INDEX 



Abortion, 225, 227. 

 Achiote, 200. 

 Adobe making. 123-124. 

 Adultery, 260-261. 



Afterbirth, disposition of, 226, 227-228. 

 Agrarian community, 170. 

 Agriculture. 53, 58-79. 

 All Saints' Day, 195, 219-221, 269. 

 All Souls' Day, 199, 219-221. 

 Andarin, 273. 



Animals, domestic. 114^119; hunted, 120-121; pre- 

 Conquest domesticated, 10. 

 Audiencia, 17, 18, 19. 

 Augustinians. 7, 189. 

 Ash Wednesday. 209. 

 Associations, religious, 202-204. 

 Atlatl, 106-107. 

 Atole, 10, 50, 70; for nursing mothers, 226. 



Bands, musical, competition of, 206, 209. 



Baptism, 262-263. 



Barrios, aboriginal names of, 25-26; religious func- 

 tions of. 201-202. 



Barter, 137-141, 143. 



Basalenque. Diego, 7. 



Basketball, 240. 



Basket types, 36. 



Bathing, 47; of infants. 253; of pregnant women, 224. 



Beaumont, Pablo, 6, 7. 10, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25, 

 189. 



Bees. 118. 



Bilingualism. 118. 



Birth rate. 30. 228-229. 



Birth statistics, 228-231. 



Budgets, of families. 4, 156-162; of Tzintzuntzan mu- 

 nicipio, 179-181. 



Cabanuelas rains, 27. 



Calendar, pre-Conquest Tarascan, 14. 



Candle making. 125-127. 



Candlemas, 201. 204. 



Canoes, 10, 104, 111-113. 



Cardenas, Lazaro, 21, 24, 41, 102, 174, 176, 188, 241. 



Cargueros, 19, 70, 195-202, 207, 209, 210, 215, 221, 



222, 223, 264, 268. 

 Caso, Alfonso, 14. 

 Catrin, 33, 41, 42, 249. 



Census, 3, 28, 37, 53-56, 229; Agrarian census, 173. 

 Childbirth, 224-228. 

 Church, annual cost of, 222; buildings, 189-193; 



councils, 193; fiestas, 204-222. 

 Climate, of Tzintzuntzan. 26-27. 



Clothing, annual budgets for, 158-162; modern. 41- 

 48; pre-Conquest, 11, 14. 



Cock fighting, 279. 



Compadrazgo, 208, 262-264. 



Commuiiidad Indigena. 170-173; festive responsibil- 

 ities of, 205-206; value of lands of, 175. 



Confirmation, 263. 



Corpus Christi, 195, 199, 216-217. 



Courtship, 248-249. 



Credit system, 143-145; in stores, 138-141. 



Cupping, 267. 



Curanderos, 226, 266-267, 287. 



Dancing, 208. 



Death, 268-272; of Tarascan kings, 13; statistical 



data on, 31, 270-272. 

 Deities, ancient Tarascan, 8, 13-14. 

 Devil, pacts with, 278. 

 Disease, ideas about, 266-268. 



Divination, for evil eye, 267; pre-Conquest, 11, 14. 

 Divorce, lack of legal forms of, 259, 261. 

 Doctors, visits to, 226, 267. 

 Dolls, 238. 



Domestic service, 127. 

 Ducks, species hunted, 106. 



Ear piercing, 234. 



Earth oven, for mezcaL 122-123. 



Eclipse. 69, 224, 225. 227. 



Economics, general. 52-176, 289. 292: of agriculture, 

 71-79; of pottery makina;, 79-101; pre-Conquest, 

 9-11. 



Education, formal, 240-245. 



Efficiency, in work, 91. 128-130. 



Ejido, 19, 170-175, 287. 



Elections, of cargueros, 196-197, 198; political, 182- 

 183. 



Encomiendas. 17, 19. 



Epiphany, 204. 



Escobar, Matias de, 7. 



Etymology, of word "kengueria," 293; of word '"Ta- 

 rascan," 9 



Evil eye, 266-267. 



Faena, 179. 



Families, composition of, 264—266; in Vasco de Qui- 



roga's hospitals, 18; of Tarascan families, 32-33. 

 Fauna, 27. 



Fertility, of women. 229-230. 

 Field techniques, for gathering data, 2-5. 

 Fiestas, of the Church, 204-222; of the municipio, 



187-188. 



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