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purification, 8; sacrificial, 61, 89, 255, 271,276; taboo, 146; thanksgiving, 261.

Chamberlain, A. F., Some Items of Algonkian Folk-Lore:

Suspension of human beings as sacrifice to war-god, blackening face in fasts, planting trees upside-down on graves, 271; encomiums of bards in funeral songs; prognostics derived from stars, 272; weather-signs, water-nymphs, 273; worms in teeth, star-names, signs from affections of parts of the body, 274; diminutive elves, water-men, immolation of victims, Milky Way as path of the dead, 275; celibacy, whiteness as sign of day, giants, genii, 276; sleep-butterflies, degradation of names of gods, 277.

Chamberlain, A. F., In Memoriam:

Frank Hamilton Cushing, 129; Walter James Hoffman, 44.

Chamberlain, A. F., and I. C, Record of American Folk-Lore:

North America: Algonkian, 51, 135, 213, 283; Athabascan, 135, 215; Caddoan, 51; Chinantecan, 283; Eskimo, 135; Haida, 51, 135; Iroquoian, 136, 216, 283; Juavan, 284; Keresan, 216; Kulanapan, 216; Mixtec-Zapotecan, 218, 284; Otomi, 285; Pueblos, 52, 138; Pujunan, 217; Salishan, 54, 217, 285; Siouan, 217, 286; Totonacan, 287; Uto-Aztecan, 54, 217, 287; Central America: Costa Rica, 219; Mayan, 55, 140, 219; South America: Araucanian, 55, 141; Brazil, 57; Catuquinarù, 58; Guaicuru, 141; Guarano, 58; Patagonia, 58, 142; Peru, 58; General, 58, 142, 220, 289.

Chamberlain, I. C., The Devil's Grandmother:

Devil's dam in Shakespeare, German proverbs relating to, 278; folk-sayings concerning, 279.

Charms, 8, 61.

Color symbolism, 10.

Costume, 90.


Dances, 136, 164, 301.

Dishes, local, 65.

Dixon, R. B., Some Coyote Stories from the Maidu Indians of California:

The Coyote and the Grizzly Bears, 267; Coyote and the Fleas, 268; Coyote and the Gray Fox, 269; How the Coyote married his daughter, 270.

Dreams, 303.


Edwards, C. L., Animal Myths and their Origin:

Embryonic stages of man preserved in childhood, 33; theories of spontaneous generation, 34; belief in animal transformations, 36; ancient zoölogical myths, survival of, 37; swallow, crow, toad in folk-lore, 38; myths originating in erroneous induction, 41.

Farrington, O. C, The Worship and Folk-Lore of Meteorites:

Universality of worship, 199; Kaaba, cases of Greek and Roman worship, 200; instances from the Old World, 202; from New World, 204; folk-lore of meteorites, 205; interest depends on observation of fall, 207.

Figures and symbols, 214, 215.

Fletcher, A. C,. Giving Thanks: a Pawnee Ceremony:

Ritual nakedness, sacred buffalo skull, sacred bundle, 261; corn mush as offering, ritual smoking of tobacco, 262; prayer to skull, return of sacrificial gifts, 263; thanksgiving, offering, and eating of mush, address of priest, 264; transmitted knowledge of herbs and ritual, meaning of name Ta-rá-wa, fees sign of thankfulness, 265.

Folk-Lore Scrap-Book, see Readings.


Games, 162, 300.


Hagar, S., The Celestial Bear:

Observation of stars, 92; Micmac legend of Great Bear, 93; interpretation of legend, 95; parallels, 97; Iroquois legend identical, 98; explanations of correspondences, 100; difficulties of hypothesis of independent origins, 102.

Hazen, H. A., The Origin and Value of Weather-Lore:

Ancient character of lore, 191; worthless sayings, 192; belief in lunar influence, 193; forecasts from behavior of animals, 194; signs from optical phenomena, 197; editor's note, 198.

Indian Tribes:

Abenaki, 124.
Algonkian, 272.
Algonquin, 123.
Athabascan, 11.
Arapaho, 50, 161, 183.
Cheyenne, 161.