The North-Americans of yesterday : $b a comparative study of North-American Indian life, customs, and products, on the theory of the ethnic unity of the raceDellenbaugh, Frederick Samuel
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The North-Americans of yesterday : $b a comparative study of North-American Indian life, customs, and products, on the theory of the ethnic unity of the race
Dellenbaugh, Frederick Samuel
Indians of Mexico; Indians of North America
Earthworks, Cahokia mound, 342;
connected with agriculture, 338;
Etowah group, 337, 346;
foundations for houses, 338;
method of construction, 342;
Newark group, 346
East Mesa, 378
Effigy jars, 119
Eldorado myth, 403
Election of Aztec chief, 424
Election of chiefs, 418
Elephant mound, 334;
pipe, 172
Elephant’s trunks, 190
Elopement, 383
Emblem of peace, 364
Embroidery, 153
Enchanted mesa, 408
Eskimo, boots, 158;
cloak, 159;
clothing, 156, 158;
derivation of term, 32;
dog harness, 278;
drum, 313;
fuel, 275;
house, 217, 219, 221;
lamp, 169, 274;
language, 36;
light from lamp, 276;
not in Alaska 500 years back, 428;
southern range of, 273;
wick for lamp, 276
Estufa, not a sweat-house, 375
Etchings, rock-scratchings incorrectly called, 180
Eternal fires, 252
Etowah mound, 337, 346
F
Fabric-marked pottery, 109
Face decoration, 366
Farming, 336
Farm products, 247, 338
Feather, garments, 134, 137, 138;
mail, 134;
mantles, 138
Feather-work, method of making, 137
Feathered, horned serpent, 63
Fetich, of what consisting, 420
Fire-drill, 250, 252;
by friction, 368, 370;
eternal, 252
Firing pottery, 100
Five Nations (or Tribes), 212, 425
Flageolet, 308
Flax, 130
Flint Ridge, 264
Flood stories, 407, 408
Floods, 439
Flute, 308
Fondness for singing, 318
Football, Eskimo, 326
Foot-races, 323
Forbidden food, 373
Foreign influence, no, 247
Fort Ancient, 344
Fortifications, 344
Fraudulent implements, 49
Funeral, jars, 112;
urns, 190
Fur companies, methods of, 363
G
Gallantry, 387
Gallatin’s work, 20–26
Gambling, 323
Games, 320
Garments, primitive, 126
Garters, 133
Gauntlet, running the, 366
Genesis, myth of the Mokis, 403
Gens, 414;
basis of, 419;
definition of, 414;
privileges of, and obligations, 419
Gentes, 414
Gentile system, 414
Georgia costume, 141
Gesture language, 26
Ghost dance, 316, 399
Ghost-shirt, 156, 262
Gilded man, the myth of, 403
Glacial period, cause of, 435
Glaciation, duration of, 435;
extent of, in North America, 435
Glue, 303, 305
God-houses of the Huichols, 409
Gold, alloy, 301;
plating, 302
Government, 414
Governor’s palace, Uxmal, 244
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