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Native American

Hupa Texts: Contents

| | MYTHS AND TALES. | | | | | PAGE | | I. | Yīmantūwiñyai.--Creator and Culture Hero | 96 | | II. | XaxōwilwaL.--Dug-from-the-ground | 135 | | III. | Xontcūwditcetc.--Rough-nose | 150 | | IV. | Yīnûkatsisdai.--He-lives-south | 157 | | V. | Naxkekōsnadūwûl.--Two-neck | 162 | | VI. | Litcūwdiñ.--At Sand-place They Lived | 169 | | VII. | Xonsadiñ Kûntcūwiltcwil.--Xonsadiñ Young Man | 174 | | VIII. | Datcwindiñ Xonaïswe.--Gooseberry-place Brush Dance | 179 | | IX. | Mīmedakût Kyūwintsit.--At Mīmetaktit She Pounded Acorns | 185 | | X. | Tōdiñ KeïtLō.--By the River She Made Baskets | 189 | | XI. | The Cause of the Lunar Eclipse | 195 | | XII. | Origin of Fire | 197 | | XIII. | The Coming of White Men (by McCann) | 198 | | XIV. | The Coming of White Men (by Nettie) | 200 | | | TEXTS RELATING TO THE DANCES AND FEASTS. | | | XV. | The Young Man who Threw Himself with the Arrow | 202 | | XVI. | The Scabby Young Man | 207 | | XVII. | The Passing of the Kīxûnai | 215 | | XVIII. | The Spoiling of the World | 220 | | XIX. | Formula of the Jumping Dance | 226 | | XX. | Prayer of the Priest at the Jumping Dance | 228 | | XXI. | Origin of the Jumping Dance | 229 | | XXII. | Formula of the Acorn Feast | 233 | | XXIII. | Formula used at the Tcexōltcwe Rocks | 233 | | XXIV. | Formula of the Spring Dance | 234 | | XXV. | Origin of the KinaLdûñ Dance | 237 | | XXVI. | Directions and Formula for the Brush Dance | 241 | | XXVII. | Formula for the Eel Medicine | 252 | | XXVIII. | Formula for the Salmon Medicine | 265 | | XXIX. | Formula of the Rain-rock Medicine | 270 | | | FORMULAS OF PRIVATE MEDICINES. | | | XXX. | Formula of Medicine for Pregnant Women (Deer's Medicine) | 275 | | XXXI. | Formula of Medicine for Pregnant Women (Bear's Medicine) | 276 | | XXXII. | Formula of Medicine for Childbirth | 278 | | XXXIII. | Formula of Medicine for the Birth of First Child | 280 | | XXXIV. | Formula of Medicine to Cause the Infant to Grow Fast | 286 | | XXXV. | Formula of Medicine to Cause the Infant to Grow Strong | 288 | | XXXVI. | Formula of Medicine to Insure Long Life for the Infant | 292 | | XXXVII. | Formula of Medicine to Protect Children in Strange Places | 299 | | XXXVIII. | Formula of Woman's Love Medicine | 305 | | XXXIX. | Formula of Medicine to Shorten Period of Exclusion after Menstruation | 310 | | XL. | Formula of Medicine for Going in Dangerous Places with a Canoe | 314 | | XLI. | Formula of Medicine for Going Among Rattlesnakes | 317 | | XLII. | Formula of a Deer Medicine | 319 | | XLIII. | Formula of a Deer Medicine | 321 | | XLIV. | Formula of Medicine for Making Baskets | 324 | | XLV. | Formula of Medicine for Wounds Made by Flint Arrowheads | 328 | | XLVI. | Formula of Medicine for Going to War | 332 | | XLVII. | Formula of Medicine for Acquiring Wealth | 336 | | XLVIII. | Formula of Medicine for Green Vomit | 340 | | XLIX. | Formula of Medicine for Spoiled Stomach | 346 | | L. | Formula of Medicine for Purification of One Who has Buried the Dead (Mary Marshall) | 351 | | LI. | Formula of Medicine for Purification of One Who has Buried the Dead (Lily Hostler) | 360 |