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PisTONATtJBBEE, IsAAc, informa-<br />
INDEX<br />
Page<br />
tion obtained from<br />
PiTCHLYNN, Peter Perkins—<br />
35<br />
monument erected to 31<br />
story related by 83<br />
Plants, medicinal—<br />
list of, with usage 237-238<br />
listed by Bushnell 235<br />
Pneumatology<br />
215-220<br />
Poison, use of 55, 169<br />
POLE-PULLING CEREMONY<br />
Cliristian opposition to— 183-184<br />
described<br />
177-178, 183<br />
Poles, erection of, at grave— 177, 178<br />
Police, mounted, duties of 107<br />
Polygamy, practice of 127, 131<br />
Ponies, used as pack animals— 53<br />
Popcorn, raised by the Choctaw.<br />
Pouches—<br />
47<br />
made of skins 42<br />
use of 42<br />
Prayer, among the Choctaw<br />
Property—<br />
212<br />
discussed<br />
102-104<br />
inheritance of 104<br />
offenses against 111-113<br />
ownership of, settled by<br />
ball-play 148<br />
placed with the dead 104,<br />
170, 182, 183, 184, 190<br />
reason for burying 217<br />
wagered on games 154<br />
Prophets—<br />
at ball game 149<br />
believed infallible 213<br />
See also Conjurers ; Medicine<br />
MEN ; Wizards.<br />
Punishment—<br />
and reward, after death- 218-220<br />
of crime 104-115<br />
Pushmataha.<br />
TAHA.<br />
See Apushma-<br />
Pygmy being, belief in 198<br />
Racket game, described 140-141<br />
Rainmakers, activities of 240-241<br />
Rattle, use of 224<br />
Red Bird, chief, incident related<br />
of<br />
105-106<br />
Red Crawfish People, origin<br />
myth of 83<br />
Red Shoes, leader of the western<br />
Choctaw 57<br />
Red Water, a Choctaw band— 152<br />
Relationship, terms of<br />
Page<br />
85-90<br />
Remedies 229-230, 233<br />
Removal to Red River 4-5<br />
Retaliation, law of 104-107<br />
Reward and punishment, after<br />
death<br />
Sacrifice,<br />
218-220<br />
custom suggesting— 212<br />
Salt, collecting of 55<br />
Sapa chito, briefly described— 76<br />
Scaffold burials 170,<br />
171, 172, 173, 174, 175, 176, 178, 181<br />
Scalping, custom of 164<br />
Scalps, treatment of 166-167<br />
Scott, T. J., information ob-<br />
tained from 182<br />
Sexual offenses, attitude to-<br />
ward ,<br />
110-111<br />
Sexual relations, belief concerning<br />
136<br />
Shadows, outside and inside— 216<br />
Shukchi Humma tribe, reference<br />
to 30<br />
Signs, used by chief at council- 101<br />
SiL\TER, ornaments of 43<br />
Simpson, Susan, wedding of,<br />
described<br />
132-133<br />
Sixtowns Indians—<br />
a Choctaw band 152<br />
application of the name 55-56<br />
attitude toward, of other<br />
Choctaw 57<br />
towns of<br />
59-60<br />
Skanapa, village of the chief— 91<br />
Skin dressing, described 91<br />
Slavery of captives 163<br />
Snakes, beliefs concerning 199<br />
Sorcery, belief in 239<br />
Soul, beliefs concerning 215-220<br />
Speech, Choctaw, variations<br />
of 56<br />
Speeches. See Oratory.<br />
Spirit, belief concerning 180, 214<br />
Spirits, good and evil, belief<br />
in<br />
194-195, 197<br />
Stealing, punishment for 112-113<br />
Stockaded towns, reference to_ 10<br />
Strings, made of skin<br />
Stuart, John, murder reported<br />
42<br />
by<br />
Suicide—<br />
105<br />
attitude toward 108,110<br />
burial of 174
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