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Supernatural power 



as an element in Mide' songs, 53 : 



17, 35 

 in connection with Chippewa songs, 



53: 15f., 37 

 words denoting, 80: 36 

 Superposition 



of refuse over house, 100 : 77 f . 

 of structure over room, 100: 66 

 Superstition Mountain, 50 : 7 

 Superstitions 



among the Cusabo, 73: 78 

 Choctaw, connected with pottery 



making, 48: 13 

 concerning ghosts, 83 : 47 f . 

 of dwellings, 82 : 105 f ., 109 

 of Florida Indians, 73 : 383 

 of the Fuegians, 63: 159 

 of the Jibaros concerning, 79: 

 animals, 33 

 birds, 45 

 boa, 61 



body painting, 39 

 chicken blood, 39 

 chonta palm, 36 

 deer, 41, 45 

 disease, 9 f. 

 fish, 45 

 food, 44 f£. 

 hair, 31, 32, 87 

 head trophy, 46 

 jaguar, 33 

 lance, 42 

 paca, 45 

 rifle, 42 

 sloth, 33 

 swine, 44 

 tapir, 44 f. 

 slayer, 41 f. 

 regarding old scaffolding, 83 : 37 

 regarding the dead, 83 : 7, 9 

 "Santa Cruz" oracle, 64:41 

 Saponi, concerning hanging, 22: 



49 

 See also Beliefs ; Conjuration ; 

 Ghosts ; Spirits ; Taboos ; Witch- 

 craft; and names of specific 

 objects. 

 Supine burial, among the Fuegians, 



63: 55, 161 

 Supis, see Havasupai. 

 Supplementary series 



closing sing, 57 : 152 f ., 170 

 explanation of, 57: 152, 161 

 lack of, examples, 57: 163 f., 175 

 position, 57 : 152, 238 

 Support and organization of the hula, 



38: 26 

 Supracondyloid process, Munsee hu- 

 meri, 62: 56 

 Supramundane beings, Fuegian, 63: 



14&-149 

 Supraorbital ridges, Munsee crania, 

 62: 38, 39 



Supreme being 



Natchez conception of, 43: 167 f., 



170, 175 f. 

 of the Fuegians, 63: 146-149 

 See also God. 

 Supu, a Plains Miwok place name, 



78: 444 

 Suque, see Tuque. 

 Surds, definition of, 40, pt. 1 : 21 

 Surface of mound, definition of, 37: 1 

 Surgery 



among the Huichol, 34: 251 

 among the Maricopa, 34: 248 

 among the Navaho, 34: 240 

 among the Tarahumare, 34: 250, 



251 

 in Cherokee curing methods, 99: 



68-73 

 practice of, by the Maya, 64: 37 

 Surouaro 



description of, 70: 16 

 named by Newberry, 70: 12 

 signification of the name, 70: 17 

 Surper, a source of California place 



name, 78: 897 

 Surprise Valley, 78: 584 

 Sur River, held by the Esselen, 78: 



545 

 Surroundings of California Indians, 



78: 144, 409,528,817 

 Surruche; Surrucle, see Surruque. 

 Surruque 



a Timucua tribe or town, 73: 329 



attack on, by Spaniards, 73: 336 



classed as a Timucua tribe, 73: 



321 



Sursee language, works in, 14: 96 



Survey of Great Basin, Government 



topographic, 82: 18 

 Survival of soul, see Soul (survival 



of). 

 Susan Creek, ascribed to Maidu, 78: 



391 

 Susan River, 78:316,392 

 Susanville, ascribed to Maidu, 78: 391 

 Susceptibility to tuberculosis, 42: 1, 



22, 31, 32 

 Suscol, a source of California place 



name, 78: 897 

 Sus-mel-im, duck creek, location of, 



78: 212 

 Susquehanna Indian 

 barter by, 22: 32 

 description of, by Smith, 22: 13 

 early habitat of the, 22: 5; 23: 



71 

 Iroquois conquest of, 22: 38 

 meeting of, with Capt. John Smith, 



69: 56 

 Occaneechi joined by, 22: 45 

 territory occupied by, 69: 13 

 villages of, 69: 56 

 Susuquey, mentioned by Cabrillo nar- 

 rator, 78: 553 

 Sutamasina, a Central Miwok place 

 name, 78: 445 



