NOTES ON SOME MANNERS AND CUSTOMS 
OF THE 
AT^ORIGINES OF THE McDONNELL RANGES 
BELONGING TO THE ARUNTA TRIBE. 
By F. J. GILLFN, Special Magistrate and Sub-Protect or of Aborigines^ 
Alice Springs. 
CONTENTS. 
PAOR 
Tribal Govcrnmont 1 G 2 
Social Organisation of the Tribe ----- 1G2 
Marriage Cnstoins - - - - - - 104 
Forbidden Degrees of Kindred - - - - - IGG 
Dirtli igG 
Infanticide - - - - - - - IGG 
Naming of Children ig7 
Mourning Customs ...... iG 7 
Burial -------- IGS 
The Kites of Circramcision and Subincision - - - 1G9 
Qitaapara or Corrobboree ----- 175 
Sacred Ceremonies— 
(а) Food Producing. Intichiuma - - - - 17G 
( б ) Kain Producing ------ 177 
Churiha. Sacred Stones and Sticks - - - - 179 
Restrictions as to Food - - - - - - 180 
Making of Medicine-Men ------ 180 
Blood as a Therapeutic Agent - - - - - 181 
Customs of War - - - - - - -182 
Beliefs and Superstitions - - - - - - 183 
Witchci’aft ------- 183 
Tradition of Origin of the'Race - - - - - 181 
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