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BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY 



[Bull. 194] 



Spirit babies, 127 



Spirit father, 174 



"Spirit god," personal god, 171 



Spirit people, 304, 305 



Spirits, 126, 287, 288, 291, 433, 434, 435, 



452, 453. 459, 466 



evil, 64, 275, 304, 349, 441 



guardian, 223, 285, 288, 299, 455 



holy, 385 



Owl, 302 



protection against evil, 169, 275, 

 354, 381 



"sky worid," 297 



"under worid," 297 



vegetation, 336 



villages of, 269 



water, 371 



worid of, messages to, 75, 173 

 Spoon, 379, 443, 444 (fig.) 

 Spotted Bear, Indian man, 266, 274, 401 

 Spotted Bird, Indian man, 383, 384, 385 

 Spotted Horn, Indian man, 226, 403 

 Square Buttes area, 5, 12 (map), 20, 24. 

 26, 47, 213, 300, 480, 482, 485, 496 

 Squash, 46, 203, 243, 247, 339, 346, 392 

 Squaws, 38 

 Staffs, painted and carved, 183, 376, 377, 



378 

 Standing Bear, Mandan Indian, 127, 149 

 Standing Coyote, Indian boy, 148, 151 

 Standing Rock, N. Dak., 264 

 Stanton, N. Dak., 3, 225, 476 

 Stanton Ferry site, 216 

 Stars, 298, 337 

 Status, loss of, 455 

 Steamboat, 150, 263 

 Stepfather, 93, 327 

 Stephenson, Robert L., vn, viii 

 Stevenson Flats, 256 

 Sticks, 366, 391, 397, 399, 403, 407, 424, 



453, 454 



ashwood, 319, 329, 332, 333, 398 

 bird, 361. 363, 364, 365, 367 

 decorated and carved, 183, 280, 325 



(figs.), 326 

 gambling, 305 



offerings placed on, 361, 368 

 Painted Wood sacred, 183 

 red, 452. 454, 456, 457, 458, 460 

 representing horses, 405, 406 

 sharpened, used in self-torture. 228 



Stirrup, council member, 28, 31, 377, 

 378, 473, 474 



Stockades, 275 



Stone Indians, 301 



Stones, 381, 382, 384, 412 

 fired, 165 



hot, 329, 354, 407, 470 

 piles of, used in corral, 448 

 shrine, 334 

 sweat lodge, 353, 356, 369, 470, 471 



Stoneworkers, 166 



Storerooms, 161 



Stores, common, 161 



Strikes-Many-Womau, Indian woman, 



382, 385, 386 

 Strong, William Duncan, 484 

 Strong Jaw, Hidatsa chief, 17, 412, 413, 



430, 431 

 Suffering, endurance of, 73, 135, 315 

 Sugar, 150, 401 



Suicides, beliefs regarding, 173 

 Summer : 



activities, 46, 185 



camp, 45-47, 49, 50, 51, 56, 62, 170, 



215 

 ceremonies, pledged, 61 

 chief, 41, 56, 62 



hunt, 50-56, 136, 161, 270, 312 

 hunt leaders, 186 

 ranges, 46 

 village, 439 

 Sun, offerings to, 313, 325 

 Sun Dance, see NaxpikE. 

 Sunflower. 46, 203, 344, 345, 346 

 Sun Impersonator, 456, 458, 460, 461 

 Supernatural : 



assistance, 307, 347, 395, 455 

 beings, 41, 55, 65, 283, 291, 358, 392 

 experiences, 54, 198, 202, 225, 237, 



358, 359, 363 

 guardian, 283, 433 

 guidance, belief in, 44, 50, 55, 268, 



295 

 instructions, 181, 202, 283, 435 

 powers, 60, 63, 73, 117, 168, 172, 182, 

 194, 198, 202, 203, 209, 210, 220, 

 230, 231, 232, 239, 240, 241, 245, 

 256, 2.59, 260, 261, 264, 268. 282, 

 283, 284, 285, 286, 288, 289, 290, 

 295. 307, 308, 315, 320, 322, 329, 

 331, 335, 336, 337, 347, 355, 357, 

 362, 371, 395, 396, 412, 415, 417, 

 446, 454, 455, 461, 462, 463, 470 

 quests, 44, 209 

 visions, 55 

 See also Mythology. 

 Surrounds, hunting method, 54, 60, 61, 



131. 162. 188, 227 

 Swallow, 245, 329 

 Swan, Mandan Indian, 152 

 Swan Creek site, 481 

 Swan feathers. 280 

 Sweat bath, 305, 384, 404. 407 

 Sweat lodges, 205, 206, 305, 320, 328, 353, 

 354, 355, 356, 361, 365, 367, 368, 

 369, 379, 381, 384, 387, 388, 398, 

 405, 406, 407, 470, 471 

 pits, 355, 369 

 "Sweetgrass," 227, 264, 325. 326, 329, 

 330, 332, 353, 356, 394, 397, 398, 

 399, 405, 406, 407, 427, 431, 432, 

 466 

 Sweetgrass Blossom, Mandan woman, 



150 

 Sword, ceremonial, 253, 364, 371 

 wooden, 361, 364 



Taboos, 121, 122, 159, 179 



