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[Bull. 178 



Medilding 



a town in Hupa Valley, 78: 129 



number of Hupa bouses at, 78: 131 



population of, in 1870, 78: 131 

 Mediotaguel, 44: 25, 32, 34 

 Me di si lo ta 



affiliations of, 89: 6 



giver of gens festival, 85: 146 

 Me'dweya'sQii 



drum presented by, 53 : 146 



medicine poles connected witb, 

 53: 249 

 Mee, Mrs. Charles 



acknowledgment to, 45: 8; 53: 

 300 



interpreter, 86: 104 



songs by, 45: 151, 163 

 Meek, B. G., in bibliography, 34: 418 

 Megalithic ruins, reference to, 70: 60 

 Megaliths 



circular structures of, 70: 60 



reference to, 60:139 

 Megalonyx skeletons, association of, 



with human bones, 33 : 16, 17, 18 

 Megwomets 



description of, 78: 74 



in Yurok mythology, 78 : 73 



mention of, 78: 134 

 Meha, John, author of a mele, 38 : 170 

 Meherrin Tribe 



and Iroquois treaty, 22 : 45 



habitat of, 22:5,7 



relation of, to Tuscarora, 22: 42 



territory occupied by, 69: 13 

 Meigs, J. Aitken, on Rock Bluff cra- 

 nium, 33: 28 

 Meinzer, Oscar B., dams and reservoirs 



explained by, 82: 61 

 Meipontsky 



and Iroquois treaty, 22 : 45 



general description of the, 22: 37 

 Meja'kigi'jig 



personal reminiscences of, 53: 

 83 f. 



reference to, 53: 60 

 Mejuos, 44:25,30 

 Mekasousky 



a baud of the Creeks, 73 : 404 



See also Mikasuki. 

 Me ki wi so lye a, 89:6 

 Melanerpes enjthrocephalus, among the 



Tewa, 56:38 

 Melanesians, 52 : 183 

 Melattaw, a Chickasaw town, 73: 419 

 Melchior, Rodriguez, Lacandons met by, 



28:80f. 

 Melchoras, 44 : 79, 80 

 Mele, language of, once common, 38: 



28 

 Meleagris gallopavo merriami, among 



the Tewa, 56:34 

 Meles 



apropos of Kahuli, 38 : 121 



appropos of Keawe, 38 : 74 



apropos of Nihi-aumoe, 38 : 94 



Meles — Continued 



at debut of hula performer, 38: 



35 

 for interlude, 38:130 

 for Kane, 38: 257 

 for various hulas, 38 : passim 

 inoa, 38: 



composition and criticism of, 



27 

 must contain no words of ill 



omen, 37 

 their authors called the 

 "King's Wash-tubs," 116 

 in the hula, starting of, 38 : 58 

 kahea, 38:39,40,41 

 komo, welcome to the halau, 38: 



39,41 

 kuahu, altar prayer, 38: 33, 34 

 kupe'e, anklet song, 38 : 49 

 of Hiiaka, 38 : 212 

 of Mana-mana-ia-Kaluea, 38:212 

 oli, 38:228,240 

 set to music, 38: 156, 162, 164, 166, 



167, 168, 169 

 to Kaukini, 38 : 51 

 toNaihe, 38:35 

 Melhom-i'iken, a Coast Yuki place name, 



78:212 

 Melishenten, location of, 78 : 125 

 Melissodes, genus of Pima bee, 34 : 264 

 Melodic, explanation of the term, 45: 



8,11 

 Melodic analysis 



dream songs. White Barth Reserva- 

 tion, 45 : 136 f. 

 love songs. Red Lake Reservation, 



45:185f. 

 love songs. White Earth Reserva- 

 tion, 45:155f. 

 Mide' songs, 45:115 

 miscellaneous songs, 45 : 8 ff. 

 moccasin-game songs. Red Lake 



Reservation, 45: 191 

 moccasin-game songs. White Earth 



Reservation, 45: 159 ff. 

 unclassified songs, Red Lake Reser- 

 vation, 45:206fE. 

 unclassified songs. White Barth 



Reservation, 45: 165 f. 

 war songs, Red Lake Reservation, 



45:180f. 

 war songs. White Earth Reserva- 

 tion, 45 : 146 ff. 

 women's dance songs, Red Lake 

 Reservation, 45 : 196 ff. 

 Melodic resemblances between song 



groups, 53 : 50-58 

 Melodic structure with harmonic frame- 

 work defined, 61 : 19 

 Melody 



lack of unity In, in "made-up" 



songs, 61 : 59 

 of Hawaiian song, 38: 170 

 of songs, importance of, 45: 2 f., 

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