450 



INDEX 



TlOERS — 



characteristics 367 



legends 123,133-134, 



178, 202-204, 205-206, 210-211, 216- 

 217, 218-219, 223-225, 342, 373-375 



man created from 143 



markings on, origin 224 



teeth of, talismans 289 



Sceolso Black Tiger; Warra- 



CABA TIGER. 

 TiGTITIG BIRD. See TiKITIKl. 

 TiKITIKI BIRD — 



<lamage to children by 187, 371 



preying of, on s]iirits of dead. 161-162 



TiMEHRi (Ti), cited ... . 140, 255, 296, 304, 



319, 323, 324, 331, 333, 340, 345, 352 



Timidity, cure for 85 



TiTTONi, ToMMASo, dedication to. 105 



Tlingit, references to 19 



Toads — 



■worship of 138-139 



See also Frogs. 

 Tobacco — 



clan name from 86 



juice of, med icine power from. 328 



legend of Mawdri and 192 



occlusion of vision by 298-299 



origin 246,334-338 



used in medicine 54 



used in ordeals 338-340 



used to invoke spirits 95, 191-192 



Toilet, i>lants used for 83, 88 



ToKORoi-Mo, evil due to 349 



TOMATILLA — 



used as food 68 



used in ceremonies 94 



Tongue, sore, how treated by 



Zuni 50 



Toothache, cure for 52, 60, 371 



Torrents, tears of spirits 236 



Tortillas, preparation of 71 



Tortoise, characteristics 369 



Totem anim.4.l, taboo against kill- 

 ing 297 



Toupinambou Indians, legends... 363 



TouviNGA negroes, description.. 364 

 To'wA yal'lanne — 



legend 35 



Traditions, preserved by medi- 

 cine-men .345 



Transformation op body 149, 



150-151, 182,184,199,341 



legends concerning 184-185 



moon and, relation of 257 



Page 



Tree of Life, spirits associated 



with 228, 229, 2.33 



Tree.s — 



origin of man from 144-145, 146 



spirits associated with. . 171-172, 228 



Tribe of the Fork, study of his- 

 tory of 19, 20 



Trio Indians — 



beliefs 363 



food 296,297 



legend of, on creation 145 



names 304 



ordeals 278 



talismans 288 



TRUE.Z>r. R. II.. acknowledgments 



to 38 



Trimpet, used in ceremonies 137 



Trimpeter bird — 



plumage of. origin 212 



warnings by 275-276 



Tsi'.vahe, acknowledgments to. . . 38 



Tuc-\\o Indians — 



burial customs of ' . . . 158 



names of 306 



TuKUYUHA. description of 171, 3G6 



Tumbleweed eaten by Zuiii 65 



Tunica— 



linguistic material of 19 



research among the 18 



Tupi Indians, belief in God 

 among 118-119 



Turkeys, how fed by Zuiii 59 



Turner, Dr., cited 48 



Turquoise used in medicine 50 



Turtles — 



amulet from 213 



legends 212- 



213, 223-225, 226-227, 272 



markings on, origin 224 



used a,s'food 297-298 



TuRU FRUIT, ripening of, festival 

 at 138 



TuscARORA, study of language of.. 20 



Tuyuka Indians, natal customs. . 322 



Twins — 



cause 320 



consequences 320, 325 



Two - fingered Negroes. See 



TOUVINGA. 



1'acarra Indians, marriage cus- 

 toms of 314-315 



Uamma (snake), Caribs descended 



from 143-144 



