INDEX 



297 



Promiscuity, 260-261. 

 Prostitution, 207, 208, 260-261. 



Quiroga, Don Vasco de, 10, 17, 18, 19, 20, 69, 130, 

 190, 201, 286. 



Rainfall, in Patzcuaro area, 26-27. 



Rea, Alonso de la, 7, 11, 20, 28. 



Relacion de Michoacan, 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, 249, 259, 285. 



Religion, modern, 188-224; pre-Conquest, 13-14. 



Remarriage, 257, 261-262. 



Rescate fiesta. 204-209. 



Rescaton, 100, 142-143, 151, 153, 154. 



Residence, after marriage, 264^265. 



Revolution of 1910, 21, 196. 



Rope making, 110-111. 



Saints, in barrios, 201-202; in churches, 191-193; in 



kengueria, 201. 

 Seler, Eduard, 13, 14, 20, 25, 190. 

 Sexual relations, 259-260. 

 Share croppers, 71-72. 

 Silantro, 48, 68. 

 Sinarquism, 181, 183-186, 242. 

 Slaughtering, 115-117; annual animal kill, 168. 

 Social stratification, 33-34. 

 Sources, pre-Conquest history, 6-7. 

 Strangers, attitudes toward, 23, 31. 



Superstitions, agricultural, 69; cutting of hair, 234; 



fishing, 105; mezcal making, 122-123; pregnancy, 



224-228; toothache, 268. 

 Sympathetic magic, in parturition, 225. 



Taxation, animal slaughtering, 168; at Rescate fiesta, 

 206-207; municipio, 179-181; property, 169-170; 

 stores, 138. 



Threshing, beans, 64; wheat, 65. 



Toys, 237-238. 



Trade, rescaton trips, 100, 142-143. 



Traps and snares, 121. 



Travel, 147-148. 



Twins, not desired, 224-225; statistical data on, 229. 



Umbilical cord, magical value of, 226-228. 



Via Crucis procession, 196, 209-210, 212. 

 Vital statistics, 27-30; birth, 228-231; death, 270- 

 272; marriage, 256-259. 



Wakes, 269-270. 



Warfare, pre-Conquest, 14—15. 



Water supply, of Tzintzuntzan, 40-41. 



Weaving, of cloth in Patzcuaro, 117; petates, 113- 



114; pre-Conquest, 10. 

 Wedding, description of, 254-255. 

 Witchcraft, 275-278. 



