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INDEX 



rage 



Water — 



effect of, on bees 201 



splashing a man with, meaning 



of 201 



traveling on, words taboo while 252- 



253, 307 



Water babies, belief in 247 



Water-cow. See Manati. 



Water JUG, transformation of 246 



Water parsnip — 



place named for 86 



used in medicine 44 



Water people — 



legends concerning 242-243 



See also Fish nation. 



Water .snake — 



legend concerning 225, 242 



See also Camudi. 



Water Spirits — 



account 241-253 



amorousness 241, 246-249 



beliefs in 154, 241-253 



cohabitation with 325 



descriptions 241-245 



gift of stones by 330 



helpfulness 241, 245-246 



offense to 251-253 



origin 241, 245 



references to 241, 251-252 



See also Fish-mamma; Fish 

 nation; Okoyumo; Omar; 

 Oriyu. 



Waterton, C. (W) — 



cited; .328, 343 



on makina; curare, 303-304 



on spirit incarnation 175 



Wau-uta. See Frogs; Rain- 

 frogs. 



Weapons, burial of. with dead 149, 



156-157 



Weather — 



control of 267-268, 270 



forecasting of 269 



See also Rain. 



Weaving, plants used in 77-79 



Wheat — 



preparation of 71 



use of, in he'palokia 75 



Whipping — 



as ordeal 308, 311, 321 



broken arrow used for 210 



datil used for 99 



used in ceremonies 138,157.300 



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Whips, invention 228 



White men, rainbow associated 



with 268 



Whooping cough, origin of 293 



Wicissi-DUCK, origin of 122 



Widows, marriage of 314 



Wild Four-o'clock, used in medi- 

 cine 58 



Willow — 



used as medicine 42 



used for basketry 81 



used for toasting-forks 70 



Wilson, T., objects purchased 



from 22 



Windows of Zufii -36 



Winged pigweed, used to confuse- 



enemy 84 



Winnebago, manuscript on the... 24 

 Winter sage, used in medicine. . . 51 

 Wishing, association of, with vis- 

 ion 135, 301 



Witchcraft — 



bones used in 149, 159 



punishment 39. 40. 41. 353 



Sec also Kanaima. 

 Wives — 



bringing up of 182 



buried with husbands 149, 157 



redress of 207 



warning to, legend 316-318 



Women — 



and the serpent Oroli, legend . . 378 



Iniried with husbands 149, 157 



chastity of 44, 160 



creator of 126 



exclusion of, from hunting.. 194,226 

 from sacred instruments. 138, 229 



forbidden to handle binas 282 



game lirought home by 294 



obstinacy of, legend 272-273 



restrictions on. See Child- 

 birth; Menstruation; 

 Pregnancy-. 



tal)oos of 303, 304, 319 



transformation of. legend 172-173 



Wood, Dr. George B.. cited 02 



WoOD-ANTs, legend concerning 211 



Woodpecker — 



legend concerning 211 



nest of, shooting into 315-316 



Words, paraphrasis of, in boats. . 252-253 

 Worms, oririn of Carihs from 143 



