Comanche ethnography : field notes of E. Adamson Hoebel, Waldo R. Wedel, Gustav G. Carlson, and Robert H. Lowie / Edward Adamson Hoebel

List of PhotographsList of FiguresPreface PART ONE THE 1933 COMANCHE FIELD PARTY IntroductionThe 1933 Field Party Notes Herman Asenap, June 30-July 1Notes on a Comanche Funeral, July 1Quassyah, July 5Niyah, July 6Rhoda Asenap, July 7Niyah, July 7Herman Asenap, July 7Niyah, July 8 Niyah, July 10 Post Oak Jim, July 11 Post Oak Jim, July 12 Rhoda Asenap, July 12 Post Oak Jim, July 13 Post Oak Jim, July 14 Post Oak Jim, July 17 Post Oak Jim, July 18 Post Oak Jim, July 19George Koweno, July 21 Post Oak Jim, July 24 Post Oak Jim, July 25 Niyah, July 25 Unidentified Consultant, Undated Frank Chekovi, Undated I Post Oak Jim, July 26 Frank Chekovi, Undated II Niyah, July 27 Howard White Wolf, July 31 Nemaruibetsi, July 31 Nemaruibetsi, August 1 Howard White Wolf, August 1 Frank Chekovi, August 2 Howard White Wolf, August 2 Frank Chekovi, August 3 Howard White Wolf, August 3 Frank Chekovi, August 4 Howard White Wolf, August 4 Atauvich, August 7 Nemaruibetsi, August 8 Post Oak Jim, Undated Atauvich, August 9 Frank Chekovi, August 10 Frank Chekovi and Pedahny, August 11 Unidentified Consultant, August 10-12 Herkeyah, August 13 Herkeyah, August 14 Herkeyah, August 15 Frank Moetah, August 16 Quassyah, August Rhoda Asenap, Undated Post Oak Jim, Undated Tahsuda, Undated Frank Chekovi, Undated III Norton Tahquechi, Undated Teneverka, Undated Nemaruibetsi, Undated Herkeyah, Undated Howard White Wolf, Undated Ohataipa, Undated Unidentified Consultant, Undated Notes on Dances at Walters and Apache, Undated PART TWO ROBERT LOWIE'S 1912 FIELD TRIP Introduction Lowie's 1912 Field Notes APPENDIX A Sources of Ethnographic Information in Hoebel (1940) APPENDIX B Sources of Ethnographic Information in Wallace and Hoebel (1952) APPENDIX C Sources of Ethnobotanical Information in Carlson and Jones (1940) APPENDIX D Comanche Lexicon References Index

Offers traditional cultural information on Comanches. This work presents the Comanches' earlier world - religious stories, historical accounts, autobiographical remembrances, cosmology, the practice of war, everyday games, birth rituals, funerals, kinship relations, the organization of camps, material culture, and relations with other tribes.