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BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY 



[Bull. 194] 



Villages — Continued 

 sites, 3, 10, 30 

 structure of, 56 

 summer, 30, 33, 35, 37, 39, 40, 41, 45, 



46, 47, 49, 51, 56, 57, 59, 61, 62, 63, 



160, 161, 170, 186, 187. 188, 192, 



216, 219, 307, 312, 447, 487 

 territorial grounds of, 29, 208 

 winter, 30, 33, 39, 45, 46, 56, 63, 149, 



152, 161, 170, 186, 218, 357, 435, 



442, 447, 471 

 Virginity test, 462 

 Visions, 106, 172, 173, 220, 223, 224, 284. 



285, 288, 308, 317, 318, 330, 332, 



336, 348, 349, 350, 375 

 experiences with, 30, 59, 174, 198, 



225, 240, 241, 284, 285, 287, 289, 



310, 311, 362, 371, 437 

 instructions from, 59, 188, 223, 238, 



283, 287, 320 

 recipient of, 348 

 Visits, group, 191, 277 



intergroup, 91, 93, 155, 218 

 intertribal, 47-50, 93 

 Vows, made to gods, 314 



Wagon, 399, 401 

 Waistband, 444 



Waiter, ceremonial position, 335, 352, 

 353, 355, 356, 357, 419, 425, 443, 

 452 

 Walking Chief, Indian man, 144, 266, 



456, 460 

 Walking-in-Water Creek, see Knife 



River. 

 Walks, 95, 96 (chart), 97 

 Wandering Minnetarees, see Hidatsa. 

 War bonnet, 245, 256, 375, 379, 400, 403, 



428, 471 

 Ward, Joe, informant, v, 410, 412 

 Ward site, N. Dak., 478, 479 

 Warfare, 32, 40-^6, 48, 58, 75, 112, 121, 

 122, 124, 125, 133, 137, 142, 168, 

 174, 183, 185, 186, 191, 194, 208, 

 209, 212-281, 302, 308, 312, 318, 

 328, 351, 393, 402, 414, 431 

 defensive, 62, 275-277, 281 

 effect of, 35, 94 



honors in, 43, 62, 112, 116, 124, 125, 

 139, 193, 200, 210, 232, 235, 239, 

 246, 249, 251, 264, 271, 276-281, 

 306, 319, 332 

 importance of, 106, 138 

 interest in, 46, 136 

 intertribal, 212-219 

 intervillage, 77 



leaders of, 27-29, 32, 34, 38, 40-63, 

 137, 155, 181, 191-193, 220-226, 

 231, 235, 241, 243, 24.5-247, 257- 

 259, 261, 267, 270, 272, 274-276, 

 279, 280, 329, 396, 417. 444 

 military emblems of, 46, 172, 220, 



280 

 offensive, 214, 223-275. 278, 281, 284, 

 286, 332, 366, 393, 397, 462 



Warfare — Continued 



Plains, 232, 241, 273, 276, 397 

 records of, 153, 154, 179, 233, 252, 



281, 319, 424, 426 

 ritualistic aspects of, 220, 225 

 training for, 109, 137, 219-223. 



War parties, 34, 40, 47, 49, 61, 62, 66, 

 110, 112, 116, 125, 133-138, 155, 

 156, 172, 181, 183, 184, 187, 192, 

 193, 194, 200, 217-221, 224, 225, 

 228, 229, 232, 233, 236, 244, 245, 

 247, 249, 250, 255, 258, 259, 266, 

 272, 276, 278, 279, 299, 306, 321, 

 326, 329, 333, 339, 358, 376, 377, 

 379, 392, 393, 395, 396, 412, 415, 

 418, 422, 430, 433, 435, 445, 473 



Warriors, 42, 129, 132, 140, 192, 193, 221, 

 224, 227, 275, 278, 289, 316, 321, 

 329, 340, 376, 379, 380, 395, 411, 

 415, 421, 422, 423, 424, 425, 426, 

 453, 461, 469 



Washburn, N. Dak., 21, 22, 24, 29, 174, 

 264, 291, 304, 349, 485, 486 



Water, 53, 54, 135, 137, 381, 382, 384, 386, 

 390, 394, 410, 411, 422, 423, 426, 

 428, 429, 461, 469, 470, 471 



Waterbag, 66 



Watersnake skin, 381 



Weapons, 52, 153, 158, 161, 188, 189, 193, 

 200, 222, 301, 380 

 bow and arrows, 48, 60, 63, 106, 115, 

 130, 131, 157, 171, 219, 334-336, 

 350-352, 361, 376, 377, 380, 395, 

 466 

 firearms, 35, 48, 60, 130, 141, 142, 

 145, 147, 151, 153, 171, 187, 188, 

 189, 213-215, 230, 234, 235, 239, 

 240, 256, 259, 276, 301, 351, 357, 

 366, 377, 378, 379, 403 

 muzzle-loaders, 376 



Weasel-Blackens-Himself, Indian man, 

 424 



Weidman, Bears Arm's brother-in-law, 

 150 



"Where People Died of Smallpox," 

 Hidatsa village, 170 



Whisky, 122 



Whistle, eagle wingbone, 315, 317, 318, 

 424 

 sacred, 335, 336, 337, 345, 346 

 sunflower stalk, 335, 345 

 willow bark, 355 



Whistling Ghost, Mandan man, 377, 378 



White Belly, Indian man, 147, 148, 149, 

 151, 152 



White Bird, Indian man, 403 



White Butte, 12 (map) , 435 



White-Corn-Woman, Indian woman, 

 439, 440 



White Duck, Mrs., informant, vi, 5, 

 173, 346, 434, 438, 443, 444 



White Earth Creek, 12 (map), 255 



White Fingernails, Indian man, 146, 

 299, 358 



