CONTENTS.

MYTHS AND TALES.

PAGE

I.

Yīmantūwiñyai.--Creator and Culture Hero

96

II.

XaxōwilwaL.--Dug-from-the-ground

135

III.

Xontcūwditcetc.--Rough-nose

150

IV.

Yīnûkatsisdai.--He-lives-south

157

V.

Naxkekōsnadūwûl.--Two-neck

162

VI.

Litcūwdiñ.--At Sand-place They Lived

169

VII.

Xonsadiñ Kûntcūwiltcwil.--Xonsadiñ Young Man

174

VIII.

Datcwindiñ Xonaïswe.--Gooseberry-place Brush Dance

179

IX.

Mīmedakût Kyūwintsit.--At Mīmetaktit She Pounded Acorns

185

X.

Tōdiñ KeïtLō.--By the River She Made Baskets

189

XI.

The Cause of the Lunar Eclipse

195

XII.

Origin of Fire

197

XIII.

The Coming of White Men (by McCann)

198

XIV.

The Coming of White Men (by Nettie)

200

TEXTS RELATING TO THE DANCES AND FEASTS.

XV.

The Young Man who Threw Himself with the Arrow

202

XVI.

The Scabby Young Man

207

XVII.

The Passing of the Kīxûnai

215

XVIII.

The Spoiling of the World

220

XIX.

Formula of the Jumping Dance

226

XX.

Prayer of the Priest at the Jumping Dance

228

XXI.

Origin of the Jumping Dance

229

XXII.

Formula of the Acorn Feast

233

XXIII.

Formula used at the Tcexōltcwe Rocks

233

XXIV.

Formula of the Spring Dance

234

XXV.

Origin of the KinaLdûñ Dance

237

XXVI.

Directions and Formula for the Brush Dance

241

XXVII.

Formula for the Eel Medicine

252

XXVIII.

Formula for the Salmon Medicine

265

XXIX.

Formula of the Rain-rock Medicine

270

FORMULAS OF PRIVATE MEDICINES.

XXX.

Formula of Medicine for Pregnant Women (Deer's Medicine)

275

XXXI.

Formula of Medicine for Pregnant Women (Bear's Medicine)

276

XXXII.

Formula of Medicine for Childbirth

278

XXXIII.

Formula of Medicine for the Birth of First Child

280

XXXIV.

Formula of Medicine to Cause the Infant to Grow Fast

286

XXXV.

Formula of Medicine to Cause the Infant to Grow Strong

288

XXXVI.

Formula of Medicine to Insure Long Life for the Infant

292

XXXVII.

Formula of Medicine to Protect Children in Strange Places

299

XXXVIII.

Formula of Woman's Love Medicine

305

XXXIX.

Formula of Medicine to Shorten Period of Exclusion after Menstruation

310

XL.

Formula of Medicine for Going in Dangerous Places with a Canoe

314

XLI.

Formula of Medicine for Going Among Rattlesnakes

317

XLII.

Formula of a Deer Medicine

319

XLIII.

Formula of a Deer Medicine

321

XLIV.

Formula of Medicine for Making Baskets

324

XLV.

Formula of Medicine for Wounds Made by Flint Arrowheads

328

XLVI.

Formula of Medicine for Going to War

332

XLVII.

Formula of Medicine for Acquiring Wealth

336

XLVIII.

Formula of Medicine for Green Vomit

340

XLIX.

Formula of Medicine for Spoiled Stomach

346

L.

Formula of Medicine for Purification of One Who has Buried the Dead (Mary Marshall)

351

LI.

Formula of Medicine for Purification of One Who has Buried the Dead (Lily Hostler)

360