CHAPTER VII.
Mental and Moral Characteristics.

The terrible Apaches 100. — The timid Hare 102. — In the west 104. — The chief
5. — The Dénés’ fondness for exaggeration 107. — Their
— Their great honesty 113.

characteristics of the nation 10
shrewdness 109. — Their receptiveness 110. — Their cruelty 111.
— Scinduntur doctores 115. — Their morals 118. — Minor traits of their character 120.

CHAPTER VIII.
Economic Conditions.

General condition of the Northern Dénés 122. — Necessity the mother of invention 123.

— Deer the staple food of the Northeastern Dénés 124. — Other species of game 126. —
Smaller game 127. — The musk-ox 128. — Feathered game 130. — Famine 131. — Canni-

balism 133. — Treatment of the weak 134. -- Brighter conditions in the south 136.

CHAPTER IX.
Habitations.
The Dénés nomadic 138. — Summer habitations of the Northern Dénés 139. — Summer
houses of the Western Dénés 141. — Winter habitations 144. — Circular huts or tents 146.

— Home furnishing and etiquette 148. — Outbuildings 149.

CHAPTER X.
Cooking and Eating.

Unspeakable dishes 152. — Other queer dishes 154. — Cooking 156. — Gorman-
dizing 158. — Food preserving 160. — Drinking 161. — Smoking and snuffing 163.

CHAPTER XI.

Hunting.
A criterion of tribal status 165. -- The fur-bearing game of the Dénés 166. — Modes
of hunting 168. — The chase 169. — Impounding 170. — Decoying 172. — Snaring 173. —

Beaver hunting 177. — Trapping 179. — Observances of the hunter 180. — Game laws and
etiquette of the hunter 183.
CHAPTER XII.
Fishing.

Fishes and fish names 185. — Ichthyophobia in the south 186. —- Fish-nets 187. —
Fishtraps 189. — Other fishing methods 192. — Fishing observances 194.

CHAPTER Xill.
Other Occupations.

Berries in the north 196. — Berry picking and preserving 197. — Esculent roots and
plants 200. — Occupations of the Hupa women 201. — Sheep tending and agriculture 202.

— Occupations according to the seasons 203.