CONTENTS. V 



Page. 



Mnemonic 71) 



The quipu of the Peruvians 79 



Notched sticks 81 



Order of songs 82 



Traditions 84 



Treaties 86 



War 87 



Time 88 



The Dakota winter counts 89 



The Corbusier winter counts 127 



Notification 147 



Notice of departure and direction 147 



Notice of condition 152 



Warning and guidance 150 



Charts of geographic features 157 



Claim or demand 159 



Messages and communications - 160 



Record of expedition 164 



Totemic 165 



Tribal designations 165 



Gentile or clan designations 167 



Personal designations 168 



Insignia or tokens of authority 168 



Personal name 169 



An Ogalala roster 174 



Red-Cloud's census 176 



Property marks 182 



Status of the individual 183 



Signs of particular achievements 183 



Religious 188 



Mythic personages 188 



Shamanism 190 



Dances and ceremonies 194 



Mortuary practices 197 



Grave-posts : 198 



Charms and fetiches 201 



Customs 203 



Associations 203 



Daily life and habits 205 



Tribal history 207 



Biographic 208 



Continuous record of events in life 208 



Particular exploits and events 214 



Ideographs 219 



Abstract ideas 219 



Symbolism 221 



Identification of the pictographers 224 



General style or type 225 



Presence of characteristic objects 230 



Modes of interpretation 233 



Homomorphs and symmorphs 239 



Conventionalizing 244 



Errors and frauds 247 



Suggestions to collaborators 254 



