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SUBJECT INDEX 



129 



Blagden, Thomas, on Piny Branch 



quarries 15: 35. 

 Blair, Miss Emma Helen, authority 

 on writings of the Jesuits 19: 

 1113. 

 Blair, James, Georgia commissioner in 

 treating with the Cherokee 5: 

 236. 

 Blake, Lady Edith 



cited on Jamaican skull heaps 25: 



87. 

 material collected by 24: 97. 

 petroglyphs described and sketched 

 by 10: 137 sqq. 

 Blake, P., on Cahche 26: 87. 

 Blanchard's Fork Ottawa, land ces- 

 sions and reservations by 18: 

 686, 734, 826, 842, 858. 

 Blanchard's Fork Wyandot, land 

 cessions and reservations by 18: 

 690, 734. 

 Blanchets, two, first priests among the 



Flathead 45: 385. 

 Blanching Silver, Navaho method of 



2: 175. 

 Blanco, Ruiz, cited 30: 139. 

 Bland, Edward, travels of 42: 779. 

 Bland, Dr. T. A., Red Cloud census 



loaned by 4: 176, 177. 

 Blandina River. See Roanoke 



River. 

 Blankets 



appearance of, in Hopi katcina repre- 

 sentations 21: 60. 

 blessed, used at Zuni feasts 9: 526. 

 counting of 35: 1055, 1067 sq. 

 designs on 41 : 360. 

 formerly used to cover doorways 8: 



182, 188, 189, 194. 

 given in feast 35: 1062. 

 materials used for 41: 355. 

 Navaho 3: 380-388. 

 of the native American cotton 14: 



517. 

 pin for, made of yew- wood 35: 118. 

 rabbit-skin 45: 226. 

 use of, in Hopi festivals 21: 37, 40, 



42, 46, 47. 

 weaving of 2: 434. 

 worn reversed by Hopi katcinas 21: 

 84. 

 Blankinship, J. W., on absence of 

 wild rice in Montana 19: 1031. 



Blankinstone, Mrs. 



copper plate obtained by 12: 153. 

 silver articles in Minnesota mound 

 found by 12: 715. 

 Blase, Father, — , Menomini grammar 



and dictionary by 14: 295. 

 Blazing Star 



mention of 33: 133. 

 use of 44: 290, 366. 

 Bledos, meaning of the term 9: 522. 

 Bledsoe, on French and Spanish en- 

 couragement of Cherokee hostility 

 19: 62, 67. 

 Bleeding 



practice of, among the Cherokee 



7: 334 sq. 

 practices of 46: 426. 

 See also Blood. 

 Blessings 



act of, in medicine dance 37: 365. 



evil, rejected 40: 555. 



obtained by fasting 40: 71, 73, 75, 



77, 79, 545, 547, 551, 555. 

 passing of 37: 366. 

 special, for warfare 37: 157, 160, 

 168. 

 Blind, gestures of the 1 : 278. 

 Blind Man who wanted a Girl, 



legend of 30: 382. 

 Blindman's Buflf, played by the 



Eskimo 18: 337. 

 Blind Men and the Raccoon, folk- 

 tale of 14: 211. 

 Blind Savanna, a wrong clan inter- 

 pretation 42: 118. 

 Blindness 



among Indian medicine-men 9: 



470. 

 assumption of, by Sumaikoli 21: 



96. 

 belief concerning 37: 263. 

 caused by spirits 30: 182, 185. 

 Blish, A. H., vessel collected by 20: 



166. 

 Blitum Capitatum 45: 502. 

 Blizzard 



experienced by Coronado 14: 506. 

 See also Snow; Storm. 

 Block House 



established by Capt. John Anderson 



42: 794. 

 roads from 42: 794, 800. 

 Block-type Club 38: § 153. 



