Introductory Note

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Frontispiece 6
3. Preface 11
4. Introduction 13
5. Hupa Texts, with Notes and Lexicon
6. Contents 21
7. Preface 25
8. Key to the Orthography 31
9. Alphabetical Order 33
10. I. CEREMONIES
11. 1. The White Deerskin Dance (Sam Brown) 35
12. 2. The Jump Dance (Sam Brown) 55
13. 3. The Origin of the Jump Dance (Mary Marshall) 72
14. 4. The Origin of the Misq’id Jump Dance (Jake Hostler) 76
15. 5. The Acorn Feast (Sam Brown) 84
16. 6. The First Salmon Ceremony (John Shoemaker) 99
17. 7. The Origin of the First Salmon Ceremony (John Shoemaker) 103
18. 8. Bathing the Rain Rock at Sugar Bowl (John Shoemaker) 109
19. 9. Formula for Bathing the Rain Rock (John Shoemaker) 113
20. 10. The Flower Dance (Sam Brown) 118
21. 11. The Origin of the Flower Dance (Sam Brown) 135
22. 12. The Brush Dance (Sam Brown) 147
23. II. TRADITIONAL LIFE
24. 13. How to Treat Babies (Emma Frank) 159
25. 14. Traditional Standards of Beauty (Emma Frank) 167
26. 15. Tattooing (Sam Brown) 170
27. 16. Rules of Etiquette (Emma Frank) 175
28. 17. How to Ensure a Long Life (Sam Brown) 179
29. 18. Insults and Bad Behavior (Sam Brown) 181
30. 19. A Jump Dance Sermon (Sam Brown) 185
31. 20. When there is a Death (Sam Brown) 188
32. 21. How to Gather and Prepare Acorns (Sam Brown) 194
33. 22. How Basketry Roots are Gathered and Baskets Woven (Sam Brown) 208
34. 23. How to Handle Firewood in the Old-Fashioned Way (Emma Frank) 217
35. III. DOCTORING AND THE SPIRIT WORLD
36. 24. How I Became a Doctor (Emma Frank) 223
37. 25. Emma Frank’s Method of Doctoring (Emma Frank) 230
38. 26. How Silis Became a Doctor (Sam Brown) 238
39. 27. Silis’ Vision of Hell (Sam Brown) 251
40. 28. Silis Loses and Finds her Pipe (Sam Brown) 257
41. 29. The Kick Dance (Sam Brown) 260
42. 30. How I Became Fond of Kick Dancing (Sam Brown) 268
43. 31. K’yiłwe· Sickness is Taken Out (Sam Brown) 274
44. 32. Hunting Magic and Prayers for Deer (Sam Brown) 280
45. 33. A Vision of Sam Brown’s (Sam Brown) 283
46. 34. Power Over the Grizzly Bear (Sam Brown) 292
47. 35. Training for Striking Fear into the Grizzly Bear (Sam Brown) 300
48. 36. The Afterworld (Sam Brown) 303
49. IV. MEDICINE FORMULAS
50. Introductory Note 305
51. 37. To Cure Vomit and Passing of Blood (Emma Frank) 307
52. 38. For Sickness (Jake Hostler) 312
53. 39. For a Menstruating Woman to Shorten her Period (Emma Frank) 315
54. 40. Pronounced over a Child to make him Wealthy and Brave (Emma Frank) 320
55. 41. To Purify one who has Handled a Corpse (John Shoemaker) 327
56. 42. To Induce Forgiveness (Mary Marshall) 342
57. 43. For War (Sam Brown) 344
58. 44. The Ugly Dog, a Medicine Formula for Love (John Shoemaker) 349
59. 45. A Woman’s Love Medicine for Getting a Man (Emma Frank) 352
60. 46. A Man’s Love Medicine (Emma Frank) 356
61. 47. For a Man who Desires Wealth and Success in Love (John Shoemaker) 362
62. 48. For Wealth (John Shoemaker) 366
63. 49. The Dawn Maiden (Sam Brown) 371
64. 50. Big Dentalia Comes to the Redwood People (Mary Marshall) 374
65. V. PRAYERS
66. Introductory Note 377
67. 51. Prayer for Good Luck (Emma Frank) 378
68. 52. Prayer to the Sun (Emma Frank) 379
69. 53. Prayer in Going Over the Trails in the Mountains (Emma Frank) 380
70. 54. Prayer to the Acorn Feast Ground of Hostler Ranch (Sam Brown) 382
71. 55. Prayer to Yimantiwʔwinyay’s Resting Place (Sam Brown) 384
72. 56. A Night Prayer (John Shoemaker) 386
73. VI. MYTHS AND TALES
74. 57. Salmon’s Grandmother (Sam Brown) 387
75. 58. Salmon’s Grandmother and Timber Robin (Sam Brown) 394
76. 59. Water Dog and Acorn Worm (Sam Brown) 397
77. 60. Iris and Panther (Oscar Brown) 405
78. 61. Coyote and Frog (Emma Frank) 408
79. 62. Three Tales of Little Woodpecker (Emma Frank) 412
80. 63. Salmon-Trout is Doctored by Bluejay and Hummingbird (Jake Hostler) 430
81. 64. A Story of the South Wind (Sam Brown) 433
82. 65. The Lake Whale (Sam Brown) 437
83. 66. The Rival Wives (Mary Marshall) 438
84. 67. The Two Brothers (John Shoemaker) 446
85. 68. The One who Established a Medicine at Miyimida q’id, and his Grandmother (Emma Frank) 450
86. 69. The Hated Suitor (Jake Hostler) 468
87. VII. LEGENDS AND TRADITIONAL HISTORY
88. 70. How Ear Aches Started at Meʔdildiŋ (Sam Brown) 479
89. 71. The Acorn Provider Saves Weitchpec (Sam Brown) 486
90. 72. Two Young Men Do Indian Deviling (Jake Hostler) 490
91. 73. The Village that Blasphemed (Sam Brown) 497
92. 74. How a Man was Destroyed at New River (Sam Brown) 499
93. 75. How a Tattooed-Face Stole a Woman (John Shoemaker) 505
94. 76. The Chimariko Attack a Hupa Village (Sam Brown) 509
95. 77. A War Between the Hupa and Yurok (Sam Brown) 515
96. LINGUISTIC NOTES TO THE TEXTS 1.1. - 15.12. 531
97. LINGUISTIC NOTES TO THE TEXTS 15.13. - 36.4. 581
98. LINGUISTIC NOTES TO THE TEXTS 36.5. - 63.18. 631
99. LINGUISTIC NOTES TO THE TEXTS 63.19. - 77.132. 681
100. ANALYTIC LEXICON
101. Introductory Note 725
102. Element List (with Sean O’Neill). Part I 727
103. Element List (with Sean O’Neill). Part II 777
104. Morphological Outline 813
105. ETHNOGRAPHIC LEXICON
106. Introductory Note 873
107. General Glossary. Part I 875
108. General Glossary. Part II 930
109. Kinship Terminology 999
110. Yurok Texts (edited by Howard Berman) 1015
111. Chimariko Linguistic Material (edited by Howard Berman) 1039
112. Appendix: Reports on Sapir's Northwest California Work Letters from the field to A. L. Kroeber 1081
113. Letters to J.P. Harrington regarding work on Chimariko 1090
114. An Expedition to Ancient America 1094
115. A Summary Report of Field Work among the Hupa, Summer 1927 1097
116. Reminiscences about Edward Sapir (Fang-Kuei Li) 1099
117. References 1101
118. Index 1113
119. Backmatter 1121