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Bolduc, Joseph, 90.

Borgia, Alexander, 464.

Bouchard, Mme Gédéon, 9.

Bouchard, Jean, 149.

Bouchard, Mme Jean, 24, 26.

Bouchard, M. Jean, et Madame, pl. 3
(following 184).

British-American folk-tradition, primary
sources of, 188, 189.

British Isles, plays based on earliest history
of, 455.

Brome, Richard, 483.

"Bugbears, The," Eng ish author of,
unknown, 471.

haunted-house theme in, 481.

Bulu Tales, 428-437.

Bundy, Richard C.,

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Folk-Tales from

Liberia (in Abstract), 406-427.

Caesar and Pompey," 463, 466.

California, Indians of northwestern, 346.
Canada, French settlements in, 186.
popular beliefs and sayings of, 168-175.
songs of, 1-89.

tales of, 90-167.

Candlemas Day, 449, 521.

Cantin, L.-H., 2, 3, 15, 32, 44, 59, 65, 68,

70, 73, 79, 81, 85.

Cape Breton, sailors' chanties and other
songs in, 189.

Catelan, M., on festival of the Holy Bear
and its relation to the sun, 521, 522.
Cats, spirits in form of, kept by witch in
her house, 468, 469.

Cedar-bark, red, offered to supernatural
beings, 354.

Cephalophus melanorheus (small mouse-
colored antelope), 429.
Ceremonials: girls' puberty, 350, 351.
Kuwega'n, of the Tahltan, 213, 215.
West Coast, use of red cedar-bark in, 354.
Chandra, illumination of northeast by, 342.
Chants populaires du Canada (Première
série), 1-89.

songs, 15-89. See Songs.

Chapman, George, beginning of dramatic

career of, 478, 479.

Charlatans, 467.

Charlemagne cycle of romances, 454.

Charmed ring, 454.

Charms, 468, 472, 484.

"Cheats," 480, 481.

Chesley or Shesley Mountain, B.C., 233,

234.

Chesley River, B.C., 233.

Choir-boys as stage fairies, 448, 451.

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Dease Mountain, B.C., 231.

Dee, Dr. John, 460, 466, 476.

Dekker, Thomas, 455, 457, 458, 461, 467,

478, 479.

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-employment in, of fairies, magicians,

devils, conjurers, wise women, witches,
etc., 448.

Enchanter, mediæval, 453, 457.

of romance, practising magician and,
far apart, 459, 463.

the, in Milton's Comus," a poetic
survival, 457.

Endings, to tales from the South, 402, 403.
English translation of story of Faustus prob-

able source of Marlowe's Faustus, 461.
Essex, Countess of, 468.
Etiology:

why it brings bad luck on all, in hunting,
when one person does wrong, 249.
why bald-headed eagle eats fish only, 242.
why the bark of the red willow is thin, 223.
why the legs of bears are short and
crooked, 217.

why the beaver lives in low places along
rivers, 246.

why the beaver splashes his tail in water
and dives under to escape from Indian,
251.

why the beaver and porcupine make
their houses as they do, 246.

why a certain bird (not a robin) has a
red breast, 265.

why the birds are scattered over the
country, 209.

origin of birth and death, 206, 207, 216
(comparative notes).

why the buzzard eats carrion, 282.
how the buzzard's head became bare,
282.

why in front of the caribou's lower legs
there is meat, 217.

why there are great migrations of caribou,
232.

why cats kill rats, 419, 420.

why the coast country and interior
countries (Alaska) are different, and
why the people are different, 213.
origin of colors and crests of birds, 208,
209.

origin of constellations, 266.

origin of cremation, 239-241.
why crows talk feebly and caw, whereas
ravens talk loudly and croak, 223.
origin of daylight, 204 (comp. notes), 205.
origin of death, 207, 216 (comp. notes),
346, 407, 408.

origin of death-chant, 239.

how a certain species of deer got its white
markings, 417.

why deer run from Indians, suddenly
stop, look around, and run on again,
251.

why deer scent people from a distance,
346.

doctor's cult (Nibiked), origin of Ojibwa,

290 (comp. note), 291.

why a dog looks back at the person who

has beaten him, 421.

why dogs lost the power of speaking like
people, 243.

origin of earth, 287.

origin of elks, 258.

why elks live in the woods, 259.
origin of feast for dead, 238.
origin of name February, 522.
origin of fire, 347, 446.

why fire can be made with wood or
rocks, 219.

origin of flood, 347.

why foam comes on the river when rain
falls, 443.

why food is burned in fire at feast for
dead, 238.

how the fox came to have a bushy tail,
361.

why the fox preys upon chickens, 424.
origin of fresh water, 201-203.

why frogs croak, 420.

why game is easy to hunt, 218.
why ghosts are invisible, 226.

why ghosts sometimes strike people and
things at night, 226.

why there are stripes on the inside of the
stomachs of grizzly bears, 208.

why the Haida are superior to all tribes
in certain industries, 213.
origin of halibut-hooks, 210.
origin of hunger, 421, 422.

why Indians are careful not to offend
anything in nature, 209.

Etiology, continued:

why Indians use rattles, 290.
why Indians watch the Dipper whenever
there is an eclipse, 229.

why the Indians use brush-lodges, 212.
origin of killer-whale crest, 235 (comp.

notes), 236, 237.

why the king-salmon has red marks
below the ears, 242.

why the king-salmon is thick around root
of tail, 242.

why a lad at puberty is at first very
energetic, and later lazy, 239.

why lakes and fish may be found all

over the country, 220.

origin of lakes, comparative notes, 219.
laziness, 238, 239.

how the leopard's coat came to be spotted,
411, 412.

why leopards never lose a chance to kill a
deer, 417.

origin of lightning, 354, 422, 423.

why the loon has a big beak, 209.
why men are attracted to good-looking
women, but who are soft and useless,

220.

how man's mentula came to be split at
the end, 283.

why mice are very small, 231.

why the mole has hands that are turned
backward, 349.

origin of the moon, 205, 255.
why the moose is very large, 231.

why mud is soft and people sink in it,

220.

why muskrats live in the water and have
poor houses, 243.
origin of night, 205.

origin of olachen, 203 (comp. notes), 204.
origin of peace ceremonies, 213.
why the pelican's (?) beak is shorter
now than formerly, 219.

why people and game have small floating
ribs, 226.

why people are not afraid of earthquakes,
227.

why people sometimes have had no food

in their homes, 221.

why people have names, 422.
why people sometimes starve, 216.
why pitch is found in wood of trees, 210.
origin of cultivated plants, 446.

why the porcupine has only four claws,
226, 246.

why the porcupine lives in high places in
the mountains, 246.

origin of the potlatch, 258.

origin of promontories, 254.

why the rabbit has a short tail, 361.

how rabbits came to have soft pads on
their feet, 222.

why the raven's nose has a mark as if it
had been broken off, 225.
why ravens are black, 203.

why ravens have crooked legs and walk
lame, 226.

why there are no feathers on raven's
feet, and why they look scorched, 221.
origin of Raven and Wolf phratries
among Tahltan, 207.

why the sheep is the best runner of all
animals, 231.

origin of sheep and goat horns, 215.
why the snipe has a long beak, and why
snipes run about on the shores of
lakes, 219.

why shovel-nosed snowshoes are called
"Wolf snowshoes," 250.

why the south wind blows only a short
time before a north wind springs up,224.
origin of the spear-head, 226.
why the spider's body is large, 347.
why squirrels cry as they do, 220.
origin of stars, 205.

why the steel-head salmon is thin, 242.
why the sucker has small bones all through
its body, 242.

origin of the sun, 205, 254, 255, 346, 347-
origin of sun and moon, 254, 255, 346,
347.

origin of thunder, 354, 422, 423.

origin of tides, 201.

origin of the toad crest of the Katce'de,

237 (comp. notes), 238.

why the tip of the weasel's tail is black,
290.

why willows are eaten by moose, 231.
why the willow-grouse has a crest, 209.
origin of winds, 224, 269–271.

why the winter season is about four
months, 226, 246.

why the hair on the wolverene's loins is
reddish, and why that animal has a
burnt smell, 248.

why the wolverene has a halting gait, 248.
why wolverenes eat corpses, 247.
why there are any wolves, 259.

why some women are good-looking, 220.
why women of the Wolf phratry of the
Tahltan are good-looking, 216.

why woodworms bore in wood, 243.
European Folk-Lore in America, The
Field of, 185-197.

Evil powers in plays, 466.

spirits, 468. See also under Superstitions
and beliefs.

conjuration of, 474, 475.
exorcism of, 476.

Execution of Negro, 505, 506.
Executions of witches, 469, 470, 474.
Exorcism, 383, 468, 470, 476.
Expressions of supplication, African, 407.

F. B., review of Curtin and Hewitt's
Seneca Fiction, Legends, and Myths,
445, 446.

review of Rafael Karsten's Myths of the
Ji'baros, 446.

Fabel, Peter, 463, 464.

Facétie des trois rèves 178-180.

Fairy plays of the Elizabethan period,

448-453.

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Finlay, H. H., 441.

Flood Legend of the Nootka Indians of

Vancouver Island, A, 351-355.
Florida, folk-tale from, 374 (No. 37).
Flute made of bamboo (Sunda Islands),
325, 328.

Fogg, Mrs. Rachel E., 497, 498, 500-503.
Folk-lore, field in Illinois for investigation
of, 496.

indifference to study of, in America,
438, 439.

research professorship in, established at
Vassar, 444.

Folk-Lore from Virginia, South Carolina,
Georgia, Alabama, and Florida, 357-
383.

Folk-Lore of the Cherokee of Robeson
County, North Carolina, 384-393.
Folk-Tales from Liberia (in Abstract),
406-427.

Folk-Tales from Students in the Georgia
State College, 402-405.

Folk-Tales from Students in Tuskegee
Institute, Alabama, 397-401.
Folk-Ways and Notions, Southern, 376-383.
Foods, various, enumerated in Nootka
family legend, 352.

Forman, Simon, 468, 479.
Fortune-telling, 459, 465, 468, 473.
Fours, things go by, in Menominee and
Bûngi stories, 297.

France, collection of popular poetry of,

194, 195.

French element in America, 189.

population of New England about equal
to that of Province of Quebec, 187.
settlements in Canada, Louisiana, and
on the Detroit River, 186.

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Gaelic-American lore, language, and cus-
tom, field of, neglected, 189.

Games, game-songs, and amusements:
Buffalo Girls, 487.

"Christmas Eves, Eves, Eves," 378.
corn-husking, 388.
counts, 377.

Creel-my-Crankie, 489.

Fire on the Mountain, 493.
Going down to Rousie's, 492.
Green grow the Rushes O! 491.
Happy is the miller, 490, 491.
Hen and Hawk, 376.
Hoop and Hide, 377.
hugging-game, 492, 493.

I'm a poor old chimney sweeper, 491,
492.

I wonder where Maria's gone, 495, 496.
If girls they were ducks, 490.

In this ring comes a lady fair, 495.
King William was King James's Son,
493. 494.

kissing-games, 489-492, 494, 495.
Marching to Quebec, 491.

Mother, O mother! my toes are sore, 496.
Naming Baby's Fingers, 377.

Oats, pease, beans, and barley grows, 494.
Old Dan Tucker, 488, 489.
Old Virginny never tire, 492.
Peanut-Hunt, 378.

pea-whipping, 388.
Peep Squirrel, 376, 377.

Put your right foot in, etc., 496.
quilting-parties, 388.

Rich man, poor man, etc., prognosticates
a mate in North Carolina, 393.
Roxie Ann, 492.

Seek and Find, 377.

Skip to my Lou, 493.
The Juniper-Tree, 489, 490.

The Wild-Goose Chase, 494, 495.
There comes two dukes a-roving, 486.
Turkey in the Straw, 489.

Weevily Wheat, 488.

We're marching round a Pretty Girl, 495-
Gandharva, 335, 341.

Ganelon, 454.

GaxEwi'sa ("rabbits eat on the top").
month when people meet to ask
questions and riddles, 226.
Geechee and Other Proverbs, 441, 442.
Geoffrey of Monmouth, 455, 456.
Geological Survey of Canada, Division of
Anthropology of, 351.

Georgia, folk-tales from, 370-373, 402-405.
German oral tradition in Pennsylvania,
primary source of, important, 186.

Ghosts, problems concerning, quite distinct
from those relating to human beings
who operate with spirits, or the spirits
themselves, in plays, 448.

Glacier or Sand Mountain, B.C., 231.
Gloucester, Duke of, character in "Richard

III," 475.

Goats, sacrifice of, at ancient festival, 522.
Goddard, P. E., Athapascan collections by,

346.

Goofering, 380.

Gosselin, C.-E., 2, 4.

Grazzini, 471.

Greene, Robert, 449, 450, 461-463, 465.
Ground-hog, myth of, and its origin, 521,
522.

Hair of Sumatrans, mode of dressing, 312.
Hamelin, M., 4.

Hardy, John (Negro), order for execution
of, 505, 506.

Hartley, Edmund, 468.

Harvey, Emily N., A Brer Rabbit Story,
443, 444.

Hawaii, field-work in folk-lore done in, 444.
Hawkins Island, in Barclay Sound, B.C.,

352.

Hengist and Horsa, 454, 455.

"Henry VI," 473-475.

Henslowe, Philip, 450, 456, 478.

Herrington, H. W., Witchcraft and Magic
in the Elizabethan Drama, 447-485.
Hewitt, J. N. B., Iroquois tales, 445.
Heywood, Thomas, 461, 468, 478, 479, 481,
483.

Historical drama, 455.

Holinshed, Raphael, 455, 473-475.
Hornbill, 410.

Hovington, Édouard, 9, 123, pl. 3 (following
184).

Hunting-rituals of Nootka, 354.
"Huon of Bordeaux," 449, 450.

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- pits dug to kill, 436.

run to see which runs fastest, 231.
scattered over country by game-
mother, 231.

tracks of, lead to hunters' tent, 294.
urged to make hornbill go to river
and throw up palm-nut kernels to
avoid famine, 410, 411.

welcome Nymo home on account of
"chop" he brings, 415.
-woman gives birth to, 230, 231.
ant, 456.

antelope (Cephalophus leucocastec), 434.
(C. melanorheus), does not heed
mother's advice, and dies, 435.

turtle borrows horns of, 429.

in guise of, steals civet-cat's
daughter, 430.

antlers, deer, boys throw stones at, hit
and split deer-skull, and release
Nänibozhu, 289.

anus, bushes scratch Nänibozhu's, till
it itches, 280.

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