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GENERAL INDEX TO ANNUAL REPORTS 



[KTH. ANN. 48 



Brasseur de Bourbourg, Abbe — Con. 

 on Kiche numerals 19: 864, 895- 



899. 

 on Maya methods of computation 



19: 933. 

 on Maya numeral system 19: 894. 

 on Mexican mythology 16: 221. 

 on origin of chicchan symbol 16: 



231. 

 on the akab-maax symbol 16: 208. 

 on the bakab symbol 16: 209. 

 on the germ symbol 16: 218. 

 on the manic symbol 16: 232. 

 on the lamat symbol 16: 249. 

 Brau, Scnor — , 



on Antillean pueblo 25: 33. 

 on enslavement of Indians 25: 24. 

 on population of Porto Rico 25: 23. 

 principal work of 25: 24, 40. 

 Brauns, Pro/essor, on tattooing 4: 78. 

 Brave, signs for 1: 352, 364, 414. 

 Brave-man. See Nah-tan. 

 Bravery 



anecdotes of the Omaha 3: 332. 

 exhibition of 46: 550. 

 Omaha rewards of 3: 329. 

 reward of 30: 216 sq. 

 Braves' Dance, description of 46: 



558 f^qq. 

 Bray, William M., on wild rice in 



Texas 19: 1032. 

 Brazil 



antiquity of man in 25: 220. 

 character of pottery of 20: 20. 

 cup sculptures in 10: 195 sq. 

 petroglyphs in 4: 44,45; 10: 150- 



157, 689, 691, 692. 

 tattooing in 10: 402. 

 totem marks in 4: 167. 

 Brazilian 



Indian coiled pottery 4: 276, 277. 

 petroglyphs, compared with Spanish 

 petroglyphs 10: 690. 

 Brazos River, occurrence of pottery 

 resembling that of Middle Missis- 

 sippi Valley, near 20: 81. 

 Bread 



cassava 38: § 236. 

 marriage, reference to 21: 263,264. 

 of Pueblo Indians 14: 522. 

 sacred 9: 541-547. 

 unleavened 9: 543, 544. 

 use of, among Colorado River In- 

 dians 14: 485. 

 Zuni, description of 30: 73 nq. 



Breakers for bone, Eskimo 18: 75. 

 Breakfast 



codfish eaten at 35: 253. 

 dog salmon eaten at 35: 309, 313. 

 fat food avoided at 35: 308. 

 green salmon eaten at 35: 316. 

 salmon eaten for 35: 350. 

 Brearly, J. H., survey by 18: 720. 

 Breastbone, bird's, string figure 38: 



§ 669. 

 Breastplate 



of bone 45: 81. 



of copper of Virginia Indians 13: 116. 

 of shell, description of 13: 115. 

 Breast-shield, Symbolic, story of 



36: 156. 

 Breastworks, use of, in warfare 45: 



118. 

 Breast-yokes of the Eskimo 18: 211. 

 Breath, The, death of 19: 79. 

 Breath 



as a source of conception 21: 167. 

 use of words meaning, to represent 

 spirit power. 21: 15. 

 Breath-feather Designs, occurrence 

 of, on pottery from old Shumopavi 

 22, i: 115 sq. 

 Breath Holder 



connection of, with .sacred fire. 42: 



483. 

 explanation of the term 42: 481. 

 story regarding 42: 483. 

 Breath Master, Muskogee name for 



God 42: 484. 

 Breathing Rites in ceremonial 47: 



282, 292, 293, 294, 295, 297. 

 Breboeuf, Phre Jean de 

 on burial feast 1: 191. 

 on burial ceremonies of the Hurons 



5: 71, 110-119. 

 on communal burial 12: 657, 674. 

 on dice games, Hurons 24: 108 sq. 

 on racket, Hurons 24: 589. 

 Brechii, meaning of 16: 228. 

 Breechclouts, described 42: 681; 



45: 69 sq., 233. 

 Breeches of the Eskimo 9: 125-129. 

 Bremen Museum, West Indian ob- 

 jects in 34: 50. 

 Brer Rabbit, story of 30:372-378. 

 Bressany, Martin 



on tying wild rice 19: 1058. 

 wild rice harvesting illustration, ref- 

 erence to 19: 1057. 



