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Suicide—Continued. Page<br />
cause of 174<br />
methods used in 110<br />
guKANATCHA, mention of settlement<br />
of 137<br />
Sun—<br />
beliefs concerning 196<br />
regarded as a deity 195<br />
SuPEBSTiTioNB of War party 163, 165<br />
Sweat bath—<br />
fractional 236<br />
use of 230, 231<br />
Swimming, among the Choctaw<br />
40<br />
Taboos—<br />
concerning women 115, 116, 118<br />
for ball players 153<br />
hunting 212<br />
husband and wife 129<br />
mother-in-law 127, 129<br />
TAII.S, animal, significance of<br />
use of 44<br />
Tallapoosa Rivee, flints obtained<br />
on 49-50<br />
Tattooing—<br />
body 163<br />
facial 57<br />
on bone-pickers 181<br />
Tecumseh, mention of 4<br />
'Jemplej—<br />
bones deposited in 182<br />
Taensa, destruction of 182<br />
use of the name 226<br />
Teems op eelationship<br />
Theft—<br />
85-90<br />
punishment for 112-113<br />
reference to 165<br />
Thundee and lightning, belief<br />
concerning 212<br />
Time—<br />
method of reckoning 44-45, 101<br />
sticks used in counting 187,<br />
188, 191-192<br />
Tinslet, a, L.—<br />
burial described by 186<br />
information furnished by 186<br />
Tobacco, use of 47<br />
Tole. See Handball game.<br />
Town squabe, ceremonies held<br />
in 221<br />
Towns—<br />
authorities for names of 58<br />
description of 76<br />
54564—31 19<br />
INDEX 281<br />
Towns—Continued. pgg*<br />
list of 59-75<br />
location of 5^75<br />
number of 95<br />
scattered houses of 166<br />
synonymy of names of 59-75<br />
Trails, linking towns 160<br />
TRA^'EL—<br />
method of 53<br />
sense of direction in 160<br />
signs used in 52, 55<br />
Tubby, Lewis, mention of 102<br />
Tubby, Simpson—<br />
information furnished by__ 4,<br />
47, 49, 54, 100, 110, 118, 135,<br />
153, 186, 224, 238<br />
training of, for chiefship 127<br />
Tuberculosis, sufferings from 238<br />
Tullock-chish-ko, a noted ballplayer<br />
142<br />
Turkey Creek, a Choctaw band- 152<br />
Twins, belief concerning 232-233<br />
Vaudreuil, Go'^'EEnob, mention<br />
of 57, 167<br />
Vaun, Lewis, mention of 115<br />
Ventbiloquism, attitude toward<br />
215<br />
Villages. See Towns.<br />
Waqebs. See Betting; Gam-<br />
bling.<br />
Wailes, B. L. C, earthworks<br />
visited by 8<br />
Wailing, for the dead 17^180,<br />
185, 186<br />
War— attitude toward 168<br />
civil 57<br />
customs of 162-170<br />
moiety concerned with 78<br />
War chief, authority of 165-166<br />
Wae dance, performance of— 162, 169-<br />
Warrioes—<br />
actions of, on warpath 162,<br />
164, 168<br />
naming of 167<br />
return of, from war party— 169<br />
West Yazoo, home of head chief 92<br />
Whipping, as a form of punishment<br />
112<br />
Whiskey, effect of, on the Choctaw<br />
235<br />
Widowers, customs concerningj 138
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