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  INDEX 
  

  

  Blackfeet— 
  Page 
  

  

  Omaha 
  name 
  for 
  102 
  

  

  White 
  Buffalo 
  Hide 
  among 
  284 
  

  

  Black 
  Hills, 
  S. 
  Dak., 
  reference 
  102 
  

  

  Blue 
  Earth 
  river, 
  references 
  73,80 
  

  

  Boas, 
  Dr. 
  Franz, 
  work 
  of 
  9 
  

  

  Boat. 
  See 
  Bull-boat. 
  

  

  Boone 
  col 
  t 
  nty, 
  Nebr., 
  references 
  100, 
  101 
  

  

  Bourgmont, 
  de, 
  reference 
  81 
  

  

  Bow 
  creek, 
  Nebr., 
  reference 
  85 
  

  

  Bows— 
  

  

  in 
  Ponca 
  legend 
  49 
  

  

  in 
  Shell 
  Society 
  ceremony 
  502,504 
  

  

  manufacture 
  448-451 
  

  

  origin 
  70 
  

  

  used 
  by 
  Padouca 
  79 
  

  

  Buffalo— 
  

  

  albino 
  sacred 
  284 
  

  

  as 
  tabu 
  animal 
  47 
  

  

  connection 
  with 
  origin 
  of 
  maize 
  70-78 
  

  

  connection 
  with 
  Te'ithaethe 
  487-488 
  

  

  disappearance 
  29, 
  33, 
  244. 
  619. 
  034-035 
  

  

  origin 
  71 
  , 
  147, 
  239 
  

  

  represented 
  in 
  Shell 
  Society 
  figure 
  559 
  

  

  special 
  connection 
  with 
  man 
  512 
  

  

  Buffalo 
  hunt, 
  annual 
  — 
  

  

  control 
  of 
  Council 
  of 
  Seven 
  209-210 
  

  

  dispatch 
  of 
  scouts 
  142. 
  423-426 
  

  

  general 
  account 
  137, 
  270-271 
  . 
  275-283 
  

  

  leadership 
  in 
  Inke'cabe 
  gens 
  146-147 
  

  

  preservat 
  ion 
  of 
  order 
  215 
  

  

  references 
  45, 
  40, 
  357-358 
  

  

  religious 
  element 
  in 
  309 
  

  

  rites 
  connected 
  with 
  200, 
  596 
  

  

  Buffalo 
  hunt 
  (Ponca), 
  ritual 
  connected 
  

  

  with 
  442, 
  446 
  

  

  Buffalo 
  hunt, 
  winter, 
  account 
  of 
  271 
  

  

  Bull-boat, 
  description 
  36, 
  37 
  

  

  Burden 
  strap, 
  description 
  339-340 
  

  

  Bureau 
  of 
  American 
  Ethnology, 
  linguistic 
  

  

  classification 
  of 
  Siouan 
  tribes 
  605 
  

  

  See 
  also 
  Administrative 
  report. 
  

   Burial 
  customs. 
  See 
  Funeral 
  customs. 
  

   Burt 
  county, 
  Nebr., 
  reference 
  loo 
  

  

  Caches, 
  description 
  98-99,275 
  

  

  Caddo— 
  

  

  Omaha 
  name 
  for 
  102 
  

  

  reference 
  112 
  

  

  Wa'wa° 
  ceremony 
  among 
  74 
  

  

  Calendar, 
  terms 
  used 
  in 
  n 
  1 
  

  

  California, 
  Southern, 
  explorations 
  in 
  11 
  

  

  Calumet 
  pipes, 
  reference 
  207 
  

  

  Canoes, 
  references 
  72,81 
  

  

  Captive 
  songs— 
  

  

  examples 
  427-431 
  

  

  reference 
  603 
  

  

  Captives, 
  treatment 
  603 
  

  

  Carver, 
  Jonathan, 
  on 
  early 
  trade 
  of 
  Omaha. 
  80- 
  

  

  81.612 
  

  

  Catlin, 
  on 
  value 
  of 
  white 
  buffalo 
  hide 
  284 
  

  

  Cat-tail, 
  medicinal 
  use 
  584 
  

  

  Cedar, 
  associated 
  with 
  thunder 
  rites 
  42 
  

  

  Cedar 
  county, 
  Nebr., 
  reference 
  99 
  

  

  Cedar 
  creek, 
  reference 
  99 
  

  

  Cedar 
  Pole— 
  

  

  account 
  of 
  229. 
  457-458 
  

  

  references 
  194, 
  200, 
  217, 
  219, 
  494 
  

  

  Ceremonies. 
  See 
  Rites 
  and 
  Rituals. 
  Page 
  

  

  Character 
  of 
  Omaha, 
  summary 
  112-114 
  

  

  Cherokee— 
  

  

  lands 
  purchased 
  from 
  57 
  

  

  Ponca 
  name 
  for 
  103 
  

  

  Cheyenne— 
  

  

  hunting 
  ground 
  89 
  

  

  Omaha 
  attack 
  on 
  87 
  

  

  Omaha 
  contact 
  with 
  73 
  

  

  Omaha 
  name 
  for 
  102 
  

  

  party 
  to 
  peace 
  treaty 
  74.218.370 
  

  

  See 
  also 
  Southern 
  Cheyenne. 
  

  

  Chiefs— 
  

  

  clothing 
  355. 
  356 
  

  

  effect 
  of 
  traders' 
  influence 
  on 
  630-631 
  

  

  one 
  for 
  each 
  grand 
  division 
  135 
  

  

  part 
  in 
  ritual 
  of 
  White 
  Buffalo 
  Hide 
  289 
  

  

  position 
  601-602 
  

  

  See 
  also 
  Chieftainship. 
  Council 
  of 
  Seven 
  

   Chiefs. 
  

  

  Chieftainship— 
  

  

  early 
  history 
  202 
  

  

  emoluments 
  of 
  chiefs 
  and 
  keepers 
  212-213 
  

  

  lapsing 
  635 
  

  

  offenses 
  and 
  punishments 
  213-216 
  

  

  orders 
  of 
  chiefs 
  202-200 
  

  

  See 
  also 
  Chiefs, 
  Council 
  of 
  Seven 
  Chiefs. 
  

  

  Childbirth, 
  references 
  584, 
  585 
  

  

  Children— 
  

  

  amusements 
  362-366, 
  369-370 
  

  

  baby 
  names 
  abandoned 
  117 
  

  

  care 
  and 
  training 
  327-333 
  

  

  consecration 
  of 
  boy 
  to 
  Thunder 
  122-128 
  

  

  exempt 
  from 
  sweat 
  baths 
  585 
  

  

  introduction 
  into 
  tribe 
  117 
  

  

  introduction 
  to 
  Cosmos 
  115-116 
  

  

  in 
  Wa'wa" 
  ceremony 
  379-380 
  

  

  property 
  of 
  362 
  

  

  puberty 
  ceremony 
  128-133 
  

  

  rites 
  connected 
  with 
  597 
  

  

  Sacred 
  Shell 
  intrusted 
  to 
  455, 
  457 
  

  

  treatment 
  in 
  war 
  403, 
  426 
  

  

  See 
  also 
  Etiquette. 
  

  

  Chippewa, 
  relations 
  with 
  Omaha 
  102 
  

  

  Christianity. 
  See 
  Missionaries. 
  

  

  5i 
  n 
  'DE.\o»xon, 
  group 
  under, 
  account 
  of 
  178, 
  

  

  179-180 
  

  

  CrviL 
  War, 
  Omaha 
  in 
  the 
  635 
  

  

  Clan, 
  reference 
  195 
  

  

  Clark 
  creek, 
  reference 
  100 
  

  

  Clark, 
  Miss 
  May 
  S., 
  work 
  of. 
  13 
  

  

  Clay 
  on 
  the 
  head, 
  significance 
  129 
  

  

  Clayton, 
  J. 
  B., 
  work 
  of 
  13 
  

  

  Cloth. 
  See 
  Weaving. 
  

  

  Clothing— 
  

  

  affected 
  by 
  advent 
  of 
  trader 
  616 
  

  

  at 
  meetings 
  of 
  Hethu'shka 
  461 
  

  

  general 
  description 
  354-356 
  

  

  materials 
  272, 
  347-348 
  

  

  of 
  members 
  of 
  Pebble 
  society 
  565 
  

  

  of 
  members 
  of 
  Shell 
  society 
  519 
  

  

  of 
  warriors 
  409-411 
  

  

  origin 
  71 
  

  

  rites 
  for 
  obtaining 
  195 
  

  

  robes 
  354, 
  356-362 
  

  

  storage 
  in 
  caches 
  98-99 
  

  

  Club, 
  description 
  448 
  

  

  