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government, 69
rites, 72, 126, 127, 147
calendar, 74
worship of cross, 95
names of cardinal points, 93
worship of birds, 102, 106, 107
of serpents, 111
myths, 132, 133, 134, 138, 144, 156, 171, 181, 205, 214 sq., 227,
240, 246, 248, 252, 258
priests, 282
prayers, 292
Aztlan, 181
Bacab, Maya gods, 80
Baptism, 125 seq.
Bimini, 87
Bird, symbol of, 101 sq., 195 sq., 229, 254
Blue, symbolic meaning of, 47
Bochica, 183
Boiuca, a mythical isle, 87
Bones, preservation of, 255
soul in the, 257
Botocudos, 123, 201
Brasseur, Abbe, his works, 41
Brazilian tribes, 102, 134, 250
(See _Tupis_, _Botocudos_.)
Busk, a Creek festival, 71, 96
Caddoes, 93, 203
Camaxtli, 158
Cardinal points, adoration of, 67 sq.
names of, 93 sq.
Caribs, 32
theory of lightning, 104, 114
myths and rites, 145, 184, 223, 237, 244, 256
priests, 282
Catequil. (See _Apocatequil_.)
Centeotl, goddess of maize, 22, 134
Chac, Maya gods, 80
Chalchihuitlycue, an Aztec god, 123
Chantico, an Aztec god, 138
Cherokees, location, 25
name of God, 51
serpent myth, 115
baptism, 128
deluge, 205
priests, 281
Chia, goddess of Muyscas, 134
Chichimec, 139 n.
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