[134] Rau: Archæological Collection of the National Museum, p. 33. [135] The handsome illustrations presented in the accompanying plates were mostly drawn by Miss Kate C. Osgood, who has no superior in this class of work. [136] Jones: Aboriginal Remains of Tennessee, pp. 42-3. [137] Jones: Antiquities of the Southern Indians, pp. 373-5. [138] Anderson, in the Cincinnati Quarterly Journal of Science, October, 1875, p. 378. [139] Abbott: Primitive Industry, pp. 70, 72, and 73. [140] _Ibid._, p. 207. [141] Since this paragraph has been in type I have seen the specimen, and find that the looped figure is clearly defined. [142] Kingsborough: vol. II, Plate 20. [143] Let any one who thinks lightly of such a work undertake, without machinery or well-adapted appliances, to cut a groove or notch even, in a moderately compact specimen of _Busycon_, and he will probably increase his good opinion of the skill and patience of the ancient workman if he does nothing else. [144] E. G. Squier: Serpent Symbol, page 69, quoting MSS. of J. H. Payne. [145] I am very much indebted to Prof. F. F. Hilder, of Saint Louis, for photographs of three of these specimens as well as for much information in regard to their history. [146] Croswell, in Transactions Academy of Science of Saint Louis, vol. III, p. 537. [147] Jones: Antiquities of the Southern Indian, plate XXX. [148] Archæological Collection of the National Museum, p. 69. [149] Squier: Peru, p. 186. [150] Bancroft: Native Races of the Pacific States, vol. IV., p. 37. [151] Carr, in Tenth Annual Report Peabody Museum, p. 87. [152] Jones: Antiquities of the Southern Indians, p. 430. [153] Schoolcraft: Notes on the Iroquois, p. 235. [154] Kingsborough, Vol. III, pl. 22. INDEX. Abbott, C. C., describes bird totems 284 Adair, James, describes shell tweezers 212 , on use of shell money 237 Agricultural implements. (_See_ Implements.) Amiantis shells, Manufacture of beads from 226 Art, Antiquity of shell works of 187 , Burial of shell works of 187 , Evolution of 185, 192, 202, 210, 213, 225 , Inception of 186 , Materials employed in 185, 188 , Preservation of shell works of 186 Asphaltum used by California Indians 191, 209, 218 Atwater, Caleb, describes shell necklace 231 vessel 197