INDEX 



ABORiGraES OF West Indies, memoir on, by 



Dr. J. Walter Fewkes 7 



Adoption — 



customs of 139 



name used after 128 



Agriculture 115-117 



Alliances of the Winnebago 58-59 



Alphabet, syllabic, used by Winnebago. . . 47 

 Alsea, grammatical sketch by Dr. Leo J. 



Frachtenberg 18 



Altpeter mounds — 



form of 100 



location of 99 



number of 100 



American Museum of Natural History, 



acknowledgment to 48 



Animals— 



method of slaughtering 113 



mythological classification of 186 



power of transformation of 197 



Appropriation for American Ethnology. 1 



Arapaho Bull, instructions given by 415 



Arapaho Peyote ceremony 415-419 



Arbor vit.e , use of, in purifying rites 445 



Archeology of the Winnebago 76-103 



Arrowheads— 



authorship of 85-87 



distribution of 79 



types of 88 



Arrows, five types of 110 



Atkinson's camp, location of 99 



Attendants at feasts, duties of 329 



Axes, copper, types of 88 



Aztalan, description of 88-90 



Bant)oliers, described 109 



Baptism , as practiced by Peyote cult 389, 395 



Bear clan— 



customs of 227-228, 148-153 



dance for benefit of 386 



feast of 321 



fimctions of 200, 226 



importance of 226 



insignia of 226 



known as Soldier clan 218 



lodge of 226, 229 



origin myths of 225 



personal names 236-237 



relations of, with Wolf clan 227 



songs of 235 



symbol of 203 



war-bundle feast of 547-550 



Bear feast, origin myth of 301-302 



Bear hltjt, description of 111-112 



Begging ceremony 387 



Behne,K. A.,specimen purchased from 30 



Bible, use of, in Peyote religion 394 



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Bio Fox's village, location of 51 



Big Hawk's village, location of 51 



Bingham mounds. See Eufus Bingham 

 mounds; Ira Bingham mounds. 



Bird clans, feast of 318-321 



Birds, u?e of, in making medicines 262 



Births, customs concerning 126 



Black Earth Medicine feast, mention it. .. 318 

 Black Hawk— 



characterization of. 441 



offering to 429, 463 



Black Hawk's camp, location of 99 



Black Hawk's Island, camp site 99 



Black Water-sphut, cured of consumption . 392 



Black Wolf's village, location of 51 



Bladder, the hero, offerings to 441 



Blessing — 



act of. in medicine dance 365 



passing of 366 



special, for warfare 157, 160, 16P 



Blindness, belief concerning 263 



Blowsnake, Jasper— 



acknowledgment to 48 



remarks by 447 



Boas, Franz— 



acknoviiedgment to 48 



papers by 27, 28 



work of 19-20, 21 



Bogaras, Waldemar, author of Chukchee 



grammar 20 



Bone, artifacts of, from mounds 102 



Bow, of simple type no 



Bracelets 109 



Brown, C. E.— 



acknowledgment to 48 



quoted on copper implements 87-88 



quoted on garden beds 103 



quoted on intagUo mounds 81 



Buckskins — 



ceremony of throwing out, tospirits. 431, 51.3, 544 



marking of 443 



offering of, to spirits 429-430, 465 



preparation of, for War-bundle feast 428, 442, 530 

 Buffalo clan— 



functions of 200,243 



funeral customs 151-155 



origin myth 243-245 



personal names 246 



songs 245 



Buffalo clan feast, participation in 206 



Buffalo hunt, description of 112 



Buffalo societies, number of 317-318 



BtreTALO Sphuts — 



myth of 437 



society of those blessed by 344-347 



Buffalo tail, feast to 387 



551 



