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Depressions — Continued 



used for pot rests, 100 : 18 

 uses found for, 96 : 21 

 See also Fire pit; Holes; Ladder 

 box ; Pits ; Storage pits. 

 Derision expressed in songs, 80: 60, 



161 f., 175 

 Derivatives, nominal and adjectival, 



Takelma, 40, pt. 2 : 201-210 

 Bermestes lardarius, 94: 143, 144 

 D. nidum, 94: 144 

 D. vulpinus, 94: 143, 144 

 Deroin, Battiste 



and Oto chiefs, letter of Lion to, 



11:49 

 and son, letter of Cyrus Phillips to, 



11:45 

 letter of Cka'^oe-yine to, 11: 13 

 letter of Gahigo to, 11 : 69 

 Descalzi, N. 



publication by, 52 : 51 

 reference to, 52 : 50 

 DGscGnt 



among the Biloxi, 22: 16, 17 

 among the southern tribes, 22: 33 

 inheritance and, California Indian, 

 78: 39, 125, 133, 209, 250, 313, 

 363, 399, 453, 492, 496, 609, 633, 

 686, 705, 719, 741, 835, 838 

 matrilineal, 73 : 399 

 matrilineal, Fox, 93 : 3 

 matrilineal, Haida, 29: 84, 392 

 patrilineal. Fox, 87 : 1 

 Description of Gila-Salt region, 35: 



7f. 

 Deseret Museum, obsidian blades 



loaned to, 82 : 40 

 Desert Cahuilla 



country of the, 78:694 

 houses of the, 78:703 

 organization of the, 78 : 577 

 valley occupied by the, 97 : 4 

 Desiccation 



evidence of, in Colorado, 54 : 66, 67 

 of lakes, 54 : 44, 45, 46 

 ruins deserted through, 54: 47 

 Design called whippoorvpill back, 94: 



266 

 Designs 



allover, 96: 133 



and ornaments, California Indian, 

 78: 147, 172, 245, 276, 331, 363, 

 415, 531, 532, 533, 561, 698 

 balanced, 100:136 

 band, description of, 100: 138-141 

 basketry, used on pottery, 96 : 110 

 bisected, 100 : 132 

 black-on-white, 96:112-138 

 boldness of conception of, 96: 167 

 derived from textile patterns, 100 : 



141 

 development of, 86 : 183-188 

 elements in, 96:111 

 in bottom of bowls, 100 : 140 ff. 

 interpretation of symbolism of, 

 96:110 



Designs — Continued 



negative, 100 : 137, 138 



of the Fuegians, 63 : 154, ISO, 181 



f. 

 on ladles, 100 : 142 ff. 

 on painted pottery, 96 : 109-139 

 on pottery, 100 : 130-149 

 on pottery from northern Arizona, 



50:28 

 placing of, 96:111 

 pendent from rim, 100 : 135-138 

 period differences in, 100 : 165 f . 

 quartered style of, 100: 133 ff. 

 realistic, contemporaneous with 



geometric, 96: 110 

 spiral, 100 : 137 

 tripartite, 100 : 135 

 woven, in the fabric, 7 : 8 

 See also Decoration of pottery. 

 Desnoyers, Madame — , white captive, 



43 : 236 

 Desor, E., publication by, 52: 389 

 Desplayadas, application of the term, 



52:209 

 Destruction of the world, description of, 



57:32 

 Devil 



Chitimacha, 43 : 353 

 Creek story of the tasks of, 88: 

 76-79 

 Devil Bird, Chitimacha, 43: 354 

 Devilfish 



monster, and the Cry-baby, Tlingit 



tale, 39 : 40 f . 

 Tlingit myth concerning, 39: 18 

 use of, as bait for halibut, Haida, 

 29:30 

 Devilfish Chief, Haida myth of one who 

 married the daughter of a, 29 : 292 f . 

 Devils Creek, mound reported on, 82: 



35 

 Devil's Elbow 



burials at, 76 : 88 

 house mounds at, 76 : 162 

 walled graves at, 76 : 84 

 Devil's Kitchen, pictographs on rim of, 



82 : 63 f . 

 Devil's Lake, N. Dak., material reduc- 

 tion of, since 1883, 54: 46 

 Devil's Lake Agency, N. Dak. (Sioux) 

 deaf and dumb at, 34 : 207, table 9 



(facing p. 406) 

 epilepsy at, 34 : 203, table 9 

 insanity at, 34: 202, table 9 

 morbidity at, from tuberculosis, 



42:4 

 pathological conditions at, 34: ta- 

 ble 9 

 tuberculosis at, 34: 210, table 9 

 Devil Woman, Cochiti tale of the, 98: 



177 f. 

 Devol, Prof. W. S., cliff houses explored 



by, 35 : 34 

 Dewberry, medicinal use of, 99 : 253 



