——, North-West, contagious magic of footprints in, i. 210; the Chilcotin Indians of, i. 312; the Loucheux of, i. 356; artificial elongation of the head among the Indian tribes of, ii. 298; the Carrier Indians of, iv. 199; the Salish Indians of, viii. 80; the Tinneh Indians of, viii. 80; Indian tribes of, their masked dances, ix. 375 _sqq._; Secret Societies among the Indians of, ix. 377 _sqq._ ——, South, the Guarani of, i. 145; the Payaguas of, i. 330; power of medicine-men in, i. 358 _sqq._; the Itonamas of, iii. 31; custom of swallowing ashes of dead kinsfolk in, viii. 156 _sq._; the Palenques of, viii. 221; seclusion of girls at puberty among the Indians of, x. 56 _sqq._; effigies of Judas burnt at Easter in, x. 128; Midsummer fires in, x. 212 _sq._ _See also_ South America American Indians, power of medicine-men among the, i. 355 _sqq._; drive away the ghosts of the slain, iii. 170 _sq._; confession of sins among the, iii. 215 _sq._, 216 _n._ 2; personal names kept secret among the, iii. 324 _sqq._, 327 _sq._; their fear of naming the dead, iii. 351 _sqq._; relations of the dead change their names among the, iii. 357; changes in their languages caused by fear of naming the dead, iii. 360 _sq._; their Great Spirit, iv. 3; women’s agricultural work among the, vii. 120 _sqq._; their personification of maize, vii. 171 _sqq._; do not sharply distinguish between animals and men, viii. 204 _sqq._; their ceremonies at hunting bears, viii. 224 _sqq._; treat elans, deer, and elks with ceremonious respect, viii. 240; cut out the sinew of the thigh of deer which they kill, viii. 264. _See also_ North American Indians _and_ South American Indians American prairies, skulls of buffaloes awaiting resurrection on, viii. 256 Amestris, wife of Xerxes, her sacrifice of children, vi. 220 _sq._ Amethysts thought to keep their wearers sober, i. 165; in rain-charms, i. 345 Amiens, “killing the Cat” at harvest near, vii. 281 Amisus, in Pontus, ix. 421 _n._ 1 Ammerland, in Oldenburg, cart-wheel used as charm against witchcraft in, x. 345 _n._ 3 Ammon, the god, married to the queen of Egypt, ii. 130 _sqq._; human wives of, ii. 130 _sqq._, v. 72; regarded as the father of Egyptian gods, ii. 131; costume of, ii. 133; king of Egypt masqueraded as, ii. 133; high priests of, their usurpation of regal power, ii. 134; identified with the sun, vi. 123; rage of King Amenophis IV. against, vi. 124; at Thebes in Egypt, ram annually sacrificed to, viii. 41, 172; the Theban, represented with the body of a man and the head of a ram, viii. 172 _sq._ —— -Ra, king of the gods, ii. 132 Ammon (country), Hanun, king of, iii. 273; conquered by King David, iii. 273 ——, Milcom, the god of, v. 19 Ammonite, fossil, regarded as an embodiment of Vishnu, ii. 26, 27 _n._ 2