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Dances—Coutimied.<br />
INDEX 277<br />
Page<br />
of Bayou Lacomb Choctaw<br />
222-223<br />
of the ball game 148-149<br />
of victory 162<br />
preparation for 222<br />
De Kerlerec, mention of 120<br />
De Lusser, M., council held by_ 97<br />
Dearborn, Henry, mention of 105<br />
Death—<br />
beliefs concerning 216<br />
by violence, belief concerning<br />
220<br />
See also Burial customs ;<br />
Graves ; Moxjrning customs.<br />
Deer—<br />
belief concerning 199-200<br />
decoy used for 52<br />
stalking of 54<br />
Diseases, treatment of 226,<br />
Divisions—<br />
229-232, 233-239<br />
geographical<br />
55-58<br />
social<br />
Doctors—<br />
76-84<br />
methods of, in treating the<br />
sick 226, 229-231<br />
See also IMedicine men.<br />
Dogs, buried with the dead<br />
Dreams—<br />
183<br />
Page<br />
Execution op MxraujESHais 107-108,<br />
109-110<br />
Family, head of 95<br />
Fani MINGO, the calumet chief- 94<br />
Feasts—<br />
accompanying dances 221<br />
after burial ceremony 175, 177<br />
for the sick 232,283<br />
mourning ended by 178,<br />
181, 183, 184-185, 186, 192<br />
procedure at 225<br />
time of 224<br />
Feathers, use of ^ 43-44<br />
Fetishes, belief in 215<br />
Finger nails of bone-pickers<br />
described 176, 177<br />
Fire, beliefs concerning 196, 197<br />
Fires, at dances 223<br />
Fish, methods of obtaining 55<br />
Flood legends 202-208<br />
Food 38, 46-47<br />
Foxes, associated with ghosts__<br />
Franchimastabe, head chief—<br />
217<br />
92<br />
French, Choctaw affiliated with 57-58<br />
Furnishings of<br />
Gambling—<br />
houses 38, 39<br />
fondness for 140,155<br />
See also Betting.<br />
Game—<br />
distril)ution of, after hunt. 54<br />
killed with blowgun 52<br />
laws governing 54<br />
belief in 163<br />
significance of<br />
Drum—<br />
215 not killed for sport<br />
the search for<br />
50<br />
49<br />
described<br />
223-224 Games, described<br />
140-160<br />
used at dances 222 Gentes. See Clans.<br />
Dueling, custom of<br />
Dugouts, use of<br />
Dwellings. See Houses.<br />
108-109<br />
161<br />
Ghosts, belief in<br />
Gifts—<br />
distribution of, at wedding-<br />
217<br />
128,<br />
Dyes, making of 41<br />
132, 133, 135, 137<br />
Eagle dance, described 222<br />
Earthworks of the Choctaw— 6-10<br />
Eclipse, lunar, name for 212<br />
EcLirsE, SOLAR, belief concerning<br />
210-212<br />
Education of children 124-127<br />
Eels, beliefs concerning<br />
199<br />
Election of officers<br />
99-100<br />
Emetics, feathers used in place<br />
of<br />
233<br />
Endurance, tests of, among<br />
children<br />
126<br />
English, Choctaw affiliated with_ 57-58<br />
use of, in courtships 127,<br />
128, 134, 136<br />
God, Choctaw names for 195<br />
Government—<br />
discussed<br />
90-102<br />
four classes represented in_ 84<br />
Graves—<br />
decoration of 177,186,190<br />
veneration for 180<br />
Great Spirit, belief in 197<br />
Grken corn dance—<br />
laws made at<br />
225,226<br />
reference to<br />
21, 221
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