Beads of other materials 219, 232, 235 shell 219 , Classification of 219 discoidal in form 221 , Kinds of, used in belts 247 , Manner of stringing 234, 236, 244, 248 , Manufacture of 236 , by whites 238 massive in form 223 , Mnemonic use of 240, 254 or "Runtees" 228 , Perforated 219 tubular in form 226 used as money 219, 233 ornaments 219, 230, 234 Beatty, Charles, describes wampum belts 250 Beauchamp, W. M., Beads sketched by 228 , on belts of wampum 252 strings of wampum 248 Belts, wampum, Character of the patterns woven into 240, 246, 248 , Dimensions of 250, 253 , Keeper of the Iroquois 241, 244 made by Indian women 249 , Manufacture of 248 , Method of handling, in councils 241, 246 , Number of beads in 233, 251 , Profuse use of 242 , Rarity of, in collections 249 ; the Penn belt 253 , Use of, as mnemonic records 240, 254 , W. A. Brice on use and repudiation of 242, 246 Beverly, R., describes shell beads 229 money 237 pendants 256 spoon 201 , mentions shell knives 202 tweezers 212 Bird; carving of eagle's head 285 , Embodiment of the, in art 280 engraved on bone 284 stone 284 shell gorgets 280 , Examples of the, engraved on shell gorgets 281 , Gold ornament representing head of 285 , Myths of the 280 , Significant character of the, in engraved designs 281, 284 , Species of, represented 282, 284 , Superstitions in regard to the 280 , The Dakotas' thunder 281 , Totemic use of the 284 Bourke, Lieut. John G., on Moqui shell vessels 193 Bowers, Stephen, Shell objects collected by 209, 226 Brakebill mound 215, 275, 292, 296 Brice, W. A., on repudiation of wampum 246 use of wampum belts 242 Brinton, D. G., on the origin of the cross 270 Busycon shells, Columellæ of, used as pendants 209, 258 pins 213 , Gorgets derived from 273, 276, 282, 290, 292, 294, 296 , Pendants derived from 209, 259 , Perforated plates derived from 265 used as beads 220, 224 celts 204 vessels 194, 197 weapons 211 in the arts 191