CONTENTS. XI 



Chapter V. — Dakota auil Assiiiibdiii cults— Continued. *^''' 



The (lawn ^go 



Weather spirit 4gg 



Heyoka 4gj^ 



The concept of Heyoka 4gy 



Heyoka feast 4gg 



Story of a Heyoka man 4gg 



Heyoka women 4'j] 



lya, the god of gluttony 47 j 



Ikto, Iktomi, or Unktomi 47^ 



Caijotidaij and Holiuogioa 47;^ 



A n ui)g-ite 473 



I'enutes 475 



(iuardiau spirits 475 



Beliefs about the buffalo 475 



Prevalence of the beliefs 475 



Origin of the buft'alo 471; 



The Tataygnaskiijyai), or mythic butfalo 477 



The bear 477 



The wolf 477 



Horses 479 



.Spiders 479 



Snake lore 479 



The double woman 4gO 



UeiT women 4gO 



Dwarfs or elves 481 



l^ogs 481 



Trees 4g2 



Customs relating to childhood 482 



l'"l"Tty 483 



(ihost lore and the future life 484 



Meaning of wanagi '. 484 



Assiniboiu beliefs about the dead 485 



Ghosts not always visible 485 



Death and burial lore 485 



Why the Teton stopped buiying in tlie ground 486 



Importance of tattooing 486 



Ceremonies at the ghost lodge 487 



Good and bad ghosts 489 



Intercourse with ghosts 489 



( ihost stories 489 



The ghost husband 489 



The solitary traveler 489 



The ghost on the hill 489 



The Indian who wrestled with a ghost 489 



The man who shot a ghost 492 



Assiniboiu beliefs about ghosts 492 



Prayers to the dead, including ancestors 493 



Metamorphoses and transmigration of souls 493 



Exhortations to absent warriors 493 



Mysterious men and women 493 



Gopher lore 496 



Causes of boils and sores ' 496 



Results of lying, stealing, etc 497 



Secret societies 497 



