celts in =34=: 177 _sq._
Guesde collection in =34=: 128.
West Indian objects in =34=: 50, 215, 218.
=Berliner, Emile=, acknowledgments to =14=: 655.
=Berliner Gesellschaft für Anthropologie= etc., _Verhandlungen
der,_ cited =6=: 409, 616.
=Berkeley, _Sir_ William=
exploring expedition by =5=: 138.
instructions to =18=: 626, 627.
=Berkeley, Lord=, grant to =18=: 530, 588.
=Berks County=, aboriginal quarries in =15=: 78.
=Bermejo.= _See_ =Vermejo=.
=Bermuda Hundred, Va.=, trail from =42=: 775.
=Bernabe, Chrisástomo Gil de=, establishment of mission by =17=:
80 _sqq._
=Bernal, _Capt._ Cristóbal M.=, reference to =28=: 16.
=Bernaldez, Andros=
on dress of Cuban cacique and wife =25=: 35.
on second voyage of Columbus =25=: 203.
on sentiments of Antilleans =25=: 32.
on wearing of masks by Antilleans =25=: 136.
=Bernalillo=, location of Tiguex at =14=: 391, 491.
=Bernard, Joe= =46=: 38, 167, 211.
=Bernau, J. H.=, cited =30=: 277, 302, 329, 343, 346, 356, 357, 358,
371.
=Berra, Orozco y=
on origin of Mexican number names =19=: 875.
_See also_ =Orozco=.
=Berries=
as food among Omahas =3=: 306.
curing of, for food =45=: 342.
eaten by the Eskimo =18=: 268.
frame for drying =35=: 167.
Indian names of =45=: 238 _sq._
in Sikyatki graves =17=: 733.
lists of, used for food =45=: 89 _sq._, 238 _sq._, 343, 485.
magic appearance of =32=: 192.
mention of =46=: 116.
preservation of =45=: 93, 237, 240.
use of, by the Chippewa =44=: 321.
use of, by the Menomini =14=: 291.
=Berry Baskets=, set of =35=: 211, 216.
=Berry Cakes=
as tribute to chief =35=: 1337.
bundles of =35=: 263, 268, 281.
making of =35=: 271-274,279.
storing of =35=: 274, 275.
=Berry Dance= of Northwestern Indians =14=: 728.
=Berry Pickers=
hiring of =35=: 211, 220.
payment of =35=: 220.
=Berryhill, William=
dance description by =42=: 527.
informant =42=: 534.
=Berryman, Thomas= =46=: 31, 98, 99, 167.
=Berryville, Va.=, archeological material from =42=: 18.
=Berthond, _Capt._ E. L.=, on pictographs =4=: 27.
=Béshĭltcha=, a Kiowa synonym =17=: 148.
=Be´shiltchă=, a Kiowa synonym =14=: 1078.
=Bess, Peter=
discovers stone coffins =12=: 171.
mounds on land of, in Missouri =12=: 170.
=Bessels, _Dr._ Emil=
acknowledgments to =7=: 73; =9=: 20.
cited =6=: 412, 460, 486.
cited on Eskimo abduction =9=: 411.
cited on Eskimo bows =9=: 199.
cited on Eskimo children =9=: 419.
cited on Eskimo dog sledges =9=: 360.
cited on Eskimo mourning =9=: 425.
cited on infanticide among the Eskimo =9=: 417.
cited on fire-making by the Eskimo =9=: 290.
description of Eskimo lamp by =9=: 108.
mention of =46=: 367.
on affinity of cliff-dwellers and Pueblos =17=: 532.
on Eskimo superstitions =1=: 198.
=Bessey, _Dr._ Charles=
on wild rice in Nebraska =19=: 1031.
suggestions and encouragement given by =33=: 46.
=Bessey and Weber=, on wild rice in Nebraska =19=: 1022.
=Bête-rouge=, body vermin =38=: § 512.
=Bethel= =46=: 192.
=Betidĕĕ=, Kiowa Apache name of the Arapaho =14=: 953.
=Betoya=, number names of =19=: 877.
=Betoye Indians=
beliefs as to god =30=: 117, 118.
beliefs as to spirits =30=: 181.
=Betrothals=
among the Eskimo =18=: 291,292.
among the Guiana Indians =38=: § 868.
_See also_ =Marriage=.
=Betsch, C.= =46=: 31, 70 _sqq._, 170.
=Betting=
on races =46=: 566; =47=: 326.
on results of ball play =38=: § 603.
=Betula=, used medicinally =42=: 659.
=Betula Nigra=, use of =44=: 287, 342.
=Betula Papyrifera=
mention of =33=: 75.
use of =44=: 288, 364, 369, 377.
=Betulaceae= =33=: 74.
=Bevan, Joseph Vallence=, brief compiled by =42=: 309.
=Beveled Flints=, notes on =13=: 177.
=Beverages=, used by the Chippewa =44=: 317.
=Beverley, R.=, on Virginia Indian land clearing =13=: 72.
=Beverley, Roger=, on stick games, Powhatan =24=: 232.
=Beverly, Robert=
cited =12=: 668, 685, 686; =30=: 47.
describes shell beads =2=: 229.
describes shell money =2=: 237.
describes shell pendants =2=: 256.
describes shell spoon =2=: 201.
mentions shell knives =2=: 202.
mentions shell tweezers =2=: 212.
on Indian agriculture =12=: 617.
on shell ornaments =5=: 92.
on Virginia mummies =1=: 131.
=Bevill, _Doctor_ ----=, excavations made by =44=: 465.
=Beyer, George E.=, on wild rice in Louisiana =19=: 1030.
=Bíako=, shooting of =17=: 335.
=Biañki=
account of =14=: 909 _sq._
compared with other prophets =14=: 930.
influence of, in Ghost-dance =14=: 914.
=Bible=
on war symbols =4=: 88.
Shaker regard for the =14=: 750, 755.
story among the Cherokee =19=: 235 _sq._
translation of, into Cherokee =19=: 108, 110 _sq._, 163.
use of, in Peyote religion =37=: 394.
=Bibliography=
linguistic, work on =13=: XLI.
of Coronado Expedition =14=: 599.
of North American languages =3=: XXVI.
of North American philology =1=: XV; =2=: XXI.
of the Bureau of American Ethnology =16=: CI-CXIX.
of the languages of North American Indians =6=: XXIV _sqq._
of the Snake dance =16=: 312.
select Fox =40=: 30-36.
summary of work in =15=: LXXXVII.
work in =14=: XLIII; =15=: XXIII, XXVI, XXXI, XXXV, XL, XLIX,
LIV, LXI, LXV, LXVIII; =16=: XXI, XXV, XXVIII, XXXII, XXXVII,
XXXIX, XLI, XLV, XLIX, LXXVII; =17=: LV; =18=: XLVI; =19=: XXX;
=29=: 585 _sqq._; =30=: 113-116; =31=: 39; =44=: 368.
=Bice´waaⁿ.= _See_ =Love Songs=.
=Bickales=, duties of =47=: 52 _sq._, 55.
=Bickford, F. D.=, on cliff houses in Walnut Canyon =17=: 532.
=Bickford, F. T.=
cliff ruins described by =16=: 81.
field work of =6=: XXVIII.
=Bickmore, Albert S.=, allowed use of masks =3=: 101.
=Bidai=, status of the =14=: 1093.
=Biddle, _Maj._ J.=, Indian operations under =17=: 212.
=Biddle, James W.=
on duck in Green Bay =19=: 1098.
on death of Tomau =14=: 56.
on wild rice eaten with corn and fish =19=: 1084.
quoted on Tomau =14=: 54 _sq._
=Biedma, Luis Hernandez de=
cited =12=: 646, 648, 669, 685.
on De Soto’s expedition =19=: 26, 191-201.
=Bienville, ----=, on Natchez among Cherokee =19=: 386.
=Bierce, L. V.=, cited =12=: 658.
=Bifa=, a vegetable dye =25=: 34.
=Big=, pictographs meaning =10=: 586 _sq._
=Big Bear.= _See_ =Yâne´gwa=.
=Big Blue Biver=, remains of Pawnee villages on =20=: 200.
=Big Bone Creek=, trail terminated at =42=: 789.
=Big Bone Lick=
description of =42=: 790 _sq._
extinct animals buried at =42=: 742.
importance of =42=: 790.
salt making at =42=: 741 _sq._
trails to =42=: 788, 789, 793.
=Big Bow.= _See_ =Zépko-eétte=.
=Big Burro Canyon=, reference to =28=: 209.
=Big-Canoe=, a subchief of the Pend d’Oreilles =45=: 377.
=Big Cook.= _See_ =U´hoⁿtoⁿga=.
=Big Cove=, purchase of =19=: 161.
=Big Cypress Swamp=, Seminole settlement =5=: 477, 478, 499, 507,
529.
=Big Eagle=
a Flathead chief =45=: 376.
story of =45=: 362.
=Big Elk=, name of three Omaha chiefs =27=: 83 _sq._
=Big Elk, Omaha Chief=
account of =27=: 83 _sq._, 631, 632.
keeper of pack =27=: 554 _sq._, 558 _sq._
references to =27=: 205, 405, 518, 562.
=Big Elk, John=
acknowledgments to =11=: 362.
quoted on fetishes =11=: 414.
=Big Pace.= _See_ =Tó`-édalte=.
=Big Foot=
arrest of band of =14=: 876.
complaints by bands of =14=: 836.
excitement among band of =14=: 848.
game-wheel carried by band of =14=: 1075.
ghost dance at camp of =14=: 847, 853.
illness of =14=: 868.
joined by Sitting Bull’s warriors =14=: 860.
killed at Wounded Knee =14=: 870.
military movement against =14=: 864.
participation of, in Sioux outbreak =14=: 861.
second flight of =14=: 865.
surrender of =14=: 867.
=Big Fox’s Village=, location of =37=: 51.
=Big Goat.= _See_ =Tlisso Tso=.
=Big Grizzly Bear=, cited on jugglery =11=: 417.
=Big Harpeth Biver=, Indian settlements on =41=: 561.
=Big Hawk=, a Flathead chief =45=: 376.
=Big Hawk’s Village=, location of =37=: 51.
=Big Head.= _See_ =´daltoñ-édal=.
=Big Heart=
acknowledgment to =27=: 58.
on groups of Osage =27=: 62.
=Big Horse Creek=, rock carvings on =4=: 22.
=Big House.= _See_ =Square Ground=.
=Big Indian Rock, Pa.= =10=: 106 _sq._
=Big Jack=
Hilibi informant =42=: 488.
information from =42=: 111, 164, 256, 545, 546, 624.
=Big Knife=
a Kutenai chief =45=: 378.
name applied to the English =27=: 611 _sq._
=Big Lake=
ceremonial objects from =18=: 412, 413.
implements and utensils from =18=: 65, 70 _sq._, 105, 106, 107,
112 _sq._, 134, 136, 147, 149, 157.
manufactures from =18=: 199 _sqq._
memorial images at =18=: 318 _sq._
ornaments from =18=: 54, 58.
physical characteristics of people of =18=: 27, 29.
toys from =18=: 343, 346.
transportation apparatus from =18=: 223, 225.
village near, description of =18=: 248.
Yukon Delta, Eskimo =46=: 227.
=Big Lick=
cession of reserve at =18=: 764.
reservation at =18=: 700.
=Big-looking-glass.= _See_ =Piänä´-vonĭt=.
=Big Man=, portrait made of =34=: 28.
=Big Miami River=, trail up =42=: 840.
=Big Mouth=, reference to =40=: 399.
=Big Mush.= _See_ =Hard Mush=.
=Big Pawnee=, flutes made by =13=: 282.
=Big Ribs.= _See_ =Gúatoñ-Bain=.
=Big Road=
as a peacemaker =14=: 887.
delegate to Washington =14=: 891.
emissary to Bad Land’s refugees =14=: 867.
Oglala chief =10=: 420.
=Big Road’s Roster= =4=: 174 _sqq._
=Big Rock=
cession of reserve at =18=: 764.
reservation at =18=: 700.
=Big Sail=, reservation for =18=: 756.
=Big Sandy=, trail along the =42=: 765, 766, 767, 768 _sq._
=Big Sioux Biver=
location of village sites on =41=: 64.
references to =27=: 73, 74, 80.
works along =12=: 35, 38.
=Big Spring=
cession of reserve at =18=: 734.
reservation at =18=: 690.
=Big Thunder=, material made by =24=: 406.
=Big Tree=
reservation at =18=: 658.
_See_ =Ä´do-eétte.=
=Big Turtle=, myth of =11=: 369.
=Big Warrior=
head chief of Upper towns =42=: 315, 329.
speaker for Upper Creeks =42=: 328.
=Big-witch=, death of =19=: 179.
=Bigamy= among the Eskimo =18=: 292.
=Bigelovii=, Pima medicinal plants =26=: 79.
=Bigelovia Douglasii, _Sagebrush_.=
used as thatch to Navaho sweat house =8=: 239.
used to produce smoke to sweat houses =8=: 240, 244.
=Bigelow, ----=, cited =30=: 41.
=Bigness=, greatness connoted by =30=: 192 _sq._
=Bignonia Chica=
a pigment =38=: § 28.
for body painting =38=: § 512.
for pottery =38=: § 94.
hammock staining with =38=: § 478.
species of, for basket weaving =38=: § 100.
=Bignonia Crucigera=, used medicinally =42=: 670.
=Bigotes=
captain of Cicuye Indians =14=: 490.
_See also_ =Whiskers=.
=Bikúde=, an Omaha village =13=: 270.
=Bilboquet.= _See_ =Cup and Ball=.
=Bill, Nix (W. P. Matthews)=, Osage traditions dictated by =6=: 377.
=Bill Williams Biver=, references to =28=: 186, 208, 209.
=Billegas, Francisco de=
agent for De Soto in Mexico =14=: 366.
correspondence of, with De Soto =14=: 370.
=Billings, _Capt._ J.=, map of =46=: 176.
=Billings, J. S.=, on statistics of trepanation =16=: 16.
=Billing’s Expedition=, labrets and masks figured by =3=: 90, 128,
136, 141.
=Billy=, brother of Key West Billy =5=: 492 _sqq._, 499, 528.
=Billy Hardjo.= _See_ =Tah-Coo-San-Fixico=.
=Billy John.= _See_ =Sha´awĕ=.
=Biloxi=
affinity with the Siouan =15=: 139.
a Siouan tribe =7=: 112.
divisions of the =15=: 164.
early habitat of the =7=: 114.
in Texas, union of, with Cherokee =19=: 143.
language, studies of =13=: XL.
mortuary customs of the =13=: 21.
population of the =7=: 118.
present habitat of the =7=: 116.
researches among the =28=: 12.
sociology of the =15=: 243.
studies among the =13=: XXXIII; =15=: XXII, XXX.
study of the language of the =14=: LX.
taboo among the =15=: 177.
tribe of Choctaw confederacy =19=: 500.
_See also_ =Biloxi Indians=.
=Biloxi Dictionary=, work on =29=: 14.
=Biloxi Indians=
cultural distinctions of =42=: 713.
descent among the =42=: 696.
information regarding clans of =42=: 118.
linguistic researches among the =8=: XX.
responsibility of, for Gulf Coast pottery =20=: 105.
_See also_ =Biloxi=.
=Bilqula Indians=, tattooing of the =10=: 407.
=Bimitti=, or humming-bird dance =38=: § 587.
=Bimiut= =46=: 198.
=Binary Concept= among primitive peoples =19=: 836 _sqq._
=Binary-Ternary System= among primitive, peoples =19=: 842, 847
_sq._
=Binas=
charm =38=: § 162.
legends concerning =30=: 286 _sq._
nature of =30=: 281-288.
nose string =38=: § 63.
specific attractions of =30=: 281 _sq._, 284.
use of =30=: 282, 286 _sq._
_See also_ =Charms.=
=Bingham Mounds.= _See_ =Rufus Bingham Mounds=; =Ira Bingham
Mounds=.
=Bins=, for storage in Tusayan rooms =8=: 109, 209, 210.
=Biographic Pictographs= =4=: 208-218.
=Biography=
classification of =10=: 571.
continuous record =10=: 571-575.
particular events =10=: 575-582.
pictographic forms of =10=: 571-582.
=Biological Survey=, explorations of, in Alaska =46=: 29.
=Biology=, defined =15=: XVII.
=Biotic Characters= of the Seri =17=: 133*.
=Birch=
Eskimo tobacco implements made of =18=: 279.
used in basketry =41=: 145,148.
_See also_ =Birch Bark=; etc.
=Birch, Black=, use of =44=: 287, 342.
=Birch, White=
use of =44=: 288, 364, 369, 377.
used medicinally =42=: 659.
=Birch Bark=
articles made of 44: 387-397.
baskets of =45=: 222.
boxes, “mococks” used for storing and carrying wild rice =19=:
1066, 1072.
canoe =46=: 55.
canoes, Nenenot =11=: 304.
canoes, used in wild-rice harvest =19=: 1017, 1056-1070.
dishes =46=: 37, 83, 136, 170.
Eskimo tobacco implements made of =18=: 274.
fans and matting wigwam =19=: 1017
fans, used in winnowing wild rice =19=: 1071.
gathering of =44=: 386.
in burials =46=: 63, 70.
in houses =46=: 82.
objects of =46=: 142, 170, 173.
pietographs, Abnaki =10=: 201, 213 _sq._, 468 _sq._
pietographs, Amalecite =10=: 334 _sqq._
records and songs of the Midē´wiwin =7=: 286-289.
songs recorded on =14=: 107.
tools used by Eskimo in working =18=: 90.
use of, for baskets =11=: 301.
use of, in aboriginal industries =23=: XIII, XXXI.
used for canoes =14=: 293.
used for house building =14=: 253.
used for utensils =14=: 288.
used in juggler’s lodge =14=: 146.
used in medicine lodge =14=: 72.
winnowing tray for wild rice =19=: 1070 _sq._
_See also_ =Birch=; etc.
=Birch Tree=
myth concerning =43=: 189.
regarded as sacred =44=: 381.
=Bird=
as a wind symbol =16=: 219.
basketry pattern =38=: § 444.
carving of eagle’s head =2=: 285.
catching of =33=: 635, 663.
catching song =33=: 625.
converted into man =32=: 181.
embodiment of the, in art =2=: 280.
engraved on bone =2=: 284.
engraved on shell gorgets =2=: 284.
engraved on stone =2=: 284.
examples of the, engraved on shell gorgets =2=: 281.
figures on Hopi pottery =17=: 660.
figures on Sikyatki pottery =17=: 658, 682-698, 714.
gold ornament representing head of =2=: 285.
idol in form of, Casa Grande =28=: 121.
imitation of flight of, by Hopi katcinas =21=: 78.
myths of the =2=: 280.
ornaments from Awatobi =17=: 628.
personation of, in Powamû =21=: 32.
pictures of, in Hopi festivals =21=: 41, 42
representation of, by Hopi katcinas =21=: 79.
representation of, in Hopi festivals =21=: 47.
representation of sun by =21=: 122.
representation of sun god by =21=: 24.
Serian and Yuman names for =17=: 332* _sq._
significant character of the, in engraved designs =2=: 281, 284.
species of, represented =2=: 282, 284.
superstitions in regard to the =2=: 280.
symbols in Maya codices =16=: 219, 220, 225, 226, 251.
the Dakota’s Thunder bird =2=: 281.
totemic use of the =2=: 284.
vessels from Awatobi =17=: 624.
worship of the =21=: 29.
_See also_ =Birds=; etc.
=Bird-appearing.= _See_ =T’ené-badaí=.
=Bird Arrow=, Eskimo =18=: 159.
=Bird Bone Artifacts= =44=: 133.
=Bird Calls=, imitation of, in Hopi festivals =21=: 43, 49, 88.
=Bird Cherry=, used in basketry =41=: 145.
=Bird-cherry Bark= =35=: 157.
=Bird Clans=
feast of =37=: 318-321.
native names for =42=: 115.
of the Cherokee =42=: 118.
origin of =42=: 111, 113.
story concerning =42=: 108; =44=: 201.
=Bird-claw Pendants= =44=: 136 _sq._
=Bird Dance=
in Soyaluña festival =21=: 25.
of the Eskimo =9=: 210-214.
of the Kwakiutl Indians =35=: 876, 877.
performance of, in Powamû festival =21=: 25.
=Bird Designs=
mention of =41=: 257, 334, 342.
_See also_ =Bird Form=; =Butterfly Design=.
=Bird Effigies=
appearance of, in Hopi festivals =21=: 49, 88.
at Mishongnovi Cakwaleñya altar =19=: 992.
at Mishongnovi Flute altar =19=: 991.
at Shipaulovi altar =19=: 995.
clay, from Pueblo ruins =22, i=: 109.
in Tusayan ceremony =15=: 286.
=Bird Eggs=, finding of, in graves in Pueblo ruins in Arizona =22,
i=: 111.
=Bird Fetish.= _See_ =Su´tiᵗki=.
=Bird Form (and Designs).=
Appalachee-Ohio pottery =20=: 180, 181.
eastern United States pottery =20=: 63, 65, 67.
eastern United States pottery, significance of =20=: 100.
figures showing =22, i=: 67, 68.
Florida Peninsula pottery =20=: 123, 124, 126, 128, 129.
Gulf Coast pottery =20=: 106 _sq._
Iroquoian pipes =20=: 174.
Lower Mississippi Valley pottery =20=: 104.
Middle Mississippi Valley =20=: 85, 87, 88, 92, 94, 95, 96.
Northwestern pottery =20=: 193, 194.
South Appalachian pottery =20=: 139-240.
vases and vessels from ruined pueblos of Arizona, features of
=22, i=: 66-69.
_See also_ =Animal=; =Bird Designs=; =Life=.
=Bird Gods=, mention of =33=: 301, 334, 619, 623, 636, 640, 655,
661.
=Bird Lime=, for stone-chip graters =38=: § 335.
=Bird-shape Stones= described and figured =13=: 135.
=Bird-snake Vase= from Chevlon =22, i=: 68.
=Bird Snares and Nets=, Eskimo =18=: 131.
=Bird Societies=, organization of =11=: 70.
=Bird Stones= =34=: 221.
=Bird Tail King=, Kasihta chief =42=: 322.
=Bird Town=, purchase of =19=: 161.
=Bird Tracks= in Hopi katcina’s pictures =21=: 87.
=Birds=
associated with powers of air =27=: 404.
associated with thunder =27=: 415 _sq._ 426, 434, 437, 441.
beliefs concerning =30=: 371; =47=: 639.
breastbones of =38=: § 669.
carved in ivory by the Eskimo =11=: 260.
carvings of, by the Kwakiutl =35=: 807, 810.
destructive to wild rice =19=: 1027.
domestication of, by Indians =2=: 138; =42=: 694.
domestication, taming and in captivity =38=: § 716, 724.
Eskimo account of creation of =18=: 455.
Eskimo clothing made from the skins of =18=: 30 _sq._
Eskimo fishing implements made from skins of =18=: 178.
Eskimo ideas for catching =9=: 244 _sqq._
Eskimo method of dressing skins of =18=: 118.
Eskimo method of impounding =18=: 135.
footprints of =38=: § 696 _sq._
game =46=: 91, 94, 95, 110.
impersonation of, in dances =33=: 274.
in Sacred War Pack =27=: 411, 412.
in Tlingit calendar =26=: 426.
list of, eaten by Indians =46=: 583.
Mänäbush and the =14=: 203.
methods of capturing =38=: § 176.
myths and lore concerning =19=: 241, 243, 251, 280-294, 300, 401,
442, 453, 454.
myths concerning =11=: 153.
names =27=: 104 _sq._
nests of =38=: § 667.
of prey, tabooed as food =42=: 518.
of Pueblo region =14=: 521.
of Seriland =17=: 37, 38.
of the Point Barrow region, Alaska =9=: 56 _sqq._
of the Ungava district =11=: 175.
omens from =30=: 274 _sq._
plants associated with =30=: 38.
plumage of, origin of =30=: 212, 225 _sq._
regard for, in Hako ceremony =22, ii=: 23.
sayings about =27=: 335.
spirits incarnated in =30=: 174 _sq._
stone, from Woodruff Butte =22, i=: 135.
string figures of =38=: § 669.
stuffed, used in Ghost dance =14=: 916.
supernatural =42=: 498.
traps for catching =38=: § 675.
treatment of =22, ii=: 55.
use of, in making medicines =37=: 262.
weather foretold by =30=: 269.
with burials =46=: 115.
_See also_ =Bird=; =Thunder-bird=; etc.
=Birds, Cardinal.= _See_ =Cardinal Birds=.
=Bird’s Head=
appearance of, in pictures of Hopi katcinas =21=: 77.
use of, in battle =14=: 790.
=Bird’s Nest=, symbolism of =22, ii=: 170.
=Birdsall, W. R.=, cliff ruins described by =16=: 81, 163.
=Birgan=, meaning of the word =1=: 93.
=Birket-Smith, K.=, mention of =46=: 331.
=Birth=
gifts four days after =35=: 841 _sq._
of a child announced to its grandparents =35=: 877.
Omaha ceremony on fifth day after =3=: 245.
premature, production of, by Zuñi =23=: 296.
_See also_ =Birth Customs=; =Childbirth=.
=Birth Customs=
mention of =47=: 132-135, 214, 537, 540.
and beliefs of the Kwakiutl Indians =35=: 649-655.
of the Creek Indians =43=: 389.
of the Omaha cognates =27=: 115, 116.
of the Winnebago =37=: 126.
of the Zuñi =23=: 294-303.
practices after accouchement =23=: 297.
_See also_ =Birth=; =Childbirth=.
=Birth Marks=, cause of =30=: 326.
=Birth Names=
Omaha =3=: 227, 231, 232, 236, 237, 239, 240, 243, 244, 245, 248.
origin of =43=: 32.
=Bis=, mentioned =44=: 35.
=Bishop, W. H.=, on wild rice in Delaware =19=: 1029.
=Bishop’s Rock= =46=: 52.
=Bison=
absence of bones of =41=: 493, 608 _sq._
Alvarado’s journey among =14=: 576.
connection of Calako horns with =21=: 110.
Coronado’s army supplied with meat of =14=: 577, 581.
described by Cicuye Indians =14=: 490.
described by Colorado River Indians =14=: 405.
described by companion of Coronado =14=: 570.
described by Coronado =14=: 580.
described by Jaramillo =14=: 587.
description of =14=: 527, 541, 543.
early disappearance of =42=: 693.
first printed reference to =41=: 609.
first seen by Coronado’s force =14=: 391.
imitation of hunt of, in Hopi festivals =21=: 31.
influence of, on modern Dakota migrations =19=: 1044.
in myth and religion of the Indians =41=: 611.
killed by Plains Indians =14=: 504.
late arrival of, in middle Tennessee =41=: 555, 611.
pile of bones of =14=: 542.
possible influence of, on early Siouan migrations =19=: 1043.
skins of, found by Coronado at Cibola =14=: 560.
stampede of =14=: 505.
symbolic hair cut representing =43=: 94 _sq._
_See also_ =Buffalo=; =Muscaras=.
=Bison Clan=
mentioned by Adair =42=: 119.
native names for =42=: 115.
=Bison Dance=
description of =42=: 527.
mention of =42=: 523, 524.
performance of =42=: 573 _sq._
_See also_ =Buffalo Dance=.
=Bison Disease=, mention of =42=: 640.
=Bison Hair=, used as a charm =42=: 501.
=Bison-like Figure= on food bowl from Chevlon =22, i=: 72.
=Bison Medicine=, use of =42=: 658.
=Bison Skin=, used for legendary record =42=: 33 _sq._
=Bissel, C. T.=, survey by =18=: 833.
=Bitahi´nĕna=, an Arapaho warrior order =14=: 988.
=Bitäye=, another name of Sitting Bull =14=: 896.
=Bitter Man, The=, in Pima legend =28=: 43 _sq._, 60 _sq._
=Bitter Boot Valley=
establishment of reserve at =18=: 810.
removal of Flatheads from =18=: 858.
=Bitter-sweet=
medicinal use of =42=: 661.
mention of =33=: 102.
use of =44=: 288.
_See also_ =Celastus Scandens=.
=Bittern=, a man-being in Iroquoian cosmology =21=: 179, 285.
=Bitterroot=, use of =45=: 478, 479, 480, 507.
=Bitterweed=, use of =45=: 534.
=Bi`´ᵗsiᵗsi=
creation of =23=: 408.
_See also_ =Mythology=.
=Bitumen=, used by Indians in making rafts =14=: 407.
=Bixa Orellana=
a pigment =38=: § 28.
for artificial feather coloration =38=: § 84.
for body painting =38=: § 512.
for pottery =39=: § 94.
timber for fire-sticks =38=: § 1.
=Black, William J.=, cited on magic knots and cords =9=: 570, 572,
573, 575, 576, 577, 579, 580.
=Black=
and red ware from Pueblo ruins =22, i=: XXXIV, XXXVI, XXXIX, 60.
and white ware from Pueblo ruins, reference to =22, i=: 59 _sq._,
180.
incised group of Chiriquian pottery =6=: 80.
or brown pottery from Santa Clara =2=: 447.
pottery, manufacture of =2=: 330.
pottery, polished, from Santa Clara =2=: 443.
red, and white ware from Pueblo ruins =22, i=: 60 _sq._, XXI-XXV,
XXXIII-XXXVI, XXXVIII.
Serian and Yuman words meaning =17=: 335* _sq._
ware, from Pueblo ruins, reference to =22, i=: 59, 179.
=Black Bass=, a man-being in Iroquoian cosmology =21=: 225.
=Black Bear=
a life symbol =36=: 105, 108, 123, 130.
as a symbol =39=: 193, 214, 238, 244, 327.
footprints of, a war symbol =36=: 76.
sacred soil disclosed by =39=: 186.
special connection with man =27=: 512, 518.
symbolized in Shell society =27=: 559.
=Black Bear=, or Mato Sapa’s chart =4=: 94, 99-127.
=Black Bear Gens=
ceremonial rank of =36=: 105 _sqq._
Ni´-ki wi´-gi-e of =36=: 219-236.
office of =39=: 346.
personal names of =43=: 133 _sqq._
songs belonging to =39=: 316.
symbolic hair-cut of =43=: 92.
wi´-gi-e of =39=: 154-164.
_See also_ =Wa-ça´-be Gens=.
=Black Bear Songs= =39=: 185-192, 344-347; =45=: 644 _sqq._
=Black Bird.= _See_ =Gúato-koñgya=.
=Black Bob’s Band=, land cessions and reservations by =18=: 792,
894.
=Black Buffalo=
a Ghost dance leader =14=: 902.
_See also_ =Pa-kóñkya=.
=Black Chicken.= _See_ =Siyo Sapa=.
=Black Chief=, a Seneca informant =32=: 52.
=Black Cinnamon=, timber for clubs =38=: § 150.
=Black Coal=
an Arapaho chief =14=: 956.
opposition of, to Ghost dance =14=: 808.
=Black Coyote=
an Arapaho Ghost dance leader =14=: 897, 898.
acknowledgment to =14=: 655.
sacred plant obtained by =14=: 1029.
song rehearsal in tipi of =14=: 819.
visit of, to Wovoka =14=: 774, 775, 894, 900, 903.
=Black Creek=, reference to =42=: 38.
=Black Deities= of Maya codices =16=: 208.
=Black Dirt=, home of, in Oklahoma, =42=: 394.
=Black Dog, _Chief_=
list of gentes given by =36=: 52.
on visions among the Osage =27=: 132 _sq._
Osage legends told by =27=: 62.
=Black Dog’s Band= of the Osage =15=: 193.
=Black Drink=
ceremonial and medicinal properties of =42=: 666.
ceremony of =44=: 262.
ceremonial drinking of =42=: 537, 538-544.
ceremony connected with =42=: 245.
ceremony of serving of =42=: 537, 538, 544.
customs connected with =42=: 182, 183.
effect of =42=: 538, 541, 542.
mention of =42=: 485, 503, 536.
mention of, by Adair =44=: 265.
method of brewing =42=: 536, 538, 541, 542, 543.
method of disgorging =42=: 539, 541.
not taken by women =42=: 540, 543.
precedence in serving =42=: 544.
preparation at square =42=: 185.
really “the white drink” =42=: 548.
religious beliefs concerning =42=: 538.
taken daily by Tukabahchee officials =42=: 543.
_See also_ =Asi=; =Cassine=; =Ilex Vomitoria=.
=Black Dye=, source of =30=: 80.
=Black Eagle.= _See_ =Gúato-kóngya=.
=Black-earth Medicine Feast=, mention of =37=: 318.
=Black Eye and White Eye=, dice game of the Cherokee =24=: 105.
=Black-eyed Susan= in Cherokee lore =19=: 420.
=Black Eyes=, Isletan moiety =47=: 261.
=Black Eyes Ceremony=, date of =47=: 290.
=Black Falls=, reference to ruins near =42=: 4.
=Black Falls of Little Colorado River.= _See_ =Little Colorado
River=.
=Black Falls Ruin=, reference to =28=: 157.
=Black Fish=, a Shawnee chief =42=: 788.
=Black Fish=
a life symbol =36=: 99.
Eskimo implements for catching =18=: 181, 184 _sq._
=Black Fox=
a Cherokee chief =42=: 839.
annuity for =19=: 85.
enactment signed by =19=: 86 _sq._
firing at Wounded Knee begun by =14=: 869.
=Black Fox Spring=, naming of =42=: 839.
=Black Fox Trail= =42=: 837 _sq._
=Black Hawk=
characterization of =37=: 441.
grave of =5=: 33, 34; =12=: 110, 111.
mention of =33=: 115.
offering to =37=: 429, 463.
scenes of battle by =12=: 46.
=Black Hawk’s Camp=, location of =37=: 99.
=Black Hawk’s Island=, camp site =37=: 99.
=Black Hide.= _See_ =Gíaká-ite=.
=Black Hills (South Dakota)=
Cheyenne possession of =17=: 166.
Dakota discovery and possession of =17=: 155, 157.
discovery of =4=: 130.
former Indian occupancy of =15=: 190.
formerly occupied by the Kiowa =14=: 1079.
inhabited by the Cheyenne =14=: 1024.
Kiowa expulsion from =17=: 157.
Kiowa possession of =17=: 155, 156.
mythic origin of =17=: 160.
reference to =27=: 102.
result of a settlement of =14=: 825, 826, 1059.
=Black Horse=
death of =17=: 297.
shooting of =17=: 213.
=Black Kettle=
a Cheyenne chief =17=: 324.
surprise of =17=: 187.
=Black Lake Valley=, pictographs at =4=: 31.
=Black-leg People=, a Kiowa warrior order =14=: 989.
=Black Legs=, a Kiowa military order =17=: 230.
=Black Mountain=
in Pima mythology =26=: 213.
in Pima song =26=: 298.
myths concerning =19=: 432, 450.
=Black People=, of Zuñi tradition =13=: 343, 424.
=Black Pigments= =38=: § 30.
=Black River=, salt stream entering =20=: 31.
=Black River Chippewa=
confederation of Munsee with =18=: 821.
land cessions and reservations by =18=: 758, 812, 820, 834.
=Black Rock Springs (near Milford, Utah).=
petroglyphs at =10=: 117.
pictographs at =4=: 27.
=Black-root=, medicinal use of =46=: 425 _sq._
=Black Short Nose=
acknowledgments to =14=: 655.
an Arapaho chief =14=: 956.
Wovoka’s message delivered =14=: 780.
=Black Shoulder Gens=
birth names of =3=: 231.
myth of creation of =3=: 229.
mythical origin of =3=: 229.
names of =3=: 231.
of the Omahas =3=: 228-233.
style of wearing the hair =3=: 230.
subgentes of =3=: 230.
taboo of =3=: 230.
=Black Skin=, a Tlingit mythological being =26=: 434.
=Black Snake=
a life symbol =36=: 103.
myths concerning =19=: 288 _sq._, 296, 431.
=Black Tiger=
legends connected with =30=: 213 _sq._, 215 _sq._, 217 _sq._
thunder due to roar of =30=: 270.
=Black Tripe.= _See_ =Kóñabíñate=.
=“Black Vomit,”= Pima attacked by =26=: 43.
=Black Walnut= =30=: 74.
=Black-warbonnet-top.= See =Tä´n-kóñkya=.
=Black Water-spirit=, cured of consumption =37=: 392.
=Black Weed=, medicinal use of =42=: 658.
=Black Wolf.= _See_ =Gúi-koñgya=.
=Black Wolf’s Village=, location of =37=: 51.
=Blackberry=
belief concerning =45=: 508.
medicinal use of =43=: 265; =45=: 471.
myth concerning =19=: 259.
use of =44=: 292, 307, 340, 358.
use of, for food =45=: 487, 488.
=Blackbird=
a prominent Osage =45=: 534.
an Omaha chief =15=: 192.
Indian chief, account of =27=: 82.
=Blackbird, A. J.=
on Menomini totems =14=: 44.
on signification of Mänäbush =14=: 162.
on use and meaning of “_min_” =19=: 1024.
=Blackbird=, customs concerning =11=: 410.
=Blackbird Clan=, native name for =42=: 117.
=Blackbird Creeks=, references to =27=: 91, 630.
=Blackbird Dance=
mention of =42=: 524.
reason for not dancing =42=: 529.
=Blackbird Hills=, reference to =27=: 83.
=Blackbird’s Burial= =1=: 139.
=Blackbird’s Town=
cession of reserve at =18=: 764.
reservation at =18=: 700.
=Blackburn, _Rev._ Gideon=, establishment of school among Cherokee
by =19=: 84.
=Blackburn, J. C. S.=, vase from mound presented by =3=: 507.
=Blackens Himself.= _See_ =Koñpä´te=.
=Blacket, W. S.=, cited =4=: 251.
=Blackfeet=
a Teton division =14=: 1059.
absence of Ghost dance among =14=: 816, 817.
account of the =15=: 219.
baskets bought by =41=: 135.
burial lodges of the =1=: 154.
cairn burial of the =1=: 161.
definition of =4=: 97.
dog soldiers of the =14=: 986.
eagle trapping by the =14=: 993.
former union of, with the Cheyenne =14=: 1025.
games of the =24=:
dice games 56 _sqq._
hand game 269, 276, 305, 317.
hoop and pole 443 _sq._, 502.
tops 734.
habitat of the =15=: 160.
Kiowa hostility to =17=: 241.
Kiowa name of the =17=: 160.
mention of the =4=: 102, 104, 106, 114, 121, 122, 227.
method of catching eagles practiced by the =19=: 453.
migration of the =46=: 405 _sq._
myths of the =19=: 432, 447, 451.
native name of the =14=: 957.
name of the Gros Ventres by =14=: 955.
Omaha name for the =27=: 102.
poisoned arrows used by the =14=: 285.
rock carvings of the =4=: 24.
smallpox among the =17=: 275.
Tenskwatawa religion among the =14=: 680.
tree burial of the =1=: 161.
tribal signs for =1=: 412.
war customs of the =17=: 259.
White Buffalo Hide among =27=: 284.
_See also_ =Blackfoot=; etc.
=Blackfeet Indians=, figures sketched by =10=: 130.
=Blackfoot=
crania, work done on, by Michelson =44=: 5.
data on scalp and war dances of =40=: 548.
divisions of the =45=: 304.
Flathead name for =45=: 302.
land cessions and reservations =18=: 812 _sqq._, 864, 874, 876,
880, 902, 924 _sqq._
name of, in sign language =45=: 148.
original territory of =45=: 321.
southern movement of =45=: 316-319.
story of battle of, with Salish =45=: 125-128.
wars of, with Coeur d’Alêne =45=: 125-128.
wars of, with Flathead =45=: 361-365.
_See also_ =Blackfeet=; etc.
=Blackfoot Language=
cluster _st_ in =28=: 234.
reference to =28=: 186, 225.
relationship of =28=: 22, 229-232, 235, 237, 289.
=Blackmore, ----=, on arrow chipping =13=: 142.
=Black’s Canyon=, cliff-house at mouth of =28=: 197 _sq._
=Black’s Ranch=, reference to =28=: 195, 196, 197.
=Black’s Station=, encounter at =19=: 48.
=Black Warrior River=, reference to =42=: 38.
=Blackwater, William=, information furnished by =26=: 18.
=Blackwater, Ariz.=
pictographs near =28=: 148.
Pima day schools =26=: 34.
Pima dwellings =26=: 153.
Puna sacred places =26=: 255.
Pima village =26=: 23.
references to =28=: 37, 62, 115.
=Blackwell, Thomas=
appointment of =41=: 95.
work of =41=: 94, 115; =42=: 18; =43=: 17; =44=: 17; =46=: 15;
=47=: 12; =48=: 19.
=Bladder=, the hero, offerings to =37=: 441.
=Bladder Feasts=, of the Eskimo =18=: 379-393.
=Bladder Trouble=, treatment of =42=: 655 _sq._, 658, 659.
=Bladders=
enema made of animals’ =38=: § 921.
Eskimo floats made of =18=: 141, 188.
Eskimo musical instruments made of =18=: 350.
used as receptacles =13=: 280.
=Blade=
and celt making compared =15=: 102.
experiments in, and celt making =15=: 151.
=Blade-grass Basketry= patterns =38=: § 444.
=Blades=
destiny of, from quarry shops =15=: 148.
iron, recovered from mound =44=: 166.
_See also_ =Leaf-shape Blades=.
=Blaeu, Jean=
on Pecos =29=: 476.
on Santa Ana =29=: 521.
on Taos =29=: 182.
=Blagden, Thomas=, on Piny Branch quarries =15=: 35.
=Blair, _Miss_ Emma Helen=, authority on writings of the Jesuits
=19=: 1113.
=Blair, James=, Georgia commissioner in treating with the Cherokee
=5=: 236.
=Blake, _Lady_ Edith=
cited on Jamaican skull heaps =25=: 87.
material collected by =24=: 97.
petroglyphs described and sketched by =10=: 137 _sqq._
=Blake, P.=, on Caliche =26=: 87.
=Blanchard’s Fork Ottawa=, land cessions and reservations by =18=:
686, 734, 826, 842, 858.
=Blanchard’s Fork Wyandot=, land cessions and reservations by =18=:
690, 734.
=Blanchets=, two, first priests among the Flathead =45=: 385.
=Blanching Silver=, Navaho method of =2=: 175.
=Blanco, Ruiz=, cited =30=: 139.
=Bland, Edward=, travels of =42=: 779.
=Bland, _Dr._ T. A.=, Red Cloud census loaned, by =4=: 176, 177.
=Blandina River.= _See_ =Roanoke River=.
=Blankets=
appearance of, in Hopi katcina representations =21=: 60.
blessed, used at Zuñi feasts =9=: 526.
counting of =35=: 1055, 1067 _sq._
designs on =41=: 360.
formerly used to cover doorways =8=: 182, 188, 189, 194.
given in feast =35=: 1062.
materials used for =41=: 355.
Navaho =3=: 380-388.
of the native American cotton =14=: 517.
pin for, made of yew-wood =35=: 118.
rabbit-skin =45=: 226.
use of, in Hopi festivals =21=: 37, 40, 42, 46, 47.
weaving of =2=: 434.
worn reversed by Hopi katcinas =21=: 84.
=Blankinship, J. W.=, on absence of wild rice in Montana =19=: 1031.
=Blankinstone, _Mrs._=
copper plate obtained by =12=: 153.
silver articles in Minnesota mound found by =12=: 715.
=Blase, _Father_, ----=, Menomini grammar and dictionary by =14=:
295.
=Blazing Star=
mention of =33=: 133.
use of =44=: 290, 366.
=Bledos=, meaning of the term =9=: 522.
=Bledsoe=, on French and Spanish encouragement of Cherokee hostility
=19=: 62, 67.
=Bleeding=
practice of, among the Cherokee =7=: 334 _sq._
practices of =46=: 426.
_See also_ =Blood=.
=Blessings=
act of, in medicine dance =37=: 365.
evil, rejected =40=: 555.
obtained by fasting =40=: 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 545, 547, 551, 555.
passing of =37=: 366.
special, for warfare =37=: 157, 160, 168.
=Blind=, gestures of the =1=: 278.
=Blind Man who wanted a Girl=, legend of =30=: 382.
=Blindman’s Buff=, played by the Eskimo =18=: 337.
=Blind Men and the Raccoon=, folktale of =14=: 211.
=Blind Savanna=, a wrong clan interpretation =42=: 118.
=Blindness=
among Indian medicine-men =9=: 470.
assumption of, by Sumaikoli =21=: 96.
belief concerning =37=: 263.
caused by spirits =30=: 182, 185.
=Blish, A. H.=, vessel collected by =20=: 166.
=Blitum Capitatum= =45=: 502.
=Blizzard=
experienced by Coronado =14=: 506.
_See also_ =Snow=; =Storm=.
=Block House=
established by _Capt._ John Anderson =42=: 794.
roads from =42=: 794, 800.
=Block-type Club= =38=: § 153.
=Blocks=
on Eskimo dog harness =18=: 210 _sq._
on Eskimo float-lines =18=: 142 _sq._
on rigging of Eskimo boats =18=: 218.
=Blodgett, James H.=, on pictographs =4=: 33.
=Bloedite, _mineral_=, reference to =29=: 579.
=Blood=
bleeding, etc. =38=: § 752, 923, 924.
Eskimo =46=: 366.
Eskimo paint made of =18=: 198.
of seal =35=: 456.
Serian and Yuman names for =17=: 297*, 334* _sq._
spirit in =30=: 290.
talisman from =30=: 290.
use of, in Sioux arrow ceremony =14=: 823.
_See also_ =Bleeding=; etc.
=Blood-craze= of the Seri =17=: 188*, 203* _sq._, 262* _sqq._, 265*.
=Blood Feuds= of the Coeur d’Alêne =45=: 129.
=Blood Indians=
dice games of the =24=: 58.
Flathead name for =45=: 302.
land cessions and reservations =18=: 864, 874, 876, 880, 902, 924
_sqq._
linguistic affinities of =28=: 229.
name of, in sign language =45=: 148.
=Blood-letting=
as a remedy for sickness =42=: 625.
ceremonial =40=: 41.
mention of =44=: 332.
_See also_ =Blood=; =Bleeding=; =Scratching=.
=Blood Money= of the Kwakiutl =35=: 1362, 1378.
=Blood Mountain=, myth concerning =19=: 330.
=Blood-of-the-bear Disease=, treatment for =42=: 640.
=Blood-revenge=
among the Eskimo =18=: 292 _sq._
_See also_ =Retaliation=.
=Blood-soup= of the Kwakiutl =35=: 456 _sq._
=Blood Taboo= =42=: 520.
=Bloodroot=
medicinal use of =43=: 264.
mention of =33=: 83.
use of =44=: 293.
_See also_ =Sanguinaria Canadensis=.
=Bloody Basin=, cliff houses of =17=: 549.
=“Bloody Tanks,”= fight at =26=: 50.
=“Blossom,” _H. M. S._= =46=: 231.
=Blount, ----=, on Cherokee and Chickasaw habitat =7=: 79.
=Blount, _Chief_, ----=, settlement of Tuscarora under =19=: 498.
=Blount, Thomas=, cited on symbolic use of meal =9=: 513, 514.
=Blount, William=
endeavor of, for peace =19=: 78.
governor of Tennessee =19=: 212.
instructed to treat with the Cherokee =5=: 162.
life of =19=: 212.
on attack of Buchanon’s station =19=: 73.
on Chickamauga declaration of war in 1792 =19=: 71.
on origin of Chickamauga band =19=: 54.
on Shaw’s mission =19=: 71.
proposal of, to Cherokee in 1795 =19=: 81.
protest of, against Hopewell treaty =5=: 155.
territorial governor =19=: 68.
treats with the Cherokee =5=: 158.
treaty and cession arranged by, in 1791 =19=: 68 _sq._
=Blowgun=
Arecinea reed used for =38=: § 117.
darts and dart poison for =38=: § 120-123.
formerly used by Indians =14=: 286.
of the Guiana Indians =38=: § 117 _sqq._
quivers for, darts =38=: § 124.
use of =42=: 693.
use of, as toys =38=: § 616.
=Blowing=
in Shaker ceremonial =14=: 761.
with the mouth, objects of =30=: 164.
=Blowpipe= of the Navaho silversmiths =2=: 175.
=Blowsnake, Jasper=
acknowledgment to =37=: 48.
remarks by =37=: 447.
=Blow-tube Grass=, spirits associated with =30=: 228, 232.
=Blubber=
Eskimo manner of eating =18=: 268.
of seal =35=: 456, 458, 463.
=Blubber-holder=, for Eskimo lamp =9=: 108 _sq._
=Blubber Hooks=, of the Eskimo =9=: 310 _sq._; =18=: 73.
=Blubber Rooms= of Point Barrow Eskimo =9=: 76.
=Blue=
Serian and Yuman words meaning =17=: 335* _sq._
symbolism of, in Hako ceremony =22, ii=: 20 _sqq._, 38, 44.
=Blue Cohosh=
mention of =33=: 83.
_See also_ =Caolophyllum Thalictrides=.
=Blue Cloud=, a name for Arapaho =4=: 117, 118, 176.
=Blue Cloud People=, an Arapaho synonym =14=: 789.
=Blue Earth River=
references to =27=: 73, 80.
reservation on =18=: 804.
=Blue Flag=
use of =33=: 72; =44=: 290.
_See also_ =Iris Versicolor=.
=Blue Flute (Cakwaleñya) Altar=, at Mishongnovi =19=: 989.
=Blue Grama=, brooms and brushes made from =30=: 83.
=Blue Grouse=, as giver of supernatural power =35=: 1093.
=Blue Hill Island=, work in =48=: 3 _sq._
=Blue Jay People=, settlement in Tusayan of the =8=: 26, 27.
=Blue Leaf=, fruit of, used as condiment =30=: 71.
=Blue Lick Springs, Ky.=
trail to =42=: 789.
upper and lower =42=: 787.
=Blue Licks=, buffalo roads to =42=: 742.
=Blue People=, a Cherokee clan =42=: 118.
=Blue River=, aboriginal remains on =44=: 527.
=Blue Spot=, on dead, signification of =30=: 356, 361.
=Blue Thunder=, Assiniboin warrior =46=: 402.
=Blue Weed=, medicinal use of =43=: 266.
=Blue Whirlwind=
portrait of =14=: 877.
wounding of, at Wounded Knee =14=: 869.
=Bluebell=
Scotch, use of =44=: 288.
used in medicine =30=: 44.
=Blueberry=
mention of =35=: 300.
use of =44=: 294; =45=: 487.
used medicinally =42=: 664.
_See also_ =Vaccinium Angustifolium=.
=Blueberry Elder=, use of =45=: 490.
=Bluebird=
among the Pima, in mythology =26=: 345, 367.
among the Pima, in song =26=: 284, 303, 334.
among the Pima, in tales =26=: 245 _sq._, 250.
in Iroquoian cosmology =21=: 311.
=Bluefleld, W. Va.=, trail in vicinity of =42=: 769, 770.
=Bluejay=
carries back men from spirit country =35=: 1020 _sq._
in Menomini myth =14=: 229.
myth concerning =19=: 284.
name of Tlingit gaming stick =26=: 444.
story about =43=: 377-381.
Tlingit town name =26=: 397.
=Bluejay Songs= =39=: 220.
=Bluestem=, use of =44=: 286, 342, 348.
=Bluestone=, trails from =42=: 770.
=Bluestone River=, trails to head of =42=: 765 _sq._
=Bluff= =46=: 196.
_See also_ =Dohásän=.
=Bluff, The.= _See_ =Nashville=.
=Bluhm, ----=, on statistics of trephining =16=: 16.
=Blumenbach, ----=, preserved skulls in Brazil reported by =3=: 95.
=Blumenbach, J. F.= =46=: 330, 333, 334, 367.
=Blunt, ----=, reservation for =18=: 706.
=Blythe, David=
Cherokee story teller =19=: 237.
myths told by =19=: 449, 483.
=Blythe, James=
acknowledgments to =19=: 13.
agent for East Cherokee =19=: 180.
Cherokee story teller =19=: 237.
myths told by =19=: 436, 462, 463.
=Bmulé=
myth concerning =43=: 193 _sq._
various conceptions of =43=: 193.
=Boa Constrictor=
beliefs concerning =30=: 370.
_See also_ =Camudi=.
=Board Games.= _See_ =European Games=.
=Boardman, E.=, land-treaty witness 14: 28.
=Boards=
making of =35=: 61, 82 _sq._
sewing of =35=: 77, 93, 98.
=Boas, _Prof._ Franz=
acknowledgments to =9=: 20; =14=: XLIII; =29=: 12; =37=: 48.
archeological work of =34=: 170.
at International Congress of Americanists =26=: XI.
bulletin by =39=: 24.
bulletin by, on Chinook texts =15=: XLVI, L, LIV, LXII, LXV,
LXVIII.
buzzes figured by, Central Eskimo =24=: 751, 752.
cited on Chimakum habitat =7=: 62.
cited on customs concerning childbirth =9=: 415.
cited on Eskimo harpoons =9=: 221.
cited on Eskimo kaiaks =9=: 334.
cited on Eskimo jackstones =9=: 365.
cited on Eskimo umiaks =9=: 338.
collection of Indian myths by =19=: 428.
contributor to Bureau =48=: 1189.
dice figured by, Central Eskimo =24=: 102.
editorial work of =33=: 33; =34=: 20, 21.
excavations under supervison of =34=: 51.
Haida researches of =7=: 120.
honorary philologist =31=: 8.
Kathlamet texts of =23=: XXXVI.
linguistic research by =33=: 29.
material collected by =24=: 240, 249, 489, 717, 719.
mention of =46=: 150, 227, 228, 229, 231, 235, 237, 256, 258, 331,
333, 346, 347, 357, 367.
memoir by =36=: 30.
new Chinook texts of =21=: XXVII.
office work by =20=: XXI; =22, i=: XXXII.
on archery, Shuswap =24=: 390.
on ball juggling, Central Eskimo =24=: 712.
on cat’s cradle, Central Eskimo =24=: 768, 769.
on cat’s cradle, Shuswap =24=: 773.
on cat’s cradle, Songish =24=: 773.
on cat’s cradle, Tsetsaut =24=: 767.
on dice games, Eskimo =24=: 102,103.
on dice games, Kwakiutl =24=: 196.
on dice games, Shuswap =24=: 156.
on dice games, Songish =24=: 157.
on dice games, Tlingit =24=: 131.
on dissemination of Indian myths =19=: 234.
on football game, Central Eskimo =24=: 701.
on hand game, Kwakiutl =24=: 320.
on hand game, Niska =24=: 281.
on hand game, Nootka =24=: 322.
on hand game, Shuswap =24=: 302.
on hidden ball, Shuswap =24=: 370.
on hoop and pole, Eskimo =24=: 472 _sqq._
on hoop and pole, Kwakiutl =24=: 521.
on hoop and pole, Niska =24=: 471.
on hoop and pole, Nootka =24=: 523.
on hoop and pole, Shuswap =24=:491.
on hoop and pole, Songish =24=: 491.
on population of Baffin Land Eskimo =7=: 75.
on population of the Chimmesyan tribes =7=: 64.
on relationship between Tlingit and Haida languages =26=: 472.
on ring and pin, Central Eskimo =24=: 544 _sq._, 547.
on shinny, Niska =24=: 628.
on shinny, Shuswap =24=: 632.
on shinny, Tsetsaut =24=: 624.
on stick games, Niska =24=: 240.
on stick games, Shuswap =24=: 252 _sq._
on stick games, Songish =24=: 254.
on the habitat of the Haeltzuk =7=: 130.
on the middle group of Eskimo =7=: 73.
on Tillamook myths =19=: 440.
on Tlingit suffix _-to_ =26=: 484.
on tops, Central Eskimo =24=: 736, 737.
on tops, Niska =24=: 736.
on tossed ball, Central Eskimo =24=: 709.
on tossed ball, Niska =24=: 709.
on unclassified games, Central Eskimo =24=: 782 _sq._
on unclassified games, Kwakiutl =24=: 786.
papers by =6=: 399-669; =34=: 26; =37=: 27, 28; =39=: 21; =40=:
17; =42=: 17; =43=: 16; =44=: 15.
phonetics used by =26=: 395 _sq._
position held by, abolished =41=: 21
preface by =41=: 131 _sq._
publication under direction of =41=: 119.
reference to =40=: 27.
remarks on paper respecting Central Eskimo by =6=: LVI, LVII.
researches by =23=: XI, XIV, XXXIV, XXXV.
Salishan researches by =7=: 104.
shuttlecock terms furnished by, Bellacoola =24=: 717.
special research work by =32=: 9, 24.
Tsimshian mythology, memoir on =31=: 25, 29-1037.
Tsimshian texts of =23=: XXXVI, XLIII.
Wakashan researches of =7=: 129.
work of =10=: XXIII; XXIV; =16=: LXV; =24=: XXI _sq._; =25=: XII,
XIX _sq._; =26=: XVIII, XXI _sq._; =27=: 9; =28=: 15; =29=: 18;
=30=: 10, 21; =31=: 17; =36=: 19 _sq._; =37=: 19 _sq._, 21;
=39=: 21; =40=: 11 _sq._
work of, consulted =9=: 21.
=Boas, F., _and_ Chamberlain, A. F.=, paper by =36=: 31.
=Boat Hooks= of the Eskimo =18=: 222 _sq._
=Boat Racing= among the Eskimo =18=: 340.
=Boat-shaped Stones=
and plummets compared =13=: 113.
described and figured =13=: 124.
=Boats=
breakdown =46=: 71.
decoration of =30=: 255.
Eskimo =11=: 235; =18=: 216-222; =46=: 91.
graveyard of, off Barrow =46=: 108.
Hamilton-St. Michael =46=: 79 _sq._
Holy Cross-Paimute =46=: 65.
man kidnapped by =30=: 222.
Mandan =17=: 159.
need of one’s own, for exploration =46=: 80, 86, 181.
Nenana-Tanana =46=: 39.
Nulato-Kaltag =46=: 39.
of hide of the Omahas =13=: 281.
ornamented =4=: 72, 78.
river =46=: 55.
Russian Mission to St. Michael =46=: 68, 71.
St. Michael-Nome =46=: 84, 85.
superstitions concerning =30=: 303.
Tanana-Nulato =46=: 45.
timber used for =38=: § 794.
umiaks =46=: 91.
washing spoons from =30=: 241, 252, 267.
women and building of =38=: § 899.
words taboo in =30=: 252 _sq._, 307.
_See also_ =Bull-boat=; =Canoes=; =Navigation=.
=Bobbydoklinny.= _See_ =Nakai-doklĭ´ni =.
=Bobzien, Edwin=, assistance rendered by =47=: 10.
=Boca Dulce=, a Pima chief =26=: 21.
=Boca Infierno=, tides and currents in =17=: 46 _sq._
=Bocanegra, Hernando Perez de.= _See_ =Perez=.
=Bock, Carl=, cited on Borneo water vessels =9=: 494.
=Bodălk`iñago=, Kiowa name of the Comanche =14=: 1043.
=Bodham-Whetham, J. W.=, cited =30=: 128, 164, 236, 239, 275, 300,
381.
=Bodkins=
bone, from Awatobi =17=: 627.
Eskimo =18=: 106 _sqq._
from Pueblo ruins on Little Colorado River =22, i=: 94.
=Body=
anointing of =38=: § 511.
attitude of, as a sign of anger =20=: CXLII _sq._
decoration and ornaments of =38=: pp. 412-448.
feathering of =38=: § 514.
feelings of, as signs =35=: 603 _sqq._
immortality of =30=: 149 _sq._, 151 _sq._
life restored to =30=: 170, 177 _sq._
painting of =38=: § 512, 513.
petrification of =30=: 152.
rejuvenation of =30=: 149 _sq._, 151.
responsivity of =17=: 268* _sq._
spirits associated with =30=: 149, 152-164.
spirits associated with, transfer of =30=: 158.
stroking of, in greeting =32=: 631.
tattooing of =38=: § 510.
transformation of =30=: 149, 150 _sq._, 182, 184 _sq._, 199, 229.
_See also_ =Forms=; =Spirits=.
=Body of Zephyrs= in Iroquoian cosmology =21=: 295.
=Body Painting=
a daily custom =45=: 418.
associated with Ghost dance =45=: 427.
ceremonial =40=: 225.
colors used in =45=: 418.
for the dance =45=: 391, 392, 428; =46=: 559, 562.
mention of =47=: 860 _sqq._, 868.
of the Coeur d’Alêne =45=: 86 _sq._
symbolic =45=: 340 _sq._
universal among the Flathead =45=: 340.
_See also_ =Facial Painting=.
=Body Proportions=
of the Eskimo =46=: 358, 364.
of the Western Eskimo =46=: 213-228, 240.
of the Yukon Indians =46=: 151.
=Boebera Papposa= =33=: 132.
=Boerhavia Hirsuta= =38=: § 920.
=Bogies=
Indian =11=: 473.
occasional visits of, in Walpi Powamû festival =21=: 71.
=Bogoras, _Prof._ Waldemar=
author of Chukchee Grammar =33=: 29; =34=: 20; =37=: 20.
manuscript intrusted to =36=: 20.
mention of =46=: 254, 259, 330, 333, 367.
paper by =36=: 30.
work in northeastern Asia =46=: 30.
=Bogs=, myths concerning =11=: 481.
=Bohemy Family=, mention of =43=: 224.
=Bóhónkóñkya=, treaty signed by, in 1837 =17=: 269.
=Bo-i-de _or_ The Flame=, time chart of =4=: 93.
=Boii=
derivation of name =25=: 130.
_See also_ =Priesthood, _Antillean_=.
=Boiling=
by means of heated stones =41=: 586.
method of, used by American aborigines =20=: 26 _sq._
with red-hot stones by the Kwakiutl =35=: 545, 546.
_See also_ =Domestic Pottery=.
=Boiling Baskets=
mention of =4=: 485.
terms for =41=: 396.
=Boiling Spring Academy=
Indian remains at =41=: 559.
naming of =41=: 603.
=Boils=
mention of =11=: 496.
treatment of =42=: 667.
=Bóiñ-edal=
adopted father of =17=: 280.
Kiowa capture of =17=: 270.
scalping witnessed by =17=: 273.
=Bois d’Arc=
mention of =33=: 76.
origin of the name =42=: 692.
=Bois Fort Chippewa= land cessions and reservations =18=: 796, 840,
904, 912, 938.
=Bolas=
of the Eskimo =9=: 244 _sqq._
use of round stones as =13=: 95.
=Bolingbroke, H.=, on origin of man =30=: 141, 233.
=Bolivar, Tenn.=, trail to =42=: 692.
=Bolivar and Memphis Trail= followed by the Cherokee trace =42=:
822.
=Bolivia=
character of pottery from =20=: 20.
collections from =30=: 22.
researches in =30=: 11-15.
=Bollaert, William=
cited =6=: 41, 45.
cited on emeralds of Peruvians =9=: 590.
=Boller, Henry A.=
on hand game, Hidatsa =24=: 318.
on hoop and pole, Hidatsa =24=: 511.
on shinny, Hidatsa =24=: 641.
on shuffleboard, Hidatsa =24=: 729.
=Bologna Codex= =3=: 28.
=Bolsover, William=, account of plates by =42=: 504.
=Bolton, _Dr._ Herbert E.=
acknowledgment to =29=: 12.
assistance rendered by =45=: 4.
work of =28=: 16 _sq._; =29=: 19; =30=: 10, 16.
=Bombas=, negro dances =25=: 69, 210.
=Bombax sp.=, silk-cotton tree, cotton for darts =38=: § 124.
=Bonael=, an idol in the Cave of the Sun =34=: 264.
=Bonaks=, cremation =1=: 144.
=Bonasila=
mention of =46=: 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 81, 82, 83, 134, 135, 142,
144, 153, 154.
skeletal remains of =46=: 156-160.
=Bond Stones=, used in Pueblo walls =8=: 144, 198.
=Bone, Albert S.=, killed at Wounded Knee =14=: 872.
=Bone=
arrowheads of, in Sioux ceremony =14=: 823.
articles of, from Pojuaque =2=: 440.
articles of, from Walpi =2=: 396.
articles of, from Zuñi =2=: 373.
artifacts of, from mounds =37=: 102.
beads of =44=: 137 _sq._
chest ornament =38=: § 537.
circular =38=: § 540.
Eskimo houses built of =18=: 257 _sqq._
Eskimo implements made of =18=: 75, 77-80, 82, 85, 88, 93,
100-109, 115, 123, 124, 127, 128, 130, 131, 133, 138 _sqq._
146-152, 155, 157 _sqq._, 161, 164, 165, 177, 180 _sqq._, 189,
195.
Eskimo ornaments made of =18=: 58, 59.
Eskimo tobacco implements made of =18=: 273, 278, 280.
Eskimo toys made of =18=: 341-345.
Eskimo transportation apparatus made of =18=: 207, 210, 214, 217,
219, 222, 226.
figures showing =22, i=: 94, 95, 166.
flageolet =38=: § 564.
hoes of the Omaha =13=: 278.
Indian manufacture of pipes of =20=: 172.
needle =38=: § 70.
objects of =34=: 75, 234, 235; =44=: 106-138.
occurrence of symbolic designs engraved on =20=: 101.
pictographs on =4=: 59; =10=: 206.
Serian and Yuman names for =17=: 333* _sq._
solid, forming ribs =32=: 259.
tattooed =4=: 73 sq.
tools used in steatite working =15=: 111.
use of, in implement making =13=: 142.
used in stone-flaking =15=: 61, 80.
weapons of Virginia =15=: 85.
whistles =38=: § 569.
working tools, Eskimo =18=: 80 _sq._
_See also_ =Bone Beads=; etc.; =Bones=.
=Bone Beads=
from Honanki =17=: 573.
in Sikyatki graves =17=: 733.
=Bone Carving=
of the Antilleans =25=: 192 _sq._
of the Eskimo =18=: 196 _sq._
=Bone Crushers= of the Eskimo =9=: 93-99.
=Bone Dance=
description of =42=: 531.
mention of =42=: 524.
=Bone Implements=
from mound =12=: 382.
from Pueblo ruins, description of =22, i=: 93 _sqq._, 134, 164,
166 _sq._
in cavate lodges =13=: 223, 224.
paddle shaped =31=: 15.
used in quarrying =15=: 23.
_See also_ =Implements=.
=Bone Needles= from mound =12=: 373.
=Bone Objects=
from Awatobi =17=: 627, 628.
from Honanki =17=: 572.
worn by the Pima =26=: 163.
=Bone Plates= from mound =12=: 157.
=Bone Pickers=
references to the =42=: 687, 700,
_See also_ =Buzzard Men and Women=.
=Bone Points=
fragmentary =44=: 115-122.
miscellaneous =44=: 112-115.
=Boner, J. H.=, on Moravian mourning, =1=: 166.
=Bones=
animal, Bonasila =46=: 142.
broken, treatment of =42=: 660.
converted into birds =32=: 487.
fossilized =46=: 60, 142, 157.
gifts of =30=: 158 _sq._, 168.
implements of =46=: 170-173.
long =46=: 156-160, 163 _sqq._, 326.
mammoth, found at Big Bone Lick =42=: 790.
of Big Bone Lick, disposal of =42=: 791.
of prehistoric animals =46=: 411 _sq._
of the dead, burial of =42=: 389.
of the dead, cleaning of =1=: 168.
of the dead, disposal of =42=: 700 _sq._
of the dead, reinterred =46=: 574 _sq._
pathological =46=: 109.
preserved by Guiana Indians =38=: § 832, 838.
reassembled and brought to life =32=: 212, 216, 217, 398, 404,
488, 490, 586.
removal of, in legends =30=: 121, 172.
spirit in =30=: 152, 153, 158 _sq._
use of, in decoration of pottery =20=: 66, 84, 193.
used in invocation =30=: 168.
_See also_ =Bone=; etc.; =Burial=.
=Boneset=
medicinal use of =42=: 658; =43=: 265, 266.
use of =44=: 289.
=Bonesteel, A. D.=, on death of Oshkosh =14=: 47.
=Bonework= =45=: 42 _sq._, 217.
=“Boneyard,”= between Tanana and Ruby =46=: 46, 47.
=Bonila, Antonio=, on Quivira =29=: 566.
=Bonilla, ----=, on Sandia population in 1749 =17=: 584.
=Bonita Creek, Ariz.=, cliff houses on =22, i=: 187.
=Bonnell, ----=,
on Cherokee agreement with Mexico =19=: 145.
on Cherokee expulsion from Texas =19=: 145.
on Houston’s efforts on behalf of Cherokee =19=: 145.
on Mexican grant to Cherokee =19=: 143.
=Bonnerjea, _Dr._ Biren=, contributor to Bureau =48=: 1189.
=Bonneville, _Capt._, B. L. E.=
at Fort Gibson in 1837 =17=: 170.
on hand game, Nez Percéys =24=: 304 _sq._
treaty concluded by =18=: 851.
=Bontoc Igorot=, report on expedition among =24=: XXI.
=Bony-tail= Gila fish =26=: 83.
=Book Cliff=, pictographs of =4=: 27.
=Book Cliff Canyon, Wash.=, petroglyphs in =10=: 117.
=Books=, myths concerning =19=: 351.
=Boon, Daniel=, leader of pioneer advance =19=: 45.
=Boone, Daniel=
adventures of =42=: 787.
carried over Warrior’s Path =42=: 781.
road traveled by =42=: 794, 799.
=Boone, William=
acknowledgments to =25=: 245.
on paddle stones =25=: 261.
=Boone County, Nebr.=, references to =27=: 100, 101.
=Boone’s Gap=, description of =42=: 801.
=Boone’s Trail= =42=: 801 _sq._
=Booneville, N. C.=, trail near =42=: 777.
=Boonsboro, Ky.=
beseiged by the Shawnee =42=: 788.
trails to =42=: 782, 801 _sq._
=Booske Tah=
name for celebration of new corn crop =42=: 568.
_See also_ =Busk=.
=Boos-ke-tau=
name for training of priest or doctor =42=: 619.
_See also_ =Busk= (2).
=Boot Pads=, Eskimo =18=: 43.
=Boot-sole Creasers= =18=: 108.
=Booth, ----=, a Kiowa trader =17=: 313.
=Boothia Felix and Back River=, tribes of =6=: 452-459.
=Boots=
of the Eskimo =9=: 129-135; =11=: 179, 205, 217; =18=: 40-43.
_See also_ =Boot-pad=; etc.; =Shoes=.
=Boraginaceae= =33=: 111.
=Borde, Fr. de la=
cited =30=: 141, 153, 156, 160, 163, 165, 168, 257, 259, 260,
268, 270, 290, 296, 303, 306, 314, 320, 321, 323, 340, 342,
351, 352, 353.
on invocation of spirits =30=: 168.
=Borden’s Farm=, flint on =44=: 528.
=Borers= of the Eskimo =9=: 175-182.
=Borgian Codex=
cited =3=: 23, 24, 26, 28, 46, 54, 57, 58, 61; =19=: 861.
discussion of symbols in =16=: 212, 213, 219, 222, 244.
earth symbols in =16=: 256.
flint symbols in =16=: 228.
Nahuatlan numbers from =19=: 944 _sq._
sky symbol in =16=: 223.
=Borinquen=
discussion of the name =25=: 78.
_See also_ =Porto Rico=.
=Borinqueños=
agriculture of =25=: 50 _sq._
ancient inhabitants of Puerto Rico =10=: 137.
as potters =25=: 179 _sq._, 189.
bone carving of =25=: 192_sq._
cannibalism of =25=: 50.
canoes of =25=: 208, 217.
cave dwellers =25=: 41.
chief authorities on =25=: 19 _sq._
clans or phratries of =25=: 42.
culture of =25=: 47, 89 _sq._, 91, 178 _sq._, 214 _sq._, 216.
dances of =25=: 69.
effect of Spanish conquest on =25=: 25.
food of =25=: 22, 51, 106.
government of =25=: 33 _sqq._
hieroglyphic writing of =25=: 149.
houses of =25=: 41-47, 84, 217.
human sacrifice of =25=: 168.
hunting and fishing of =25=: 48 _sqq._
idols of =25=: 197.
language of =25=: 77 _sq._
line of descent among =25=: 47.
marriage among =25=: 48.
medicine practices of =25=: 61-64.
mental and moral characteristics of =25=: 31 _sq._
mortuary customs of =25=: 58, 80, 82_sq._, 195, 217.
myths of =25=: 73.
naming of children among =25=: 47.
occupations of =25=: 107.
physical characteristics of =25=: 28-31.
population of =25=: 23 _sq._
priesthood among =25=: 59 _sq._
race and kinship of =25=: 24, 26 _sqq._, 90, 219.
religion of =25=: 42, 53 _sq._, 129-132.
researches among =25=: 19 _sqq._
resistance to Spaniards by =25=: 31.
rites and ceremonies, for crops =25=: 66-69.
rites and ceremonies, general account =25=: 64 _sqq._
rites and ceremonies, mortuary =25=: 69-72.
shell carving of =25=: 192 _sq._
skeletal remains of =25=: 82 _sq._
slavery among =25=: 23 _sq._
weapons of =25=: 93, 209.
_zemis_ of =25=: 54-59.
_See also_ =Antilleans=; =Porto Rico=.
=Born=, signs for =1=: 356.
=Borneo=, mourning color used in =10=: 630.
=Boru-boru=, for snake bite =38=: § 929.
=Bosque Redondo=, reservation at =18=: 830.
=Boss _or_ Andiron=, Shumopavi =8=: 176.
=Bossu, M.=
cited =12=: 674, 675.
on burial denied to suicides =1=: 180.
on racket of the Choctaw =24=: 598 _sq._
on signs of the Atakapa =1=: 324.
=Boston Bay=, Iroquoian visits to =20=: 168.
=Boston Men=, application of name =14=: 721.
=Boston Natural History Museum=, specimens of Spanish olive jars
in =20=: 130.
=Boston Transcript=, translation of Alvarado’s report in =14=: 594.
=Bot-édalte=, death of =17=: 350.
=Boteler, _Dr._ W. C.=, on Oto burial ceremonies =1=: 96.
=Bot-k`iägo=, Kiowa name of the Arapaho =17=: 160.
=Bot-k`iñ´ago=, Kiowa name of Gros Ventres =14=: 955.
=Botokudos=, use of labrets by =3=: 83.
=Botrychium Virginianum=, use of =44=: 288, 352.
=Böttiger, C. A.=
controversy with Abert concerning Dresden Codex =6=: 267.
mention of Dresden Codex by =6=: 262.
=Bottle=
of kelp =35=: 540.
_See also_ =Bottles=.
=Bottle Farm=, remains on =44=: 525.
=Bottle-shape Basket= =38=: § 415.
=Bottles=
Appalachee-Ohio province, absence of =20=: 180.
collection of Indian water =3=: 533-538.
Florida Peninsula, rarity of =20=:118.
glass, Florida Peninsula =20=: 130.
glass, recovered from mound =44=: 166.
Gulf Coast pottery =20=: 105-112.
Iroquoian province, absence of =20=: 162.
Lower Mississippi Valley pottery =20=: 102, 103 _sq._
Lower Mississippi Valley pottery, thickness of walls of =20=: 83.
mention of =4=: 283, 301, 306, 320, 343, 345, 351, 352.
northern United States, absence of =20=: 145.
or jars, wide-mouthed =4=: 398-411.
South Appalachian pottery =20=: 138.
_See also_ =Forms=.
=“Bottom Day,”= Eskimo observance of =18=: 314.
=Bottom Lands=, home villages on =16=: 94.
=Bottoms of Baskets=
coiled =41=: 167-174.
method of making =41=: 174-179.
varieties of =41=: 167 _sq._
=Boturini, Lorenzo Benaduci=
interpretation of Mexican calendars by =3=: 43, 44, 47, 49, 52,
54, 55.
on Mexican calendar system. =19=: 935.
=Botuto=
cult of =30=: 137.
_See also_ =Trumpet=.
=Boucher, Pierre=
on dice game, Algonkin =24=: 49.
on stick game, Algonkin =24=: 229.
=Boudinot, Cornelius=
myths told by =19=: 449, 455.
opening of grave on farm of =19=: 143.
=Boudinot, _Dr._ Elias C.=
address on condition of Cherokee by =5=: 285.
Bible translation by =19=: 165.
compensation to heirs of =5=: 299.
editor of Cherokee “Phoenix” =19=: 111.
education of =19=: 108.
killing of =5=: 293; =19=: 133 _sqq._
on Cherokee myths =19=: 483.
on Cherokee treaty of April 27, 1868 =5=: 344.
signing of New Echota treaty by =19=: 125.
vote of, on Ridge treaty =19=: 122.
=Boulware, J. N.=
mounds on farm of, in Missouri =5=: 44.
mounds on land of, in Missouri =12=: 165.
=Boulder=
black, a life symbol =36=: 108.
red, a life symbol =36=: 61, 108.
white, a life symbol =36=: 109.
yellow, a life symbol =36=: 109.
=Boule, _Prof._ Marcellin=, cited =46=: 332, 333, 350.
=Boundaries=
Indian =1=: 253.
of Indian tribal lands, difficulty of fixing =7=: 43 _sq._
=Boundary Line=, Hano and Sichumovi =8=: 36.
=Boundary Mark=, Shumopavi and Oraibi =8=: 28.
=Bouquet, Henri=, on Indian population in 1764 =19=: 1108.
=Bourgmont, De=
on early Comanche habitat =17=: 161.
on the habitat of the Comanche =7=: 109.
Kansa mentioned by =15=: 193.
reference to =27=: 81.
=Bourgeois, Enrique=, on Quekchian numerals =19=: 901 _sqq._
=Bourke, _Capt._ John G.=
acknowledgments to =11=: 455; =14=: 655.
cited on phallicism =11=: 457.
cited on Sun dance =11=: 450, 459.
cited on symbolic colors =11=: 532.
contributor to Bureau =48=: 1189.
identifies Tally-hogan with Awatobi =17=: 602.
material collected by =24=: 747.
medicine cords figured by, Chiricahua Apache =24=: 429.
obituary of =48=: 1221.
on Apache medicine-men =14=: 360, 704.
on Apache use of bull-roarer =14=: 975.
on classification of arrows =14=: 278.
on creation myth =26=: 239.
on deluge myth =19=: 445.
on dice game terms, White Mountain Apache =24=: 90.
on fight at the “Tanks,” 1872 =26=: 54.
on lustration observances =26=: 204.
on Mexican ball race =24=: 667 _sq._
on mixture of Sobaipuri and Apache =26=: 186 _sq._
on Mohave mortuary customs =26=: 195.
on Mohave mythology =26=: 216.
on Moqui colors =4=: 56.
on Moqui shell vessels =2=: 193.
on necklaces of human fingers =14=: 1024.
on quoits, Mohave =24=: 726.
on Taos iron-tooth club =13=: 144.
on use of mulberry by the Apache =26=: 95.
paper on Medicine-men of the Apache =9=: 433-603.
paper on the medicine-men of the Apache, noticed =9=: XLIII-XLVI.
Pueblo vases, etc., presented by =8=: XXV.
quoted on Sun dance =11=: 464.
Snake dance studies by =15=: 265; =16=: 273.
=Bovista Pila=, use of =44=: 288, 377.
=Bovista Plumbea= =33=: 62.
=Bow=
a life symbol =36=: 99.
appearance of, in pictures of Hopi katcinas =21=: 61, 72, 76, 81,
82, 90, 91, 98, 99, 103, 106, 108, 111, 113.
ceremonial painting of =36=: 234.
ceremonial use of =16=: 279, 282, 286.
manufacture of =38=: § 126.
priests of the, Zuñi =24=: 215.
protectors on Eskimo boats =18=: 228.
sacred, in Sioux ceremony =14=: 823.
sacred, in Sioux Ghost dance =14=: 788.
Seri, decoration of =17=: 175*.
Seri, genesis of construction of =17=: 199*, 200*.
simple in construction =31=: 50.
timber for =38=: § 125.
use of, by Hopi katcinas =21=: 78, 86.
_See also_ =Arrow=; etc.; =Bows=.
=Bow and Arrow=
distribution of, in Powamû festival =21=: 31.
expert use of =42=: 692.
finding of, at Chevlon =22, i=: 100.
making of the Eskimo =9=: 291-294.
use of =46=: 542, 555.
woods used for =42=: 692.
=Bow Cases=
of the Eskimo =9=: 195-200; =11=: 246, 247.
of the Nenenot =11=: 312.
=Bow Creek, Nebr.=, reference to =27=: 85.
=Bow Drill=
of the Guiana Indians =38=: § 19, 38.
used by the Innuit =4=: 48.
=Bow Gens= =36=: 98.
=Bow-making Songs= =39=: 271-274.
=Bow-Man=, Tlingit spirit =26=: 465, 466.
=Bow People=, wi´-gie of =43=: 47 _sq._
=Bow Priests=
activities of =47=: 525 _sq._
ceremony of =47=: 526 _sq._
dance held by =47=: 527.
duties of =47=: 478, 518.
elder brother, preparation of images of gods of war by =23=: 116,
117.
offerings made by =47=: 663.
prayers of =47=: 664-667, 668-673.
present status of =47=: 526.
qualification of =47=: 525 _sq._
retreat of =47=: 663.
songs of =47=: 530.
whirling of rhombi by =23=: 201.
=Bow Priesthood=
dancing of =23=: 468 _sq._
origin of =23=: 49 _sqq._
=Bow-string=
manufacture of =45=: 98.
of the Guiana Indians =38=: § 127.
of the Menomini =14=: 275, 280.
of the Omaha =13=: 286.
puzzle =38=: § 713.
=Bowditch, C. P.=, translation of works on Mexican and Mayan
records, by =23=: XXXVIII.
=Bower-bird=, legend concerning =30=: 226 _sq._
=Bowers, G. M.=, acknowledgments to =19=: 13.
=Bowers, Stephen=
archeological researches of =44=: 62.
pipe collected by =44=: 88 _sq._
shell objects collected by =2=: 209, 226.
=Bowl=
capture of family of =19=: 146.
emigration of =19=: 100 _sq._, 138, 141, 143.
killing of =19=: 145.
paper carried by, at death =19=: 143, 145.
treaty with Texas signed by =19=: 144.
=Bowl and Stick Game=, account of =24=: 173-177.
=Bowl Basket= =38=: § 440.
=Bowl Game=
description of =46=: 567 _sqq._
of the Chippewa =24=: 65 _sq._
of the Menomini =14=: 241.
of the Passamaquoddy =24=: 82 _sq._
=Bowl-shaped Baskets=, coils of =41=: 164.
=Bowlder=
and steatite quarries correlated =15=: 123.
beds in Anacostia Valley =15=: 70.
deposits near Hyattsville =15=: 70.
deposits near Washington =15=: 32, 33.
deposits on tidewater Potomac =15=: 71.
mosaics =12=: 534.
mystic, near Keshana, Wis. =14=: 38.
sites of Pueblo Indians, uses of =22, i=: 177.
_See also_ =Bowlders=.
=Bowlders=
adaptability of, for implements =15=: 135.
ancient Pueblo walls of =13=: 206, 217, 246, 249.
distribution of =15=: 66.
in Piny Branch quarries =15=: 42,47.
on line of ancient irrigating ditch =13=: 244.
quartz, method of quarrying =15=: 24.
sharpened, distribution of =15=: 142.
sites marked by, in Verde Valley =13=: 194, 235, 261.
use of, as implements =15=: 25, 90.
used in cliff-dwelling masonry =16=: 98, 100.
_See also_ =Bowlder=.
=Bowles, ----=, opposition to McGillivray by =19=: 210.
=Bowles, John, and Son=, map by, locates Maskotin =19=: 1054.
=Bowles, Jno.=
on Picuris =29=: 193.
on Puaray =29=: 523.
on San Marcos =29=: 551.
on Taos =29=: 182.
=Bowling=, among the Eskimo =11=: 257.
=Bowls=
appearance of, in pictures of Hopi katcinas =21=: 83.
baskets used as =41=: 201 _sq._
clay, from Canyon de Chelly =2=: 420.
collection of =3=: 546-564.
Florida Peninsula pottery =20=: 118, 121.
fragments of =34=: 70, 71.
from Porto Rico area =34=: 237-240, 241.
from Trinidad =34=: 69.
Gulf Coast pottery =20=: 105-113.
Iroquoian pottery, rarity of =20=: 162.
Kokle, common design in modern =21=: 95.
Lower Mississippi Valley pottery =20=: 102.
mention of =4=: 283, 306, 308-314, 316, 322-334, 376-392.
Middle Mississippi Valley pottery =20=: 85, 87 _sqq._
nest of, found in burial =41=: 606.
reptilian designs on, description of =22, i=: 115.
sandstone =44=: 72 _sqq._
Sikyatki, decoration on =17=: 705.
South Appalachian pottery =20=: 131, 132, 133, 136, 139 _sq._
spider and sun emblem on, description of =22, i=: 81 _sq._
spiral design on =22, i=: 151.
steatite =44=: 85 _sq._
sun emblem on =22, i=: 150.
use of =22, ii=: 20, 42.
use of, in burial =20=: 133.
wooden, symbolism of =22, ii=: 44, 289, 350.
_See also_ =Forms=; =Pipes=; =Pottery=; =Prayer-bowl=.
=Bowls from Pueblo Ruins, Arizona=
bear design on =22, i=: 153.
bear’s paw design on =22, i=: 155.
bird designs, cuts showing =22, i=: 74, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 115,
116, 117, 118, 132, 146, 147, 148, 154.
bird designs on =22, i=: 76 _sqq._, 115-118, 146, 147, 148.
butterfly designs on, description of =22, i=: 148.
butterfly designs on, cuts showing =22, i=: 149.
dragon-fly design on =22, i=: 147.
exterior decoration of =22, i=: 152-155.
exterior decoration of, cuts showing =22, i=: 132, 153, 154, 155.
feather design on, cut showing =22, i=: 151.
features of =22, i=: 61, 113, 133.
frog or lizard design on =22, i=: 132.
gaming-cane design on, cut =22, i=: 118.
geometrical designs on =22, i=: 83 _sq._, 85, 152, 155.
human face on =22, i=: 71.
human figures on =22, i=: 143, 144, 145.
quadruped designs on =22, i=: 72, 145, 153.
rain-cloud designs on =23, i=: 73 _sq._, 156.
=Bows=
collection of =3=: 589.
description of =45=: 97 _sqq._
discussion of =14=: 280.
double-curved =45=: 241.
Eskimo =18=: 155 _sqq._
Eskimo tools used in making =18=: 85.
in Ponka legend =27=: 49.
in Shell Society ceremony =27=: 562, 564.
in Tusayan ceremony =15=: 281, 285.
manufacture of =27=: 448-451.
of the Menomini =14=: 274.
of the Omaha =13=: 285.
of the Sioux =15=: 171.
origin of =27=: 70.
used by Padouca =27=: 79.
_See also_ =Bow=; etc.
=Bowyer, _Colonel_=, on Sauk and Fox expulsion =14=: 19.
=Box, James=, death of =17=: 184.
=Box=
clay =34=: 70.
earthenware, from Sikyatki =17=: 655.
for plumes =8=: 210.
mention of =38=: § 385, 387.
stone-slab, in floor of wigwam =41=: 595.
Zuñi ceremony over a =23=: 464.
_See also_ =Boxes=.
=Box-burial=
Creek, Choctaw and Cherokee =1=: 155.
Eskimo =1=: 155, 156.
Indians of Talomeco River =1=: 155.
Innuits and Ingaliks =1=: 156, 158.
Kalosh =1=: 156.
=Box Elder= =33=: 101.
=Box Elder=, treaty of =18=: 828.
=Box Handles=, Eskimo =18=: 100-103.
=Box-shaped Basketry= =41=: 165, 207 _sq._
=Boxes=
bending sides of =35=: 70-76, 90.
boiling in =35=: 459, 460.
bottom of =35=: 78,91.
burial in =46=: 63.
caulking of =35=: 299.
cutting kerfs in side of =35=: 68 _sqq._
fitting bottom of =35=: 91.
for arrow and spear points, Eskimo =18=: 162 _sq._
for berry cakes =35=: 263, 268, 274, 281.
for caps, Eskimo =18=: 164.
for cured seaweed =35=: 294, 296.
for fungus ashes, Eskimo =18=: 275-278.
for harpoon heads, Eskimo =9=: 247, 251.
for herring spawn =35=: 254 _sq._
for mixing salal berries =35=: 265.
for paints, Eskimo =18=: 199 _sqq._
for picking salmon-berries =35=: 140, 211.
for preserved salmon =35=: 239.
for quids, Eskimo =18=: 278 _sqq._
for snuff, Eskimo =18=: 273 _sqq._
for soaking dried fish =35=: 315, 318, 319, 324.
for tools, Eskimo =9=: 185 _sqq._
for trinkets, Eskimo =9=: 323-326.
made water-tight =35=: 92.
making of =35=: 60-92.
making side of =35=: 62.
measures of side of =35=: 65.
painted, Bonasila, Ghost Creek =46=: 63.
painting side of =35=: 88.
pegging side of =35=: 76 _sq._, 79 _sqq._, 90 _sqq._
sewing side of =35=: 77, 88.
southeastern Alaska =46=: 33, 64.
squaring of =35=: 70.
squaring side of =35=: 63 _sqq._, 84 _sq._
steaming side of =35=: 71-74, 88 _sqq._
tools used by Eskimo in making =18=: 85, 89.
tops of =35=: 81.
Unalaklik =46=: 64.
Yukon =46=: 138.
_See also_ =Box=.
=Boxing= =33=: 620, 621, 636, 641, 647.
=Boy=
adopted by bear =32=: 367.
becomes fastened to back of monster =32=: 481.
rescued from bear =32=: 369.
_See also_ =Boys=.
=Boy and his Grandmother=, Iroquois tale =2=: 86.
=Boy and the Corn=, Iroquois tale =2=: 96.
=Boy rescued by a Bear=, Iroquois tale =2=: 83.
=Boyd, D. T.=, suit of United States against =19=: 227.
=Boyd, George=, on trading posts in the wild-rice fields =19=: 1104.
=Boye.= _See_ =Magicians=.
=Boyle, David=
collection of Iroquoian pottery by =20=: 170.
exploration of Iroquoian provinces by =20=: 159.
illustrations from work of, on Iroquoian pottery =20=: 170.
material furnished by =24=: 84.
on dice games, Seneca =24=: 116 _sq._
on hidden ball, Seneca =24=: 350 _sq._
on ring and pin, Chippewa =24=: 534 _sq._
ossuary opened by =12=: 545.
papers by, on Canadian pottery =20=: 171.
=Boynton, Paul=
acknowledgments to =14=: 655.
experience of, while in trance =14=: 923.
Ghost song composed by =14=: 971.
=Boyomo=, river and settlement of =14=: 515.
=Boys=
Assiniboin, characteristics of =46=: 444.
birth names of Omaha =3=: 227, 231, 236, 237, 239, 240, 243, 245,
248.
hair dressing of =43=: 94.
in Snake dance =16=: 288.
initiation of =47=: 975-980.
puberty customs for =45=: 168 _sq._, 283-287, 382.
puberty rites for, practically abandoned =40=: 340.
_See also_ =Boy=.
=Boys and Girls=, amusements of, Zuñi =23=: 293, 294.
=Boy’s Bed=, one of four beds =42=: 191.
=Boys’ Fast of the Busk= =42=: 563, 575.
=Bozeman, J. L.=
cited on Susquehannock’s land claims =18=: 572.
quoted on Indian right to soil =18=: 536.
quoted on Maryland’s Indian policy =18=: 570 _sq._
=Braam, S. A., van= =1=: 229.
=Braba=
description of, by Alvarado =14=: 595.
pueblo of =14=: 525.
village of, visited by Spaniards =14=: 511.
=Bracelets=
copper =35=: 937.
Eskimo =9=: 148 _sq._; =18=: 58.
from Awatobi =17=: 628.
materials used for =45=: 83.
mention of =37=: 109; =38=: § 541; =42=: 685 _sq._
of beads =34=: 230.
of shell and copper beads, from mound =12=: 363.
of shell from Pueblo ruins, discovery of =22, i=: 90 _sq._
of the Turk Indians =14=: 493.
=Bracers=
for Eskimo bows =9=: 209 _sq._
use of gorgets as =13=: 117.
=Brachycephalic Type= in the Southwest =42=: 677.
=Bracken, C.=, survey by =18=: 767.
=Bracken=
root, digging of =35=: 195.
use of, as food =45=: 482.
=Bracken County, Ky.=, occurrence of earthenware spools in =20=: 44.
=Bracket Fungi= =33=: 62.
=Brackinridge, H. M.=
on Arikara chungke stones =13=: 99.
on dice games, Arikara =24=: 98.
on hoop and pole, Arikara =24=: 461.
on Jemez =29=: 403.
on salt vessels =20=: 29.
on Tennessee mortuary customs =13=: 21.
=Bradbury, John=
botanical explorer, quoted =33=: 54.
on hoop and pole, Arikara =24=: 461.
=Bradby, Terrill=, on Pamunkey pottery making =20=: 153.
=Braddock, _General_=
defeat of =14=: 16.
Pontiac at defeat of =14=: 668.
=Bradford, Alexander W.=, on the origin of mound-builders =12=: 599.
=Bradford County, Pa.=, vessel from =20=: 166.
=Braecklein, J. G.=, collection presented by =41=: 116.
=Braggs, Okla.=
ceremonial ground near =42=: 602.
medicinal spring near =42=: 669.
=Braiding and Twisting=, Eskimo implements for =9=: 311 _sq._
=Braiding of Basket Rims= =41=: 182 _sqq._
=Brain=, Eskimo =46=: 278, 299, 358.
=Brainerd, _Rev._ David=, life of =19=: 217.
=Brainerd Mission=
attendance of pupils at =19=: 107 _sq._
establishment of =19=: 104, 107.
=Braining Clubs and Stones=, Eskimo =18=: 126, 127.
=Brakebill Mound= =2=: 215, 275, 292, 296.
=Bran=, Cherokee use of =20=: 56.
=Branch, _Dr._ Christian W.=
archeological collection of =30=: 21.
archeological work of =34=: 167.
=Brand, John=
cited on bell-ringing =9=: 465.
cited on cords and girdles =9=: 557, 561, 568, 569, 570, 571, 573,
575, 576, 578, 579, 580.
cited on powders =9=: 514, 532, 536.
cited on sacred cakes =9=: 541, 544, 545, 546, 547.
“Hand of Glory” =9=: 486.
=Brannon, Melvin A.=, on wild rice in North Dakota =19=: 1031.
=Bransford, _Dr._ J. C. (_U. S. N._)=, burial urns discovered by
=1=: 138.
=Branson, _Judge_=, opening of Wisconsin mounds by =5=: 18.
=Brant=, Sir William Johnston’s connection with =19=: 203.
=Brant, Pete= =46=: 119, 120, 122.
=Brant=
myths concerning =11=: 327.
source of Tlingit personal names =26=: 422.
=Brass=
Eskimo ornamentation with =18=: 58, 59, 274.
Eskimo tobacco implements made of =18=: 280, 283, 284.
_See also_ =Ûñtsaiyĭ´=.
=Brass Plates.= _See_ =Plates=.
=Brasseur de Bourbourg, _Abbé_=
Antillean vocabulary by =25=: 77.
cited =6=: 350; =12=: 672.
cited as to Casa Grande =28=: 53.
cited on Indian medicine-men =9=: 466.
cited on origin of labrets =9=: 498.
cited on tzoalli =9=: 523.
copy of Troano manuscript by =6=: 284, 286, 343.
description of human masks, cited =3=: 96.
interpretation of Mexican calendar =3=: 39.
map of =25=: 243.
mentioned =1=: 208, 210, 243, 244.
_oc_ symbol interpreted by =16=: 239.
on definition of _ah_ =16=: 245.
on definition of _ahau_ =16=: 263.
on definition of _chacyuc_ =16=: 233.
on definition of _hok_ =16=: 241.
on definition of _lamat_ =16=: 236.
on definition of _toh_ =16=: 238.
on derivation of _chuen_ =16=: 243.
on formation of Maya number names =19=: 866.
on Kiche numerals =19=: 864, 895-899.
on Maya methods of computation =19=: 933.
on Maya numeral system =19=: 894.
on Mexican mythology =16=: 221.
on origin of _chicchan_ symbol =16=: 231.
on the _akab-maax_ symbol =16=: 208.
on the _bakab_ symbol =16=: 209.
on the _germ_ symbol =16=: 218.
on the _manic_ symbol =16=: 232.
on the _lamat_ symbol =16=: 249.
=Brau, _Señor_ ----=,
on Antillean pueblo =25=: 33.
on enslavement of Indians =25=: 24.
on population of Porto Rico =25=: 23.
principal work of =25=: 24, 40.
=Brauns, _Professor_=, on tattooing =4=: 78.
=Brave=, signs for =1=: 352, 364, 414.
=Brave-man.= _See_ =Nah-tan=.
=Bravery=
anecdotes of the Omaha =3=: 332.
exhibition of =46=: 550.
Omaha rewards of =3=: 329.
reward of =30=: 216 _sq._
=Braves’ Dance=, description of =46=: 558 _sqq._
=Bray, William M.=, on wild rice in Texas =19=: 1032.
=Brazil=
antiquity of man in =25=: 220.
character of pottery of =20=: 20.
cup sculptures in =10=: 195 _sq._
petroglyphs in =4=: 44, 45; =10=: 150-157, 689, 691, 692.
tattooing in =10=: 402.
totem marks in =4=: 167.
=Brazilian=
Indian coiled pottery =4=: 276, 277.
petroglyphs, compared with Spanish petroglyphs =10=: 690.
=Brazos River=, occurrence of pottery resembling that of Middle
Mississippi Valley, near =20=: 81.
=Bread=
cassava =38=: § 236.
marriage, reference to =21=: 263, 264.
of Pueblo Indians =14=: 522.
sacred =9=: 541-547.
unleavened =9=: 543, 544.
use of, among Colorado River Indians =14=: 485.
Zuñi, description of =30=: 73 _sq._
=Breakers= for bone, Eskimo =18=: 75.
=Breakfast=
codfish eaten at =35=: 253.
dog salmon eaten at =35=: 309, 313.
fat food avoided at =35=: 308.
green salmon eaten at =35=: 316.
salmon eaten for =35=: 350.
=Brearly, J. H.=, survey by =18=: 720.
=Breastbone=, bird’s, string figure =38=: § 669.
=Breastplate=
of bone =45=: 81.
of copper of Virginia Indians =13=: 116.
of shell, description of =13=: 115.
=Breast-shield, Symbolic=, story of =36=: 156.
=Breastworks=, use of, in warfare =45=: 118.
=Breast-yokes= of the Eskimo =18=: 211.
=Breath, The=, death of =19=: 79.
=Breath=
as a source of conception =21=: 167.
use of words meaning, to represent spirit power =21=: 15.
=Breath-feather Designs=, occurrence of, on pottery from old
Shumopavi =22, i=: 115 _sq._
=Breath Holder=
connection of, with sacred fire. =42=: 483.
explanation of the term =42=: 481.
story regarding =42=: 483.
=Breath Master=, Muskogee name for God =42=: 484.
=Breathing Rites= in ceremonial =47=: 282, 292, 293, 294, 295, 297.
=Brébœuf, _Père_ Jean de=
on burial feast =1=: 191.
on burial ceremonies of the Hurons =5=: 71, 110-119.
on communal burial =12=: 657, 674.
on dice games, Hurons =24=: 108 _sq._
on racket, Hurons =24=: 589.
=Brechii=, meaning of =16=: 228.
=Breechclouts=, described =42=: 681; =45=: 69 _sq._, 233.
=Breeches= of the Eskimo =9=: 125-129.
=Bremen Museum=, West Indian objects in =34=: 50.
=Brer Rabbit=, story of =30=: 372-378.
=Bressany, Martin=
on tying wild rice =19=: 1058.
wild rice harvesting illustration, reference to =19=: 1057.
=Brett, _Rev._ W. H.=
cited =30=: 118, 119, 120, 125, 136, 141, 142, 145, 148, 151,
154, 156, 212, 218, 225, 229, 238, 242, 245, 254 _sq._, 260,
265, 268, 300, 318, 319, 320, 327, 328, 331, 339, 352, 353, 354,
356, 357, 358, 360 _sq._, 383.
on Arawak dance =25=: 72.
on medicine-man’s ordeal =30=: 339.
on scalping =30=: 176.
on the flood =30=: 148.
=Breurr, H. N.=, rhyolite blades found by =15=: 76, 79.
=Brevoort, Elias=
on San Ildefonso =29=: 305.
on Sia =29=: 518.
=Brevoort, H. B.=, land-treaty witness =14=: 28.
=Bribri=, numerals of =19=: 919.
=Brice, W. A.=
on repudiation of wampum =2=: 246.
on surface burial =1=: 141.
use of wampum belts =2=: 242.
=Brickell, John=
on clubs of North Carolina Indians =13=: 144.
on war idol of California Indians =13=: 116.
=Bricks=
absence of, Middle Mississippi Valley =20=: 82.
of adobe, modern in Zuñi =8=: 138.
=Bridge=
built by Spaniards across Canadian River =14=: 397, 504.
Indian, across Rio Grande =14=: 511.
mystic, in Menomini myth =14=: 225.
of Guiana Indians =38=: § 791.
of stone, in Iroquoian cosmology =21=: 312.
of wattle work =13=: 13.
=Bridgeport, Ala.=, mention of =42=: 750, 751.
=Bridges, J. S.=, commissioner to appraise Cherokee property =5=:
258.
=Bridles= of the Omaha =13=: 280.
=Brier= in Cherokee lore =19=: 425.
=Brigantines=, French, on the coast of New Spain =14=: 547.
=Briggs, C. F.=
material collected by =24=: 290.
material furnished by =24=: 154.
=Brigham, Edward M.=, manuscript submitted by =41=: 16.
=Bright’s Disease=, treatment of =42=: 667.
=Brighton Estate=, rare specimen from =34=: 164.
=Brigstock, Master=, on origin of Carib =25=: 217 _sq._
=Brinton, _Dr._ Daniel G.=
aid of =5=: XXXV.
_ben_ symbol interpreted by =16=: 248.
cited =12=: 675, 718, 726, 727, 729; =30=: 158, 328.
cited on chalchihuitl among Mexicans =9=: 590.
cited on Haumonte’s Taensa grammar =7=: 96.
cited on Heyoka gods =11=: 469.
cited on ikonography =15=: XXVII.
cited on Indian medicine-men =9=: 457, 480, 532.
cited on linguistic value of Indian records =7=: 318.
cited on Peruvian quipu =9=: 562.
cited on relations of the Pima language =7=: 99.
cited on white deliverer among Indians =14=: 658.
classification of linguistic stocks by =12=: 523.
classification of Seri and Waikuri by =17=: 108, 343* _sq._
edition of Walam Olum by =19=: 190.
examination of quarry shops by =15=: 52.
interpretation of light symbol by =16=: 237.
interpretation of _oc_ symbol by =16=: 239, 240.
linguistic material of =30=: 18.
Maya and Zapotec names harmonized by =16=: 237.
Maya symbols interpreted by =15=: LIX.
Mayan Dictionary transferred to Bureau by =21=: XXVI, XXVII.
mention of =46=: 329, 330, 367.
on Alagüilac number names =19=: 867.
on Antillean aborigines =25=: 218.
on Antillean language =25=: 78.
on Arawak language =25=: 77.
on archaic forms of Maya day names =19=: 864.
on burial mound =5=: 39.
on burial of collected bones =1=: 170.
on Cakchiquel calendar =22, i=: 275 _sqq._, 279.
on Cakehiquel numerals =19=: 900.
on definition of _ahau_ =16=: 263.
on definition of _ahmak_ =16=: 252.
on definition of _aunahpu_ =16=: 263.
on definition of _chab_ =16=: 253.
on definition of _chinax_ =16=: 258 _sq._
on definition of _eb_ =16=: 244.
on definition of _edznab_ =16=: 259.
on definition of _guache_ =16=: 227.
on definition of _hix_ =16=: 249.
on definition of _laa_ =16=: 245.
on definition of _lamat_ =16=: 236.
on definition of _tecpatl_ =16=: 258.
on definition of _tax_ =16=: 231.
on definition of _uotan_ =16=: 221, 222.
on Delaware name for Cherokee =19=: 378.
on Delaware tribal organization =19=: 497.
on deluge myth =19=: 445.
on derivation of _caban_ =16=: 255.
on derivation of _chicchan_ =16=: 230.
on derivation of _chuen_ =16=: 243.
on derivation of _gopa_ =16=: 259.
on derivation of _kanel_ =16=: 236.
on derivation of _manik_ =16=: 234.
on derivation of _muluk_ =16=: 238.
on dice games, Delawares =24=: 70.
on drum symbol in Maya Codex =16=: 209, 224.
on early Central American day names =19=: 808.
on first appearance of whites =19=: 191.
on Flint and Rabbit myth =19=: 451.
on formula, “unity of mind” =19=: 827.
on hoops and poles, Delawares =24=: 446 _sq._
on Indians as mound builders =5=: 84.
on interpretation of _ik_ =19=: 746.
on interpretation of Mexican calendar =3=: 40, 59, 65.
on maggot sign in the codices =16=: 222.
on Maya numeral system =19=: 891, 894.
on Maya time periods =19=: 715.
on meaning of certain symbols =16=: 213, 227, 239, 250.
on mound builders =12=: 600.
on name Kitu´whagĭ =19=: 182.
on origin of _guilloo_ symbol =16=: 252.
on origin of _naa_ symbol =16=: 251.
on origin of the cross =2=: 270.
on Pima lineal measurements =26=: 92.
on petroglyphs from St. Vincent =25=: 159.
on rabbit in Indian mythology =16=: 236.
on Rama numerals =19=: 918.
on ring and pin, Delawares =24=: 537.
on Shawano =19=: 461, 495.
on Tallige´wi =19=: 184.
on the black deities =17=: 208.
on the _eche_ day symbol =16=: 248.
on the four-winds symbol =16=: 219.
on the _ghanan_ symbol =16=: 226.
on the Maya calendar =16=: 205.
on the month name _zip_ =16=: 255.
on the term _ni_ =16=: 219.
on time of adoption of thirteen as group order =19=: 953.
on Tzéntal number seven =19=: 717.
on Uto-Aztecan family =19=: 866.
on work of Zeisberger =28=: 275.
on Xincan number names =19=: 881.
quoted on influence of Indian medicine-men =9=: 593, 594.
researches of =4=: 84, 188, 233.
translation by, quoted from Goodman =19=: 717.
Walam Olum published by =17=: 142; 26: 34.
Zapotec terms interpreted by =16=: 218.
=Brisco, _Mrs._=, mounds on plantation of, in Louisiana =12=: 252.
=Bristol, Tenn.=, trails in region of =42=: 758, 759.
=Bristol Bay=
crania from =46=: 170, 190.
mention of =46=: 254, 259.
Bristles
seal, used in Eskimo ornamentation =18=: 37, 39.
used in drilling =14=: 267.
=British=
encouragement of Indian hostility by =19=: 64, 68.
relations of, with Indians =19=: 98 _sq._
retention of ports by (1790) =19=: 68.
withdrawal of, from interior ports =19=: 81.
withdrawal of, from the south =19=: 62.
=British America=, association of ceramic and textile arts in =20=:
67 _sq._
=British Columbia=
field work in =18=: XXIX; =22, i=: IX, XII; =23=: IX, XVIII,
XXXIV.
Indians of =46=: 32, 33.
linguistic material collected in, work on =22, i=: XXXII _sq._
petroglyphs in =10=: 44-48.
researches in =30=: 15.
=British Guiana=
dyes used by Indians of =10=: 222.
illustration of ornamentation by Indians of =6=: 217.
petroglyphs in =10=: 686 _sq._
pictographs in =4=: 40-44.
=British Islands=, cup sculptures in =10=: 189.
=British Museum=
drawings by John White in =20=: 15, 26.
specimens in =34=: 178.
=Brittany=
methods of keeping account in =10=: 264.
petroglyphs in =10=: 176 _sq._
=Britton, _Dr._, N. L.=
assistance rendered by =38=: p. 14.
on fossil Zizania in New Jersey =19=: 1031.
=Broad House.= _See_ =Kintiel=.
=Brobdingnagians=, possible originals of =17=: 53 _sq._
=Broca, _Dr._ Paul=
cited on primitive trephining =16=: 17, 18, 28.
mention of =46=: 367.
=Brodhead=, site of, an important point =42=: 800.
=Brodie, Paul=, aid acknowledged =5=: 130.
=Broken Arm=, delegate to Wovoka =14=: 820.
=Broken Arrow.= _See_ =Łikatcka=.
=Broken Leg=, pictographic representation of =10=: 716 _sq._
=Brome Grass=, use of =45=: 516.
=Bronchitis= among the Pima =26=: 268.
=Bronson, I.=, sale of land to =18=: 662.
=Brooches=, recovered from mound =44=: 167.
=Brook Trout=, whole, chemical composition of =19=: 1081.
=Brooke, Caroline M.=, acknowledgments to =17=: 147.
=Brooke, _Gen._ J. B.=
of, with Sioux chiefs =14=: 867.
on reduction of Sioux rations =14=: 845.
operations of, in Sioux outbreak =14=: 875, 882.
troops under, in Sioux outbreak =14=: 850.
=Brooke Grove Farm=, steatite quarries in =15=: 128.
=Brooks, A. H.= =46=: 124, 125, 128.
=Brooks, _Miss_ A. M.=, acknowledgments to =19=: 13.
=Brooks, _Prof._ W. K.=, on Lucayan skulls =25=: 30.
=Brooks Manuscript=
on De Soto’s route =19=: 193, 194.
on Pardo’s expedition =19=: 28, 29.
=Broom Rape=, belief concerning =45=: 509.
=Broom Weed= =33=: 133.
=Brooms, C. B.=
cited =30=: 164, 175, 176, 236, 237, 238 _sq._, 242 _sq._, 254,
267, 268, 278, 297, 298 _sq._, 300, 341, 357, 358, 363 _sq._,
368.
on medicine-men =30=: 351 _sq._
on protection against spirits =30=: 293 _sq._
on Warracaba tiger =30=: 367.
=Brooms=
blue grama used for =30=: 83.
of the Omaha =13=: 276.
=Brosimum Aubletii=
for bow making =38=: § 125.
for clubs =38=: § 149.
=Brother=
application of the term =42=: 83.
elder, application of the term =42=: 81, 92.
sign for =1=: 521.
younger, application of the term =42=: 81, 92.
younger, rights of =35=: 1355.
=Brotherhood= among Siouan Indians =15=: 178.
=Brother-in-law=, application of the term =42=: 82, 83, 84, 93.
=Brothers, The=, a Navaho myth =8=: 280-284.
=Brotherton= land purchases =14=: 22.
=Brotherton Indians=, tribes composing =42=: 211.
=Brothertown=
land cessions and reservations =18=: 892.
_See also_ =New York Indians=.
=Brouillet, J. B.=,
Cayuse vocabulary of =15=: XL.
=Brower, Charles D.= =46=: 31, 32, 111, 123, 167, 172, 181, 206,
318.
=Brown, ----=
on Crow habitat in 1817 =15=: 198.
on Osage habitat =15=: 192.
=Brown, _Colonel_ ----=, British agent at Chickamauga =19=: 55.
=Brown, _Lieutenant_ ----=, aid of, among the Seminole =5=: 489.
=Brown, _Mrs._ ----=, ransom of =19=: 66.
=Brown, A. J.=, mission of =14=: 946.
=Brown, Charles Barrington=
on pictographs in Guiana =4=: 40, 43, 44.
rock paintings mentioned by =10=: 144.
=Brown, C. E.=
acknowledgments to =37=: 48.
quoted on copper implements =37=: 87 _sq._
quoted on garden beds =37=: 103.
quoted on intaglio mounds =37=: 81.
=Brown, David=
Bible translation by =19=: 111.
on Cherokee condition in 1819 =19=: 112.
on effect of invention of alphabet =19=: 110.
report on Cherokee, with census by =5=: 240.
=Brown, Hugh G.=, Kiowa agent in 1893 =17=: 226.
=Brown, Jacob=, purchase from Cherokee =5=: 147.
=Brown, Joseph=
capture, adoption and release of =19=: 66.
guide to expedition of 1794 =19=: 78.
on attack on Buchanon’s station =19=: 73.
on Martin’s expedition (1788) =19=: 65.
=Brown, J. M.=, on ancestry of Sequoya =19=: 109.
=Brown, J. P.=, quoted on the Dervishes =14=: 948.
=Brown, J. Stanley= =23=: 18.
=Brown, L. W.=, petroglyphs reported by =10=: 111, 112.
=Brown, Orlando=, on Catawba among East Cherokee =19=: 165.
=Brown, R.=, cited =46=: 331, 332, 333, 338, 344, 367.
=Brown, Samuel R.=
on birds destructive to wild rice =19=: 1027.
on Menomini gathering wild rice =19=: 1062.
on popular synonym for wild rice =19=: 1023.
on tying wild rice =19=: 1058.
on wild rice field in Wisconsin =19=: 1033.
=Brown, Thomas=
teacher among East Cherokee =19=: 171.
translation by =40=: 27.
=Brown, T. E.=, steatite quarry on farm of =15=: 126.
=Brown, _Mrs._ Wallace=, myths related by =10=: 468.
=Brown, William=, trail described by =42=: 762.
=Brown, _Mrs._ W. W.=
gift of shell beads by =5=: XXXVI.
on dice games, Passamaquoddy =24=: 82 _sqq._
on European games, Passamaquoddy =24=: 792.
on games of Wabanaki Indians =24=: 75.
on racket, Passamaquoddy =24=: 571.
on racket, Wabanaki =24=: 571.
on ring and pin, Passamaquoddy =24=: 540 _sq._
on snow-snake, Passamaquoddy =24=: 406.
and red ware from Pueblo ruins =22, i=: 58 _sq._
pottery from Santa Clara =2=: 447.
Serian and Yuman words meaning =17=: 335* _sq._
=Brown County, Ill.=, mounds in =5=: 39 _sqq._
=Brown County, Ohio=, occurrence of earthenware spools in =20=: 44.
=Browne, H. G.=, acknowledgments to =14=: 655.
=Browne, John=, license to purchase land issued to =18=: 578.
=Browne, J. Ross=
on establishment of stage lines =26=: 32.
on fight at “Bloody Tanks” =26=: 50 _sq._
on Pima agriculture =26=: 90.
on Pima and Maricopa villages =26=: 21.
on Pima greetings =26=: 199.
report on Fresno River reserve by =18=: 823.
work of, cited =28=: 53, 62.
=Brownell, ----=, =46=: 219.
=Browning, D. M.=
on decision of citizenship claims =19=: 154.
on East Cherokee affairs =19=: 179.
on opening of Cherokee strip =19=: 153.
=Browning, O. H.=, annuls sale of Cherokee neutral land by Secretary
Harlan =5=: 349.
=Brown’s Cave, La Crosse Valley, Wis.=, petroglyphs in =10=: 126.
=Brown’s Valley, Minn.=, petroglyphs in =10=: 90.
=Brown’s Valley, S. Dak.=, petroglyphs near =10=: 114.
=Brownstone, W. Va.=, ancient works at =42=: 755.
=Brownstown=
cession of reserve at =18=: 690.
establishment of reserve at =18=: 676.
treaty of =18=: 676.
=Brownsville, Tenn.=, trail from mound near =42=: 854.
=Broyuan=. _See_ =Urayoan=.
=Bruce, James=, quoted on Abyssinian hairdressing =9=: 492.
=Bruce County, Ontario=, pot from =20=: 110.
=Bruchidae=, larvae of =26=: 74.
=Brück, ----=, on use of hat mask in New Britain =3=: 101.
=Bruhier, J. J.=
on Corsican customs =1=: 147.
on Persian burial =1=: 103.
=Brühl, Gustav=, on Pojoaque =29=: 335.
=Bruises=, medicine for reducing =30=: 44.
=Brulé=
definition of =4=: 98, 207.
definition and habitat of =15=: 160.
Kiowa name of =17=: 160.
mention of =4=: 108, 109, 119, 120, 122, 127, 132, 134, 135, 136,
137, 141.
winter counts =4=: 129.
_See also_ =Brulé Dakota=; etc.; =Sitcaⁿxu=.
=Brulé Dakota=
colloquy in signs =1=: 491.
origin of, as pictographic call, recorded =10=: 567.
tribal designation of =10=: 382.
_See also_ =Dakota, _Brulé_=.
=Brulé Reserve.= _See_ =Lower Brulé Reserve=.
=Brulé Sioux=
tree and scaffold burial of =1=: 158, 160.
_See also_ =Sioux (_Brulé_)=.
=Brulés=
a Teton division =14=: 1058.
Ghost dance among the =14=: 847.
=Brunca=, numerals of =19=: 919.
=Brunett, _Mrs._ ----=, an informant =44=: 324.
=Brunot, ----=, on Columbia River land reserve =14=: 709.
=Brunson, Alfred=
on relative value to Ojibwa of government annuity and natural
products =19=: 1096 _sq._
quoted on the Menomini =14=: 36.
=Brunswick County=, steatite quarries in =15=: 132.
=Brush, E. A.=, land-treaty witness =14=: 29.
=Brush=
appearance of, in pictures of Hopi katcinas =21=: 93.
Eskimo traps made of =18=: 121 _sq._, 133, 184.
for painting =38=: § 512.
structures of, discussed =13=: 237.
use of, in roof construction =8=: 150.
_See also_ =Brushes=.
=Brush Shelters= =8=: 217 _sqq._
=Brush Symbol= in the Maya codices =16=: 244.
=Brushes=
application of colors by, eastern United States =20=: 67, 68.
blue grama used for =30=: 83.
soapweed used for =30=: 82.
_See also_ =Brush=.
=Bruyas, _Rev._ Jacques=
on dice games, Mohawk =24=: 110 _sq._
on Mohawk name for titmouse =19=: 454.
=Bruyier, John=
cited on ghost belief =11=: 489.
cited on Siouan myths =11=: 480.
reference to work of =11=: 362.
translation by =9=: XXXVII.
=Bruyns, J. H.=, license to purchase land issued to =18=: 579.
=Bry, T. de=, on mystic use of bird ornaments =13=: 126.
=Bryam, O. N.=, collections of =15=: 18.
=Bryant, ----=, quotation from =19=: LXXXIX.
=Bryant, ----=, wild rice harvesting illustrations, reference to
=19=: 1057.
=Bryant, Edwin=, on hand game, Maidu =24=: 298.
=Bryant, Henry S.=
material collected by =24=: 608, 752.
on use in game of images, by Arctic Highlanders =24=: 104.
=Bryant, L. E.=, acknowledgment to =42=: 842.
=Bryant Steatite Quarry= =15=: 125.
=Bryson, Daniel=, on Cherokee heroism =19=: 501.
=Bryson, _Maj._ James=
acknowledgments to =19=: 13.
on Cherokee heroism =19=: 501.
on Cherokee roundup =19=: 131.
on Rutherford’s route =19=: 205.
=Bryson City, N. C.=
capture of East Cherokee at =19=: 171.
polishing stone from =20=: 56.
=Buchanon, James=, on synonym for Menomini =19=: 1048.
=Buchanon’s Station=, attack on, in 1792 =19=: 73.
=Buck (_m._)=, =Buckeen (_f._)=, Creole names for Indians =38=: §
792.
=Buck, John=
Onondaga chief and fire-keeper, annalist =21=: 136.
Onondaga cosmological myth narrated by =24=: XVIII.
=Buck, _Shaman_ Joshua=, information furnished by =38=: p. 7; =41=:
8.
=Buck Shell= =38=: § 792.
=Buckeen.= _See_ =Buck=.
=Bucket Handles= of the Eskimo =18=: 100-103.
=Buckets= of the Eskimo =9=: 86 _sqq._; =18=: 72.
=Buckeye=, medicinal use of =42=: 658.
=Buckhorn Implements= used in quarrying =15=: 23.
=Buckland River= =46=: 203.
=Buckle, ----=, on Cherokee-Chickasaw war =19=: 38.
=Buckley, John= =46=: 38.
=Bucknell, _Capt._ Jim=, material collected from =24=: 291.
=Bucknell River=, old sites =46=: 202.
=Buckner, Wiley=, information from =42=: 544.
=Buckner and Herrod=, list of months made by =42=: 401.
=Buck’s Garden, Va.=, route from =42=: 768.
=Buckskin=
appearance of, in pictures of Hopi katcinas =21=: 60, 98, 102,
108, 111, 121.
ceremony of throwing out, to spirits =37=: 431, 513, 544.
decorative use of, in Pamürti festival =21=: 28.
in making war implement for Hopi katcinas =21=: 90.
marking of =37=: 443.
offering of, to spirits =37=: 429 _sq._, 465.
preparation of, for war-bundle feast =37=: 428, 442, 530.
use of, as altar =47=: 280, 301.
use of, in apparel of Hopi katcinas =21=: 72, 73, 79, 85, 86, 87,
94.
use of, in trade =41=: 158.
=Buckskin Bag=, occurrence of, with Mandan vessel =20=: 198.
=Buckskin Ball=, appearance of, in pictures of Hopi katcinas =21=:
116.
=Budd, Harry=
on Arroyo Hondo =29=: 187.
on Arroyo Hondo Creek =29=: 176.
on Arroyo Hondo settlement =29=: 177.
on Elizabethtown =29=: 176.
on Luceros settlement =29=: 176.
on Pueblo Canyon =29=: 191.
on Pueblo ruin =29=: 196.
on Ranches de Taos =29=: 185.
on San Ildefonso =29=: 304.
on Sandia =29=: 525.
on Santa Clara =29=: 241.
on Santa Fe =29=: 460.
on Seco town =29=: 178.
=Buell, _Col._ G. P.=, destruction of Kiowa camp by =17=: 211.
=Buelna, Eustaquio=
on Cahita number names =19=: 867.
on Cahita numerals =19=: 908.
=Buen Llano=, Pima village =26=: 21.
=Buena Vista=
land cessions and reservations =18=: 782.
Ruin, description of =22, i=: 171 _sqq._
=Buena y Alcalde, Mariano Antonio=, plan for Seri mission by =17=:
80.
=Buenaguia=, Alarcon’s name for Colorado River =14=: 406, 574.
=Buffalo=
abandonment of Sun-dance for lack of =17=: 346.
albino, sacred =27=: 284.
as food =46=: 581 _sq._
as taboo animal =27=: 47.
beliefs concerning =11=: 37, 393, 403, 475, 505, 510, 518.
Cherokee gift of skin of, to Spaniards =19=: 27.
connection of, with origin of maize =27=: 76 _sqq._
connection of, with Te´ithaethe =27=: 487 _sq._
disappearance of =27=: 29, 33, 244, 619, 634 _sq._
discussion of destruction of =46=: 460 _sqq._
effect of extermination of =17=: 349.
extermination of =17=: 199, 207, 219, 283, 344, 345, 349.
fat of, use of, in Hako ceremony =22, ii=: 20.
gathering of, at Salt Licks =42=: 742, 743, 788.
gentes of the Omaha =13=: 277.
hair of, symbolism of =22, ii=: 22, 47.
hair of, use of =22, ii=: 20.
hair of, use of rope of =22, ii=: 26.
hunting of =45=: 96, 103, 347; =46=: 530-536.
importance of =45=: 624, 632; =46=: 410 _sqq._
Indian trade in =17=: 345.
influence of, on the Indian =13=: LIV.
Kiowa attempt to restore =17=: 345.
Kiowa genesis of =17=: 349.
Kiowa methods of hunting =17=: 309.
Kiowa reverence for =17=: 237.
myths and lore concerning =19=: 263, 293, 410, 412, 443.
origin of =27=: 71, 147, 239.
parts of, eaten raw =46=: 581.
purchase of, for Sun dance =17=: 355.
represented in Shell Society figure =27=: 559.
reservation for =18=: 796.
results of extermination of =45=: 152.
robe of, use of =22, ii=: 26.
sign for =1=: 488.
signals for, discovered =1=: 532.
skull, use of, in ceremonial =11=: 545.
special connection of, with man =27=: 512.
Sun ceremony, derivation of Calako masks from tribes practicing
the =21=: 110.
symbolism of, in Hako ceremony =22, ii=: 80, 81.
taboo among the Omaha =11=: 411.
_See also_ =Bison=; =Buffaloes=; =Game=; =Hunting=; =Muscaras=;
=Mucaias=.
=Buffalo Back=, a life symbol =36=: 132.
=Buffalo Back Gens= =36=: 134-139.
=Buffalo Bill.= _See_ =Cody, W. F.=
=Buffalo-Bill-coming-out=
Kiowa leader =24=: 285.
_See also_ =Pa-tepte=.
=Buffalo, Black.= _See_ =Black Buffalo=.
=Buffalo Bull=, as a symbol of courage and strength =39=: 244.
=Buffalo-Bull Eagle=, Minikooju gentes given by =15=: 220.
=Buffalo-bull-face Gens.= _See_ =Tse-do´-ga Iⁿ-dse Gens=.
=Buffalo-Bull Gens=
rite accredited to =39=: 205.
_See also_ =Tho´-xe Gens=.
=Buffalo Bull Men=, songs of the rising of the =39=: 206-213.
=Buffalo Bur=, used in medicine =30=: 60.
=Buffalo Calf= on Kwapa gentes =15=: 230.
=Buffalo Clan=
functions of =37=: 200, 243.
funeral customs of =37=: 154 _sq._
origin myth of =37=: 243 _sqq._
personal names of =37=: 246.
songs of =37=: 245.
=Buffalo Clan Feast=, participation in =37=: 206.
=Buffalo Creek, N. C.=
cession of reserve on =18=: 770, 776.
mounds near =5=: 68.
reservation on =18=: 660.
treaty of =18=: 662, 768-772, 776.
=Buffalo Dance=
appearance of Mucaias mana in =21=: 92.
celebration of =21=: 21.
description of =11=: 513.
description of, Palülükoñti festival =21=: 43.
legend of origin of =19=: 352, 485.
mention of =45=: 387.
of the Omaha =3=: 347.
of the Sauk =40=: 504.
origin of =21=: 31.
significance of appearance of eagle in =21=: 67.
tradition concerning =42=: 787.
Woe katcina represented in =21=: 66.
_See also_ =Bison-dance=; =Green Buffalo Dance=; =White Buffalo
Dance=.
=Buffalo-eaters=, name applied to the Bannock =14=: 1051.
=Buffalo-Face Gens=
mention of =36=: 121.
_See also_ =Tse-do´-ga Iⁿ-dse Gens=.
=Buffalo Game= of the Cheyenne =24=: 446.
=Buffalo Gap=, appearance of troops at =14=: 850.
=Buffalo Head=, the wa-xo´-be of an Omaha subgens =36=: 65.
=Buffalo Horn.= _See_ =Sétk`opte, Paul=.
=Buffalo-horn Game= of the Teton Dakota =24=: 417.
=Buffalo Hunt=
ceremonial cleansing before =33=: 132.
description of =37=: 112.
influence of, on basketry =41=: 141.
Ponka, ritual connected with =27=: 442, 446.
route of, designated by chiefs =36=: 67.
winter, account of =27=: 271.
=Buffalo Hunt, Annual=
control of Council of Seven =27=: 209 _sq._
dispatch of scouts =27=: 142, 423-426.
general account of =27=: 137, 270 _sq._, 275-283.
leadership in Iⁿke´çabe gens =27=: 146 _sq._
preservation of order in =27=: 215.
references to =27=: 45, 46, 357 _sq._
religious element in =27=: 309.
rites connected with =27=: 200, 596.
=Buffalo Maid=
sun symbol worn by =21=: 93.
_See also_ =Mucaias mana=.
=Buffalo Man=, side composed of one rib =32=: 101.
=Buffalo Path= =42=: 788-791.
=Buffalo Pea= =33=: 91.
=Buffalo Plains= visited by Spaniards =14=: LVII.
=Buffalo Robe=
symbolic, used in ceremony =43=: 54.
use of =45=: 235.
=Buffalo Shrine=, offerings placed in, in Buffalo dance =21=: 30.
=Buffalo Sioux=, connection of, with northeastern textile-marked
pottery =20=: 198.
=Buffalo Skin=
appearance of, in representations of Hopi katcinas =21=: 73.
instructions for dressing =36=: 270 _sq._
replacement of, by sheepskin =21=: 92.
use of, in apparel of Hopi katcinas =21=: 73.
=Buffalo Society=
mention of =40=: 517.
number of =37=: 317 _sq._
_See also_ =Little Spotted Buffalo Society=.
=Buffalo Songs=
mention of =36=: 141 _sqq._, 293 _sq._; =45=: 623-639, 640-643.
meaning of =36=: 143 _sq._
of the Osage =39=: 192-205, 283-289.
ritual closed with =39=: 205, 326.
=Buffalo Spirits=
myths of =37=: 437.
society of those blessed by =37=: 344-347.
=Buffalo Tail=, feast to =37=: 387.
=Buffalo Trace=, route of =42=: 742.
=Buffalo Trails=, followed by immigrants =42=: 742.
=Buffalo Youth.= _See_ =Mucaias taka=.
=Buffaloberry=
mention of =33=: 106.
use of =45=: 472, 489, 505.
=Buffaloes=
a gift to the people =39=: 207, 211.
age of the =15=: 187.
as a sign of blessing =40=: 49.
belief in restoration of =14=: 799, 907, 1088.
belief of the Kiowa concerning =14=: 906.
body killed but spirit unharmed =32=: 102.
ceremony for restoration of =14=: 906.
effect of extermination of =14=: 825, 829, 831, 833.
former range of =15=: 173.
hair of, as a symbol =39=: 58 _sq._
hair used in medicine =14=: 1033.
hearts and tongues of, collected =3=: 289.
hearts and tongues of, feast on =3=: 290.
hunted in Allegheny regions =41=: 611.
hunting by the Sioux =14=: 824.
hunting, how conducted =14=: 1071.
importance of, to Siouan Indians =15=: 172, 173.
in Biänk`i’s vision =14=: 910.
Indian dependence on =14=: 980.
in Ghost dance doctrine =14=: 821, 1064.
in Sioux mythology =14=: 1063.
in Tennessee =41=: 608 _sq._
killed in hunt, division of =3=: 291.
late arrival of, in Tennessee =41=: 609.
order of approaching a herd of =3=: 289.
skins of, given to Coronado =14=: 505.
skins of, obtained through trade by Sonora Indians =14=: 357.
story about =43=: 397.
use of skulls of, in Sioux ceremony =14=: 822.
vision of =14=: 797, 821.
_See also_ =Buffalo=; and cross-references.
=Bufort, T. Jay=
material collected by =24=: 248.
on hand game, Calapooya =24=: 284.
on stick game, Klamath =24=: 248.
on stick game, Tututni =24=: 239.
=Bugle Weed=
in Cherokee lore =19=: 420.
use of =44=: 207, 290, 320; =45=: 480.
=Bugloss= in Cherokee lore =19=: 426.
=Bugs= not indigenous to British Guiana =38=: § 934.
=Buhrstone=
formation of =44=: 505.
_See also_ =Chert _(varieties of)_=.
=Buhuti.= _See_ =Boii=; =Priesthood _(Antillean)_=.
=Builder’s Tools= of the Eskimo =9=: 302 _sqq._
=Building= among the Sia =11=: 23.
=Building Chant= of the Seri =17=: 223* _sq._
=Building Materials=, used by Pueblo Indians =22, i=: 176, 177.
=Buildings=
character of =41=: 552.
custodians of =42=: 180.
number of, on Gordon site =41=: 495, 497.
on mound =41=: 501, 562 _sqq._, 567-571.
public, evolution of =42=: 176.
public, types of =42=: 191.
sacred, of the Creeks =42=: 687.
shape of =41=: 495.
storage, Spring Canyons =33=: 165.
traces of =41=: 591.
_See also_ =House=.
=Buli _or_ Butterfly Clan=
advent of, at Walpi =19=: 585.
introduction of Owakülti from Awatobi by =21=: 58.
same as Homani or Badger Clan =19=: 607.
=Buli Manas=
appearance of, in Butterfly dance =21=: 58.
derivation of =21=: 125.
description of =21=: 119, 120.
=Bulimus= =38=: § 286.
=Bulitikibi=, description of =21=: 58.
=Bulkley, Charles S.= =46=: 128.
=Bull, William=, treaty concluded by =18=: 633.
=Bull-boat=, description of =27=: 36, 37.
=Bull Head=
at arrest of Sitting Bull =14=: 857.
Cherokee leader in wars with Creeks =19=: 384.
killed in Sitting Bull fight =14=: 858.
shot by Catch-the-bear =14=: 857.
Sioux policy under =14=: 855.
Sitting Bull shot by =14=: 857.
stoutness of, caused by the curse of Txämsᴇm =31=: 71.
=Bull Nettle=
used in curdling milk =30=: 70.
used in medicine =30=: 60.
=Bull Snake=, a life symbol =36=: 103.
=Bull-tail=, death of =17=: 269.
=Bullard, Jack=, syllabary text by =40=: 378.
=Bullard, _Mrs._ Jack=, sacred pack owned by =40=: 378.
=Bullet=
game of =24=: 309, 339-345.
game of the Menomini =14=: 242.
game played with =44=: 244.
lead, recovered from mound =44=: 166.
=Bullet Molds= of the Eskimo =18=: 164.
=Bullet Starter= of the Eskimo =18=: 164.
=Bullfrog=
myths concerning =19=: 310 _sq._, 463.
_See also_ =Frog=.
=Bullhead-dish= =35=: 813, 816, 818.
=Bullroarer=
appearance of, in Hopi katcinas =21=: 30.
description of =24=: 750.
in pictures of Hopi katcinas =21=: 97, 120.
of the Arapaho =14=: 974, 975.
played by the =24=:
Apache 750.
Dakota, Oglala 750.
Dakota, Teton 750.
Hopi 750.
Navaho 750.
Omaha 750.
Zuñi 750.
use of, among Indians =9=: 476-479.
use of, by Tcolawitze =21=: 61.
_See also_ =Whizzer=.
=Bull’s Dance=, description of =46=: 562.
=Bull’s Dry Bones=, doctor and soothsayer =46=: 422.
=Bulrush=
mention of =33=: 69.
use of =44=: 393, 397, 320, 378; =45=: 481, 484.
=Buluc-ahau=, a Maya deity =16=: 244.
=Bulwer, ----=, on customs of self-mutilation =3=: 77, 83, 84, 85.
=Bumblebees=, used as medicine =44=: 331.
=Bun, Hot Cross=, of Good Friday =9=: 544 _sq._
=Bunch-berries (_Chamaepericlineum unalaschkense_).=
mention of =35=: 596.
use of =44=: 288, 321; =45=: 458.
=Bundle Burials=
of bones =41=: 601 _sq._
_See also_ =Burial=.
=Bunia Bird=
associated with air plants =30=: 209, 231 _sq._, 371.
legends of =30=: 131, 209, 221, 231 _sq._
man taught by =30=: 147, 209, 221, 271.
stench of =30=: 371.
=Bunnell, C. E.= =46=: 31, 38.
=Bunts=, described and figured =13=: 168.
=Bunzel, _Dr._ Ruth=
contributor to Bureau =48=: 1189.
reference to =41=: 387.
=Buoy=, of fishing line =35=: 180.
=Buprestis=, wing cases as bells =38=: § 575.
=Bur Snakeroot=
use of =44=: 293.
_See also_ =Sanicula Canadensis=.
=Bura.= _See_ =Deer=.
=Burch, James=, contractor for stage line =26=: 32.
=Burchard, J. L.=, on pit burial =1=: 124.
=Burchell’s= =46=: 46.
=Burden Baskets=
change in =41=: 236, 361.
coils of =41=: 164, 165.
description of =41=: 198-201.
designs on =41=: 229-234.
development of form of =41=: 386.
grouped according to shape =41=: 197.
of the Chilcotin =41=: 344-348.
of the Lillooet =41=: 336-338, 421 _sq._
of the Shuswap =41=: 351 _sq._
of the Thompson =41=: 416-420.
proportions of =41=: 212-223.
shape of =41=: 137.
technical difficulties in decorating =41=: 258 _sq._
terms for =41=: 395 _sq._
two groups of =41=: 217 _sq._
value of =41=: 157, 158.
widespread use of =41=: 141.
=Burden-bearer= in Troano Codex =16=: 250.
=Burden-bearing= by the Seri =17=: 149*.
=Burden-strap=
description of =27=: 339 _sq._
symbolic =36=: 152, 153.
=Burdock=
medicinal use of =43=: 266.
mention of =33=: 135.
of recent introduction =33=: 59.
use of =44=: 287, 340, 377.
_See also_ =Arctium Minus=.
=Bure-akwa=, gourd flageolet =38=: § 565.
=Bureau of American Ethnology=
appropriations for =41=: 1, 25, 47, 77, 99.
director and chiefs of =48=: 1188.
Eighth Annual Report of the, cited on Tusayan architecture =19=:
579.
expedition of July 1879, members of =23=: 15.
linguistic classification of Siouan tribes =27=: 605.
policy of =42=: 1 _sq._
report on work of =42=: 1-19.
sketch of =48=: 1187 _sqq._
system of spelling of =4=: 147.
work of, in Alaska =46=: 30.
work of =41=: 3, 25 _sqq._, 47-50, 77-80, 99 _sqq._
_See also_ =Administrative Report=.
=Bureau of Indian Affairs=, policy of =47=: 56.
=Buret de Longchamps=, on Borinqueño tradition =25=: 130.
=Burgoa=, on Huave number =19=: 918.
=Burgos, Juan de=, estate of, forfeited for bachelorhood =14=: 379.
=Burgos sp.=, for shell beads =38=: § 73.
=Buri=, timber for fire-stick =38=: § 1.
=Burial=
among northern Indians =11=: 271.
among Pueblo Indians =14=: 518.
among the Sia =11=: 144.
ancient and modern methods of =32=: 459.
Apingi =1=: 125, 126.
aquatic =1=: 180.
Bari of Africa =1=: 125.
Bechuanas of Africa =1=: 126.
beneath, or in cabins, wigwams, or in houses =1=: 122.
beneath, or in dwellings =12=: 674.
box =1=: 155.
burning of food at =35=: 709.
by men =40=: 423.
by Tiguex Indians =14=: 595.
by women =40=: 423.
Caddos =1=: 103.
cairn =1=: 142.
cairn, of the Ute =1=: 142.
Carolina tribes =1=: 93.
case, of the Cheyenne =1=: 162, 163.
cave =1=: 126.
ceremonies, use of fire in =12=: 675.
chieftain, of the =1=: 110, 111.
classification of =1=: 92 _sq._
communal or tribal =12=: 657.
customs connected with =11=: 486; =42=: 337, 384, 388, 398.
Damara =1=: 126.
dance, Yokaía =1=: 192, 194.
dances =1=: 192.
Eskimo manner of =18=: 310 _sqq._, 314 _sq._
feast, description of, by Beltrami =1=: 190, 191.
feast, of the Hurons =1=: 191.
feasts =1=: 190.
feasts, superstitions regarding =1=: 191.
festivals and customs =38=: § 839-867.
fires of the Algonkin =1=: 198.
fires of the Eskimo =1=: 198.
fires of the Yurok =1=: 198.
folding skeletons in =12=: 539.
food =1=: 192.
games during =1=: 195.
grave =1=: 101.
ground, in canoes =1=: 112.
in logs =1=: 138, 139.
in mounds =1=: 115.
in sitting or squatting posture =12=: 674.
in standing position =1=: 151, 152.
Indians of Virginia =1=: 125.
instance of hasty, after battle =12=: 546.
interment, the usual mode of =12=: 672.
Iroquois =1=: 140.
Kaffir (of Africa) =1=: 126.
Klamath and Trinity Indians =1=: 106, 107.
Latookas =1=: 126.
lodge =1=: 152.
lodges of the Blackfeet =1=: 154.
lodges of the Cheyenne =1=: 154.
lodges of the Shoshone =1=: 153, 154.
mention of =31=: 534; =35=: 973, 1087.
method of bundling skeleton in =12=: 539.
methods of, Florida and Gulf Coast =20=: 119.
Muscogulges =1=: 122, 123.
meaning and derivation of word =1=: 93.
myth concerning =19=: 256, 440.
of Alaric =1=: 181.
of an Indian chief described =12=: 678.
of Blackbird =1=: 139.
of De Soto =1=: 181.
of Long Horse =1=: 153.
of Ouray =1=: 128.
of parts of body =35=: 743.
of the Guiana Indians =38=: § 832-836.
of the Moquis =1=: 114.
of the Navaho =1=: 123.
of the Obongo =1=: 139, 140.
of twins =35=: 686.
Parsi method of =1=: 105, 106.
pit =1=: 93.
Pitt River Indians =1=: 151.
position in =40=: 383, 393.
posts, Sioux and Chippewa =1=: 197, 198.
Potomac-Chesapeake province, influence of, on potter’s art =20=:
150 _sq._
pulling down of roof at =35=: 709.
removal of flesh before =12=: 672.
Round Valley Indian =1=: 124.
sacrifice, Aztecs and Tarascos =1=: 190.
sacrifice, Indians of the northwest =1=: 187, 189.
sacrifice, Indians of Panama =1=: 180.
sacrifice, Natchez =1=: 187, 189.
sacrifice, Tsinuk =1=: 179.
sacrifice, Wascopums =1=: 189, 190.
Sauks and Foxes =1=: 94, 95.
scaffold =1=: 162.
several modes of =12=: 672.
skeletons often bundled in =12=: 673.
skeletons sometimes folded in =12=: 674.
song, Schiller’s =1=: 110, 111.
songs =1=: 194.
songs of Basques and others =1=: 195.
superstitions, Chippewas =1=: 199, 200.
superstitions, Indians of Washington territory =1=: 201.
superstitions, Karok =1=: 200.
superstitions, Kelta =1=: 200.
superstitions, Modocs =1=: 200, 201.
superstitions, Mosquito Indians =1=: 201.
superstitions, Tlascaltecs =1=: 201.
superstitions, Tolowa =1=: 200.
surface =1=: 138, 139.
tree =35=: 1120.
urn =1=: 137.
urn and cover, Georgia =1=: 138.
urn and cover, North Mexico =1=: 138.
use of pottery in =20=: 23 _sq._, 25, 33, 37-42.
_See also_ =Burial Boxes, etc=.; =Burials=; =Mortuary Customs=;
=Mortuary Pottery=.
=Burial Boxes=
painting of =46=: =64=.
_See also_ =Boxes=.
=Burial Case=, boat-shaped, clay =12=: 360.
=Burial Cists=
in Casa Blanca =16=: 109.
in cliff ruins, discussed =16=: 166.
_See also_ =Cists=.
=Burial Customs=
mention of =47=: 137 _sq._, 248 _sqq._, 276, 278, 286, 290, 482
_sq._, 540, 856.
of the Assiniboin =46=: 570-576.
of the Chickasaw =44=: 229-235.
of the Creek =42=: 337, 384, 388-398.
of the Guiana Indians, details =30=: 149, 155-160.
of Indians and mound builders compared =12=: 671-679.
of the K`iakima natives =8=: 86.
of the Salishan tribes =45=: 164, 172-176, 288 _sq._, 382 _sq._
of the Tsimshian =31=: 534 _sqq._
of the West Indian natives =34=: 90, 225, 226.
of the Zuñi =15=: 306.
_See also_ =Burial=; =Burials=; etc.; =Funeral Customs=; =Mortuary
Customs=.
=Burial Grounds=
Barrow =46=: 206.
East Cape =46=: 211.
general =46=: 172.
location of =44=: 64.
Nook =46=: 197.
Pastolik =46=: 195.
pottery in =4=: 434.
preference, Yukon =46=: 68.
Western Eskimo =46=: 183.
=Burial House= =33=: 658.
=Burial Inclosures= at K`iakima =8=: 147.
=Burial Mounds=
absence of =46=: 573.
classification of, in Ohio district =12=: 567.
description of =41=: 586 _sqq._
in group at Rice Lake =37=: 92.
in Upper Barbaboo Valley =37=: 91.
of the Appalachian district =12=: 574.
of the Dakotan district =12=: 538.
of Wisconsin, built in part, at least, by Indians =12=: 708.
_See also_ =Conical Mound=.
=Burial Mounds of the Northern Sections of the United States=, by
Cyrus Thomas =5=: XXXVIII-XLII, 3-119.
=Burial of the Cliff-dweller=, preservation of =41=: 52.
=Burial Places=
caves as =34=: 57, 61, 248.
mounds as =34=: 247.
of the Zuñi 8: 148.
_See also_ =Graveyards=.