IXDEX 



441 



Pago 



Macaws, beliefs conceming. 243, 275, 371 



McClintock — 



cited 320, 339, 340, 352 



on burial of dead 154-155 



McGuiRE, J. D., collection pre- 

 sented by 22 



Mach.*: ranthe ra — 



Icfjend concerning 94 



used in ceremonies 94-95 



MAGiaANS, existence 351-353 



Mahui. See Kanaima. 



MaIHISIKIRI. jSecMANSINSKIRI. 



Maine, antiquities from 22 



Maipure Indians, legends of, on 



creation 142, 145 



M.uze. See Corn. 



Makai-abani, invocation of.... 192,349 



Makonaima. Sec Makunaima. 



Makuari Dance — 



object of 156 



whips used in, legend con- 

 cerning 228-229 



Maku Indians, burial customs of. . 158 



M.VKUNAIMA, let;ends concemini;. . 119, 

 130-13(i, 148. 199,239 



Makusi Indians — 



beliefs 160, 



164, 165, 235, 236, 239, 260, 261 



burial customs 155-156, 157 



comets 259 



couvade 322, 324 



exorci.«in 197 



food laws 296, 297 



legends 135, 145, 152, 259 



marriage ordeals 314, 316 



medicine-men 341, 343, 351-352 



menstruation 310, 311-312 



names 306 



natal customs 322, 323, 324 



ordeals 278, 281, 308, 310 



poisoning ascribed to 346-347 



puberty 308, 310. 312 



sickness 34 1 , 351-352, 358 



talismans 290 



vengeance 356-357, 358 



Man — 



creation 126, 141-146, 228 



place of origin 141 



transformation to animal 199 



Manahau. Sec Ekkekuli. 



Manati — • 



identification 241 



origin 227, 245 



used as food 297 



Page 

 Manicole fruit, ripening of, festi- 

 val at 138 



Manikin. See Dolls. 

 Mansinskiri — 



description of 172, 193-194 



legend concerning 172-173 



Manufactures, restrictions on 292, 



302-304 



Manuscripts, report on 24 



Mapoje. See Mapoya. 

 Mai'dya I.vdi.vns — 



beliefs of, as to creation 145-146 



as to spirits 181,197 



marriage customs of 314 



Mapoye. See Mapoya. 



MaRAKA. See R.\TTLE. 



Marchinc, procedure in 256 



Mari-mari dance, description of. 207 

 Marriage — 



binas for 285-288 



communal form. 190-191, 200-201, 222 



customs 314-318 



ordeals 308, 309, 314-318 



lirerequisites 187 



I^resage 275 



tasks 131-132, 187, 316-318 



Maryland, antiquities from 22 



Mascoutens, study of history of. . 19 



Mask dances, objects 156 



Massi poison. See Wassi. 



Mats, manufacture 79, 81 



Matthews, Dr. AVashington, 



cited 25, 37, 42, 57 



Maw.\ri — 



invocation 349 



legend of tobacco smoke and . . 192 

 M.^YA Indians, beliefs on creation 229 

 Medical practices of the Zuni. . . 39 



Medicinal plants of the Zuni 39-64 



Medicine-man and carrion 



crows, legend 343-345 



Medicine-men — 



account 327-353 



apprenticesh ip 338-340 



ba.sket 329 



belief in own powers 327 



bench 192,330 



disease cured by 345-353 



dreams interpreted by 341-342 



duties 36, 37, 340-353 



evil due to 327-328 



fees 327, 348, 351, 353 



house 334 



influence over women 353 



