WAR PARTY attack by, described, 549-550 organization of 544-545 return of 547-548 tactics of 545-547 WAR WHOOP, use of 551 WARFARE attitude toward retreat in 560 causes of, 470 causes of failure in 548 customs of 544-554 means of preventing, 470-471 precautions taken in 549 WARRIOR, burial of 570-571 WARRIORS Assiniboin, list of 401-402 dress of 553-554, 586, 589 insignia of, 593 tattooing of 592 WEAPONS, described, 555 WHIP DANCE, briefly described, 564 WHISTLES, use of, in hunting, 537 WHITE CRANE DANCE, described, 563 WIDOWERS, remarriage of 511 WIDOWS remarriage of 511 suicide among, 522 WILD RICE, use of 584 WITCHCRAFT, belief in 493-494 WOLVES, trapping of 538-539 "WOMAN CHIEF," account of 433-434 WOMEN burial of 573 clothing of 587 customs regarding, 524 list of names of 519 marriageable age of 611 status of 433, 451, 455 treatment of, as captives, 551, 552, 553 work of 444, 505 WOMEN'S DANCE, briefly described, 564 WOMEN'S GAME, description of 569-570 WOOLEN GOODS, introduction of 464-465 WOUNDS, recovery from, 429-430 [Transcriber's Note: Inconsistent spelling and hyphenation are as in the original.] End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Indian Tribes of the Upper Missouri, by Edwin Thompson Denig