Produced by Louise Hope, Carlo Traverso, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) at http://gallica.bnf.fr * * * * * Smithsonian Institution--Bureau of Ethnology. THE SEMINOLE INDIANS OF FLORIDA. by CLAY MacCAULEY. * * * * * CONTENTS. Page. Letter of transmittal 475 Introduction 477 CHAPTER I. Personal characteristics 481 Physical characteristics 481 Physique of the men 481 Physique of the women 482 Clothing 482 Costume of the men 483 Costume of the women 485 Personal adornment 486 Hairdressing 466 Ornamentation of clothing 487 Use of beads 487 Silver disks 488 Ear rings 488 Finger rings 489 Silver vs. gold 489 Crescents 489 Me-le 489 Psychical characteristics 490 Ko-nip-ha-tco 492 Intellectual ability 493 CHAPTER II. Seminole society 495 The Seminole family 495 Courtship 496 Marriage 496 Divorce 498 Childbirth 497 Infancy 497 Childhood 498 Seminole dwellings-- I-ful-lo-ha-tco’s house 499 Home life 503 Food 504 Camp fire 505 Manner of eating 505 Amusements 506 The Seminole gens 507 Fellowhood 508 The Seminole tribe 508 Tribal organization 508 Seat of government 508 Tribal officers 509 Name of tribe 509