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GENERAL INDEX TO ANNUAL REPORTS 



[ETH. ANN. 48 



Watche land cessions and reservations 



18: 822. 

 Watcoosa, sale of land by 18: 626. 

 Wate'gi§tu Ceremony 



general description of 27: 434-437. 

 in charge of We'zhi^shte gens 27: 



142. 

 Ponca war honors ceremony 27: 



439 sqq. 

 reference to 27: 43. 

 "the Crow" 27: 441-446. 

 war honor decorations 27: 438 50-. 

 Wate-pana-toes; Watepaneto. See 



Watahpahata. 

 Water 



a life symbol 36: 95, 98. 



administering of 23: 137. 



and oil mixed 35: 1317. 



as symbol of health 39:238. 



beliefs concerning 11: 386, 424, 438, 



522. 

 carried by women 40: 339. 

 characterization of 37: 441. 

 eflfect of, on bees 30: 201. 

 for drinking 38: §254. 

 gesture signs for 10: 642 sq. 

 high, destruction of wild rice by 19 : 



1027, 1099, 1100. 

 importance of, in Seri diet 1 7 : 180* 



sqq. 

 in Tewa conception 29: 52. 

 lashing of, for fish 38: § 193. 

 medicinal 42: 669. 

 method of carrying, at Walpi 8 : 65. 

 of Seriland iV: 28 sqq., 181*. 

 ofiering to, in War-bundle feast 37 : 



429, 430, 503. 

 pottery for transportation and stor- 

 age of 4: 284. 

 powers, in Siouan concepts 1 1 : 



537. 

 prayer for, in Hopi festivals 21: 53. 

 running, use of, in Hako ceremony 



22, ii: 39, 42, 44. 

 sacred regard for 14: 919. 

 Serian and Yuman names for 17: 



338* sqq. 

 signs for 1 : 357, 494. 

 songs for crossing 39: 312. 

 splashing a man with, meaning of 



30: 201. 

 sprinkling, in Cipaulovi Antelope 



dance 16: 283. 



Water — Continued 



squirting of, by Hopi katcinas 21: 

 81. ■ 



supply of Can j'on de Chelly 16: 86, 

 88." 



supply of Sikyatki 17: 638, 646. 



symbolism of 22, ii: 350. 



symbolism of, in Tusayan 16: 307. 



transportation and preservation of 

 4: 482. 



traveling on, words taboo while 30: 

 252 sq., 307. 



treatment of, in Hako ceremony 

 22, ii: 32, 74, 77, 302. 



use of, in drilling 13: 165. 



use of, in Hopi ceremony 17: 689. 



use of, in Tusayan 16: 281. 



vessels at Cipaulovi altar 16: 279. 



vessels of the Omaha 13: 277. 



worshijD of, by Pueblo Indians 14: 

 561. 



See also Asperger; Cloud; Doines- 

 tic Pottery; Bain; River; Sea. 

 Water Babies, belief in 30: 247. 

 Water Bags of the Eskimo 18: 73 sg. 

 Water Bear, belief in 42: 495. 

 Water Beetle 



l:)asketry design 38: §445. 



mention of 36: 222. 



myths concerning 19: 239, 430. 



Tlingit notions concerning 26: 459. 

 Water Bison, belief in 42: 495. 

 Water Bottle, ornamented 12: 247. 

 Water-bubbling People 



a Blue Corn division 47: 71. 



offcialsof 47: 272. 

 Water Buckets 



Eskimo 18: 70 sqq. 



Eskimo, handles of 18: 100-103. 

 Water Calf, belief in 42: 495. 

 Water Cannibal, myth of 19: 349 



sq. 

 Water Chinquapin 



a sacred food 39: 195. 



mention of 33: 79. 



See also Nelumbo Lutea. 

 Water Clan, size of 47: 35. 

 Water Cow. See Manati. 

 Water Creatures 



beliefs concerning 42: 494 sq. 



story concerning 42: 490 sq. 

 Water Demons in Menomini myth 

 14: 227, 234. 



