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Bibliographical references have been almost entirely rele gated to the Notes, Where the sources for each section Will be found, thus avoiding the typographical disfigurement Which footnotes entail. The plan, it is believed, will enable a ready identification of any passage desired, and at the same time Will give a convenient key for the several treatments of related topics. The Bibliography gives the sources upon which the text is chiefly based, chapter for chapter. Other references, inci dentally quoted, are given in the Notes. The critical reader's attention is called, in particular, to Note I, dealing With the difficult question Of nomenclature and spelling. The author has made no attempt to present a complete bibliography of American Indian mythology. For further references the litera ture given in the Bibliographical Guides should be consulted.