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By Pliny Earle Goddard

IX XLIV XLVI Title Page Contents Introduction Key to the Sounds Represented by the Characters Used

Myths and Tales

I. Yīmantūwiñyai.--Creator and Culture Hero II. XaxōwilwaL.--Dug-from-the-ground.III. Xontcūwditcetc.--Rough-nose IV. Yīnûkatsisdai.--He-lives-South.V. Naxkekōsnadūwûl.--Two-neck.VI. Litcūwdiñ yadeLtse.--At Sand-place They Lived VII. Xonsadiñ Kûntcūwiltcwil.--Xonsadiñ Young Man VIII. Datcwindiñ Xonaïswe.--Gooseberry-place Brush Dance X. Tōdiñ KeïtLō.--By the River She Made Baskets XI. The Cause of the Lunar Eclipse XII. Origin of Fire XIII. The Coming of White Men XIV. The Coming of White Men

Relating to Dances and Feasts

XV. The Young Man who Threw Himself with the Arrow XVI. The Scabby Young Man XVII. The Passing of the Kīxûnai XVIII. The Spoiling of the World XIX. Formula of the Jumping Dance XX. Daily Prayer of the Priest at the Jumping Dance XXI. Origin of the Jumping Dance XXII. Formula of the Acorn Feast XXIII. Formula used at the Tcexōltcwe Rocks XXIV. Formula of the Spring Dance.XXV. Origin of the KinaLdûñ Dance XXVI. Directions and Formula for the Brush Dance XXVII. Formula for the Eel Medicine XXVIII. Formula for the Salmon Medicine XXVIII. Formula of the Rain-rock Medicine

Formulas of Private Medicines

XXX. Formula of Medicine for Pregnant Women (Deer's Medicine.)XXXI. Formula of Medicine for Pregnant Women (Bear's Medicine.)XXXII. Formula of Medicine for Childbirth XXXIII. Formula of Medicine for the Birth of the First Child XXXIV. Formula of Medicine to Cause the Infant to Grow Fast XXXV. Formula of Medicine to Cause the Infant to Grow Strong XXXVI. Formula of Medicine to Insure Long Life for an Infant XXXVII. Formula of Medicine to Protect Children in Strange Places XXXVIII. Formula of Woman's Love Medicine XXXIX. Formula of Medicine to Shorten Period of Exclusion after Menstruation XL. Formula of Medicine for Going in Dangerous Places with a Canoe XLI. Formula of Medicine for Going Among Rattlesnakes XLII. Formula of a Deer Medicine XLIII. Formula of a Deer Medicine XLV. Formula of Medicine for Wounds Made by Flint Arrowheads XLVII. Formula of Medicine for Acquiring Wealth XLVIII. Formula of Medicine for Green Vomit XLIX. Formula of Medicine for Spoiled Stomach L. Formula of Medicine for Purification of One Who has Buried the Dead LI. Formula of Medicine for the Purification of Those Who Have Buried the Dead