=A´shiwanni, _Rain Priesthood_= associate, method of promotion =23=: 166. associate, requirements of =23=: 166. associates, duties of female =23=: 165. confined to families =23=: 165, 166. decline of eligibles for membership in =23=: 166, 167. designations given to =23=: 163. enumeration of =23=: 167, 168. _ĕt´tone_, care of =23=: 164. _ĕt´tone_, description of =23=: 163. _ĕt´tone_, sacredness of =23=: 164. _ĕt´towe_, taking of flashlight picture of =23=: 164, 165. impeachment of a _shi´wanni_, power of priestess of fecundity =23=: 166. members of =23=: 163. mention of =23=: 163-180. ninth _shi´wanni_ =23=: 167 (note). order of retreat of, in 1891 =23=: 180. _See also_ =Mythology=; =Shi´wanni=; =Te´likinawe=. =Ashiwanni=, Zuñi rain priests =24=: 218, 219. =A´-shi-wa-ni= or priests of Zuñi =2=: 12. =A´shiwi= a Zuñi synonym =2=: 9; 13: 367. history myth of (free translation, text, and interlinear translation) =23=: 73-89. characters and objects in =23=: 73. _ᵗKíäklo_, quenching of thirst of, during =23=: 89. order of recitation in each _Ki´wiᵗsinĕ_ =23=: 89. purpose of recitation of =23=: 89. _See also_ =Mythology=. =Áshiwi.= _See_ =A´shiwi=. =A´shi-wi.= _See_ =A´shiwi=. =Ashkum’s Band= cession of reserve by =18=: 762, 766. reservation for =18=: 742. =Ashland County, Ohio=, mounds in =5=: 47. =Ashley, Edward= cited on Indian beliefs =11=: 444. on the Sisseton =15=: 217. on Wahpetan gentes =15=: 216. =Ashley, James M.=, commissioner for Cherokee boundary =5=: 365. =Ashley, _Gen._ William H.=, attacked by the Arikara =4=: 111. =Asi= a busk medicine =42=: 547. ceremonial drinking of =42=: 538-544, 565, 604, 606. medicinal properties of =42=: 666. mention of =42=: 449, 577, 582, 598, 603, 606, 608. preparation of =42=: 565. use of =42=: 607. _See also_ =Black Drink=; =Cassine=; =Ilex Vomitoria=. =Âsĭ= characters of =19=: 462. recitation of sacred myths in =19=: 230. =Asia= cultural affinities with Alaska =46=: 175. living remnants in, of stocks that people America =46=: 29. origin of Eskimo in =46=: 330, 333-339, 359, 361. petroglyphs in =10=: 185-188. =Asiatic= affinities of Western Eskimo =46=: 214-227, 240, 250. American connections =46=: 197. cultures, influence of =46=: 145, 146, 173. Eskimo =46=: 226, 234, 237, 361, 364. =Asiatic Coast, Northeastern= archeology =46=: 88, 363. connections with America =46=: 96. crania =46=: 254, 257, 259, 364. fossil-ivory culture =46=: 174. migrations from, inevitable =46=: 9396. sites =46=: 168, 169, 170, 171, 210. visibility of =46=: 93, 96. visits to, from St. Lawrence Island =46=: 97.