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IN THREE PARTS INDEX 1379
Cow parsnip, 331; food, 407; medicine, 655, 656. See also Wild
celery
Coxe, Tom, 671, 717, 786, PL 90; art of, 324, PL 157; famUy of,
320
Coxe, William, 132 passim
Coyotes, 37, 367
Crabs, as food, 404; in mythology, 897; land otters' use of, 55, 745
Cramps, menstrual, treatment of, 658, 654; shaman caused, 701
Crane, 44; shaman spirit, 678; witch as, 732
Crane Crest, K^ack'qwan and Tl'uknaxAdi, 44, 451, 452, 833
Crest objects: Crane Canoe, 340; song for, 274, 1161; war
over, 454
Creator, the, 815 f. See also God, Raven, Spirit Above
Cremation, 121, 123, 768, 807
Crests: animals as, 452-455 (listed) 833 f.; shaman relation to, 679;
moiety, 450. See also Raven moiety. Eagle-Wolf moiety
natural entities as, 452-455, (listed) 833 f.
objects, alienation of, 458 ff.; as bride price, 458; defined, 455;
in war, 458; inheritance of, 460; social symbolism of, 451;
Yakutat, (listed) 452
origin stories, 210-211
sib or lineage, 451; alienation of, 458 ff.; importance of, 451 ff.;
loan of, 454; ownership of, 452, 453 ff.; totems and, 455;
types of, 456 f.; war over, 454, 459; Yakutat, (listed) 452
representations, media for, 453
Crow, as crest, 46, 833; Raven and, 453. See also Raven
Crow(s), 46; as omens, 829; imitation of, in fishing and hunting,
366, 390
Curios, tourist trade in, 183, 184, 191, 192, 347
C:^Atqwan, Sitka Kagwantan and, war between, 279 ff.; 1881
peace treaty, 280
Dagger, copper, 116, 687, 695; hunting, 367; iron, 116; "Sun," 694
Daknaqin, Ned, Chief, Teqwedi, 253, 279, 885, PL 214; famUy of,
341, 362; mask owned by, 444
Dall, WUliam H., 181, 279; accounts of: Lituya Bay natives, 181;
Yakutat natives, 181-182, 183
Marcus Baker and, coast survey of, 181
Dalton, John, 187, 193, 197; E. J. Glave and, Alsek to Yakutat
trip of, 203-204
Dance (s), costumes, 436; in mythology, 898; masks, 444, 691;
shirts. Pis. 146, 147; staff, PI. 13; wand, shaman's 696;
trade in, 348
Dance songs, 240, 1167-1168, 1225-1226, 1227-1228, 1229,
1260-1261. See also Peace dance songs
Dancing, "against each other," 217; in healing ceremony, 714;
in seance, 702; in trading ceremonies, 347; to prevent illness,
723
DAq'dentan, Hoonah, 20, 226, 227, 229; crests, 91, 454; crest
objects: Whale Hat, 454, pipe, 94; sea-otter hunting grounds,
94, 95; territories, 91, 95
DAqEstina. See Cankuqedi
DAql'awedi, 218, 221, 225, 228
Daqusetc, Chief, Teqwedi, 77, 198, 199, 200-201, 222, 251, 262,
290, 319, Pis. 62, 211; death of, 671, 720, 723; family of,
319, 323; names of, 319, 450; pipe of, 411; potlatch for,
201; war started by, 352. See also Yen-at-set'l, Chief
Davidson, George, 89, 99, 113, 168
Daxodzu, female shaman, 248, 671, 1282; clairvoyance of, 713;
invincibility powers of, 672; magic arrow of, 680, 712-713;
Russians and, 713
Da?quwAdi;n, and Wrangell peace party massacre, 279, 280,
282-284
Day(s), divisions of, 802; methods of counting, 801-802
Daylight, seasonal variations in, 30
Daylight, Owner of, 815; theft of. Raven's, 84, 476, 853, 856,
860-862; songs, 1151, 1152-1155, 1258
Dead, house memorial to, 294; respect for, 288
Deadfalls, hunting, 370; in mythology, 895 f.
Death, breath of life and, 761; by drowning, 766; by violence,
770 f.; by witchcraft, 730, 731; concept of, 765 ff.; dreams
prophecy of, 759, 760; forms of, 766; owl foreteUs, 830;
sleep and, 759
Deer, 94; importation of, 36, 40, 367; skin, 436
'Deer' (peace-hostage), 117, 147, 150, 201; ceremonial names for,
1245-1247; killing of, 281, 284; medicine, 663; ornaments,
PL 135; peace dance, 280; songs for, 1244, 1245-1248
Deformity, human, 464
Dekina. See Haida
Dentalia, as ornaments, 435, 445, 446; buttons of, 464; dish
inlay, 418; shirt decoration, 440; trade in, 348, 349, 352
Design motifs, 455, 689. See also specific animal and plant names
Devilclub, 32, PL 95; as curative, 656, 658, 659, 708; as magical
plant, 660; epidemic preventive, 659; in shaman quest,
659, 676, 677; in witch trial, 737; medicine, 658-659, 695,
PL 198; spirit in, 823
DevUfish, 55, 832; giant, 55, 820; in Raven Cycle, 851, 861. See
also Squid
crest representations, 389, 439, 687, 691, PL 195
DevUfish Crest, Tl'uknaxAdi, 452, 833
crest objects: DevUfish Cane, 454, 866-867
Dexwudu'u, Chief, Tl'uknaxAdi, 203
Diapers, moss used for, 31
Dick, Blind Dave, 319, 674, 684; family of, 326; songs of, 1174-
1175,1247-1248, 1293-1295
Disease Boat, 713, 769
Disease Spirits, 682, 712, 714, 770, 817, 836; fear of devUclub,
823; song, 1282
Disenchantment Bay, 21, 22, 23, Pis. 18, 19; description of, 67;
falling glaciers in, 287; Malaspina survey of, 148, 149;
sealing camps in, 65, 397; taboo, 806
Dishes, 308, 393, 418; trade in, 352
Divination, 807, 808
Dixon, Capt. George, 61, 113, 116, 143, 147, 333
Colnett and, at Nootka Sound, 129; explorations of (1787):
Gulf of Alaska, route, 125, 128; Yakutat Bay, 123 ff., 126
Diyaguna'Et, 77, 78, 181, 222, 225, 226, 246, 247, 264; abandonment
of, 279; battle at, 77; smallpox at, 278-279
Documents, use of, 201
Dog(s), 40, 308, 832 f.; as medicine, 239; dead, witch use of, 730,
734, 740; hunting, magic for, 363; in mythology, 875, 879;
killing taboo, 832-833; land otter protection, 755; representations,
691, 693; sled, 346
Dog Heaven, 766, 770, 771, 814, 824, 825, 833
Dog salmon, 51, 381 f.; as crest, 51, 833
Dog spirit, shaman's, 678; to detect witches, 696, 702, 732, 736,
832
DoU, shaman's, 697, 705-706; witch's, 730
Domestic objects, 146, Pis. 118-136
"Dope." See Medicine, esp. 654
Douglas, Capt. WiUiam, 1788 voyage of, 138-139
Dowry, 458, 464
Dreams, 759; importance of, 835. See also Prophecies
Drinking songs, 1361-1362
Drowning, death by, 61, 766 (see also Land Otter People);
omen, 87; song to prevent, 87
Drum(s), 705, Pis. 164-166; in curing ceremony, 721, 722; in
seances, 702; room, 685; shaman's, 697