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PREFACE CONTENTS HIDATSA ALPHABET

AGRICULTURE OF THE HIDATSA INDIANS AN INDIAN INTERPRETATION

FOREWORD CHAPTER I TRADITION CHAPTER II BEGINNING A GARDEN

Turtle Clearing Fields Dispute and Its Settlement Turtle Breaking Soil Turtle’s Primitive Tools Beginning a Field in Later Times Trees in the Garden Our West Field Burning Over the Field

CHAPTER III SUNFLOWERS

Remark by Maxi´diwiac Planting Sunflowers Varieties Harvesting the Seed Threshing Harvesting the Mapi´-na´ka Effect of Frost Parching the Seed Four-vegetables-mixed Sunflower-seed Balls

CHAPTER IV CORN

Planting A Morning’s Planting Soaking the Seed Planting for a Sick Woman Size of Our Biggest Field Na´xu and Nu´cami Hoeing The Watchers’ Stage Explanation of Sketch of Watchers’ Stage Sweet Grass’s Sun Shade The Watchers Booths Eating Customs Youths’ and Maidens’ Customs Watchers’ Songs Clan Cousins’ Custom Story of Snake-head-ornament Green Corn and Its Uses

The Ripening Ears Second Planting for Green Corn Cooking Fresh Green Corn Roasting Ears Mätu´a-la´kapa Corn Bread Drying Green Corn for Winter

Mapë´di (Corn Smut)

Mapë´di Harvest and Uses

The Ripe Corn Harvest

Husking Rejecting Green Ears Braiding Corn The Smaller Ears Drying the Braided Ears

Seed Corn

Selecting the Seed Keeping Two Years’ Seed

Threshing Corn

The Booth Order of the Day’s Work The Cobs Winnowing Removing the Booth Threshing Braided Corn Amount of Harvest Sioux Purchasing Corn

Varieties of Corn

Description of Varieties How Corn Travels

Uses of the Varieties

Atạ´ki Tso´ki Atạ´ki Tsï´di Tso´ki and Tsï´di Tapä´ Other Soft Varieties Ma´ikadicakĕ General Characteristics of the Varieties Fodder Yield Developing New Varieties

Sport Ears

Names and Description

CHAPTER V SQUASHES

Planting Squashes

Sprouting the Seed Planting the Sprouted Seed Harvesting the Squashes Slicing the Squashes Squash Spits Spitting the Slices In Case of Rain Drying and Storing Squash Blossoms

Cooking and Uses of Squash

The First Squashes Other Blossom Messes

Seed Squashes

Selecting for Seed Gathering the Seed Squashes Cooking the Ripe Squashes Saving the Seed Eating the Seeds Roasting Ripe Squashes Storing the Unused Seed Squashes Squashes, Present Seed Squash Dolls

CHAPTER VI BEANS

Planting Beans Putting in the Seeds Hoeing and Cultivating Threshing Varieties Selecting Seed Beans Cooking and Uses

CHAPTER VII STORING FOR WINTER

The Cache Pit Grass for Lining Grass Bundles The Grass Binding Rope Drying the Grass Bundles The Willow Floor The Grass Lining Skin Bottom Covering Storing the Cache Pit The Puncheon Cover Cache Pits in Small Ankle’s Lodge

First Account A Second Account on Another Day Diagram of Small Ankle’s Lodge

CHAPTER VIII THE MAKING OF A DRYING STAGE

Stages in Like-a-fishhook Village Cutting the Timbers Digging the Post Holes Raising the Frame The Floor Staying Thongs Ladder Enlarging the Stage Present Stages Building, Women’s Work Measurements of Stage Drying Rods Other Uses of the Drying Stage

CHAPTER IX TOOLS

Hoe Rakes Squash Knives

CHAPTER X FIELDS AT LIKE-A-FISHHOOK VILLAGE

East-Side Fields East Side Fences Idikita´c’s Garden Fields West of the Village West-Side Fence Crops, Our First Wagon

CHAPTER XI MISCELLANEA

Divisions Between Gardens Fallowing, Ownership of Gardens Frost in the Gardens Maxi´diwiac’s Philosophy of Frost Men Helping in the Field Sucking the Sweet Juice Corn as Fodder for Horses Disposition of Weeds The Spring Clean-up Manure Worms Wild Animals About Old Tent Covers

CHAPTER XII SINCE WHITE MEN CAME

How We Got Potatoes and Other Vegetables The New Cultivation Iron Kettles

CHAPTER XIII TOBACCO

Observations by Maxi´diwiac The Tobacco Garden Planting Arrow-head-earring’s Tobacco Garden Small Ankle’s Cultivation Harvesting the Blossoms Harvesting the Plants Selling to the Sioux Size of Tobacco Garden Customs Accessories to the Tobacco Garden

Fence The Scrotum Basket

FOOTNOTES

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