INDEX 



445 



Possession, demoniac, belief in. . 168 

 Posts of a house, ability to speak. 125. 233 



Pot, lucky, legend of 302, 303 



Potatoes — 



sweet, aversion of spirits for. . . 179 



transformation of 246 



used for food 71 



Potawatomi. study of history of. . . 19, 20 



Pot-spoon, washing 241, 252, 267 



Pottery — 



clay for, restrictions 302-303 



plants used in decoration of. . . 82 

 Powell. .1. W. — 



cited 35 



monument to 15 



Powis — 



binafor 282 



legend 201-202 



Prayer — 



before medical treatment 63 



Indian name for 300 



in treatment of snake poison. . 54 



Prayer sticks of the Zuiii 86 



Pregnancy — 



desire for 187,286,288 



origin 323, 326 



restrictions during 300, 



304, 319-320, 323-324 

 See also Children; Natal 

 customs. 



Pregnant women, liking of Bush 

 Spirits for 177. 181, 187 



Premonittons, belief in 272,273 



Prenatal influence, cSect of . . . 326 



Prentiss, Dt. D. W., cited on pe- 

 yote 41 



Priesthood op the Bow — 



account 48 



medical practice of 49. 52 



Primrose, evening, ceremonial 

 use 87 



Prophecy, medicine-men and 342 



Propitiation of dead, modes of . 155-156 



Puberty — 



ordeals 301, 308-313 



confusedwith marriage ordeals. 308 

 See also Menstruation. 



Publications, report on 22 



PuccooN — 



used in ceremonials 93-94 



used in medicine 56 



used in war 94 



Page 

 Pueblo Indians — 



reference to 35 



researches among 16 



PuFFB alls used as food 69 



PuiNAVi Indians, puberty among. 311 



Pulse, spirit in 153 



PupoMBO. See Kwa-muhu. 



PuRG-iTiVES employed by Zufii 45, 58 



Purification of body parts 58 



Purple dye, source of 88 



Purru.vaminari, man created by. 142 

 Puzzle, to deceive spirits. . . 180-181, 197 



Queensland, cannibalism in 158 



QUELCH, J. J. — ■ 



on clay models 140 



on poison making 304 



Rabbit. See Brer Rabbit. 



Rabbit brush — 



blo.ssoms of, used for basketry. 81 

 stems of, used for d yeing 80 



Radin, Paul, manuscript by 24 



Ragweed used in medicine 51 



Rain — 



averting 268 



ceremonial procedure for 36, 



37, 89, 91, 97 



effect on sickness 348 



making of 254, 267-268, 345 



signs 269, 275 



Rainbow — 



beliefs concerning 268 



personification 1 70, 268 



Rain-frogs^ 



legends 125, 195-196, 198 



origin 125 



See also Frogs. 



Rain priests — 



account 36 



/)atura used by 52 



Euphorbia used by 52 



medicines of 39 



Rattle — 



description 330-331 



origin 246, 331, 336, 337-338 



spirits compelled by 43, 



55. 149. 163-164, 231, 246 



stones for 330 



taboo to common people 330, 331 



use 347, 350 



warnings given by 222 



Rattlesnake, bite of, how treated 53, 



58, 61, 63 



