The Euahlayi Tribe

A Study of Aboriginal Life in Australia

by

K. Langloh Parker

CONTENTS

[INTRODUCTION]
I. [INTRODUCTORY]
II. [THE ALL FATHER, BYAMEE]
III. [RELATIONSHIPS AND TOTEMS]
IV. [THE MEDICINE MEN]
V. [MORE ABOUT THE MEDICINE MEN AND LEECHCRAFT]
VI. [OUR WITCH WOMAN]
VII. [BIRTH—BETROTHAL—AN ABORIGINAL GIRL FROM INFANCY TO WOMANHOOD]
VIII. [THE TRAINING OF A BOY UP TO BOORAH PRELIMINARIES]
IX. [THE BOORAH AND OTHER MEETINGS]
X. [CHIEFLY AS TO FUNERALS AND MOURNING]
XI. [SOMETHING ABOUT STARS AND LEGENDS]
XII. [THE TRAPPING OF GAME]
XIII. [FORAGING AND COOKING]
XIV. [COSTUMES AND WEAPONS]
XV. [THE AMUSEMENTS OF BLACKS]
XVI. [BUSH BOGIES AND FINIS]

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

By one of the Euahlayi Tribe (Omitted from etext)

A NATIVE CARRYING A MESSAGE-STICK
TWO NATIVES READY FOR A CORROBOREE
THE FUNERAL OF A NATIVE. A BARK COFFIN
A NATIVE SINGING TO HIS OWN ACCOMPANIMENT
A NATIVE GRINDING GRASS SEED ON A DAYOORL-STONE
A NATIVE WITH SHIELD AND WADDY IN FRONT OF HIS CAMP