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Polychrome ware 



development of, 100: 118 

 of Gila-Salt region, 35: 26 

 Polygala lutea, as poultices for swell- 

 ings, 48 : 24 

 P. senega, use of, as charm, 86 : 109 

 Polygamy 



among the Apache, 34: 49 

 among the Chippewa. 86 : 73 

 among the Creeks, 73 : 45, 77 

 among the Fuegians, 63 : 51, 57, 80, 



102, 165, 166 f. 

 among the Jibaro, 79: 10 

 among the Kamia, 97 : 55 f . 

 among the Southern Ute, 34 : 48 

 among the Tarahumare, 34: 50 

 decrease in, in Southwestern region, 



34: 47 

 See also Polyandry. 

 Polygyny, see Polygamy. 

 Polynesians, 52 : 183 

 Polystichum acrostichoides, use of, 99 : 



228 

 Polysynthetie language, definition of, 



JO, pt. 1: 74 

 Polysynthesis, Eskimo, 40, pt. 1: 1056 



f. 

 Polytheism, see God ; Gods. 

 Pomaha", a place name, 78: 165 

 Pomaha^no'm, a Ta'no'm division, 78: 



165 

 Pomar, Juan Bautista de, on Nezaual- 



coyotl's palace at Tezcuco, 28 : 191 

 Pomeioc, description of, 69 : 34 

 Porno 



a source of California place name, 



78 : 896 

 adolescence ceremony for girls 



among, 78: 864 

 general account of, 78 : 222-271 

 population of, 78: 885 

 population of, in 1770 and 1910, 



78 : 883 

 ritual niimbers and methods of nu- 

 meration of, 78: 876 

 tobacco of the, 94: 40 

 Pomo-pomo, 78: 227 

 Pomouik, habitat of, 22: 7 

 Porao village, location of, 78: 164 

 Ponca Indian (or Tribe) 



a tribe of the Dhegiha group, 77: 



2,77 

 burials of the, 83:53 

 early movements of, 37: 5 

 habitations of the, 77: 87 f. 

 Kiowa name of the, 84: 16 

 migration of the, 77: 77 

 mortality among, from tuberculosis, 



42:5 

 reference to the, 89 : 9 

 separation of, from Omaha, 77: 87 

 Sec also Ponka. 

 Ponce, Alonzo, on Maya records, 57 : 36 

 I'ouce de Leon 



expeditions of, 73: 333, 334 

 Florida named by, 73 : 333 



Ponce de Leon — Continued 



not the discoverer of Florida, 73: 

 31, 3.33 

 Poncho, Bill, information furnished by, 



92 : 132 

 Poncho, 63 : 45 

 Pond, G. H., on symbolism of sacred 



stone, 61: 205 f. 

 Pond Bay language, vocabulary of, 



1:76 

 Pond-lily, seed of, Chitimacha food, 



43 : 345 

 "Pond-lily Worship House," a Chitima- 

 cha village, 43 : 344 

 Poniatowski, S. 

 cited, 62 : 91 



on Argentine finds, 52 : 394 

 Ponida, 44 : 7 

 Ponies 



killed at grave of owner, 83 : 34 

 See also Horse. 

 Ponka 



at Carlisle, letter of Acawage to, 



11:86 

 chiefs spoken against, 11 : 100 

 letters dictated by the, 11: 9, 12, 

 42, 51, 71, 86, 87, 88, 89, 91, 92, 

 94, 95, 97, 98, 99, 102, 107 

 letters sent to the, 11: 33, 44, 63, 

 65, 72, 79, 86, 87, 88, 89, 91, 92, 



94, 95, 97, 99, 107, 114 

 personal names of the, 11: 10, 34, 



42, 44, 51, 79, 86, 88, 89, 91, 93, 94, 



95, 97, 100, 101 



to pay their own fare to and from 



Washington, 11: 106 

 See also Ponca. 

 Ponka Commission of 1880-1881, 11: 



86 

 Ponka language, works in, 5: 57 

 Pontchartrain, Duchess of, 43: 205 

 Pontchartrain, Le Comte de, 43: 197 

 Pontchartrain, Lake, 43: 298; 48: v, 



1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 9 

 Pontdalamia, a village of the Kaskaskia, 



69:11 

 Pontiac 



grave of, 71 : 43 



southern hostility toward, 22 : 72 

 Pontimelo skull, see Fontezuelas re- 

 mains. 

 Poole, Dr. Frank H., on pathological 

 conditions among Bannock and Sho- 

 shoui, 34: 213, 214, 215, 219, table 9 

 (facing p. 406) 

 Poole, Henry S., discoveries noted by, 



82:15 

 Pool Hollow, cave in, 76 : 41 

 Poonkiny, a source of California place 



name, 78: 896 

 Poorman's Valley, 78: 165 

 Poor Man who caught wonderful 



things, Tlingit myth, 39: 45 f. 

 Poor-will, among the Tewa, 56 : 38 

 Pooy 



a Timucua town, 73 : 328 

 exi)editiou against, 73: 343 



