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Animals — 



appealed to by warriors 58 



four symbolic, wi'-gi-e of 245 



skins of, for sjTnbolicuse 46 



smoke offering to skins of 243-248 



spirits of, as guardians of the penalties--- 44 



Apios apios, a sacred food plant-- 129 



Appropriation for American Ethnology- 9 



Arrows— 



ceremony connected with 233-234,364-365 



songs of --- 233-234,364-369 



sym'bolic use of 207, 234, 364-3B5 



Atakapa language, grammatical sketch of. 13 



Bank-swallow, as a symbol 50 



Bear, black. See Black Bear. 



Beckwith, Martha Warren, paper by 24 



Black Bear — 



as a symbol 193,214,238,244,327 



sacred soil disclosed by -_ 186 



Black Bear gens— 



office of--- 346 



songs belonging to 316 



wi'-gi-e of 154-164 



See Wa-ga'-be gens. 



Black Bear Songs 185-192,344-347 



Blue Jay Songs.- 220 



Boas, Franz— 



bulletin by 24 



paper by 24 



work of 21 



Bow, ceremonial painting of 234 



Bow-making Songs 271-274 



Buffalo — 



a gift to the people 207, 211 



hair of, as a symbol 58-59 



Buffalo bull, as a symbol of courage and 

 strength 244 



Buffalo-bull-face gens. See Tse-do'-ga 

 in-dse gens. 



Buffalo Bull gens — 



rite accredited to 205 



See Tho'-se gens. 



Buffalo Bull Men, Songs of the Eising 

 OF THE-- 206-213 



Buffalo Face gens. See Tse-do'-ga I^-dse 

 gens. 



Buffalo Songs 192-205,283-289 



ritual closed with 205,326 



Bushnell, D. I., Jr., work of 22-23 



Butchering Song 134 



Butterfly, as a symbol - 50 



Cardinal points in religious rites 309 



See Winds, four. 



Carrying Song 135 



Catawba language, study of, by John R. 

 Swanton-- - 14 



Cat-tail gens. See Wa-ke'-the-stse-dse 

 gens. 



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Cedar, a symbol of long life 238 



Charcoal, sacred — 



a symbol of fire--- 113 



songs relating to 213,327 



use of -. 327 



wi'-gi-e of- 214-216 



Chinquapin, water, asacred food 195 



See Nelumbo lutea. 



Chitimacha language, grammatical sketch 

 of - 13 



Ci^'-dse-a-gthe, a tribal division 82 



Cio'-DSE-A-GTBE GENS, offlces Of 92 



Clark, Miss M. S., work of -- 28 



Clothing, ceremonial - 196 



Clouds, Songs of the 351-355 



Club, Songs of decorating the- 355-358 



Collections transferred to United States 



National Museum--- 27 



Colorado, ethnological work in 12 



Cooper, John M., bulletin by-.- 24 



Corn— 



a gift to the people 207 



grown by women 288 



sjTnbolic planting of 194 



Corn-planting Songs '--- - 196-205 



Correspondence of the Bureau of American 



Ethnology 10 



Crow— 



appeal to, for aid 295 



badge 127 



buffalo hunters guided by 183 



mystic power of 296 



prominent in tribal rites- 182 



Crow Songs 127-129,182-185,316 



CuRTiN, Jeremiah, paper by 24 



Dakota dialects, words of, found in Osage 



rituals 186. 187 



Deer— 



as a symbol-- _ 214 



as an emblem - 327 



ceremonies connected with 322 



place of, in tribal life 322 



Deer People gens. See Ta' I-ni-Ka-shi-ga 

 gens. 



Deer Songs 129-137,322-326 



ritual closed with - -- 326 



Densmore, Miss Frances— 



bulletin by-- 24 



collections made by 27 



work of 23 



Divisions, tribal 82,84 



See Gentes. 

 Do-doo'-hc-ga- 



authority of 279 



chosen leader of war party 107,109,111 



duties of - 107,144,279 



songs referrring to -- 120-123 



wailing of--- 138 



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