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Deer — Continued 



methods of hunting by Indians, 



43:69ff. 

 missed by the coyote, Kutenai tale, 



59:126-129 

 Natchez story of terrapin and the, 



88:252 

 planted by Heluta, Cochiti tale, 



98:9ff. 

 preparation of meat of, for food, 



86:43 

 rare in Rio Grande Valley, 54: 19 

 runner blessed by, 85 : 9 

 taboo of, as food, 87 : 58 

 taboos of, Alabama story, 88: 126 

 tail of, used in treating the sick, 



90:91 

 See also Deer bones. 

 Deer bones 



occurrence of, in barbecue holes, 



23:26 

 tibia of, with human remains, 23: 

 53 

 Deer call, description of, 86 : 129 

 Deer Greek 



references to, 78 : 343, 345 

 Yahi resident on, 78 : 339, 341 

 Deer Dance, of the Cochiti Indians, 



98:17 

 Deer gens, dog's head given to, 87 : 53 

 Deer horn 



mention of, 72: 35, 37, 49, 51, 53, 



61 

 used as a punch, 60 : 296, 297 

 Deer land, 47:83 

 Deer-mouse, among the Tewa, 56: 20, 



21 

 Deer Peak, identification of, 97 : 9 

 Deer people, Indian and the, Biloxi 



tale, 47:81-84 

 Deer Planter, daughter of, married to 

 Corncob Boy, Cochiti tale, 98: 60 ff. 

 Deer sickness 



songs used for, 90 : 90-95 

 treatment for, 90 : 91 

 Deerskin 



a source of income, 17 : 15 

 Chitimacha peace present, 43:341 

 rug of, for ceremonial runner, 85 : 



33, 41, 43, 45 

 Tunica clothing, 43 : 317 

 white, in a Chitimacha story, 43: 

 354 

 Deer Society, songs of, 93: 47 fif. 

 Deer song, Mandan, 80: 88 

 Deer sticks, game played with, 86: 



68 f. 

 Deer women 



Hitchiti story of, 88 : 91 f . 

 Koasati story of the man and the, 



88:193 

 of Biloxi and Dakota folklore com- 

 pared, 47: 83 

 Defense, means of, 79 : S-7 



Deflector 



absence of, 96 : 47 



a characteristic of the kiva, 92: 



84 

 good example of, 100 : 30 

 in Kiva B, Cliff Palace, 51 : 52 

 in Kiva D, Cliff Palace, 51: 53 

 in Kiva E, Cliff Palace, 51: 53 f. 

 in Kiva F, Cliff Palace, 51 : 54 

 in Kiva H, Cliff Palace, 51 : 55 

 in Ruin A, description of, 65: 65 

 in Ruin 7, indication of, 65: 50 

 made of stone slab, 100: 55 

 movable, 92 : 20, 43 

 pole and plaster, 92: 29, 60 

 purpose of, 92; 17; 96: 32 

 use of, 100:18 



Defloration, see Virgin ; Virginity. 



Deformation 



and mutilation, California Indian, 



78: 77, 240, 311, 326, 406, 519 

 cradleboard, of skull, absent among 



Eastern tribes, 62: 112 

 head, of the Fuegians, 63: 78, 183 

 of Lenape skulls, 62: 16 

 See also Artificial deformation. 



Deformities 



among the Hopi, 34 : 180, 181 

 among the Papago, 34: 182 

 among the Southern Ute, 34: 176 

 in skeleton, description of, 37: 27 

 summary of, 34 : 174 

 See also Abnormalities ; Head (de- 

 formation of) ; Monstrosities. 



Degeneracy 



cultural, Fuegian, 63: 74, 77, 220, 



223-227 

 theory of, not sustained, 60: 14 



Degeneration, see Degeneracy. 



Dehoriss-Kanadia, town of, 22: 51 



Deities 



Chitimacha, 43:353 



female, of Acalan, Tabasco and 



Tixchel, 28: 81 f. 

 identification of, 28: 33 f. 

 Indian, discussion of, 43: 319 

 Kamia, 97: 75 

 minor Zapotec, 28: 301 f. 

 Natchez, number and names of, 

 43:175f. 



Deity 



Zapotec, creative, characteristics 



of, 28:284-289 

 Zapotec, creative, names of, 28: 

 284 



De Kalb County, Ala., caves of, 76: 

 137 ff. 



Dekina'k!", Tlingit informant, 39: 1 



De'kQm, 53: 121, 122 



Del., a medicine man, characterized, 

 99:115f. 



Delaware 



mound and shell heaps in, 12: 28 

 salt-kettle pottery, 8: 27 

 stone graves in, 8: 28, 50 



