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1388 SMITHSONIAN CONTRIBUTIONS TO ANTHROPOLOGY VOLUME 7
Rabbit(s) 38, 367; in Raven Cycle, 862; skin, imported, 38, 438
Race(s), canoe, 330, 458; fox and crab, 897
Rafts, 341, 350
Rags, in mythology, 886; uses of, 307, 417, 422
Rain, behefs about, 447, 768, 804
Rainwear, 436
Rattle, curing, 708, 709; dance, 687; seance, 702; shaman'S;
698 ff., trade item, 352
Raven (s), 46; communication with, 829; imitation of, 366, 390;
omens, 829; pets, 826
Raven as Creator-Transformer, 46, 792, 816, 843
as Trickster, 46, 840
birth of, 480-481, 844
creates earth, 210, 792 ff., 816, 840, 843, 856-857, 863 ff.; and
geographical features, 84 passim, 101-103, 840, 841
dictates to: land otters, 745; monsters, 820
funny songs about, 869-873, 1257-1261
law-giver, 865
re-epiphany of, 259
skin boats inventer, 330
steals daylight (see Daylight, theft of)
Superman and, 842
teacher of witchcraft, 733
TUngit character and, 843-844
Raven Crest, crest representations, 377, 389, 426, 434, 439, 440,
441, 443, 445, 446, 689, 692, 699
Raven Crest, QanAxtedi, 104, 274; Hat, 274
Raven Crest, K''ackqwan, 452
crest objects, 452; drum, PL 166; shirt. Pis. 144, 210, 212
Raven Crest, Tl'uknaxAdi, 452
crest objects, 452; hat, war over, 145-146, 254, 274^275;
personal names, 274; songs, 842, 855, 867, 1158
Raven Crest, Tluk"axAdi, 452; personal names, 789
Raven Cycle, 839 ff.; Biblical equivalences in, 210, 842, 843,
858, 861, 863-864, 866; episodes in, (listed) 839-840; narrations
of, 845 ff.
Raven House, QanAxtedi, 104
Raven House, Tl'uknaxAdi, 298
Raven men, medicine for, 663
Raven moiety, 6, 15, 20, 214, 450
potlatch songs, 1151, 1152-1155
Raven Screen, Moon House, 323, 324, 455
Raven sibs, 20, 82, 218, 452
crests of, 40, 46, (hsted) 452, 455, 833
Dry Bay, 82; Yakutat and, 245
territories of, 20-21, 81
Raven's Bones House, Kwackqwan, 76, 201, 223, 246, 251, 278,
316, 320, 323, 324, 463. See also Fort House
Raven's Nest House, Kwackqwan, 323
Red cedar, 35; boats, 340, 341; in mythology, 895; in Raven
Cycle, 848; uses, 368, 376, 381, 387, 388, 413, 441, 446
Red ochre, 312, 413, 416; uses, 447
Red-paint People. See Tcicyu
Reincarnation, 761, 765 ff., 769; accounts of, 773 ff.; animal, 824;
birthmark, sign of, 715, 780; fish, 824
Rehgion, TUngit, 808 ff.; observations on: 1786, 809; 1788, 809;
1791, 809-810; 1884, 186
Rezanov, Nikolai, 19, 158; reports to Baranov on Tlingit revolt,
174, 175-176
Rheumatism, cause, 730; treatment, 654, 656, 658
Rifle, 364, 367, 374; in mythology, 894
Ring(s), bamboo, 446; cedar bark headgear, 442; copper, 349;
rawhide, 446. See also Noserings
Roads, 62, 73, 76, 83
Robes, 439; birdskin, 306, 425; fur, 306, 350; shaman's, 688
Robin, 48; in Raven Cycle, 868
Rock Crest, 834
Rock House. See Boulder House
Rocks, faUing, in Raven Cycle, 87, 102, 103; spirits in, 819, 820;
uses of, 24
Roofing, 298 ^ ,j ...i
Rope, kelp, 388; red cedar, 895; sea lion hide, 427; shoulder, 441,
688; spruce root, 388
RusseU, Israel Cook, 16, 26, 98, 176, 197
Mount Saint Elias expeditions, 1890, 201 flf.; 1891, 203
Yakutat observations, 202-203; on canoeing, 344; on sea
otter hunting, 380
Russell Fiord, 21, 23, 28, 69, 70, 422; glacier, 25, 27, retreat of,
287; ice barrier, 70, 71
Russian(s), 76, 89, 217
at ControUer Bay, 102
at Lituya Bay, 258, 276, 426, 713; land claims of, 136-137
at Yakutat Bay, 17; land claims of, 13&-136, 137, 164
mementos of, 261; native account of, 230, 233-235, 236
provocations of, 234, 259-260; revolt against, 172 ff.
treatment of: chUdren, 234, 236, 260, 466; women, 234, 260
expansion, 1783-1788, 112
expeditions, 1783-1788, 108, 112-114; 1788, 132 flf.; 1794,
161 ff.
explorations, 108, 111, 153, 154-155, 158, 159-162, 165;
Yakutat, Bay, 158, 159, 161, 176-177
fortified agricultural colony (see Russian fort, Yakutat)
hostage policy, 116, 117, 157
influence of, 17, 99, 303, 410, 411, 412, 790
land claims, 132, 135-136, 137-138
native mistreatment by, 112, 132, 166 (see also Russians, at
Yakutat)
sea otter hunters (see Aleuts, Chugach)
sea otter hunting (see Sea otter hunting, Russian)
sovereignty, claims to 114, 137-138
Tanux and, 233-235, 236 (see also Tanux)
Tlingit attack on, Hinchinbrook Island, 158-159, 163, 164
Tlingit name for, 217, 794
Tlingit revolt against, 170 ff.; Anglo-American role in 170,
171; plan of, 170-172; reports to Baranov on, 171, 172, 174
Trade (see Trade, Traders)
Russian-American Company, 99, 113, 138, 158, 180; posts, 174
Russian fort, Yakutat, 158, 166 ff., 205, 261; epidemic at, 277;
establishment of, 166-167; loot from, Tlaxayik-Teqwedi-
Tl'uknaxAdi war over, 262, 264, 267; massacre, 89, 222, 223,
234, 236, 259 ff.; rescue of survivors, 176; site of, 168-169;
T'awal Creek gate, 74, 75, 234, 260, 261; Tlingit destruction
of, 73, 74, 174, 175, 176; Tlingit plot agamst, 172 flf.;
troubles at, 167-168, 169
Russian Lake, 74; canoe trip, 344
Russian posts, 154, 166, 176
Kodiak, 166
Nuchek, 166, 186
Sitka, 158, 166, 169-170; American seizure of, 180; Tlingit
destruction of, 158, 170-173, 289; rebuUding of, 173 (see
also No vo-Arkhangelsk); second plot against, 175-176
Yakutat (see Russian fort, Yakutat)
SAd:fin, in Eagle Fort battle, 263, 266; at WuganiyE, 264, 266 f.
Salmon, 50-52; cooking, 394, 399; drying, 51, 87, PL 104; in
mythology, 897; in Raven Cycle, 84, 847-848, 865, 867;
skin, 416. See also Coho salmon. Dog salmon. Humpback
salmon. King salmon
Salmon Boy, 832; story of, 373, 889-890
Salmon crests. See Coho Salmon Crest, Humpback Salmon Crest
Salmon eggs, in mythology, 890; uses of, 402, 409, 415, 416, 448