INDEX. 



551 



Page. 



Pipe, Nenenot 302 



Planets, Mytha concerning 514 



Plants, 390 



Polygamy among northern Indians 188, 270 



Polytheism among Sioiian tribes 502 



Pond, G. H., cited on beliefs 375 



— (J noted 446 



Hey oka gods 468 



Indian beliefs 432,49-4 



mvsterj' dance 440 



Sundance 450 



— , Reference to work of 363 



Ponka belief as to futnre life 419 



— cults, Description of 371 



— , Researches concerning xxxl 



— terms 367 



P( IPULATION, Eskimo 176 



Portage, Method of making, among 



nnrthern Indians 306 



Pottery, Sia 12 



Poverty, — 112 



Powell, J. "W., cited on Indian beliefs. . . 524 



— linguistic classification 10 



Tusayan secret ceremonials 13 



—, Classification of languages by xxx 



Powers recognized in Sionan concepts. . . 534 



Prayer among the Indians 130, 373, 435 



Priesthood, vSia 16 



Prophecy, Aboriginal*. 404, 424, 444 



PSYCHOTHEISM, Absence of. . xlv, 365, 431, 501, 521 



Ptarmigan, Hunting of 204 



Puberty, Ceremonial connected with 208,443.483 

 Publications xxiv 



Quarters, The four 524, 537 



Queries concerning Indian beliefs 538 



QuER'-RAN-NA society, Organization and 



ceremonial of 112, 113, 130 



Quivers. Eskimo 247 



Qcoratean language, Work on xiis 



Rabbit, Myths concerning G5, 334, 472 



Rain ceremonial among the Sia 76,91, 101, 113 



— songs 123,126, 128 



Rainbow, Beliefs concerning . . 37, 56, 401, 508, 517 



Rattlesnake, Myths— 44, 156. 479 



Raven, Mythic origin of 262 



Reindeer hunting 276, 313 



— , Myths concerning , 200 



— , Uses of 276 



Religion, Primitive xlv, 9, 193, 520 



, Persistence of 13, 179 



, Special definition of 368 



Resurrection, Absence of belief in 421 



Reverence for ancestors 371 



Reynolds, H. L., Researches by xxv, xxxv 



RiGQS, A. L., cited on rites of puberty ... 483 



symbolism . .- 531 



Rians, Stephen R., cited on Dakota tonus 366 



Indian beliefs .... 375, 439. 444, 468, 480, 493 



stone gods 447 



— , Publication of dictionary by xxxi 



— quoted on Indian beliefs 432, 446, 528 



Page. 

 Riggs, Stephen R., quoted on Indian 



bogies 473 



lya 471 



moon worship 449 



• Siouan dance 443 



penate-s 475 



— , Reference to work of 363 



Rites, Mortuary 485 



—.Puberty 483 



— , Sia theurgistic 73 



Ruins, Sia 10 



Sacred tent of the Omaha 413 



Sacrifice, Primitive 196, 373 



380, 426, 435, 459, 502, 521 



Sand painting among the Sia 77 



Sanssouci, Louis, cited on beliefs 378 



Sapona, Beliefs of the 501,518 



Satan, Absence of belief concerning 371 



Sat, Thojias, quoted on berdaches 379 



Indian oeliefs 372,421,431 



— , Reference to work of 363 



Scaffold burial amongnorthernlndiaus . 272 

 Scalp dance, Ceremonial connected with. 52G 



ScARABEUS, Myths concerning 37 



Scarification in ceremonial 437, 460, 465 



Scrapers, Nenenot 292 



SEALSKiN.Use of, among northern Indians . 221 , 



232, 292 



Sea pigeons, Mythic origin of 262 



Seasons, Recognition of, by Indians 203 



Sense development among the Eskimo . . 202 



Serpent, Beliefs concerning 157, 508 



— , Worship of 514 



Sewing, Primitive 207,282 



Shadows, Myths concerning 514 



Shamanism, Siouan 392. 496, 513, 522 



— among northern Indians 194,273 



— , Discussion of 417, 520 



— , Persistence of 179 



Shamans, Position of, among Siouan 



tribes 371 



Shea, J. Gilmary, quoted on Indian be- 

 liefs 431 



— , Reference to work of 363 



Shells, Marine, used in Pueblo country. 114 



Shoes, Eskimo 217 



Shoshoni ceremonial. Reference to 375 



Shrew, Myths concerning 39 



Sia Indians, Researches concerning xxx, xxxix, 3 



Sign language, "Work on xxxi 



Sin, Indian concepts concerning 521 



Sinew, Extraction of 251 



— , Use of, for sowing 221 



Siouan alphabet 363 



— cults, Study of xxxli, xliii, 351 



.-, Definition of 361 



SissiTONWAN, Beliefs among 436 



Sitting Bull, Symbolic colors used by . . 531 



Sk^tona, Mythicserpent 157 



Skin clothing. Use oT 209 



— dressing among northern Indians 205, 275, 



278. 292 



