INDEX 



429 



Axes — Page 



material of 127 



See. also Stone axes. 



Aztecs, spirits of 171 



Babies, binas for 187, 286, 288 



Babooms — 



flexing of hands 209 



legends concerning 150-1.51, 



209-210,211,222,2.31, 

 232-233, 292-293, 363 

 Babracote — 



camudi and, legend 261 



description 385 



star named for 261-262 



Baby spirit 



explanation 324-325 



identity 169.325 



Bache, Frankmn. cited 62 



I!ai,I)\es.s, absence of 176 



liALLOi'. H. M., work of 10, 17 



Bamboo, spirits a.ssociated with. 228,233 



Bancroft, E. (Ba>. cited 238, 



268,294,323,327,329. 

 331, 333, 338, 366, 370 

 Barberry— 



clan name from 86 



dye from 88 



used in ceremonies 88 



Barr.vguan Rock, man created 



from 145-146 



Barrenness, shame of 187,280,287 



Barrere, p. (PBaVcited.. 118.156. 15S, 

 163, 170, 181, 255, 269, 291, 296. 

 302, 303, 310, 312, 314, 320, 321 , 

 322, 324, 325, 328, .330, 340, 350 

 Basket. See Crab baskets; Eye- 

 socket basket; JIedicin'e-man 

 basket. 



Basketry, plants used for 81 



B.\tes, U. \V. (HWB), cited 118. 



157, 170, 174, 176, 180, 181. 242. 275. 

 288, 298, 312, 328, 329. 330. M2. 352 

 Bathing — 



omis.sion of 272 



time for 131 



Bat ilor ntain, legend 259 



Bat.s 



legeiuls concerning 221, 259, 276 



omens from 274 



Bead bread. See Popped corn. 

 Bead water — 



_ preparation 76 



used in ceremonies 76 



Beans — Page 



colors of, importance 69 



how prepare<l 69-70 



used in folk-lore 85 



Bear, invoked in medicine 60 



Beard-tongue — 



rabbit .sticks made from 96 



used in ceremonies 95-96 



Beasts, change of men into 149, 



150-151,182,184 



Bechamel. F. ^SVe Grillet and 

 Becha.\iel. 



Bee plant used for food 69 



Bees — 



controlled by metlicine-man. . 341 



effect of water on 201 



legends concerning 199-201 . 



204-205, 305 

 presage from 276-277 



Beetle, Sawyer, talismans from. 289 



Beetle, Whistling, omen from .. 272 



Bench. See .Vllioator .stools; 

 Medicine-men. bench. 



Ber.nau, J. H. (Be), cited 277,302, 



329. 343. U6, 356, 357, 358, 371 



Betoye Indians- 



beliefs as to God 117. 118 



beliefs as to .spirits 181 



Beverley. Robert, cited 47 



Bibliocjraphy ok Guiana, key 

 to 113-116 



Bigelow, , cited 41 



Bigness, greatness connoted by. 192-193 



BiNAS — • 



legends concerning 286-287 



nature 281-288 



specific attractions of. . . 281-282, 284 



use 282, 286-287 



See also Charms. 



Birds — 



beliefs concerning 371 



omens from 274-275 



plants associated with 38 



plumage of, origin 212. 22.5-226 



spirits incarnated in 174-175 



weather foretold by 269 



Birth-marks, cause of 326 



Bitter cass-WA water, suicide 

 by 227 



Black dye, source of 80 



Black Tiger — 



legends.... 213-214, 215-216,217-218 

 tliunder due to roar of 270 



