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Incidents and objects in myth, continued:
woman, old, with snow-white hair, mis-

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tress of all fishes, 75.

- simulating her daughter, tries to
delude her sons-in-law, 462.

· transformed into white ants, 268.
visits graveyards at night, 187.

watches fox waiting to dig her grave,
184.

way to stop a scolding, 484.

with animals in privates, that killed
men, comparative notes, 435.

with babe on back, dragging meat to
camp, is frightened by sight of huge
animal, 450.

with shoes like those of a horse on
her hands, 196.

— with three children asks lodging from
a man, 195.

- with two husbands, comparative notes,
461.

women and girl changed into mice, 455.

- dupe wolverene, and kick him into
river, 458.

evade wolverene's advances by many
devices, 458.

- in top of large tree, 457.
wonder-box restored to its owner, 212.
woodchuck eats men, 433.

- fights with Beaver, and is killed, 433.
woodcutter and wife, three little girls
of, 92.

- at the gate of heaven, 132.

demand by, for releasing Devil, 131.
takes home to each of his two sons a
beautiful bird, 98.

Wood-Rat in council, 497.

wool taken to carding-mill sniffed up by
snorting beast, 89.

young girl, to fit herself for a princess,
placed at school, 116.

younger brother disliked by brother, who

would not give him to eat, com-
parative notes, 445.

youngest daughter and fatal bouquet, 3.
marriage of, 3, 10, 29.

hand of, demanded by prince in
guise of hare, 43.

promised in marriage to whomever
should capture head of General Wu, 419.
· princess chooses as spouse her father's
poultry-keeper, 97.

youth, water of, 58, 62, 69.

guarded by wild beasts, 68.

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Kaska Tales, 427-473.

Kate, H. F. C., ten, A Zuñi Folk-Tale,
496-499.

Kalinias (Caribs), name given by, to the
stone axe, 256.

K'iakima, the village where, according
to the Zuñi, Estevan lost his life, 165.
K'iang, forefathers of Tibetans, social
organization of, 423.

Kittredge, G. L. (editor), Ballads and
Songs, 283-369.

fragmentary text by, of "The Mermaid,"

333.
Konomeru-Aula ("Word of the Thunder"),
a Carib, 258, 259.

Kosi ("a courtesy"), a mark of respect in
Surinam, 245.
Ko'thluwala'wa ("lake of the dead"),

a sacred lake and village near the
junction of Little Colorado and Zuñi
Rivers, 497.

Laguna, dead remembered daily at, 495.
story told in, relating to All-Souls Day,
496.

Lake of the Dead, prominent in Zuñi
mythology and religion, 497.

Laufer, Berthold, Totemic Traces among
the Indo-Chinese, 415-426.
Leba ("the spirit of Misery") of Surinam,
described, 242.

Legend, Carib, 253, 258.

of the oldest animals, 379, 380.
of the Rain-Spirits, 258.

Leig, Charles, on value set by Indians of
Guiana on European steel axe, 252.
Leland, C. G., cites a Passamaquoddy
occurrence similar to the Malecite
water-famine, 480.

Lelydrop in Para district, scene of fall of
enormous locust-tree struck by light-
ning, 254.

Lewis & Clark, visit of, not remembered by
the Lemhi Shoshone, 165.
"Lightning-tubes," Surinam, 237.

Lob and Subrinh in Portuguese folk-lore,
230.

Loekoeman ("doctor"), a higher authority
in Surinam than the fortune-teller,
245.

Longfellow writes to Charles Sumner in
relation to his poem "Miles Standish,"
413.

Louisiana, inhabitants of, at time of French
settlement, 474.

Lowie, Robert H., Oral Tradition and
History, 161-167.

Machad, a large knife of the Cape Verde
Islanders, 234.

Madison, President, lullaby for, 291.
Magic formulas, 7. See Magic, under
Incidents.

Magyar folk-tale, 402.

Malecite Tales, 479-485.

Man, aboriginal tribes of southern China,

legend of origin of, 419-421.

Man, primitive, not endowed with his-
torical sense, 164, 167.

"Manuel, wolf of the wood," name for
"vulture" on Cape Verde Islands,
233.

Manuscript of old ballad rescued by Bishop

Percy from destruction, 412.
Marlissa rapids in Berbice River, petro-
glyph near, 258.

Marriage, consent to, gained by riddle,
203.

Maspero, H., taboos in relation to family

names among the Black Tai, 415-417.
Matsokin, N., work on matriarchate in
Asia, 419.

"May-Pole Song, The," a Georgia ring-
game, 218.

"Mexican" prayer, position of hand of
Zuñi when saying, 496.

Michelson, Truman, Notes on Peoria Folk-
Lore and Mythology, 493-495.
"Miles Standish," foundation of poem of,
413.

Migration from the Carolinas to the
Bahamas, 169.

Monkey, sacred animal of Tibetans, 424.
Morin, Michel, 141.

Morin, Victor, Facéties et Contes Canadi-

ens, 141-157.

Mourning custom among Black Tai, 416.
Mullen, Priscilla, and the Earl of Mar's

daughter, 413.

reply of, to John Alden, 413.

Music (notation):

An Inconstant Lover, 349.
Anyhow, 200.

Charming Beauty Bright, 334, 335.
Come and I will Sing You, 336.
Fanny Blair, 343.

Faut aller chercher le loup, 137.
Fichons le p[e]tit bouquin, 139.
Goins, 361.

Lord Randal, 290.

Mollie Bond, 359.

On Yonder High Mountain, 348.
Sweet William, 364.

The Drowsy Sleeper, 339.
The Gypsy Davy, 324.

The Hangman's Tree, 320.

The Inquisitive Lover, 352.

The May-Pole Song, 218.

The West Countree, 287.

This Lady wears a Dark-Green Shawl,

221.

Well met, well met, my own true love,
327.

Mythical beings in Surinam folk-tales, 242.
Mythological subjects in Canadian-French

tales, 3.

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Nassau, R. H., Bantu Tales, 262-268.
Necklace of thunder-stones, 260.
New Hampshire timber-yards, tales learned
from Canadian Frenchman in, 36, 47.
Newell, W. W., two texts of "The Carol of

the Twelve Numbers" given by, 335.
Notes and Queries, 274-277, 412-414,
486-499.

Notes on Peoria Folk-Lore and Mythology,
493-495.

Notes on Folk-Lore of Guilford County,
North Carolina, 201-208.
Notes on the "Shirburn Ballads," 370–377.
Notes regarding Chitimacha beliefs and
medical practices, 477, 478.

"O speak for thyself, John," a quotation
of uncertain date, 412.

Ojibwa Tales, 491–493.
Okojumu-Aula ("Word of the Snake-
Spirit"), quotation from, 259.

Old Christmas in Guilford County, North
Carolina, 208.

"Old Green Field," a Georgia ring-game,

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Penard, A. P. and T. E., Surinam Folk-
Tales, 239-250.

Peoria folk-lore, tales with European
elements, 493.

Percy, Bishop, first published the ballad
"Will Stewart and John," 412.
Petroglyph found near rapids in the Ber-
bice River, 258.

Plants, medicinal, with their uses, of the
Chitimacha, 478.

Poison of venomous serpents, antidote for,
identified by following a bitten king
snake, 478.

Poke-stalks up early on Old Christmas in
North Carolina, 208.

"Poltci'tc," meaning of the word, 483.
Popular Notions pertaining to Primitive
Stone Artifacts in Surinam, 251-261.
Post-holes as places of concealment for
spiders in Surinam, 241.

Potawatomi and Fox folk-lore, opinion of
Dixon regarding, 494, 495.

Pottery, use of stone axes by Surinam
Indians in manufacturing, 253.
Power of thunder-stone graded by the
depth of color, 254.

Prayer on occasion of death of tiger, 416, 417.
Proverbs from Bahamas, 274.

from Surinam, 248.

Rattlesnake poisoned by ash and cane, 478.
Repetition in story-telling, example of
endless chain of, 146.

Reviews of Books:

F., D. S., Cole's Philippine Folk Tales,
280, 281.

Roberts, Helen H., Krehbiel's Afro-
American Folk-Songs, 278, 279.
Rheumatism cured by bath in thunder-
stone water, 259.

Riddle, Surinam, 243.
Riddles as toasts, 277.

from Bahamas, 275-277.

from Guilford County, North Carolina,

201-207.

generally known in North Carolina,
201-203.

Ring-Games from Georgia, 218-221:

Good Old Egg-Bread, 218, 219.

High O, 220.

Old Green Field, 220.

Take your Lover in the Ring, 220.

The May-Pole Song, 218.

This Lady wears a Dark-Green Shawl,

221.

Way Down Yonder, 219.

Rollins, Hyder E., Notes on the "Shir-

burn Ballads," 370-377.

Romance of Will Stewart the foundation of
an old Scotch ballad, 412.

Saint's crier, announcement by, in Zuñi,
of celebration of All-Souls Day, 495.
Saka, Carib magician, names for, 257.
Salish tribes (chiefly Shuswap), incidents
not found among Tahltan, 429.

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An Inconstant Lover, 349-351.
Charming Beauty Bright, 334, 335.
Down in the Valley, 346, 347.
Fanny Blair, 343.
Forsaken, 352.

In Good Old Colony Times, 348, 349.
Mollie Bond, 359, 360.
Molly Baun, 360.

On Yonder High Mountain, 347.
Oxford City, 356, 357.

Polly Wann (Molly Whan), 358, 359.
Poor Goens, 361.

Randonnée berceuse, 137.

Randonnée du petit bouquin, 139.

Sweet William (The Sailor Boy), 363.
364.

The Dilly Song, 335-337.

The Drowsy Sleeper, 338-343.

The Green Mountain, 347.

The Inquisitive Lover, a variant of a
seventeenth-century black-letter "bal-
lad," 352, 353.

The Old Maid's Song, 355, 356.

The Onconstant Loveyer, 345, 346.

The Silver Dagger, 361-363.

The Soldier's Wooing, 363.

The Twelve Days of Christmas, 365-367.
See Ballads.

Soul, beliefs regarding, among Black Tai,
415.

South Carolina, idea as to original in-
habitants of, refuted, 166.

Soweens (Scotch), oatmeal soured and
then boiled thick, 329.

Speck, Frank G., Malecite Tales, 479-485.
Spider, crab (Heteropoda venatoria) of
Surinam, 241.

Splinters from cypress-tree struck by
lightning, use of, by Chitimacha
doctors, 477.

Standish, Miles, popular hero in Colonial
New England, 413.

Statement, closing, of Anansi stories,
origin of, 241.

true, made as dangerous as a false one,
167.

Stedman, John G., conducted an expedition
against the revolted Negroes of Suri-
nam, 252.

Steel axe of Europeans, value of, to Indians

of Guiana, 252.
Stewart, John, and John Alden, parallel
between, 413.

Stewart, William, becomes Earl of Marr,
413.

Stocking of naughty child, Christmas
filling for, in North Carolina, 208.
Stone that fell out of the sun in Surinam,
261.

Stone axes of European shapes made by
natives of Guiana, 252.
"axes" of Surinam, 251.

relics preserved as amulets and charms
in Surinam, 253.

Story-telling a feature of Tahltan and
Tlingit trading-rendezvous on upper
Stikine, 428.

Strength acquired by cold-water bathing,
461.

Sumac, two kinds of, known and used by
the Chitimacha, 478.

Superstitions (Chitimacha):

belief that a doctor cannot eat bear-meat
without becoming sick, 477.

that one who kills a lizard will get
lost in the woods, 477.

relating to a cypress-tree struck by
lightning, 477.

to a decayed tooth, 477.
Superstitions (Natchez):

relating to trees struck by lightning,
477.

Surinam, expediton against the revolted
Negroes in, 253.

primitive stone implements from, 251.
superstition in, as to origin of stone
relics, 253, 256.

use of stone axes and manner of using,
by Indians of, 253.

Surinam Folk-Tales, 239-250.

proverb, 248, 249.

Surnames unknown to Lolo and Tibetans,
417.

Swainson, C., Folk-Lore and Provincial
Names of British Birds, 407.
Swanton, John R., Some Chitimacha Myths
and Beliefs, 474-478.

Taboos, among the Black Tai, 415-417.
among Hei Miao, 418.

among Lolo, 418.

Tagara, a large wooden dish of the Cape

Verde Islanders, 234.

Tahltan and Kaska tales with similar

elements, 432, 433, 435, 436, 439, 440,
444-446, 451, 455, 457, 459, 461, 462,
464, 468, 469.

myths now and then speak of two hus-
bands, 461.

Tale in North Carolina becomes current
belief in the Bahamas, 169.

Tales from Guilford County, North
Carolina, 168-200.

Tales from Maryland and Pennsylvania,
209-217.

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Two People with only One Eye, 267, 268.
Tales (Canadian-French):

Les aventures de Michel Morin, 141.

La Belle-jarretière-verte, 36.

Le château de félicité, 42.

Le château rond de la mer rouge, 76.
Le conte de Fesse-ben, 86.
Le conte des rats, 102.

Le conte du vinaigrier, 132.

Le coq, la poule et la vache, 92.

Le coq et les rats, 107.

Le diable et la mariée, 135.

L'évêque, 134.

La fable de l'ours et du renard, 113.
Frédérico va au ciel, 130.

Le grand voleur de Paris, 125.
Jean Baribeau, 146.
Jean-Cuit, 114.

Le médaillon, 70.

Le petit teigneux, 93.

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Tales (Florida), continued:

Fatal Imitation, 226.

God and Moses, 227.

In the Briar-Patch, 225.

Me too, 224.

No Tracks Out, 222.
On the Deer's Back, 223.
Samson and Satan, 223.
Tar Baby, 222.

The Boy and the Colt, 225.

The Damaged Locomotive, 224.

The Race, 225, 226.

Tales (Fortune Island, Bahamas):

Dead or Asleep; Getting the Other
Fellow to take your Place, 229.

Bartering Mothers; The Buried Tail, 228.
Tales (Kaska):

Big-Man (Déne tcố), 444, 445.

Bladder-Head Boy; or, The Monster
that ate People, 450, 451.
Origin of the Earth, 441, 442.

Origin of Fire, and Origin of Death, 443,
444.

Rabbit-Man (Ga'.tcoeze'), 467-469.
Raven, or Big-Crow, 444.

Story of the Baby stolen by Wolverene,

471-473.

Story of Beaver, 429-441.

Story of Lynx-Man, 464, 465.

Story of the Water-Man, 460, 461.

The Brothers, Big-Man, and the Giants,
445-448.

The Deserted Woman, 455-457.

The Deceitful Wife, 461, 462.

The Dog-Man and Dog-Children, 463,
464.

The Fog-Man, 466, 467.

The Giants and the Boys, 448-450.
The Great Flood, 442, 443.

The Kaska Man who made Whales,
451, 452.

The Man who cohabited with his Sister,
459, 460.

The Owl-Woman, 462, 463.

The Sisters who married Stars, 457-459.
War with the Swan People, 453-455.
Wolverene, 469.

Wolverene and his Wives, 470, 471.
Wolverene and Wolf, 471.
Tales (Malecite):

Gluskap and his Grandmother, 479, 480.
Gluskap assigns the Animals' Food, 481.
Malecite Version of the Water-Famine
and Human Transformation Myth,
480, 481.

Poltci'te hoodwinks the King (European),
483-485.

The Beaver and Muskrat change their
Haunts, 482.

The Beaver and the Muskrat change
Tails, 481.

The Expert Sailor (European), 482, 483.
The Woman who married a Dog, 482.
Tales (Maryland and Pennsylvania):
Dividing the Souls, 215.

In the Well, 214.

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Dividing the Souls, 177.
Fatal Imitation, 190.
Feasting on Dog, 188.
Fiddling for the Devil, 180.
Fishing on Sunday, 185.
"Fixed," 180.

In the Briar-Patch, 171, 172.
In the Chest, 175, 176.
Jumping over the Fire, 193.
Keeping Pace, 189.
"Man Above," 186.
Mustard-Seed, 188.
No Tracks Out, 175.
Old Man on a Hunt, 184.
Out of her Skin, 187, 188.

Pay Me now, 176.

Playing Dead Twice in the Road, 172.
Playing Godfather, 192, 193.

Pleasing Everybody, 192.

Rabbit makes Fox his Riding-Horse, 173.
Racing the Train, 186.
Self-Confidence, 196.
Straw into Gold, 198.

Talks too much, 176, 177.
Tar Baby, 171.

The Adulteress, 199.

The Best Place, 194.

The Black Cat, 195.

The Cat who wanted Shoes, 197.

The Devil Marriage, 181-183.
The Frog, 183, 184.

The Frog who would fly, 198, 199.

The Haunted House, 195.
The Insult Midstream, 177.

The Insult Midstream, Watcher tricked;
Mock Funeral, 178, 179.

The Little Girl and her Snake, 185.
The Murderous Mother, 196, 197.
The Pumpkin, 190, 191.
The Race: Relay Trick, 174.
The Race: Slow but Steady, 174.
The Single Ball, 191.
The Spitting Hant, 179.
The Step-Mother, 193.
The Talking Bones, 194.

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