“_Picking berries_” or wampum, 100 _Pileʹswak_ or _Pileʹsoak_, Minsi name of Thunder Beings, 30. See _Thunder Beings_ _PileʹswaL pewaʹlatcil_ or in league with Thunders, 76 _Piʹlsŭⁿ_ or pure, otter, 176-177; visions vouchsafed to, 62-63, 112-114 _Piskeʹwenikiʹzho_ or night sun, 28. See _Moon_ _Placation_ of spirits, 194. See _Offering_, _Prayer_ _Places_, genii of, 51 _Plants_, as guardian spirits, 195; spirits of, 17, 51, 118, 125, 194; wampum string symbolizing, 141-142 _Poisons_, fare of wicked, 58-59 _Pokiteʹhemun_ or George Wilson, vision of, 67-69 _Poles_, deer hung on, 100-101, 164; deerskin hung on, 129-130, 144; in Fire festival, 125; in Minsi Big House, 131, 140; meat hung on, 173; representing twelve manĭʹtowŭk, 125; used in Mĭsiʹngʷ‛ dance, 155; venison hung on, 121. See _Four Directions_, _Posts_ _Pontifical garb_ of impersonator of Mask Being, 41. See _Costume_ _Poor_, deerskins given to, 108-109 _Posts_, of Big House, carved faces on, 31, 42, 83, 106, 119, 148; of Minsi Big House, 129-130. See _Central post_, _Poles_, _Sticks_ _Potatoes_, offering of, 144 _Power_, derived from guardian spirit, 50, 66, 78-79; from vision, 54, 140, 147-148, 175, 194-195. See _Blessing_ _Powŭniʹgŭn_ or deerskin drum, 94-95. See _Drum_ _Prayer_, at conclusion of Annual ceremony, 106-109, 122, 197; at Minsi ceremony, 133-134, 136-138, 197; at Thanksgiving ceremony, 142; carried by Masks, 112; for hunters, 99-100; of Bear ceremony, 174; of phratry, 104; to buck, 126; to Corn Goddess, 43-44; to Doll Being, 164-165; to Earth, 29; to Four Directions, 26; to Great Spirit, 18, 31, 88-90, 196; to guardian spirits, 62, 124; to Mask, on behalf of hunters, 98; to Mask Being, 149; to Thunder Beings, 29-30; to Tornado, 47; universal benefit of, 113-115; while gathering herbs, 26, 51. See _Prayer-cry_ _Prayer-cry_, at Minsi ceremony, 136-137; carried by Masks, 31, 88, 112-113; of women, 175. See _Ho-o-o_ _Prayer-meeting_ of the ducks, 67 _Prayer-men_ at Annual ceremony, 99-100, 104 _Prayer sticks_ or _ma‛tehiʹgun_ at Annual ceremony, 103; annointing of, 106 _Preachers_, native, reported by Zeisberger, 57 _Prince of Darkness_, 25. See _Evil Spirit_ _Prophecy_ of coming of white men, 121. See _Future_, _Visions_ _Propitiation_ to prevent misfortune, 199. See _Offering_, _Prayer_ _Pump-drill_, ceremonial fire made with, 86, 101; in Minsi ceremony, 131-132 _Pumpkins_, offering of, 144 _Purification_, by emetics, 57, 64, 79; by sacrifice, 144-145; by smoke, 105, 133, 144-145, 197; by stripes, 58; necessary to vision, 194. See _Piʹlsŭⁿ_ _Purple_ and white beads, 141 _Pw‛awaheʹgŭn_, Minsi term for drum, 140. See _Drum_