PROVISION STEALERS' DANCE, described 564 PUBLIC CRIER, duties of 442 PUNISHMENT— for violations of law 445 of crime 479-483 _See also_ RETALIATION. QUILLS, PORCUPINE, use of 590, 591 RACES, betting on 566 RANK, insignia of 592-593 RAPE, punishment for 482 RATTLE, made of hoofs 619 RATTLESNAKE, cure for bite of 425-426 RED ROOT INDIANS, a branch of the Canoe Indians 430-431 RELATIONS, GOVERNMENTAL, with Indians, discussion of 470-474 RELIGION— discussion of attempted change in 468-469 of the Upper Missouri Indians 481-483, 486-493, 594 _See also_ CRIME RETALIATION, among the Assiniboin 452-455 RETREAT, in warfare, attitude toward 560 REVENGE, justification of 481 _See also_ CRIME; RETALIATION RICE, WILD, use of 584 ROBBERY, among the Indians 476 _See also_ THEFT. RUNNING, speed in 529 SACRED LODGE— ceremony of 488-489 construction of 488 SACRIFICE— amputation of fingers as 427-428 made by hunters 535 to the river 536 to Wakoñda 489 SCAFFOLD BURIALS description of 572 disintegration of 574 reasons for, 571 SCALP DANCE, description of 557-558 SCALP SONG, singing of 555, 556, 557-558 SCALPING, practice of 524 SCALPING KNIFE, described, 555 SCALPS, rejoicing over, 555-556 SCARIFICATION, practice of 490, 564 SCHOOLCRAFT, HENRY R., circular by, 378 SCHOOLS Indian, need of 466-470 SCOUTS, of war party, duties of 549 SEASONS, recognition of 415 SELF-TORTURE, to propitiate Wakoñda, 490 SHELLS highly valued, 590-591 SHIELD rawhide, described, 553 SICKNESS treatment of 423-424 _See also_ SMALL POX SIGHT, acuteness in sense of 527-528