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Spirit of fire — Coutiuued 



references to, 85 : 61, 109, 114, 127, 

 144, 145, 146, 148; 89: 47, 49, 

 51, 53; 95: 19, 27, 61, 63, 69, 

 93, 95, 99, 152, 175 

 speech made to, 89:33; 95:13 

 tobacco offered to, 95: 91 

 Spirit of hunger 



Kathlamet tale of, 26: 207-215 

 Kathlamet tale of, abstract of, 

 26: 261 

 Spirit of tree, 85 : 128, 129 

 Spirit of war, 95 : 167 

 Spirit of warfare and death, 95: 160 

 Spirit of water, offerings to, 86: 81 

 Spirit post, description of, 61: 81 

 "Spirit Power," explanation of the 



term, 45: 15 

 Spirits 



among the Fuegians, 63: 146 ff., 



153, 154, 156 



and disease objects, 78: 63, 66, 



106, 111, 149, 196, 198, 302, 314, 



361, 423, 424, 425, 426, 775, 852 f. 



animal, Cherokee belief in, 99: 25 



animal or bird, sickness caused by, 



90: 83,90-101 

 anthropomorphic, of the Cherokee, 



99: 19-25 

 bad, belief in, 83: 4 

 belief in, Maya, 64 : 40 

 belief in power of, 99: 19-29 

 beliefs concerning, Kamia, 97: 



70 ff. 

 beliefs concerning, Natchez, 43: 



174 

 Chitimacha belief as to, 43: 353, 



357 

 consulted before an attack, 79: 17 

 disease-causing, 99: 42-50 

 eliminating disease, 99: 43-50 

 evil, region of, 83 : 27 

 of ancestors, belief in, 79: 2 f . 

 of enemy, instruction by, 79: 47 

 of the dead, beliefs concerning, 90 : 



114 

 several, in each person, 83: 70 

 sickness attributed to, 90: 83, 88, 



101 

 Tunica, 43: 319 



See also Beliefs; Future life; Im- 

 mortality ; Soul. 

 Spirit women 



songs of, 80:100-105 

 story of, 80:97ff. 

 Spizella breweri, among the Tewa, 56 : 



42 

 Spokane 



pathological conditions of, 34: 



table 9 (facing p. 406) 

 population of, 34 : table 9 

 Spoken language, works in, 16: 65 

 Spokogi, ceremonial title for Tukabah- 



chee, 73: 277 

 Spondylitis deformans, present in Len- 

 ape spine, 62: 18 



Spoons 



cow's horn, Choctaw, 48: 13 

 horn, of the Mandan, 77: 137 

 horn, of the Pawnee, 77: 158 

 of the California Indians, 78: 93, 



147, 174, 205, 284, 290, 310, 411 

 Saponi method of making, 22: 47 

 wooden, of the Chippewa, 86: 170 

 Sporoholus, among the Tewa, 55: 49 

 Sports 



of Chippewa children, 86: 67 f. 

 prevalence of, 34: 30 

 See also Games. 

 Spotswood, Gen. Alexander 



effort of, to educate Indians, 22: 



44 

 influence of, with Virginia tribes, 



22: 42 

 mention of the Stukarocks by, 22 : 



21 

 Occaneechi-Iroquois treaty effected 



by, 22: 55 

 on obligation of Whites to the 



Sara, 22: 60 

 on treaty of Iroquois with southern 



tribes, 22: 45 

 proposed settlement of Indians at 



Enotownby, 22:64 

 settlement of Indians near Fort 

 Christanna by, 22:43,49,59,61 

 Spotted Cowbane, use of, 99: 117 

 Spotted Face Society 



not owned by single gens, 87 : 6 

 sit as smokers, 87 : 21 

 Spotted Horse Chief, see Horse Chief. 

 Spotted Tail 



aBrul^chief, 83:33 

 burial of daughter of, 83: 33 f. 

 mention of, 11: 64 

 Spotted Tail Agency, 83 : 38 

 Spouts, lateral, of pottery vessels, 92: 



117 

 Sprague River, 78 : 318 

 Sprengel, J. W., cited on Zuyder Zee 



Islands skulls, 33: 43 

 Spring Creek, ruins on, 96: 67 

 Spring Creek Cave, 76 : 83 

 Spring Creek Valley, house mounds in, 



76: 22 

 Springer, James, letter of, to W. M. C. 



Grant, 11: 60 

 Springer, John, letter of, to John 



Primeau, 11: 33 

 Springfield School, S. Dak., pathological 

 conditions in, 34: table 9 (facing 

 p. 406) 

 Spring Garden 



a Florida garden, 73: 405, 412 

 a Yuchi settlement, 73: 407 

 Spring House, Mesa Verde, illustration 



from, 81: 16 

 Spring Mountains, artifacts found in, 



82: 60 

 Springs 



as shrines, 35: 19 

 as shrines, Apache Creek region, 

 35: 78 



