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INDEX 



Page 



Blanco, Ruiz, cited 139 



Blind man who wanted a giel, 



legend 382 



Blindness caused by spirits 182, 185 



Blood — 



spirit ill 152 



talisman from 290 



Blowing (with the mouth), ob- 

 jects of 164 



Blow-tube grass, spirits asso- 

 ciated with 228, 232 



Bluebell, used in medicine 44 



Blue grama, brooms and brushes 



made from 83 



Blue leaf, fruit of, used as con- 

 diment 71 



Blue spot on dead, significance. 356, 



361 

 Boa constrictor, beliefs concern- 

 ing 370 



See also C.\mudi. 



Boas, Dr. Franz, work of 10, 21 



Boats — 



decoration of 255 



man kidnaped by 222 



superstitions concerning 303 



washing spoons from 241, 252, 267 



words taboo in 252-253, 307 



Boddam-Whetham, J. W. (BW), 



cited.. . . 128. 164, 2.36, 239. 275, 300. 3S1 

 Body — 



immortality 149-150, 151-152 



life lestored to 170, 177-178 



petrifaction 152 



rejuvenation 149-150, 151 



spirits associated with. . 149, 152-1G4 



transfer of 158 



transformation 149, 



150-151, 182, 184-185, 199, 229 

 See also Spirits. 

 BoLiNGBROKE, II. (Bol), Oil Origin 



of man 141, 233 



Bolivia — 



collections from 22 



researches in 11-15 



Bolton, Dr. H. E., work of 10.16 



Bone.s — 



gifts of 1.58-159, 168 



used in invocation 168 



removal of, in legend.s 121. 172 



spirit in 152, 153, 158-159 



I'age 

 BoRDE, Fr. de la (BBR) — 



cited.- 141, 153, 156. 160, 



163, 165, 168, 257, 259, 260, 268, 



270, 290, 296, 303, 306, 314, 320, 



321, 323, 340, 342, 351, 352, 353 



on invocation of sjiirits 168 



BOTUTO — 



cult of 137 



See also Trumpet. 

 BouTo. See Dolphin. 

 BowER-BiRD, legend concerning. 226-227 

 BoYE. See Magicians. 

 Branch, ('. W., archeological col- 

 lection of 21 



Bravery, reward of 216-217 



Bread, Zuni, description 73-74 



Brer Rabbit, story of 372-378 



Brett, AV. H. (Br)— 



cited 118, 119, 120, 125, 136, 141, 



142, 145, 148, 151, 154, 156, 212, 

 218, 225, 229, 238, 242, 245, 254- 

 255, 260, 265, 268, 300, 318, 319, 

 320, 327, 328, 331, 339, 352, 353, 

 354, 3.56, 357, 358, 360-361, 383 



on medicine-man's ordeal 339 



on scalping 176 



on tlie flood 148 



Brinton, D. G. (Bri) — 



cited 158,328 



linguistic material of 18 



British Columbia, researches in. 15 



Brooms,' blue grama used for 83 



Brown, C. B. (Bro)— 



cited 164,175, 



176, 236, 237, 238-239, 242-243, 

 254, 267, 268, 278, 297, 298-299, 

 300, 341, 357, 3.58, 363-364, 368 



on medicine-men 351-3.52 



on prot ection against spirits . 293-294 



on Warracaba tiger 367 



Bruises, medicine for reducing... 44 

 Brushes — 



blue grama used for 83 



soapweed used for 82 



Buffalo bur, used in medicine . . 60 

 Bull nettle — 



used in curdling milk 70 



used in medicine 60 



BuNi.\ bird — 



associated with air plants . 209, 



231-232, 371 



