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QuiRipr DULECT3, location of 214 



Easles, Father, account of death of 172-173 



Ratibida columnaris, hair cut to resemble. 90 

 RATTLEaNAKE PLANTAJN, medicinal Use of... 265 



Rattlesnakes, story about 395 



Ray, Joseph, mention of 229 



Red-star, asky deity. 74 



Rhu barb, wild, medicinal use of 266 



Rites, sacred, reticence regarding 29 



Rituals, CHILD-NAMING, importance of. 31 



Roberts, Earle O., collection purchased 



from 18 



Roberts, Miss Helen H., songs transcribed 



by.... 293,294 



Rogers, James, legend told by 259 



Rosier, James, Indians described by 172 



Saawerramet, a Wawcnock at Falmouth 



conference 174 



Sachems, list of, signing Falmouth treaty 174 



Sacred bouse, approach to 36-38 



Safford, Mrs. W. E., gift from 18 



Sagadahock^ 



forms of the name with meanings 170 



the territory of the Wawenock 170 



use of the word 171 



St. Francis Abenaki — 



origin of the term 173 



tribes constituting 169 



St. Francis Indians, independent of Wa- 

 wenock. 175 



St. Ignace, peace embassy at 456 



St. Lawrence River, Wawenock descend- 

 ants on 176 



Sainte Marie de Oannentaa, mission of. 461-462 



Samson Occum, mention of 211 



Sandy Desert, legend of 259 



Sarsaparilla, medicinal use of 266 



Sassafras, medicinal use of 268 



Sauct-calf, mention of 89 



Scales of Picurls songs 414-425 



Scalp house, story of origin of 371-373 



Searles, Stanley, work of 15-16 



Seasons, observation of, by Osage 29 



Seneca— 



League of the Iroquois joined by 463 



peace treaty of 456 



Shantok Point— 



described 257-258 



legend of 258 



Shantup Point, See Shantok Point. 



Sheepscot, local name for Wawenock 172 



Shinnecock, dialect of 214 



SHO^'-GE-MO'i-I"- 



child named by 72 



recorder of Osage rite 30 



ritual given by ._ 59 



Sho'''-ge-mo"-i'', Joe — 



Acknowledgment to 30 



story concerning 91 



Signs— 



and omens of luck 272-274 



indicating changes in weather 270-271 



indicating death 393 



Smros- 



A sky deity ___ 74 



hair cut symbolizing 92 



Skanawati, account of... 467-458 



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Ska y-al, Haida chief, mentioned 13 



Skeesucks, Jerome Roscoe- 



acknowledgment to 260 



descent of 251 



Skeesucks, Lester, mention of 224 



Skeesucks, Mrs., mention of _._ 209 



Skeletal material— 



from Elden Pueblo 3 



from Louisiana 14 



Sky— 



and earth, relationship between 29-30 



represented by gens 30 



Sky deities- 



appeal to _ 73,74 



sexes of 75 



Sky names— 



of the Puma gens._ 32-33 



origin of 32 



Slippery elm, medicinal use of. 267 



Snakeroot, medicinal use of _ 266 



Snakes, beliefs concerning 247,267 



SoiONES, a Huron, adopted among Iroquois. 456 

 Sokokis, location of 170, 173 



SONGS— 



deer call _ 397 



of the Bluejay 379,443,444,445 



of the Dove Sisters . 353,438 



of the Elf 303,307,341,343,426,427,428, 



429-430, 431-432, 433-434, 436, 436, 437 



of the Grandmother 367,440,441 



of the Jackrabbit 379,442,443 



of the Wizards 367,369,439,440,441,442 



Osage, Footstep.. .J 37 



Picuris, analysis of. 399-426 



Sons— 



first three, names for 31-32 



kinship terms for 31 



See flfao Kinship terms. 



Spearmint, medicinal use of 265 



Sphyn.x Moth, story about 363-366 



Spicewood leaves, medicinal use of 265 



Spider web, medicinal use of 268 



Spikenard, medicinal use of 265,266 



Sullivan, General, punitiveexpeditionof.. 460 



Sumach, upland, medicinal use of 265 



Sun— 



a life symbol 60,68 



asky deity _ 73,74 



object of prayers to 38 



Superstitions of the Mohegan 264-276 



Swan, white, symbolism of 52-63 



Swanton, John R. — 



papers by 16 



work of 6 



Sweeney, Albert E., resignation of... 19 



Sweet FERN, medicinal use of 264 



Symbolism— 



of birth names 31-32 



of buffalo robe. 64-56 



of decorating the Xo'-ka 34 



of hair cutting 87-94 



of hair dressing 64,55 



Ta' I-ni-ka-shi-ga, personal names of 128-130 



Tansy, medicinal use of.. 266 



Tantaquidgeon family— 



descent of 204 



mention of 229 



