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INDEX 



Page 

 Oyambi Indians — 



food 381 



ordeals 338-339 



sickness 350 



Paddling, teaching of, to men 221 



Pain, origin of 179 



Paiute Indians, Datura used by . 47 

 Palmer, /)r. Edward, cited. 47,49, 51, 07 

 Pan-American Scientific Con- 

 gress 12 



Papa-uira bird, binas from 288 



Paradise. 5fe Heaven. 



Parrots, origin 142 



Parsnip, water, place named for. 86 



Pascagoula, study of the 18 



Paxiuba palm, flutes made fiom. . 229 



Pectis used for perfumery 83 



Peoria, linguistic manuscript on . 24 



Pepper-pot, preparation 303 



Peppers — 



burning of, for defense 293 



increase of, belief concerning. 269 



occlusion of vision by 298- 



299, 300, 301 



used in ordeals 310 



See also Chile. 



Perfumery, pectis used for 83 



Perspiration, how induced by 



Zuiii 53 



Peru — 



collections from 22 



researches in 11 



Petrifaction after death, belief 



in : 152 



Peyote used by Indians 41 



Photography — 



report on 23 



restrictions on 292, 299 



PiA, legends concerning 119, 133-135 



Plai and the Earthquake peo- 

 ple, legend 378-379 



PiAi men — 



origin of 135 



See also Medicine-men. 

 PiAPOco Indians — 



beliefs 242, 297 



disease 347 



menstruation 313 



Piaroa Indlvns — 



burial customs 157 



food laws 297 



use of spells 155 



I'age 

 Pigweed, winged, used to con- 

 fuse enemy 84 



See also Amaranthus. 

 Pike, Albert, linguistic material 



of 18 



Pima, use of Datura by 41 



PiNCKARD, G. (Pnk), cited 232, 



332, 334 



PiNON — 



preparation of, for food 70 



used in ceremonies 96 



used in medicine 42, 43, 57 



PiojE Indians, vomiting 295 



Pipes, use of 95 



PiRAi fish, legends 244 



Pitou, L. a. (LAP), cited 170, 



282, 294, 302, 309, 310, 340 

 Places, names of derived from 



plants 86 



Plants — 



binas from 281-284, 285-287 



Bush Spirits associated with . 228-234 



creation 146-148 



edible 65-76 



fulk-lore 84-85 



index list 101-102 



man derived from 144-145, 228 



mythic origin 46 



omens 277 



uses 39-101 



See also Basketry; Cere- 

 monies; Decorating; 

 Dyeing; Folk-lore; 

 Toilet; Weaving. 



Zuiii conception of 37 



See also Zvni, plants of. 



Playground, made by birds 226 



Pleiades, legends concerning. . 262-266 



Pliny, cited 42 



Pointing, objections to 239-240,271 



Poisoning — 



practice of 343, 358-359 



See also Curare. 



Poison oak, place named for 86 



Poles, used in boating 221 



Popped corn, preparation of 76 



Population, Indi.\n, investigation 



of 18 



Porpoise — 



beliefs concerning 243 



origin ^ 121,245 



Portraits, restrictions on 299 



