1107 



Pag€ 



Wafer-bread making, passing 



of 209,212 



Waiictu, the present cacique 44 



Wampum beads, symbolism of, 



studied by J. N. B. Hewitt. . 7 



War, groups associated with. 527-528 

 War chief — 



calendar of installation of. _ 50 



duties of assistants to 259-260 



elected annually 45 



functions of. _ . 42, 45, 50, 259-260 



installation of 46 



names of 45 



prayer sticks deposited by. 126 



prayers of 46 



responsibility of 50 



special cooks for 45 



War cult, Pueblo, present 



status of 525 



War dances, characteristic of__ 527 

 War gods — 



cult of 525-528 



prayer to 668 



twin, in Acoma mythology. 64 

 War party — 



address at start of. 669 



ceremony for start of 671 



return of 674 



War spirits, Keresan 344 



Warrior, rites observed by, 



after taking scalp 632 



Warrior's society — 



functions of 51 



requirements for 96 



Water-bubbling people — 



a Blue Corn division 271 



officialsof 272 



Water CLAN, size of 35 



Water people — 



offerings to 294,295,318,319 



supernaturals 342 



Water-spirit bundle, ex- 

 plained to Frances Densmore. 9 



Wealth, attitude toward 137 



Weaving amon^the Isletans 212 



Whipping — 



as a cure 287 



as exorcism 524-525 



as punishment 287,479 



by katcinas 872-873 



ceremonial 132,979 



for purification 506-507 



importance of rite of 976 



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Whipping — Continued. 



of initiates 48, 263 



Zuni attitude toward 518 



White Corn chief — 



ceremonial house of 210 



reference to 204 



Whites — 



Acoma attitude toward 53 



effect of contact with 57 



Widowers — 



rites observed l^y 632 



taboos concerning 503 



Widows — 



remarriage of 238 



taboos concerning 603 



Wilding, Anthony W., work of. 14 



Willow, used for prayer sticks. 275 



Wind, as a supernatural 342 



Windstorms, belief concerning. 487 



Winnebago songs recorded 9 



Winter solstice — 



observance of 85 



time of 289 



Witch bundle — 



buried 210 



contents of 310,311 



Witch chief, actions of 310 



Witchcraft — 



belief in 204, 205, 242-243 



death caused by 482 



punishment for 479 



tales of 425-443 



Witches — 



beliefs concerning... 108, 120, 121 



capture of 124,340 



doctors' fight with 121 



sickness caused by.. 108, 123, 340 

 treatment of 278,533 



Women — 



associated with priesthoods. 513 



ceremonial obligations of 478 



costume of 870-871 



excluded from head estufa. 72 



influence of 544 



laborof 33 



part taken by, in initiation. 70 



property owned by 234 



religious activities of 543-544 



services of, in ceremonial 



group 255 



status of, in medicine socie- 

 ties 544 



tasks of, in ritual 501 



winter game of 240 



