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Micmac language, works in, 13: 359 f. 

 Mieo 



head, explanation of tlie term, 73: 



84 

 the Guale name for chief, 73: 14, 

 16,84 

 Micoma, mention of, by Cabrillo, 78: 



553 

 Micos, 44: 79 

 Microtus mordax, among the Tewa, 



56: 19 

 Mictlantongo, 44: 52 

 MidakaA, 85:103 

 Midden deposits, investigation of, to es- 

 tablish a chronology, 60 : 57 

 Middens, Fnegian, 63: 44 f., 64, 107, 

 186, 205, 206, 207, 211, 212, 217, 218 f . 

 Middle Creek, Eastern Pomo settlement 



on, 78: 231 

 Middle Fork of the Gualala, 78: 233, 



234 

 Middle-glti'ns, fights between the town 



of Tcla'al-gltl'ns and, 29: 380-383 

 Middle Mesa, ruins on, 96: 66 

 Middle Pampean formation, geologic 



specimens from, 52 : 58, 63 

 Middle Pliocene formation, "split- 

 stone" industry from, 52 : 104 

 Middleton, excavations by, at "Old 



Fort," 37: 84 

 Middleton, James D. 



burial mound observed by, 8: 20 

 corrections and additions by, 12: 



7 

 surveys and measurements by, 10 : 

 11, 15, 20, 21, 24-27 

 Middletown 



mention of, 78: 273 

 Wappo settlement near, 78: 219 

 Mide' 



beliefs, 45: 13 f., 15 

 ceremony for dying chief, 45: 51 

 description of, 53: 142 

 description of lodge, 45 : 22 

 diagram representing path of life, 



45: 24 

 emblem, 45: 14 

 ethics, 45: 14, 24, 32 

 initiation ceremony of first degree, 



45: 24-51 

 manido' connected with, 53: 143 

 mediums of exerting power, 45: 



20 

 mnemonic system, 45 : 15 ff., 18 

 origin of, 45 : 21-24 

 purpose of, 45: 59, 60 

 rattles used in, 45 : 12 

 ritual exactness not essential, 45: 



13 

 symbolism of, 45: 16, 81 

 treatment of sick, 45: 12, 51-55, 



92, 119 f. 

 use of "medicine," 45: 20 f. 

 use of vermilion paint, 45: 113 

 See also Mide' bags. 



Mide' bags 



contents of, 45: 51 



description of, 45: 85 



use of, in "shooting" ceremony, 



45: 43f., 53 

 Mide' drum, in ceremony for dying 



chief, 45: 54 

 Mide' Lodge 



of the Ojibway, 77: 13, 19 

 See also Mide'wigan. 

 IMide' shells, see Mi'gis. 

 Mide' songs 



affirmation characteristic of, 45 j 



87 

 description of, 53 : 16, 34 fE. 

 drawings, 45: 15-18 

 ejaculations in, 45 : 41 ; 53 : 103 

 general description of, 45: 1^20 

 healing song, peculiar features of, 



45: 95 

 meaningless syllables in, 53: 13 

 none from Red Lake reservation, 



45: 1 

 origin of, 45: 70 

 ownership of, 45: 26 

 reference to, 53: 10 

 reference to water, 53 : 17 

 register of women's voices, 45 : 89, 



94 

 resemblances to other song groups, 



53: 51 f. 

 rests in, 53: 15 

 rhythmic units, 53:309-314 

 saduess and sickness elements in, 



53: 17 

 smallest range in song, 45 : 109 

 song sung during preparation of 



"medicines," 45: 109 

 tabulated analyses of, 45: 8-11, 



115-118 

 to a rattlesnake, 45 : 85 

 tones discussed, 45: 57, 75 

 translation of words of, 45: 8, 15 

 use of rattle in, 53 : 15 

 used in sixth degree initiation, 



45: 58 f. 

 Waba'cing village, 53: 278 fif., 288 



fe. 



White Earth Reservation, 53: 297 

 fif. 



words of, 53: 2 

 Mide'wigan (Mide' Lodge) 



arrangement of, for initiation cere- 

 mony, 45: 38 f. 



building of, 45: 36 



explanation of term, 45 : 30 

 MIde'wigi'jig, 53: 185 

 Mide'wikwe', meaning of the term, 45 : 



13 

 Mide'winl'ni 



meaning of the term, 45: 13,98 



use of charms by, 45 : 21 

 Mide'wiwin 



bags of members of, 86 : 93 f . 



beliefs and teachings of, 86: 86-89 



benefits received through, 86: 45 



