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1376 SMITHSONIAN CONTRIBUTIONS TO ANTHROPOLOGY VOLUME 7
Atna Athabaskans, 18, 100, 101, 108, 109; copper discovered
by, 412; songs, 1226-1228, 1234-1237; spirit "bosses,"
816; Yakutat and, 349
Copper River, 213, 214; moieties, 214n.; Yakutat relations
with, 214
Automobiles, 73; uses of, 404, 408
Avalanche, caused by land otters, 745
Avoidance rules, 476; brother and sister, 483-484; modern
breakdown of, 483-484; son-in-law, mother-in-law and
father-in-law, 492-493
Aya'yi, mythical cannibal, 330
Ax, land otter protection, 746, 755; trade in, 144; uses of, 343
Axelson, Rev., 261, 321; owner of: shamanistic memorabiHa,
671; Shark Posts, 325
Baby carrier, 503-504, 506
Baby Drum House, Teqwedi, Drum House line, 327
Bags, 'devilfish finger,' 441, Pis. 141, 214; skin, 308, 424 ff.,
441, 447; swansfoot, 425 f.
Baidarkas, 165, 330 f., 334 f. See also Kayaks
Baidars (skin), 112, 113 f., 300 f. See also Boats, Canoes
Baker, Marcus, 181, 182. See also Dall, William H.
Bamboo, 793, 850, 898, uses of, 413, 446, 850
Baranov, Alexandr Andreievich, 89, 154, 157, 176, 256
activities of, 158 ff.: at Kodiak, 166; at Sitka, 167, 173; at
Yakutat: 167, 168, 169, 173
Chugach surrender to, 168
expeditions of: 1792, 158-159, 163, 164, 166-167; 1795, 166-
167; 1796, 167; 1797, 168; 1799, 169-170; 1804, 173; 1806,
176
Baskets, 427 ff. Pis. 128-133
materials for: eagle foot, 430, 826; grasses, 33-34; spruce
root, 145
types of, 342, 387, 393, 408, 429, 503-504, 506, 826
watertight, 394, 417
Yakutat, trade in 184, 191, 200, 202, 326, 353
Basket-making, origin of, 427 f.; Yakutat, 430 f.
Bass, 382, 402
Bat, 39, weather portent, 804
Bathing, 448, 885; curative, 655, 659; for men and boys, 448,
714 (see also Boy's, physical training); for purification, 815;
for women, 448; prior to hunting, 365
Bathhouse, 305, 306, 659
"Beach boss," 383
Beach food, 403 ff.; taboos, 677, 683, 720, 806, 832
Bead(s), bone, 697; coal, 24, 415, 664; glass, 347, 352, 689;
early trade in, 113, 126, 127, 134, 157, 445; ornaments, 440,
445; shaman's, 689
Beadwork, 436, 438, 441, 442, 445 f.; for tourist trade, 353
Bear(s), 36-37, 67, 68, 94, 95, 826 f.
carcass, uses of: bladder, 376; humerus, 423; intestines, 424 f.,
436; meat preparation, 394; tooth, 429
escapes from, 827
human marriage to, 835 (See also Kats)
himting, 364 f.; dead bear ritual, 365-366, 824; deadfalls and
snares, 370, 371, 372; grounds, 59, 67, 68, 78, 84, 85, 98;
magic, 361, 362, 363, 365, 826, 827; weapons, 364, 367-369
in mythology, 876, 879, 880, 886
in Raven Cycle, 95, 100, 844 ff., 862, 868 f.
magic uses of: jaws, 664, tongue, 678, tooth, 664, 689
pet, 826
skins in trade, 200
spirit as, 682
Bear Bit Billy (1862-1902), 194, 200, 324, 716 f., 778, 826, Pis. 30,
81; song, 1313-1314
Bear Crest, Teqwedi, Bear House line, 77, 455, 833
crest objects: blanket, PI. 144; coat, PI. 145; headgear, 444,
PI. 153; masks, 444, 691; personal names, 789
crest representations: 74, 261, 411, 418, 438, 439, 440, 694,
695, 698, 699; on gravehouse, 678; on totem pole, 77
Bear Crest, Tlaxayik-Teqwedi, 452; petroglyph, 74
Bear houses, Teqwedi, Bear House line:
Bear Den House, 78, 316, 321
Bear House, 246, 295, 301, 316-317, 319, 321, 326, 346;
posts, 319-320, 324, 325, 326, PL 89
Bear Paw House, 77, 279, 299, 316, 317, 319, 321, 1167;
posts, 317, 321
Bear species, black, 37; brown or grizzly, 36-37, 826 {see also
Brown bear)
Beaver, 38, 101; hunting, 366 f.; pelts, trade in, 38, 349, 350;
teeth, 415, 429
Beaver Crest, Decitan, 254, 255
Beaver Crest, Qalyix-Kagwantan, 219, 254-256, 833; origin of,
104, 254 ff.
crest objects: Beaver Lament, 104, 254r-255, 1169; Screen, 455,
PI. 85
Beaver houses, Qalyix-Kagwantan:
Beaver Dam House, 315
Beaver House, 101, 102, 103, 104, 219, 254, 255, 298, 299,
300, 315, 322
"Beering's Bay," 17, 110-111, 153, 154. See also Dry Bay,
Yakutat Bay
Belcher, Capt. Sir Edward, 101, 176; Gulf Coast of Alaska
survey of, 178; observations on Port Mulgrave natives,
178-180
Benson, D. S. (Tlingit artist), 290, 318-319, 322, 323, PI. 209
Berdache, 676; in mythology, 874, 875
Beresford, WiUiam, (1797), 113
at Nootka Sound, 129
at Yakutat, description of: canoes, 333; food preparation,
393-394; halibut fishing, 390-391; houses, 311; natives,
125, 126, 128, 129; tobacco, 410. See also Dixon, Capt.
George
Bering, Capt. Com. Vitus, expedition of, 1741, 102, 108; eflEects
on natives, 108
"Bering's Bay," 17. See also "Beering's Bay"
Berries, as curatives, 656, 657; edible species, 32, 33, 408; gathering
and preserving, 407-408; in mythology, 880, 882; in
trade, 351; in witchcraft, 735. See also specific berries
Berry-picking territories, 407
Bible, and Raven Cycle, 842, 855, 858, 830, 863; in mythology,
879
Bidarkas, Bidars. See Baidarkas, Baidars
Big Dipper Crest, L'enedi, 452, 456, 834
Big House, K"ackgwan, 316. See also Raven's Bones House
Big Rabbit, Tluk''a:jAdi shaman, 318, 672, 685; and his wife,
276; reincarnation of, 778, 783
Big Raven, 274, 275
Big Weasel, reincarnation of, 779
Bird(s), 42-50; edible, 395; eggs, 395; foot, basket of, 826; in
mythology, 42, 874; in Raven Cycle, 43, 847, 867; omens,
48, 49, 50; skin, uses of, 425, 435, 699; symbols, 763, 831;
tails, 347
Birth, season of, 799
Black Skin, 829; story of, 40, 144-150, 890