A Study of Siouan Cults Eleventh Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1889-1890, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1861, pages 351-544
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A STUDY OF SIOUAN CULTS.
CONTENTS.
ILLUSTRATIONS.
CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION.
DEFINITIONS OF “CULT” AND “SIOUAN.”
SIOUAN FAMILY.
AUTHORITIES.
ALPHABET.
ABBREVIATIONS.
DEFINITIONS OF “CULT” AND “SIOUAN.”
SIOUAN FAMILY.
AUTHORITIES.
ALPHABET.
ABBREVIATIONS.
CHAPTER II. DEFINITIONS.
ALLEGED BELIEF IN A GREAT SPIRIT.
PHENOMENA DIVIDED INTO HUMAN AND SUPERHUMAN.
TERMS FOR “MYSTERIOUS,” “LIGHTNING,” ETC.
OTHER OMAHA AND PONKA TERMS.
SIGNIFICANCE OF PERSONAL NAMES AND KINSHIP TERMS.
MYTH AND LEGEND DISTINGUISHED FROM THE SUPERHUMAN.
ALLEGED BELIEF IN A GREAT SPIRIT.
PHENOMENA DIVIDED INTO HUMAN AND SUPERHUMAN.
TERMS FOR “MYSTERIOUS,” “LIGHTNING,” ETC.
OTHER OMAHA AND PONKA TERMS.
SIGNIFICANCE OF PERSONAL NAMES AND KINSHIP TERMS.
MYTH AND LEGEND DISTINGUISHED FROM THE SUPERHUMAN.
CHAPTER III. CULTS OF THE OMAHA, PONKA, KANSA, AND OSAGE.
BELIEFS AND PRACTICES NOT FOUND.
OMAHA, PONKA, AND KANSA BELIEF IN A WAKANDA.
SEVEN GREAT WAKANDAS.
INVOCATION OF WARMTH AND STREAMS.
PRAYER TO WAKANDA.
ACCESSORIES OF PRAYER.
OMAHA AND KANSA EXPRESSIONS ABOUT WAKANDA.
PONKA BELIEF ABOUT MALEVOLENT SPIRITS.
AN OLD OMAHA CUSTOM.
THE SUN A WAKANDA.
THE OFFERING OF TOBACCO.
THE PONKA SUN DANCE OF 1873.
THE OFFERING OF TOBACCO.
THE PONKA SUN DANCE OF 1873.
THE MOON A WAKANDA.
BERDACHES.
STARS AS WAKANDAS.
THE WINDS AS WAKANDAS.
KANSA SACRIFICE TO THE WINDS.
OSAGE CONSECRATION OF MYSTIC FIREPLACES.
KANSA SACRIFICE TO THE WINDS.
OSAGE CONSECRATION OF MYSTIC FIREPLACES.
THE THUNDER-BEING A WAKANDA.
OMAHA AND PONKA INVOCATION OF THE THUNDER-BEING.
THUNDER-BEING INVOKED BY WARRIORS.
ICTASANDA CUSTOM.
KANSA WORSHIP OF THE THUNDER-BEING.
OMAHA AND PONKA INVOCATION OF THE THUNDER-BEING.
THUNDER-BEING INVOKED BY WARRIORS.
ICTASANDA CUSTOM.
KANSA WORSHIP OF THE THUNDER-BEING.
SUBTERRANEAN AND SUBAQUATIC WAKANDAS.
THE INDAȻIÑGA.
OTHER KANSA WAKANDAS.
§ 40. OMAHA INVOCATIONS OF THE TRAP, ETC.
Notes.
Translation.
Notes.
Translation.
FASTING.
MYSTIC TREES AND PLANTS.
IȻA‘EȻĔ.
PERSONAL MYSTERY DECORATIONS.
ORDER OF THUNDER SHAMANS.
GENERIC FORMS OF DECORATION.
SPECIFIC FORMS OF DECORATION.
CORN AND THE BUFFALO.
OTHER OMAHA MYSTERY DECORATIONS.
KANSA MYSTERY DECORATIONS.
OMAHA NIKIE DECORATIONS.
OMAHA NIKIE CUSTOMS.
GOVERNMENTAL INSTRUMENTALITIES.
§ 57. OMAHA AND PONKA TABOOS.
FETICHISM.
FETICHES OF THE TRIBE AND GENS.
PERSONAL FETICHES.
FETICHES OF THE TRIBE AND GENS.
PERSONAL FETICHES.
SORCERY.
JUGGLERY.
OMAHA AND PONKA BELIEF AS TO A FUTURE LIFE.
KANSA BELIEFS RESPECTING DEATH AND A FUTURE LIFE.
BELIEFS AND PRACTICES NOT FOUND.
OMAHA, PONKA, AND KANSA BELIEF IN A WAKANDA.
SEVEN GREAT WAKANDAS.
INVOCATION OF WARMTH AND STREAMS.
PRAYER TO WAKANDA.
ACCESSORIES OF PRAYER.
OMAHA AND KANSA EXPRESSIONS ABOUT WAKANDA.
PONKA BELIEF ABOUT MALEVOLENT SPIRITS.
AN OLD OMAHA CUSTOM.
THE SUN A WAKANDA.
THE OFFERING OF TOBACCO.
THE PONKA SUN DANCE OF 1873.
THE OFFERING OF TOBACCO.
THE PONKA SUN DANCE OF 1873.
THE MOON A WAKANDA.
BERDACHES.
STARS AS WAKANDAS.
THE WINDS AS WAKANDAS.
KANSA SACRIFICE TO THE WINDS.
OSAGE CONSECRATION OF MYSTIC FIREPLACES.
KANSA SACRIFICE TO THE WINDS.
OSAGE CONSECRATION OF MYSTIC FIREPLACES.
THE THUNDER-BEING A WAKANDA.
OMAHA AND PONKA INVOCATION OF THE THUNDER-BEING.
THUNDER-BEING INVOKED BY WARRIORS.
ICTASANDA CUSTOM.
KANSA WORSHIP OF THE THUNDER-BEING.
OMAHA AND PONKA INVOCATION OF THE THUNDER-BEING.
THUNDER-BEING INVOKED BY WARRIORS.
ICTASANDA CUSTOM.
KANSA WORSHIP OF THE THUNDER-BEING.
SUBTERRANEAN AND SUBAQUATIC WAKANDAS.
THE INDAȻIÑGA.
OTHER KANSA WAKANDAS.
§ 40. OMAHA INVOCATIONS OF THE TRAP, ETC.
Notes.
Translation.
Notes.
Translation.
FASTING.
MYSTIC TREES AND PLANTS.
IȻA‘EȻĔ.
PERSONAL MYSTERY DECORATIONS.
ORDER OF THUNDER SHAMANS.
GENERIC FORMS OF DECORATION.
SPECIFIC FORMS OF DECORATION.
CORN AND THE BUFFALO.
OTHER OMAHA MYSTERY DECORATIONS.
KANSA MYSTERY DECORATIONS.
OMAHA NIKIE DECORATIONS.
OMAHA NIKIE CUSTOMS.
GOVERNMENTAL INSTRUMENTALITIES.
§ 57. OMAHA AND PONKA TABOOS.
FETICHISM.
FETICHES OF THE TRIBE AND GENS.
PERSONAL FETICHES.
FETICHES OF THE TRIBE AND GENS.
PERSONAL FETICHES.
SORCERY.
JUGGLERY.
OMAHA AND PONKA BELIEF AS TO A FUTURE LIFE.
KANSA BELIEFS RESPECTING DEATH AND A FUTURE LIFE.
CHAPTER IV. ┴[C]IWERE AND WINNEBAGO CULTS.
TERM “GREAT SPIRIT” NEVER HEARD AMONG THE IOWA.
THE SUN A WAKANTA.
THE WINDS AS WAKANTAS.
THE THUNDER-BEING A WAKANTA.
SUBTERRANEAN POWERS.
SUBAQUATIC POWERS.
ANIMALS AS WAKANTAS.
APOTHEOSES.
DWELLINGS OF GODS.
WORSHIP.
TABOOS.
PUBLIC OR TRIBAL FETICHES.[81]
SYMBOLIC EARTH FORMATIONS OF THE WINNEBAGO.[82]
PERSONAL FETICHES.
DANCING SOCIETIES.
THE OTTER DANCING SOCIETY.
THE RED MEDICINE DANCING SOCIETY.
GREEN CORN DANCE.
BUFFALO DANCING SOCIETY.
THE OTTER DANCING SOCIETY.
THE RED MEDICINE DANCING SOCIETY.
GREEN CORN DANCE.
BUFFALO DANCING SOCIETY.
┴[C]IWERE TRADITIONS.
BELIEF IN FUTURE LIFE.
TERM “GREAT SPIRIT” NEVER HEARD AMONG THE IOWA.
THE SUN A WAKANTA.
THE WINDS AS WAKANTAS.
THE THUNDER-BEING A WAKANTA.
SUBTERRANEAN POWERS.
SUBAQUATIC POWERS.
ANIMALS AS WAKANTAS.
APOTHEOSES.
DWELLINGS OF GODS.
WORSHIP.
TABOOS.
PUBLIC OR TRIBAL FETICHES.[81]
SYMBOLIC EARTH FORMATIONS OF THE WINNEBAGO.[82]
PERSONAL FETICHES.
DANCING SOCIETIES.
THE OTTER DANCING SOCIETY.
THE RED MEDICINE DANCING SOCIETY.
GREEN CORN DANCE.
BUFFALO DANCING SOCIETY.
THE OTTER DANCING SOCIETY.
THE RED MEDICINE DANCING SOCIETY.
GREEN CORN DANCE.
BUFFALO DANCING SOCIETY.
┴[C]IWERE TRADITIONS.
BELIEF IN FUTURE LIFE.
CHAPTER V. DAKOTA AND ASSINIBOIN CULTS.
ALLEGED DAKOTA BELIEF IN A GREAT SPIRIT.
RIGGS ON THE TAKU WAKAN.
MEANING OF “WAKAN.”
DAIMONISM.
ANIMISM.
PRINCIPAL DAKOTA GODS.
MISS FLETCHER ON INDIAN RELIGION.
PRAYER.
SACRIFICE.
USE OF PAINT IN WORSHIP.
THE UNKTEḢI, OR SUBAQUATIC AND SUBTERRANEAN POWERS.
POWER OF THE UNKTEḢI.
SUBORDINATES OF THE UNKTEḢI.
THE MYSTERY DANCE.
THE MINIWATU.
POWER OF THE UNKTEḢI.
SUBORDINATES OF THE UNKTEḢI.
THE MYSTERY DANCE.
THE MINIWATU.
THE WAKIᴺYAᴺ (WAKIŊYAŊ), OR THUNDER-BEINGS.
THE ARMOR GODS.
THE WAR PROPHET.
THE SPIRITS OF THE MYSTERY SACKS.
TAKUŚKAŊŚKAŊ, THE MOVING DEITY.
TUNKAN OE INYAN, THE STONE GOD OR LINGAM.
IŊYAŊ ŚA.
MATO TIPI.
THE SUN AND MOON.
THE SUN DANCE.
A DAKOTA’S ACCOUNT OF THE SUN DANCE.
TRIBES INVITED TO THE SUN-DANCE.
DISCIPLINE MAINTAINED.
CAMPING CIRCLE FORMED.
MEN SELECTED TO SEEK THE MYSTERY TREE.
TENT OF PREPARATION.
EXPEDITION TO THE MYSTERY TREE.
FELLING THE TREE.
THE TREE TAKEN TO CAMP.
RAISING THE SUN POLE.
BUILDING OF DANCING LODGE.
THE UUȻITA.
DECORATION OF CANDIDATES OR DEVOTEES.
OFFERINGS OF CANDIDATES.
CEREMONIES AT THE DANCING LODGE.
END OF THE DANCE.
INTRUSIVE DANCES.
CAPT. BOURKE ON THE SUN-DANCE.
THE SUN DANCE.
A DAKOTA’S ACCOUNT OF THE SUN DANCE.
TRIBES INVITED TO THE SUN-DANCE.
DISCIPLINE MAINTAINED.
CAMPING CIRCLE FORMED.
MEN SELECTED TO SEEK THE MYSTERY TREE.
TENT OF PREPARATION.
EXPEDITION TO THE MYSTERY TREE.
FELLING THE TREE.
THE TREE TAKEN TO CAMP.
RAISING THE SUN POLE.
BUILDING OF DANCING LODGE.
THE UUȻITA.
DECORATION OF CANDIDATES OR DEVOTEES.
OFFERINGS OF CANDIDATES.
CEREMONIES AT THE DANCING LODGE.
END OF THE DANCE.
INTRUSIVE DANCES.
CAPT. BOURKE ON THE SUN-DANCE.
BERDACHES.
ASTRONOMICAL LORE.
DAY AND NIGHT.
THE DAWN.
WEATHER SPIRIT.
HEYOKA.
HEYOKA FEAST.
STORY OF A HEYOKA MAN.
HEYOKA WOMEN.
HEYOKA FEAST.
STORY OF A HEYOKA MAN.
HEYOKA WOMEN.
IYA, THE GOD OF GLUTTONY.
IKTO, IKTOMI, OR UNKTOMI.
ĆAŊOTIDAŊ AND HOḢNOĠIĆA.
ANŬŊG-ITE.
PENATES.
GUARDIAN SPIRITS.
BELIEFS ABOUT THE BUFFALO.
ORIGIN OF THE BUFFALO.
THE TATAŊGNAŚKIŊYAŊ OR MYTHIC BUFFALO.
ORIGIN OF THE BUFFALO.
THE TATAŊGNAŚKIŊYAŊ OR MYTHIC BUFFALO.
THE BEAR.
THE WOLF.
HORSES.
SPIDERS.
SNAKE LORE.
THE DOUBLE WOMAN.
DEER WOMEN.
DWARFS OR ELVES.
BOGS.
TREES.
CUSTOMS RELATING TO CHILDHOOD.
PUBERTY.
GHOST LORE AND THE FUTURE LIFE.
MEANING OF WANAĠI.
ASSINNIBOIN BELIEFS ABOUT THE DEAD.
GHOSTS NOT ALWAYS VISIBLE.
DEATH AND BURIAL LORE.
CEREMONIES AT THE GHOST LODGE.[197]
GOOD AND BAD GHOSTS.
INTERCOURSE WITH GHOSTS.
GHOST STORIES.
ASSINNIBOIN BELIEFS ABOUT GHOSTS.
PRAYERS TO THE DEAD, INCLUDING ANCESTORS.
METAMORPHOSES AND THE TRANSMIGRATION OF SOULS.
MEANING OF WANAĠI.
ASSINNIBOIN BELIEFS ABOUT THE DEAD.
GHOSTS NOT ALWAYS VISIBLE.
DEATH AND BURIAL LORE.
CEREMONIES AT THE GHOST LODGE.[197]
GOOD AND BAD GHOSTS.
INTERCOURSE WITH GHOSTS.
GHOST STORIES.
ASSINNIBOIN BELIEFS ABOUT GHOSTS.
PRAYERS TO THE DEAD, INCLUDING ANCESTORS.
METAMORPHOSES AND THE TRANSMIGRATION OF SOULS.
EXHORTATIONS TO ABSENT WARRIORS.
MYSTERIOUS MEN AND WOMEN.
GOPHER LORE.
CAUSES OF BOILS AND SORES.
RESULTS OF LYING, STEALING, ETC.
SECRET SOCIETIES.
FETICHISM.
PUBLIC OR TRIBAL FETICHES.
PRIVATE OR PERSONAL FETICHES.
PUBLIC OR TRIBAL FETICHES.
PRIVATE OR PERSONAL FETICHES.
ORDEALS OR MODES OF SWEARING.
SORCERY AND JUGGLERY.
OMENS.
BODILY OMENS.
ANIMAL OMENS.
OMENS FROM DREAMS.
BODILY OMENS.
ANIMAL OMENS.
OMENS FROM DREAMS.
ALLEGED DAKOTA BELIEF IN A GREAT SPIRIT.
RIGGS ON THE TAKU WAKAN.
MEANING OF “WAKAN.”
DAIMONISM.
ANIMISM.
PRINCIPAL DAKOTA GODS.
MISS FLETCHER ON INDIAN RELIGION.
PRAYER.
SACRIFICE.
USE OF PAINT IN WORSHIP.
THE UNKTEḢI, OR SUBAQUATIC AND SUBTERRANEAN POWERS.
POWER OF THE UNKTEḢI.
SUBORDINATES OF THE UNKTEḢI.
THE MYSTERY DANCE.
THE MINIWATU.
POWER OF THE UNKTEḢI.
SUBORDINATES OF THE UNKTEḢI.
THE MYSTERY DANCE.
THE MINIWATU.
THE WAKIᴺYAᴺ (WAKIŊYAŊ), OR THUNDER-BEINGS.
THE ARMOR GODS.
THE WAR PROPHET.
THE SPIRITS OF THE MYSTERY SACKS.
TAKUŚKAŊŚKAŊ, THE MOVING DEITY.
TUNKAN OE INYAN, THE STONE GOD OR LINGAM.
IŊYAŊ ŚA.
MATO TIPI.
THE SUN AND MOON.
THE SUN DANCE.
A DAKOTA’S ACCOUNT OF THE SUN DANCE.
TRIBES INVITED TO THE SUN-DANCE.
DISCIPLINE MAINTAINED.
CAMPING CIRCLE FORMED.
MEN SELECTED TO SEEK THE MYSTERY TREE.
TENT OF PREPARATION.
EXPEDITION TO THE MYSTERY TREE.
FELLING THE TREE.
THE TREE TAKEN TO CAMP.
RAISING THE SUN POLE.
BUILDING OF DANCING LODGE.
THE UUȻITA.
DECORATION OF CANDIDATES OR DEVOTEES.
OFFERINGS OF CANDIDATES.
CEREMONIES AT THE DANCING LODGE.
END OF THE DANCE.
INTRUSIVE DANCES.
CAPT. BOURKE ON THE SUN-DANCE.
THE SUN DANCE.
A DAKOTA’S ACCOUNT OF THE SUN DANCE.
TRIBES INVITED TO THE SUN-DANCE.
DISCIPLINE MAINTAINED.
CAMPING CIRCLE FORMED.
MEN SELECTED TO SEEK THE MYSTERY TREE.
TENT OF PREPARATION.
EXPEDITION TO THE MYSTERY TREE.
FELLING THE TREE.
THE TREE TAKEN TO CAMP.
RAISING THE SUN POLE.
BUILDING OF DANCING LODGE.
THE UUȻITA.
DECORATION OF CANDIDATES OR DEVOTEES.
OFFERINGS OF CANDIDATES.
CEREMONIES AT THE DANCING LODGE.
END OF THE DANCE.
INTRUSIVE DANCES.
CAPT. BOURKE ON THE SUN-DANCE.
BERDACHES.
ASTRONOMICAL LORE.
DAY AND NIGHT.
THE DAWN.
WEATHER SPIRIT.
HEYOKA.
HEYOKA FEAST.
STORY OF A HEYOKA MAN.
HEYOKA WOMEN.
HEYOKA FEAST.
STORY OF A HEYOKA MAN.
HEYOKA WOMEN.
IYA, THE GOD OF GLUTTONY.
IKTO, IKTOMI, OR UNKTOMI.
ĆAŊOTIDAŊ AND HOḢNOĠIĆA.
ANŬŊG-ITE.
PENATES.
GUARDIAN SPIRITS.
BELIEFS ABOUT THE BUFFALO.
ORIGIN OF THE BUFFALO.
THE TATAŊGNAŚKIŊYAŊ OR MYTHIC BUFFALO.
ORIGIN OF THE BUFFALO.
THE TATAŊGNAŚKIŊYAŊ OR MYTHIC BUFFALO.
THE BEAR.
THE WOLF.
HORSES.
SPIDERS.
SNAKE LORE.
THE DOUBLE WOMAN.
DEER WOMEN.
DWARFS OR ELVES.
BOGS.
TREES.
CUSTOMS RELATING TO CHILDHOOD.
PUBERTY.
GHOST LORE AND THE FUTURE LIFE.
MEANING OF WANAĠI.
ASSINNIBOIN BELIEFS ABOUT THE DEAD.
GHOSTS NOT ALWAYS VISIBLE.
DEATH AND BURIAL LORE.
CEREMONIES AT THE GHOST LODGE.[197]
GOOD AND BAD GHOSTS.
INTERCOURSE WITH GHOSTS.
GHOST STORIES.
ASSINNIBOIN BELIEFS ABOUT GHOSTS.
PRAYERS TO THE DEAD, INCLUDING ANCESTORS.
METAMORPHOSES AND THE TRANSMIGRATION OF SOULS.
MEANING OF WANAĠI.
ASSINNIBOIN BELIEFS ABOUT THE DEAD.
GHOSTS NOT ALWAYS VISIBLE.
DEATH AND BURIAL LORE.
CEREMONIES AT THE GHOST LODGE.[197]
GOOD AND BAD GHOSTS.
INTERCOURSE WITH GHOSTS.
GHOST STORIES.
ASSINNIBOIN BELIEFS ABOUT GHOSTS.
PRAYERS TO THE DEAD, INCLUDING ANCESTORS.
METAMORPHOSES AND THE TRANSMIGRATION OF SOULS.
EXHORTATIONS TO ABSENT WARRIORS.
MYSTERIOUS MEN AND WOMEN.
GOPHER LORE.
CAUSES OF BOILS AND SORES.
RESULTS OF LYING, STEALING, ETC.
SECRET SOCIETIES.
FETICHISM.
PUBLIC OR TRIBAL FETICHES.
PRIVATE OR PERSONAL FETICHES.
PUBLIC OR TRIBAL FETICHES.
PRIVATE OR PERSONAL FETICHES.
ORDEALS OR MODES OF SWEARING.
SORCERY AND JUGGLERY.
OMENS.
BODILY OMENS.
ANIMAL OMENS.
OMENS FROM DREAMS.
BODILY OMENS.
ANIMAL OMENS.
OMENS FROM DREAMS.
CHAPTER VI. CULTS OF THE MANDAN, HIDATSA, AND SAPONA.
AUTHORITIES.
ALLEGED BELIEF IN A GREAT SPIRIT.
THE GREAT MYSTERY A MODERN DEITY.
POLYTHEISM.
WORSHIP.
FASTING.
SACRIFICE.
CULT OF THE YONI.
ABSAROKA FEAR OF A WHITE BUFFALO COW.
FASTING.
SACRIFICE.
CULT OF THE YONI.
ABSAROKA FEAR OF A WHITE BUFFALO COW.
MANDAN CULTS.
MANDAN DIVINITIES.
GUARDIAN SPIRITS.
MANDAN BELIEF ABOUT SERPENTS AND GIANTS.
THUNDER LORE OF THE MANDAN.
ASTRONOMICAL LORE.
MANDAN DIVINITIES.
GUARDIAN SPIRITS.
MANDAN BELIEF ABOUT SERPENTS AND GIANTS.
THUNDER LORE OF THE MANDAN.
ASTRONOMICAL LORE.
MYSTERY OBJECTS AND PLACES OF THE MANDAN AND HIDATSA.
DREAMS.
ORACLES.
FETICHES.
FOLK-LORE.
SORCERY.
JUGGLERY.
GHOST LORE.
THE FUTURE LIFE.
FOUR AS A MYSTIC NUMBER AMONG THE MANDAN.
DREAMS.
ORACLES.
FETICHES.
FOLK-LORE.
SORCERY.
JUGGLERY.
GHOST LORE.
THE FUTURE LIFE.
FOUR AS A MYSTIC NUMBER AMONG THE MANDAN.
HIDATSA CULTS.
HIDATSA DIVINITIES.
ANIMISM.
WORSHIP OF THE ELEMENTS, ETC.
SERPENT WORSHIP.
FETICHES.
DREAMS.
BERDACHES.
ASTRONOMICAL LORE.
FOOD LORE.
FOUR SOULS IN EACH HUMAN BEING.
SORCERY.
DISPOSAL OF THE DEAD.
HIDATSA BELIEF AS TO FUTURE EXISTENCE.
HIDATSA DIVINITIES.
ANIMISM.
WORSHIP OF THE ELEMENTS, ETC.
SERPENT WORSHIP.
FETICHES.
DREAMS.
BERDACHES.
ASTRONOMICAL LORE.
FOOD LORE.
FOUR SOULS IN EACH HUMAN BEING.
SORCERY.
DISPOSAL OF THE DEAD.
HIDATSA BELIEF AS TO FUTURE EXISTENCE.
SAPONA CULTS.
AUTHORITIES.
ALLEGED BELIEF IN A GREAT SPIRIT.
THE GREAT MYSTERY A MODERN DEITY.
POLYTHEISM.
WORSHIP.
FASTING.
SACRIFICE.
CULT OF THE YONI.
ABSAROKA FEAR OF A WHITE BUFFALO COW.
FASTING.
SACRIFICE.
CULT OF THE YONI.
ABSAROKA FEAR OF A WHITE BUFFALO COW.
MANDAN CULTS.
MANDAN DIVINITIES.
GUARDIAN SPIRITS.
MANDAN BELIEF ABOUT SERPENTS AND GIANTS.
THUNDER LORE OF THE MANDAN.
ASTRONOMICAL LORE.
MANDAN DIVINITIES.
GUARDIAN SPIRITS.
MANDAN BELIEF ABOUT SERPENTS AND GIANTS.
THUNDER LORE OF THE MANDAN.
ASTRONOMICAL LORE.
MYSTERY OBJECTS AND PLACES OF THE MANDAN AND HIDATSA.
DREAMS.
ORACLES.
FETICHES.
FOLK-LORE.
SORCERY.
JUGGLERY.
GHOST LORE.
THE FUTURE LIFE.
FOUR AS A MYSTIC NUMBER AMONG THE MANDAN.
DREAMS.
ORACLES.
FETICHES.
FOLK-LORE.
SORCERY.
JUGGLERY.
GHOST LORE.
THE FUTURE LIFE.
FOUR AS A MYSTIC NUMBER AMONG THE MANDAN.
HIDATSA CULTS.
HIDATSA DIVINITIES.
ANIMISM.
WORSHIP OF THE ELEMENTS, ETC.
SERPENT WORSHIP.
FETICHES.
DREAMS.
BERDACHES.
ASTRONOMICAL LORE.
FOOD LORE.
FOUR SOULS IN EACH HUMAN BEING.
SORCERY.
DISPOSAL OF THE DEAD.
HIDATSA BELIEF AS TO FUTURE EXISTENCE.
HIDATSA DIVINITIES.
ANIMISM.
WORSHIP OF THE ELEMENTS, ETC.
SERPENT WORSHIP.
FETICHES.
DREAMS.
BERDACHES.
ASTRONOMICAL LORE.
FOOD LORE.
FOUR SOULS IN EACH HUMAN BEING.
SORCERY.
DISPOSAL OF THE DEAD.
HIDATSA BELIEF AS TO FUTURE EXISTENCE.
SAPONA CULTS.
CHAPTER VII. CONCLUDING REMARKS.
PEET ON INDIAN RELIGIONS.
THE AUTHOR’S REPLY.
CULTS OF THE ELEMENTS.
THE FOUR QUARTERS.
SYMBOLIC COLORS.
COLORS IN PERSONAL NAMES.
THE EARTH POWERS.
EARTH GENTES.
THE FIRE POWERS.
FIRE GENTES.
THE WIND-MAKERS.
WIND GENTES.
EACH QUARTER RECKONED AS THREE.
NAMES REFERRING TO OTHER WORLDS.
THE WATER POWERS.
WATER PEOPLE.
CAUTIONS AND QUERIES.
COMPOSITE NAMES.
PERSONAL NAMES FROM HORNED BEINGS.
NAMES DERIVED FROM SEVERAL HOMOGENEOUS OBJECTS OR BEINGS.
RETURN OF THE SPIRIT TO THE EPONYM.
FUNCTIONS OF GENTES AND SUBGENTES.
THE “MESSIAH CRAZE.”
PEET ON INDIAN RELIGIONS.
THE AUTHOR’S REPLY.
CULTS OF THE ELEMENTS.
THE FOUR QUARTERS.
SYMBOLIC COLORS.
COLORS IN PERSONAL NAMES.
THE EARTH POWERS.
EARTH GENTES.
THE FIRE POWERS.
FIRE GENTES.
THE WIND-MAKERS.
WIND GENTES.
EACH QUARTER RECKONED AS THREE.
NAMES REFERRING TO OTHER WORLDS.
THE WATER POWERS.
WATER PEOPLE.
CAUTIONS AND QUERIES.
COMPOSITE NAMES.
PERSONAL NAMES FROM HORNED BEINGS.
NAMES DERIVED FROM SEVERAL HOMOGENEOUS OBJECTS OR BEINGS.
RETURN OF THE SPIRIT TO THE EPONYM.
FUNCTIONS OF GENTES AND SUBGENTES.
THE “MESSIAH CRAZE.”
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