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Page 



The village community 



39 



Headmen . . 





39 



Women 





40 



Priests 





40 



Smiths 





40 



Agriculture 





40 



livestock 





43 



Preparation of food 





43 



Manufactures 





43 



Hunting and fishing 





45 



Warfare 





46 



Weapons 





47 



Equipment 





49 



Tactics 





49 



Treaties 





50 



Signs and messages 





50 



Notation 





52 



Ideas of the universe 





52 



Diseases and cures 





53 



Totemism and Tahoo 





54 



Marriage and consanguinity 





55 



Courtship 





55 



Taboo in pregnancy 





57 



Birth customs and naming 





57 



Children 





58 



Morality and tribal law 





58 



Slavery 





60 



Price 





60 



Treatment and ma-rriage 





60 



Punishment 





61 



Character 





61 



Chapter III— Mythology and Religion — 



General observations 



62 



Mythology 





62 



Nature of present-day religion 





67 



The medicine man 





68 



Taboo on intercourse 





69 



Causes of ill-health 





70 



Cure of sickness 





7i 



Divination 





73 



Sacred dancing 





73 



Death ceremonies and burial 





75 



Future state 





77 



Harvest rites 





78 



The War God 





79 



L,esser Spirits 





81 



The Spirit of the Forest 





82 



Conclusion 





82 



Bibliography 





83 



