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Skin lodge — Continued 



used by the Dliegiha, 77: 77 

 used by the Oto, 77:118 

 Skinner, Alanson 

 cited, 62: 114 

 cited as an authority, 61 : 214, 360, 



470 

 cited on ceremonial runners, 85 : 2 

 cited on Sauk and Fox, 85: 55 

 Skin robes, found in Cave I, 65: 156 

 Skins 



tanning of, Choctaw, 48: 11 f. 

 tobacco containers made of, 94: 



131 f. 

 used for pipe sacks, 94: 174 ff. 

 various, used for clothing, 65 : 100 

 See also Skin; and names of var- 

 ious animals. 

 Skin sacks, found in Cave I, description 



of, 65: 150 

 Skin scraper, bone, description of, 77: 



58, 59 

 Skin tipi 



when used by the Omaha, 77 : 84 f . 

 Yankton, described by Maximilian, 

 77 : 57 f . 

 Skirt for the hula, the pa-ii, 38 : 49 

 Ski'tgao, see Eggs of Ski'gao. 

 Skitsuish language, works in, 16: 60 

 Skivers from Miller's Cave, 76: 79 

 Skoffie language 



works in, 13: 467 

 See also Sheshtapoosh. 

 Skokomish language, works in, 16: 61 

 Skonon, 78: 552 



Skoyelpi language, works in, 16 : 61 

 Skukimi, a source of California place 



name, 78: 897 

 Skull capacity 



relation of, to stature, Munsee 



crania, 62: 24 

 See also Skulls. 

 Skulls 



arrangements of, on prairie, 83: 



70 f., 73 

 change indicated by, 100: 3 

 chief descriptive features of, 62: 



20 

 circles of, 83:46,68 

 collected by Earl H. Morris, 82: 



73 

 found at Lost Hill, 76: 26, 27, 28 

 human, variations in, 33 : 12 ff. 

 male Munsee, show fair capacity, 



62: 22 

 of chiefs, beneficial influence of, 



80: 38 

 of Chonos, 63: 43 

 of Onas, 63: 53 f. 

 petrified, 76: 1.54 

 shape of, 96: 157 

 size of, in different tribes, 62: 



317 

 sources of, Fuegian, 63: 139 

 talked to by women, 83: 68 

 thickness of, female and male, 

 62: 23 



Skulls — Continued 

 type of, 92: 144 



See also Bones ; Crania ; Human 

 remains ; Skeletal material ; 

 Skeletal remains ; and different 

 tribal names. 

 Skunk 



among the Tewa, 56: 24 



and fox, Kutenai tales, 59: 48, 49 



and opossum, Koasati story, 88: 



200 

 and panther, Kutenai tales, 59: 



23 ff., 40 

 Kutenai tale of the, 59: 230-243 

 myth of, Chinook, 20: 144-148 

 song of the, 80 : 93 

 story about, 94: 237-240 

 taboo concerning, 85: 69 

 use of, as a prophylactic, 99: 76 

 Skunkbush, among the Tewa, 55: 10, 



49 

 Skunk Society 



age of members of, 80: 94 

 song of, 80: 95 

 Skunnemoke, Atakapa head chief, 43: 



360 

 Skwaksin language, works in, 16 : 61 

 Sky, John, Haida story given by, 29: 



146 

 Sky 



Alabama stories of the men who 

 went to, 88 : 139 ff., 141 f ., 142 f . 

 Hawaiian conception of, 38: 17 

 Kutenai tale of war on the, 59: 



72-83 

 people caught and carried up by a 

 strange turkey to, Hitchiti story, 

 88: 90 f. 

 songs connected with the, 53: 16 

 (Songs Nos. 7, 25, 46, 64, 83, 97, 

 115, 116, 117, 140, 145, 148, 152, 

 162, 193, 194) 

 the man fed from the, Tlingit myth, 

 39: 189-192 

 Sky Country, Tlingit myth of the, 39 : 



250 f . 

 Sky Woman, name of a woman, 85: 



104 

 Slab-house people, origin of the term, 



92: 10 

 Slab houses, application of the term, 



96: 68 

 Slab inclosures 



description of, by Jackson, 70: 62 



description of, by Holmes, 70: 62 



Slab-lined houses. 92: 10, 16, 22, 24, 



27, 29, 34, 37, 44, 46, 51, 53, 55, 69 

 Slab-lined pit houses, absence of, 100: 



16 

 Slabs 



incised, use unknown, 65: 127 

 sandstone, 82: .52. 92. 114, 118 

 stone, in front of doorway, 92: 



14 f., 17 

 stone, reuse of, 92: 16 

 stone, scarcity of, 96: 69 

 stone, use of, in kiva wall, 92: 89 



