_Big House_ or _Xiʹngwikan_, Annual ceremonies in, 35, 82-122; common to both tribes, 129-133, 196-197; construction of, 82-83, 119, 148-150; Elkhair on significance of, 113-115; Mask impersonator present in, 98-99; MuxhatoLʹzing in, 123; of Bear cult, 173; of Minsi, 127-145; origin of, 147-152; prayer in, 112-113; preparation of, for Ceremony, 85-87, 117; return of hunters to, 100-101; rites of Mask in, 151-152; seating of congregation in, 93; serving of meals in, 110; turtle rattles of, 181; visions recited in, 75-76. See _Annual ceremony_, _Meeting-house_ _Bilberries_, at Annual feast, 118; in Happy Hunting Ground, 58 _Birds_ as guardian spirits, 78, 80, 121, 195 _Black_, and red: carved faces painted with, 83, 119; Mask painted with, 33, 41, 150, 155; and white duck, as guardian spirit, 67, 140; hog, offering of, 173; symbolizing men, 140-141 _Blanket_, ceremonial waving of, 145; blankets spread over sweating-oven, 125 _Blessing_ granted by guardian spirits, 65-67, 77, 194-195 _Blood_, luminous ball of, 53-54 _Body_, luminous form of, 53-54 _Bones_, burning of, at Annual ceremony, 118 _Bowl_, and dice game of manĭʹtowŭk, 25-26; ceremonial, in Bear cult, 173-174; bowls, bark, in Minsi ceremony, 131, 137 _Bows and arrows_ of Thunder Beings, 29 _Box-tortoise rattle_ in Annual ceremony, 94-96, 118, 120. See _Rattles_ _Box-turtle rattle_ of Planting dance, 143. See _Rattles_ _Boys_, dreaming of, for power, 54; initiation of, 63-64, 78-80; pet of, 172; vision of Mask Being by, 147-152; visions of, 62-63, 72-75, 92, 140, 194-195 _Brainerd, David_, on animal spirits, 50; on Annual ceremony, 151-152; on carved faces in Big House, 42; on concept of soul, 56; on dream or vision, 77; on Evil Spirit, 25; on Four Directions, 27; on Great Spirit, 22-23; on impersonator of Mask Being, 41-42; on sun, 28 _Brainerd, John_, on idol image or Doll, 46-47 _Brass eyes_ of Miziʹnk, 158 “_Bringing in_” the meeting, 81, 92-94, 104, 122, 135, 174 _Brown, William_, acknowledgment to, 14 _Brush house_ of Bear cult, 173-174 _Buck_, chant referring to, 69; prayer to, 126; ridden by Mask Being, 33, 148; women’s share in, 106 _Buckskin_, skeleton wrapped in, 184 _Buffalo_, as guardian spirit, 78; dance of, 182-183 _Bunches of wampum_, symbolism of, 141-143 _Burial_, Wolf clan rites of, 183-184 _Burning_, of bones, 118; of cedar leaves, 105; of fat, 117-118, 134, 173-175; of hemlock-boughs, 133, 144-145; of hog’s head, 175; of moccasins, 47; of tobacco, 29, 98, 126, 151. See _Offering_ _Cactus_ called _peyote_, 186. See _Peyote rite_ _Caddo_, Peyote cult originating among, 185 _Canada_, Lenape now resident in, 13-14, 170. See _Ontario_