 Buffalo hunt 



bows and arrows for, 61 : 437 ff. 

 cutting up of a buffalo, 61:443f. 

 description of, by Fremont, 77: 



35 f. 



Buffalo hunt — Continued 



description of, by Siya'ka, 61: 



439 f . 

 description of, by Swift Dog, 61: 



441 f. 

 last held in 1882, 61 : 436 

 of the Oglala, 77 : 68 

 of the plains, Cochiti account of, 



98 : 197-200 

 part of medicine men in, 61 : 437 

 prohibited at certain times, 61: 



437 

 See also Buffalo. 

 Buffalo hunt songs, see Songs. 

 Buffalo men, 87 : 25 

 Buffalo Paunch, a Hidatsa Indian, 80: 



63 

 Buffalo pounds 



mention of, 77 : 5 f . 

 use of, by Blaekf eet, 77 : 26 

 Buffalo rite, 87 : 21 

 Buffalo Society 



a Mandan age society, 80: 108 

 age of members of, 80 : 112 

 an Hidatsa society, 80 : 108 

 dog's head given to, 87 : 53 

 headdress of, 80:8,112 

 legend of origin of, 80 : 84 

 meetings of, 80 : 112 

 number of members of, 80 : 85 

 Omaha, dance given by, 77 : 82 

 purpose of, 80 : 112 

 songs of, 80 : 33, 138-142 

 war pipe of, 80 : 9 

 See also Society. 

 Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences, 

 skeletal material in possession of, 

 62:127 

 Buffalo trails followed by Indians, 77 : 



7 

 Buffalo Tribe, 61 : 65 

 Buffalo wallows, so-called, 76 : 152 

 Bufo cognatus, among the Tewa, 56 : 53 

 B. lentiffinosus icoodhousei, among 

 the Tewa, 56:52 

 Bugaba (Bugava), golden image dis- 

 covered by farmers of, 3:6 

 Bugava 



mention of, 44 : 93, 94 

 See also Bugaba. 

 Bugbane, white, use of, 99 : 277 

 Bugler, T. B., on pathological condi- 

 tions at Santa Fe school. New Mexico, 

 34 : table 9 ( facing p. 400 ) 

 r>ug Mesa ruin, description of, 70: 19 

 BQ' gonegi' jig, see Hole-in-the-Day. 

 Bug Point ruin, excavation of, showing 



unit type, 70:29 

 Building materials 



availability of, 82:72 

 in North Atlantic area, 60 : 99 

 stones used as, 60 : 274 

 varieties of, 35:12 

 Buildings 



height of, 81 : 5 



magnificence of, in Zapotec country, 

 28:248 



