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INDEX 



Page 



Cardinal points— 



colors symbolic of 4G, G4 



plants ascribed to 37-38 



Carib Indians — 



abbreviation for name 107 



amativeness, expressions of. 163-164 



beliefs as to dreams 165 



beliefs as to spirits. 163, 167, 177, 179 



binas 283-284, 285 



boy's escape from 273-274 



burial customs 156-160, 299 



cannibalism 273 



comets 259 



couvade 320-324 



eclipses 258-259 



fighting women of 365 



food 295-296, 352 



legends 129, 



130, 133-135, 146-147, 152, 

 179-180, 181, 205, 211, 218-219, 

 223, 248-249, 265,323, 378-379 



as to origin of man 141,143 



marriage customs 314 



menstruation 309 



modeling 140 



names 300, 307 



natal customs.. 319, 320-322, 323, 324 



omens 271 



ordeals 278, 309-310, 339 



origin 143-146 



poisons 359 



protection against spirits 180- 



181. 298-299 



puberty 309. 312 



reUgious beliefs 117, 136. 139 



sails invented by 125 



sickness 349, 351, 353 



stars 260 



storms feared by 269 



talismans 290-291 



war with Arawak Indians... 38.3-384 



words taboo 253 



See also various Carib tribal 

 names. 



Caribisce Cliff, legend of 238 



Cabijona Indians, modeling 



among 140 



Carrion crows and medicine- 

 man, legend 343-345 



' ' Carte Figurative " cited 20 



Carter, flbn.GEOROER., acknowl- 

 edgment to 17 



Carvinc. skill in 140 



Cassava — 



ceremonies of 230 



sjiirits associated with 228. 230 



(,'aterpillar.s, used in ordeals. . 279, 281 



Cathartics, used by Zuiii 51, 53 



Catlin, G. (GCi. cited 299-300 



Caul, luck from 271 



Caulin. , on belief in God 



among Orinoco tribes 118 



Cauxana Indians, natal customs. 325 



Cayenne — 



belief as to God in 117, 118 



burial customs in 156, 157 



courtship in 31,3-314 



dances in 301-302 



eclipses in 255 



food in 296 



investigation in 107 



natal customs in 321, 324, 325 



puberty in 309, 310, 312 



words taboo in 252-253 



Caypor, description 174 



Cayuga, study of language of 20 



Cedar — 



tinder made from 93 



used in ceremonies 93 



used in medicine 55 



used in preparing fiber 78 



Celibacy, thought to lie uncanny. 247 



Cemi — ■ 



invocation 351 



nature 169 



worship 137,168-169 



Central America — 



bulletin on languages of 19 



linguistic families of 23 



Ceremonies, plants u.sed in 87-100 



Cereso. Father, cited 137 



Chaima Indians, religious beliefs 



of 118,139 



Champlain. Samuel, cite<l 20 



Charms — 



belief in... ISO. 181. 197, 23:5-234, 270 

 See also Binas; Kickshaws; 

 Talismans. 

 Chemin (female). See Cemi; F.*.- 

 miliar Spirits. 



Chewing-gum, root used for 68 



Chigoes, lameness caused bv 217 



