BEAVER, trapping of 411, 538 BELIEFS— concerning animals, 487 concerning astronomy, 414-418 concerning crime, 479-483 concerning future life, 418 concerning Great Spirit, 397 concerning territorial rights, 476-478 concerning the earth, 406 BETTING, on races, 566 BIRDS— list of, eaten by Indians, 583 BLACK ROOT, medicinal use of 425-426 BLACKFEET, migration of 405-406 BLEEDING, practice of 426 BLUE THUNDER, Assiniboin warrior, 402 BODY PAINTING, for the dance 559, 562 BONES— of prehistoric animals 411-412 of the dead, reinterred 574-575 BOW AND ABROW, use of 542, 555 BOWL GAME, description of 567-569 BOYS, ASSINOBOIN, characteristics of 444 BRAVERY, exhibition of 550 BRAVES' DANCE, described 558-560 BUFFALO— as food 581-582 discussion of destruction of 460-462 hunting of 530-536 importance of 410-411 parts of, eaten raw 581 _See also_ GAME; HUNTING BULLS' DANCE, described 532 BULL'S DRY BONES, doctor and soothsayer 422 BURIAL CUSTOMS 570-576 BURIAL MOUNDS, absence of 573 BURIALS— in lodge 573 in sitting position 573, 574 on hilltop 572 orientation in 572, 573 scaffold or tree 493, 571, 572, 574 _See also_ GRAVES CALUMET, ceremonial use of 446-447 CAMP— Indian life in 508-510 organization of 440-446 CANNIBALISM, in time of famine 523, 534 CANOE INDIANS, an Assiniboin band 430 CANOES— use of 579 CAPACITY, INTELLECTUAL, of the Indian 593-602 CAPTIVES, treatment of 551, 552, 553 CATAMENIAL CUSTOMS 524