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Africa, 144, 183.

American Folk-Lore Society:
Tenth Annual Meeting, 51; Report of the Council, 51; Treasurer's Report, 52; papers presented, 52; officers, 307; honorary members, 307; life members, 307; annual members, 307; libraries subscribing, 312; subscribers to Publication Fund, 314.

Animals, in folk-lore and myth:
Alligator, 259; bat, 49; bear, 115, 172, 173, 175, 176; cat, 48–50, 57, 60, 68, 127, 132, 145, 146, 228, 268, 286; coon, 109, 113; deer, 119, 123; dog, 112, 168; duck, 19; eagle, 85, 229; fox, 19, 113, 229; goose, 171; gull, 175; hawk, 175; hog, 261; jaybird, 269; louse, 269; lemming, 19; mouse, 268; narwhal, 169; owl, 19, 132, 269; porcupine, 46; possum, 113; ptarmigan, 19, 172; rabbit, 56, 108, 115, 229, 261; raven, 19, 173; salamander, 255; snake, 46, 60, 256, 257, 259, 268; snowbird, 19, 172, 174; swan, 121; swordfish, 175; terrapin, 269; toad, 46, 122; wolf, 108; turtle, 119, 121; worm, 175; wren, 229.

Backus, E. M., Christmas Carols from Georgia, 270.

Backus, E. M., Tales of the Rabbit from Georgia Negroes:
How Brer Rabbit practise medicine, 108; Why the people tote Brer Rabbit foot in their pocket, 109; Brer Rabbit born to luck, in; Why Mr. Dog runs Brer Rabbit, 112; How Brer Rabbit bring dust out of the rock, 113; When Brer Rabbit save the pig, 114.

Beings, imaginary:
Devil, 43, 126, 212; Eskimo giant, 167; Jack-o'-the-Lantern, 261; water-monsters, 255.

Books Reviewed:
Abercromby, J., The Pre- and Protohistoric Finns, 76; Bugge, S. (translated by W. H. Schofield), The Home of the Eddie Poems, 301; De Kay, C, Bird Gods, 238: Evans, E., The High History of the Holy Grail, 236; Fleeson, K. N., Laos Folk-Lore of Farther India, 303; Furness W. H., Folk-Lore in Borneo, 303; Gomme, A. B., The Traditional Games of England, Scotland, and Ireland, 73; Higginson, W. W., Tales of the Enchanted Islands of the Atlantic, 157; Hull, E., Cuchullin Saga in Irish Literature, 151; The International Congress of the World's Columbian Exposition, 231; Lang, A., The Making of Religion, 234; Parker, K. L., More Australian Legendary Tales, 155; Pokagon, Chief, Ogimaw-kwe Mit-i-gwaki (Queen of the Woods), 153; Russell, Frank, Explorations in the Far North, 300.

Brinton, D. G., Memorial Notice of, 215.

Ceremonies and Customs:
Animation of idols, 67; consecration, 163, 165; courtship, 229; divination, 231; funeral, 232; judicial, 3; marriage, 4; orientation, 104; sacrificial, 144; taboo, 5; whipping at boundary, 274; worship, 105, 161.

Chamberlain, A. F., American Indian Names of White Men and Women:
Algonkian, 24; Iroquois, 28.

Chamberlain, A. F., In Memoriam: Daniel Garrison Brinton, 215.

Chamberlain, A. F. and I. C, Record of American Folk-Lore, 136.

Chamberlain, I. C, Contributions toward a Bibliography of Folk-Lore relating to Women, 32.

Charms and Incantations, 49, 56, 100, 110, 133, 22S, 229.

Connelley, W. E., Notes on the Folk-Lore of the Wyandots:
I. Religion, 116; list of gods, 117; 1. Hooh mäh'-yooh-wäh″-neh′', Big chief that lives above the sky, 117; 2. Tsēh-zhooh-skäh′-häh, Great one of the water and land, 11S; 3. Skĕhn-rīh′-äh-täh′, War god; 4. Täh-rĕh-nyōh-träh'′squäh, god of dreams; 5. Hēh′-nōh, thunder god; 6. the animals, 118; 7. the woman who ell from heaven; 8. the Twins; 9. Täh′-tēhkëh′-äh. the Little People, 119; 10. the Hooh'″-kēh′, or medicine-man myths; the Woman who Fell from Heaven, 120; the Great Island, 122; the Twins born; the Deer and the Rainbow; or, how the animals got into the sky, 123.

Cooke, E. J., English Folk-Tales in America: The Bride of the Evil One, 126.

Dances, 81.

Days and Festivals:
Christmas, 50; Easter, 106; Halloween, 49, 56; Holy Thursday, 163; Palm Sunday, 162.

Dixon, R. B., The Color-Symbolism of the Cardinal Points:
Difficulties arising from imperfect information, choice of colors, 10; factors in the choice, sun-colors of East and West, 11; effect of geographic position, climate as factor, 12; color of north, various, religion as factor, comparisons of color-systems, 13; shifting and reversal, 15; diversity, not uniformity, characteristic of symbolism, 16.

Dorsey, George A., The Ocimbanda, or Witch-Doctor of the Ovimbundu of Portuguese Southwest Africa:
Importance of the witch-doctor, 183; art acquired by apprenticeship, outfit, 184; basket-shaped gourd used in divination, images employed in ceremony, method of diviner, 185; antelope horn, small charms, 186; poison test, 187; remedies used, 188.

Dramatization, 95, 162, 164.

Edwards, G. D., Items of Armenian Folk-Lore collected in Boston:
Dreams, 97; superstitions, 9S; diseases, 100; riddles, 101; games, club fist, 102; candle game, customs, 103; Easter, 106.

Eskimo, 17, 166.

Ethical conceptions, 1.

Fewkes, J. W., Hopi Basket-Dances:
Variants of basket-dance, 81; dates, public Lalakonti at Walpi, 82; public Lalakonti at Oraibi, 84; public Lalakonti at Cipaulovi, 85; altar of the Cipaulovi Lalakonti, 86; Owakulti, Kohonono basket-dance, 87; Tanoan variant of coronet, 89; coronets of two women in the Mamzrauti, 90; relation of the Bulintikibi to the Hopi ritual, 91; conclusion, 93; nature of the cult introduced, 94.

Figures and Symbols, 10, 233.

Folk- Lore Scrap Book:
Ghosts as guardians of hidden treasure, the boy and the ghost, 64; penalties for injuring Chinese scriptures, and rewards for their distribution, 65; extracts from the Yü-li or Precious Records (continued from No. XLIII.); Rewards for preventing suicide, 66; edict of the President of the Sixth Hall of Judgment in Hades, 67; Irishman stories: The Irishman and the pumpkin, The sea-tick and the Irishman, The Irishman and the moon, 226; The Irishmen and the watermelon, The Irishmen and the deer, 227; Two Irishmen at sea, The trick bone of a black cat, 228; How to conjure, Remedies to cure conjuration, A word of courtship, Why the wren does not fly high, Brer Rabbit beats Brer Fox, 229; Osakie legend of the Ghost Dance, by W. Jones, 284; Passion Play at Coyoacan, 286; cures by conjure doctors, 288; modern conjuring in Washington, 289.

Games, 74, 102.

Gatschet, A. S., Various Ethnographic Notes:
African masks and secret societies, 208; Mumbo Jumbo, 209; the deities of the early New England Indians, 211; the Kalapuya people, 212.

Gatschet, A. S., Water-monsters of American aborigines:
Animal prodigies universal, made up of human and brutish elements, 255; horned snake of Wabenaki, 256; snake of Micmacs, 256; Potawatomi serpent of Lake Manitou; "tiger" of Peorian Indians, 257; dwarfs, river fairies, wood-spirits of Creeks, of Siouan family, of Winnebagos, of Cherokees, 258; of Iroquois, horned snake of Creeks, horned alligator of Kiowas, monster of Indians near Willamette River, 260.

Hawaii, 233.

Horsford, Cornelia, A Tradition of Shelter Island, N. Y., 43.

Indian Tribes:
Apache, 13, 16, 219.
Aztec, 294.
Blackfoot, 24.
Cherokee, 13, 258.
Cheyenne, 24.
Chinook, 213.
Creek, 12, 258, 259.
Hopi, 12, 81.
Iroquois, 28, 259.
Kalapuya, 212, 259, 260.
Kiowa, 259.
Massachusetts, 211.
Maya, 13, 15, 16.
Miami, 258.
Micmac, 256.
Montagnais, 25.
Mississaga, 25.
Navaho, 2, 12.
Nipissing, 25.
Ojibwa, 26.
Omaha, 13.
Oregonian, 214.
Ottawa, 28.
Peoria, 257.
Pottawattamie, 154, 257.
Sac and Fox, 284.
Sia, 13, 15.
Siouan, 258.
Trique, 38.
Wyandot, 116.
Zuni, 13, 15.

See also "Record of American Folk-Lore."

Journals, Indexed, 7S, 158, 305.

Kroeber, A. L., Animal Tales of the Eskimo:
Animals frequent in Indian mythology, but absent in Eskimo, 17; genuine animal tales few, marriage between animal and human being a favorite theme, tales similar to European beast-fables, 18; Eskimo animal tales proper form a class by themselves, 20; animals not associated with cosmogony, totemism wanting, 21; list of Eskimo animal tales, 22.

Kroeber, A. L., Tales of the Smith Sound Eskimo:
I. The Tutuatuin, 166; II. Inukpan; III. The woman who married a Tuneq; IV. The Tornit and the Adlit, 167; V. The woman who married a dog, 168; VI. The origin of the narwhal, 169; VII. The man who married a goose, 170; VIII. Quatipalung; IX. The origin of the bear; X. The origin of the snow-bunting and the ptarmigan; XI. Naulaxssaqton, 172; XII. The Pleiades; XIII. The raven, 173; XIV. Terieniaq; XV. The gull; XVI. The Uingniaqsuqssuin; XVII. The black bear, 175; XVIII. The Aglirtoq woman and the bear; XIX. Qigexssuung; XX. The bear, 176; XXI. Kiviung; XXII. Igimāssuxssuq, 177; XXIII. Qauaxsaqsuq; XXIV. The tortured girl, 178; XXV. Akssait Iqoxie (He cut off her fingers); XXVI. The sun and the moon, 179; XXVII. Aningan; XXVIII. Irdlirvirisisong, 180; XXIX. Qalutaling; XXX. Fragments, 181.

Local Meetings and Other Notices:
Annual Meeting of the American Folk-Lore Society, 1899, 230, 287; Baltimore Branch, 147, 296; Boston Branch, 71, 149; Cambridge Branch, 148; Cincinnati Branch, 150, 297; Presentation to the Folk-Lore Society of objects illustrating Mexican folk-lore, 230; International Congress of the History of Religions, 231; International Congress of Folk-Lorists, 297; Twelfth International Congress of Orientalists, 299; Congress on Basque Studies, 297.

Louisiana, 146.

Luck, 45, 132.

Magic and Witchcraft, 50, 93, 109, 132, 145, 183, 201.

Matthews, Washington, The Study of Ethics among the Lower Races:
European prejudices, 1; absence of definite standard, use of myth and tradition for determining ethical ideas, 2; Navahoes, absence of punishment among, 3; sacredness of kinship, 4; Navahoes not untruthful, 5; savages shocked by civilized customs, no system of rewards and punishments in future life, 5; sense of shame, 6; unselfish morality, 7; good manners of aborigines, 8; courtesy, 9.

Medicine, popular, 47, 62, 100, 186.

Mexico, 12, 13, 161, 230.

Nature, phenomena of:
Earth, 40; four directions, 10, 13; fire, 104; lightning, 46, 91; moon, 39, 47, 48, 179; rainbow, 123; raincloud, 83, 84, 94; seasons, 265; stars, 173; sun, 11, 39, 106; 179, 212 ; thunder, 46.

Newell, W. W., Early American Ballads, 241:
Ancient English ballads, older than the fifteenth century, continued composition of ballads in inferior style, 241; local ballads of New England, W. M. Beauchamp on, account of the death of a child, 242; The Lancaster maid, 245; The Lady in the west, 247; Polly's love, 248; variant of theme, 249; confession of a criminal, 250; Creation, 250; Beautiful Katie and the gray mare, song of Lovewell's fight, 253; manuscript ballad of 1755, 254.

Newell, W. W., The Legend of the Holy Grail:
V. Manner of development of mediæval tales: (1) Expansion, 189; (2) interpolation of new episodes; (3) process of connecting these by genealogical ties; (4) accentuation of the marvellous element; (5) popularization of tales; (6) creative imagination of the later authors, 191; translations of the Perceval of Crestien; the Parzival of Wolfram, 192; Heinrich vom Türlin, 197; the Later Titurel; Peredur, 200; Sir Percevelle, 204; Notes, 206. VI. Tales related to the enfances of Perceval, 275; folk-tales representing the hero as simpleton, 278; new development of the legend, 280.

Notes and Queries:
Two witch-stories: 1. The brothers who married witches; 2. The second wife, 68, F. D. Bergen; Folk-tale of the Pansy, H. C. Bolton; Ropes of sand; asses; and the Danaides, G. M. Godden, 69; sacrifice among the Wakamba in British East Africa, George A. Barton, 144; Two negro witch-stories, black cats as witches, Fanny D. Bergen, 145; Louisiana ghost story, Fanny D. Bergen, 146; survival in New England of foundation sacrifice, 290; folk-names of animals, rhyme relating to the battle of New Orleans, a nursery rhyme, the mouse, the grouse, and the little red hen, 291; a game of children in Philadelphia, a dance-rhyme of children in Brooklyn, N. Y., 292; negro superstitions of European origin, 294; "buffalo chips" as a remedy, an Aztec spectre, 295.

Omens and signs, 45.

Paraphernalia and Implements of Worship:
Altars, 86; baskets, 82, 184; cakes, 88; costume, 82, 85, 184; dolls and images, 88, 185; masks, 208; pictures, 84.

Plants in Folk-Lore and Myth:
Bean, 211; corn, 86, 91, 211; gourd, 183; irrenkraut, 47; knotweed, 47; pansy, 69; toadstool, 269.

Record of American Folk-Lore:
North America, Algonkian, Athapascan, Caddoan, 136; Copehan, Eskimo, Haida, Iroquoian, 137; Pueblos, Tsimshian, Uto-Aztecan, 138; Moki, 139; Central America, South America, 140; æsthetics, archæology, art, ethnography, 141; games, migration, music, 142; sematology, weapons, zoötechny, 143.

Religion:
Hopi, 81; Trique, 38; Wyandot, 116.

Riddles, 101.

Seventh Volume of the Memoirs of the American Folk-Lore Society:
Richness of the collection, English element controlling, 55; rabbit-foot as charm, amulets, 56; saliva, 58; superstitious beliefs relating to animals, sacred quality of some of these, 59; snake as friendly, cat-omens, 60; introduction by J. Y. Bergen, 61.

Spirits and Ghosts, 64, 70, 146, 233.

Starr, F., Holy Week in Mexico:
Viernes de Dolores: Friday of Grief, 162; Palm Sunday, Passion Play, 162; Holy Thursday, 163; Sabado de Gloria: Saturday of Glory, 164.

Steiner, R., Superstitions and Beliefs from Central Georgia:
Spirits and witches, 261; cross-marks, luck, 262; signs, 263; weather, 264; seasons, members of the body, 265; popular medicine, 266; cats, 267; snakes, birds, 268; miscellaneous, 269.

Superstitions, 45, 98, 265.

Tales and legends, 17, 108, 120, 226, 229.

Totemism, 21, 95.

Valentini, P. J. J., Trique Theogony, an alleged specimen of ancient Mexican folk-lore, 38.

Weather, 61.

Whitney, A. W., Items of Maryland Belief and Custom:
Charms believed in, a cure for "flesh decay," or wasting disease, in a boy, 271; surveyors' custom, why the Devil never wears a hat, 272.

Wiltse, H. M., Some Mountain Superstitions of the South:
Superstition, boundary of, uncertain, signs and superstitions, 131; use of the superstitions, 134; "milk-sick," 136.

Wintemberg, W. J., Items of German-Canadian Folk-Lore:
Death signs, rain signs, storm signs, good luck, bad luck, 45; thunder and lightning, folk-lore in connection with our fauna, 46; folk-lore in connection with our flora, cures, 47; moon signs, miscellaneous, 48; Halloween observance, 49; a Christmas Eve custom, witches and witchcraft, 50.

Wishes, 43, 104'.

American Folk-Lore Society:

Eleventh Annual Meeting, 47; Report of the Council, 47; Treasurer's Report, 49; papers presented, 50; officers, honorary members, life members, annual members, 309; libraries subscribing, 313; subscribers to Publication Fund, 314.

Animal deities, Huichol, 305.

Animals, in folk-lore and myth:

Alligator, 284; bear, 19, 92, 147, 225, 267; beaver, 10, 16; bird, 252, 259; blue jay, 97; buffalo, 161, 163, 170, 183, 186, 261, 265; butterfly, 276; cat, 229; chickadee, 94; corn, 21, 26; cow, 28, 36; crow, 31, 190; coyote, 166, 168, 189, 267; dog, 98, 147, 182; duck, 165; eagle, 30, 162, 163; flea, 269; fox, 19, 24, 25, 164, 222, 269; frog, 25; golden bird, 231; golden fish, 175, 291; grasshopper, 189; herring, 37; horse, 295; lizard, 259; mouse, 229; owl, 97; rabbit, 19-28; raven, 14, 39; red-bird, 30; robin, 94; skunk, 189; snake, 95, 185, 228; squirrel, 23; swallow, 38; terrapin, 28; toad, 39, 40, 41, 212; turtle, 184, 189; wildcat, 15; wolf, 15, 21, 23, 179; wolverine, 15, 18.

Apparitions, 69.

Backus, E. M., An Ancient Game of Courtship from North Carolina, 104.

Backus, E. M., Folk-Tales from Georgia:

I. When Brer Rabbit get Brer Bear churched, 19; II. When Brer Rabbit was presidin' elder, 20; III. When Brer Wolf have his corn shucking, 21; IV. Brer Rabbit's carl an' swing, 22; V. When Brer Fox don't fool Brer Rabbit, 24; VI. When Brer Fox give a big dining, 25; VII. When sis Coon put down Brer Bear, 26; VIII. How come the Mooly cow don' have no horns, 27; IX. When Mr. Pine-tree and Mr. Oak-tree fall out, 29; X. How the little boy went to heaven, 30; Editor's note, 32.

Ballads, 70.

Beauchamp, W. M., Iroquois Women:

Reputation of, division of labor between men and women, 81; dress, rank, 83; polygamy, marriage restrictions, 84; prominence, 85; right of nominating chiefs, 88; love of children, 89; various customs, 90; youthful marriages, 91.

Beauchamp, W. M., Onondaga Tale of the Pleiades:

Star-lore, 281; Pleiades as dancing children, 282.

Beings, imaginary:

Buffalo woman, 1S6; demons, Japanese, 223; devil, 279; fairies, Indian, 278; fetish, African, 63; giant, 277, hairy man, 11; river-monster, 179; Two-Faces, 184.

Books:

Boas, F. The mythology of the Bella Coola Indians, W. W. Newell, 153; Connelley, W. E., Wyandot folk-lore, 240; Deeney, D., Peasant lore from Gaelic Ireland, 236; Kruptadia: Die zeugung in sitte der Südslaven, L. Wiener, 75; Popular Studies in mythology, romance, and folk-lore, 238; Scherman, L., and Krauss, F. S., Allegemeine methodik der volkskunde, 76; Spencer, B., and Gillen, F. J., The native tribes of Central Australia, W. W. Newell, 72; Starr, F., Catalogue of objects illustrating the folklore of Mexico, 77; Teit, J., The Thompson Indians of British Columbia. W. W. Newell, 156; Wiener, L., The history of Yiddish literature in the nineteenth century, W. W. Newell, 234, Koch, T., Zur animismus der sudamerikanischen Indianer, A. F. Chamberlain, 302; Lumholtz, C, Symbolism of the Huichol Indians, A. F. Chamberlain, 304.

Ceremonies and customs:

Ablution, 2; adoption, 91; avertive, 9, 10; baptismal, 2; betrothal, consecration, 70; divination, 5, 7, 63, 162, 251, 255, 273, 275; eating, 89, 90; fasting, 7; funeral, 3, 303; marriage, 75, 84, 85, 91, 218; naming, 91; prayer, 3, 5; purification, 8; sacrificial, 61, 89, 255, 271,276; taboo, 146; thanksgiving, 261.

Chamberlain, A. F., Some Items of Algonkian Folk-Lore:

Suspension of human beings as sacrifice to war-god, blackening face in fasts, planting trees upside-down on graves, 271; encomiums of bards in funeral songs; prognostics derived from stars, 272; weather-signs, water-nymphs, 273; worms in teeth, star-names, signs from affections of parts of the body, 274; diminutive elves, water-men, immolation of victims, Milky Way as path of the dead, 275; celibacy, whiteness as sign of day, giants, genii, 276; sleep-butterflies, degradation of names of gods, 277.

Chamberlain, A. F., In Memoriam:

Frank Hamilton Cushing, 129; Walter James Hoffman, 44.

Chamberlain, A. F., and I. C, Record of American Folk-Lore:

North America: Algonkian, 51, 135, 213, 283; Athabascan, 135, 215; Caddoan, 51; Chinantecan, 283; Eskimo, 135; Haida, 51, 135; Iroquoian, 136, 216, 283; Juavan, 284; Keresan, 216; Kulanapan, 216; Mixtec-Zapotecan, 218, 284; Otomi, 285; Pueblos, 52, 138; Pujunan, 217; Salishan, 54, 217, 285; Siouan, 217, 286; Totonacan, 287; Uto-Aztecan, 54, 217, 287; Central America: Costa Rica, 219; Mayan, 55, 140, 219; South America: Araucanian, 55, 141; Brazil, 57; Catuquinarù, 58; Guaicuru, 141; Guarano, 58; Patagonia, 58, 142; Peru, 58; General, 58, 142, 220, 289.

Chamberlain, I. C., The Devil's Grandmother:

Devil's dam in Shakespeare, German proverbs relating to, 278; folk-sayings concerning, 279.

Charms, 8, 61.

Color symbolism, 10.

Costume, 90.

Dances, 136, 164, 301.

Dishes, local, 65.

Dixon, R. B., Some Coyote Stories from the Maidu Indians of California:

The Coyote and the Grizzly Bears, 267; Coyote and the Fleas, 268; Coyote and the Gray Fox, 269; How the Coyote married his daughter, 270.

Dreams, 303.

Edwards, C. L., Animal Myths and their Origin:

Embryonic stages of man preserved in childhood, 33; theories of spontaneous generation, 34; belief in animal transformations, 36; ancient zoölogical myths, survival of, 37; swallow, crow, toad in folk-lore, 38; myths originating in erroneous induction, 41.

Farrington, O. C, The Worship and Folk-Lore of Meteorites:

Universality of worship, 199; Kaaba, cases of Greek and Roman worship, 200; instances from the Old World, 202; from New World, 204; folk-lore of meteorites, 205; interest depends on observation of fall, 207.

Figures and symbols, 214, 215.

Fletcher, A. C,. Giving Thanks: a Pawnee Ceremony:

Ritual nakedness, sacred buffalo skull, sacred bundle, 261; corn mush as offering, ritual smoking of tobacco, 262; prayer to skull, return of sacrificial gifts, 263; thanksgiving, offering, and eating of mush, address of priest, 264; transmitted knowledge of herbs and ritual, meaning of name Ta-rá-wa, fees sign of thankfulness, 265.

Folk-Lore Scrap-Book, see Readings.

Games, 162, 300.

Hagar, S., The Celestial Bear:

Observation of stars, 92; Micmac legend of Great Bear, 93; interpretation of legend, 95; parallels, 97; Iroquois legend identical, 98; explanations of correspondences, 100; difficulties of hypothesis of independent origins, 102.

Hazen, H. A., The Origin and Value of Weather-Lore:

Ancient character of lore, 191; worthless sayings, 192; belief in lunar influence, 193; forecasts from behavior of animals, 194; signs from optical phenomena, 197; editor's note, 198.

Indian Tribes:

See also Record of American Folk-Lore.

Readings:

Signs:

Slavery, 83. Spirits, 146, 226.

Transformation, 14, 224. Tribes, Indian:

See also Record of American Folk-Lore

Visions, 67.

Weather, 191.