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Picture-Writing of the American Indians

INDEX.

Reading edition

[The names of authors and works which appear in the List of Works and Authors cited (pp. 777-808) are not included in this index.]

A.

Abacus, a mnemonic device of Chinese and Greeks, 226

Abiqui, New Mexico, petroglyphs near, 97

Abnaki Indians, study of pictographs of, XII

petroglyphs of, 32

gods of, presiding over petroglyphs, 32

birch-bark pictographs of, 201, 213-214, 468-469

wikhegan, or birch-bark letter of, 330-331

notices of direction and time used by, 334

notice of condition used by, 347

masks worn as insignia of authority by women of, 425

designation of Queen Victoria by, 443

Absaroka or Crow Indians, tribal designations of, 380

sign for medicine man of, 466

war color of, 631

headdress of, 753-755

Abstract ideas expressed pictorially, 584-607

After, 585;

age, 585-586;

bad, 586;

before, 586;

big, 586-587;

center, 587;

deaf, 587;

direction, 588;

disease, 588-590;

fast, 590;

fear, 590-591;

freshet, 591-592;

good, 592;

high, 592-593;

lean, 593-594;

little, 594-595;

lone, 595-596;

many, much, 596;

obscure, 597;

opposition, 597-598;

possession, 598;

prisoner, 598-600;

short, 600;

sight, 600-601;

slow, 601;

tall, 601-602;

trade, 602;

union, 602-603;

whirlwind, 603-604;

winter, cold, snow, 603-606.

Accounting, pictographic methods of, 259-264

Africa, petroglyphs in, 178-185

message of peace used in, 361

aroko or symbolic letters used in, 371-374

cowries of, 374-375

message of complaint for debt used in, 374-375

tattooing in, 415-416

scarification in, 417

property marks in, 442

mourning ceremony in, 630

war colors in, 633

After, pictographs for, 585

Age, pictographs for, 585-586

Ahuitzotzin, Mexican emperor, pictograph for, 134-135

Ainos, tattooing among, 412-413

inscriptions probably made by, 185-186

Alaskan Indians, petroglyphs of, 47

notices of hunt by, 332-333

notices of direction by, 333-334

notices of condition by, 350-353

tattoo of, 402-405

mythic drawings on ivory by, 476-477

shamanism of, 497-500

shaman’s lodge of, 507-508

votive offering to the dead by, 519

grave-posts of, 520-521

pictographic records of customs of, 541-542

biographic records of, 581-582

signal of discovery by, 645

Alfara, Anastasio, gold ornaments from Costa Rica donated by, XXII

Algeria, petroglyphs in, at Tyout and Moghar, 178-179

Algonquian bibliography, work on, XX-XXI

Algonquian Indians, petroglyphs by, 106, 109-110, 111, 112

wampum belts of, 228-229

military drill of, 258

insignia of military rank of, 258

pictographic notice of departure and return by, 330

declaration of war by, 358

invitation sticks of, 364-365

emblems of, 377

tribal designation of, 378-379

grave-posts of, 517-518

record of battle by, 554-555

record of victory by, 557-558

mourning color of, 629

colors of war and peace of, 631

petroglyphs of, 676-680

hair dressing of, 755

Alton, Illinois, petroglyphs near, 80

Amalecite Indians, birch-bark notice of trip by, 334-336

tribal emblem of, 379

Amazon, decorative body painting by Indians on the, 620

America, North, petroglyphs in, 37-140

American horse, winter count of, 269

Andaman islanders, head decoration of, 222

tattoo of, 418

decoration of head by, 621

Annamite tradition concerning tattoo, 413

Anthropological Institute of New York, pictographs published by, 106

Apache Indians, izze-cloth or medicine cord of, 225

time records of, 258-259

charms and amulets of, 502-503

hair dressing of women of, 755

drawings of, compared with German sketches, 740

Appointment, records of, 257-258

Appun, C. F., sculptured rock described by, 147-148

Arabs, tattooing among, 414

Arapaho Indians, tribal designation of, 381

gesture signs of, 643

Arch Spring, near Zuñi, New Mexico, petroglyphs at, 96

Arequipa, Peru, petroglyphs near, 157-159

Argentine republic, petroglyphs in, 157

Arikara or Ree Indians, pictographs on wood by, 214

decorating and coloring of skins by, 220

tribal designations of, 381-385

sign of achievement by, 436

property marks of, 441

hunting and other pictographs of, 537, 538

conventional device of, for dead man, 660

Arison, William, pictographs copied by, 111

Arizona, work in, XVII

petroglyphs in, 48-51, 476, 512, 682-683

Armenia, inscriptions on tombstones in, 524

colors used for mourning in, 630

Aroko, or symbolic letters of West Africa, 371-374

Artificial objects, pictographs on, 215-217

Aruba island, West Indies, petroglyphs in, 139-140

Asheville, North Carolina, petroglyphs near, 99

Asia, petroglyphs in, 185-188

Assiniboin, Montana, rock pictures in, 33

Assiniboin tribal designation, 381

Athapascan dialects of Oregon, linguistic study of, XIX

Athapascan Indians, chart-making by, 341

practice of tattoo by, 395

emblem of, 612

Atosis, Abnaki myth of, 471

Australia, petroglyphs in, 161-165

Australian natives, decoration of body with feathers by, 207

pictographs on skins by, 219

songs and song writers of, 250

messengers and mode of invitation of, 368, 369

message sticks of, 369-371

scarification of, 416-417

messengers of vengeance (pinya) of, 433

mythic personages of, 489-490

charm of fetich of, 504

Australian natives, magic and initiation ceremonies of, 513-514

messenger of death of, 525

ceremonial use of color by, 628

mourning ceremony of, 630

war colors of, 633

conventional representations by, 652-653

wommeras and clubs of, 753

Authors and works cited, list of, 777-808

Ava, Illinois, petroglyphs near, 77

Aztec inscription, Mexico, 133-134

Azuza Canyon, California, rock paintings in, 69, 354-356

B.

Babylonians, significance of color among, 622

Bad, pictographs for, 586

Bahama islands, petroglyphs in, 137-139

Bailey, Vernon, petroglyphs reported by, 117

Bald Friar rock, Maryland, petroglyphs on, 83-86

Bandelier, A., petroglyphs reported and sketched by, 98, 131

Bantry bay, Australia, petroglyphs at, 164-165

Bark, pictographs on, 213

Barnes, Mr., petroglyphs reported by, 64

Barnesville Track rock, Ohio, 102-104

Barre, Wisconsin, petroglyphs at, 126

Barrés Indians of Brazil, dyes used by, 222

Barton, W. E., petroglyphs described by, 81

Battiste Good, Winter Count of, 268-269, 287-328

revelation of, 289-290

Baskets, pictographs on, 217

Basutoland, South Africa, petroglyphs in, 182-183

Battle records, 554-566

Iroquois and Algonkin, 554-555, 556

Ojibwa, 556-557

Algonkin, 557-558

French, from Indian account, 558

from Winter Counts, 561-563

of Little Bighorn, 563-566

Before, pictographs for, 589

Bella Coola Indians, ceremonial dress of, 431

Bendire, Capt. Charles, petroglyphs reported by, 122

Bengal, account sticks or strings used by natives of, 264

Benton, Owens Valley, Cal., petroglyphs near, 58

Big, pictographs for, 586-587

Big Indian Rock, Pennsylvania, 106-107

Big Road, Oglala chief, 420

Bilqula Indians, tattoo of, 407

Biography, pictographic forms of, 571-582

classification of, 571

continuous record, 571-575

particular events, 575-582

Birchbark pictographs, Abnaki, 201, 213-214, 468-469

Amalecite, 334-336

Blackfeet Indians, figures sketched by, 130

Black Rock spring, near Milford, Utah, petroglyphs at, 117

Blake, Lady Edith, petroglyphs described and sketched by, 137-139

Boas, Franz, work of, XXIII

Bone, pictographs on, 206

Book cliff canyon, Utah, petroglyphs in, 117

Borneo, mourning color used in, 630

Borrinqueños, ancient inhabitants of Puerto Rico, 137

Brazil, petroglyphs in, 150-157, 689, 691, 692

cup sculptures in, 195-196

tattoo in, 407

Brazilian petroglyphs, compared with Spanish petroglyphs, 690

British Columbia, petroglyphs in, 44-48

British Guiana, dyes used by Indians of, 222

petroglyphs in, 686-687

British islands, cup sculptures in, 189

Brittany, France, petroglyphs in, 176-177

methods of account-keeping in, 264

Broken leg, pictographic representation of, 716-717

Brown, C. Barrington, rock paintings mentioned by, 144

Brown, L. W., petroglyphs reported by, 111, 112

Brown, Mrs. Wallace myths related by, 468

Browns cave, La Crosse valley, Wisconsin, petroglyphs in, 126

Browns valley, Minnesota, petroglyphs in, 90

Browns valley, South Dakota, petroglyphs near, 114

Brulé Dakota, tribal designation of, 382

origin of, as pictographically recorded, 567

Burmah, tattooing in, 413

Bushmen, inscriptions by, 180-183

C.

Cachoeira do Riberão, Brazil, petroglyphs on, 150-151

Caïcara, Venezuela, sculptured rock near, 148

California, linguistic work in, XIV-XV, XVI-XVII

petroglyphs in, 52-72

gesture signs in petroglyphs of, 637-639

California Indians, pictographs by, on feather blankets, 207

coloring matter used by, 221

method of keeping accounts of, 262-263

mode of challenge of, 362

mode of collecting debts by, 374

tattoo of, 406

face painting by, 619

emblems of royalty, of 633

Canada, linguistic work in, XVII

petroglyphs in, 37-45

Canadian Indians, quill pictographs of, 207

Canary islands, pictographs of, compared with California petroglyphs, 58, 59

petroglyphs in, 183-185

Canyon de Chelly, New Mexico, petroglyphs in, 96

Canyon Segy, Arizona, petroglyphs in, 50

Cara Pintada, Mexico, 131

Cardinal points, colors attributed to, 623-626

Carisa plain, California, petroglyphs in, 68

Carson river, petroglyphs on, 92

Catlin, George, cited, 741

Cayuga Indians, tree-carvings by, 213

Cayuga lake, pictographs on, 213

Cayuse vocabulary obtained, XIV

Ceará, Brazil, petroglyphs in, 155-157

Center, pictographs for, 587

Central America, petroglyphs in, 141-142

Chaleur Bay, face decoration of Indian women of, 220

Challenge, pictographic form of, 362

Chalk grade, Owens valley, California, petroglyphs at, 58, 59

Chandeswar, India, cup sculptures at, 196

Charencey, Count de, cited on Mexican symbolic colors, 625

Charms and amulets, 501-505

Chasm island, Australia, petroglyphs at, 161

Chelan lake, Washington, petroglyphs at 33, 122-123

Cherokee Indians, linguistic work among, XV-XVI

work on language of, XIX

battle of, with Shawnees, 122

map made by, 341

symbolic use of colors by, 624-634

war color of, 631

alphabet of, 665

Cheyenne Indians, letter-writing by, 363-364

tribal designations of, 382-383

Chibcha Indians, symbols used by, 615-616

Chicagua rapids, Venezuela, petroglyphs at, 148-150

Chihuahua, Mexico, petroglyphs in, 131

Chikasa Indians, tattoo of, 394

Child, gesture signs for, 643-644

Chile, petroglyphs in, 159-160

Chilkat Indians, pictographs by, 217

cedar bark blankets made by, 217

ceremonial garments of, 429-430

China, petroglyphs in, 185

Chinese, mnemonic devices of 226, 227

topographic representations by, 344

ideographs by, for sickness, 590

ideographs for prisoners by, 600

symbolic writing of, 618

conventional characters of, 649-650

mourning colors of, 631

ideographs and gesture signs of, 637, 642, 643, 644, 645

Chinook Indians, medicine bag of, 504

burial vaults of, 523-524

Chippewa Indians, practice of tattoo by, 406-407

mourning color of, 630

Chiriqui, cup sculptures in, 193-194

Chiulee creek, Arizona, petroglyphs on, 51

Choctaw Indians, ancient notices of, 347

mode of divination of, 494-495

Christian art, significance of color in, 622-623

Chronology, pictographic, 265-328

Chukchis of Siberia, tattooing of, 414

Chumanas Indians of Brazil, dyes used by, 222

Ciguaner Indians, war colors of, 632-633

Claim or demand, mode of presenting, 374-375

Clarke, W. M., petroglyphs reported by, 115

Clarksville, Tennessee, petroglyphs near, 114

Clouds, signs and symbols for, 700-701

Cloud-Shield, Winter Count of, 269-523

Cold, pictographs for, 605-606

Color, significance of, 618-637

decorative use of, 619-622

ideocrasy of, 622-623

ceremonial use of, 623-629

relative to death and mourning, 629-631

for war and peace, 631-633

designating social status, 633-635

symbolic use of, in general, 635-636

Coloring matter and its application in pictography, 219-222

Colorado, petroglyphs in, 72-75

Colorado river, Utah, petroglyphs on, 118, 119, 120

Columbia River, Washington, petroglyphs on, 123

Comanche Indians, drawings on bone by, 206

gesture signs of, 645

Connecticut, petroglyphs in, 75-76

Controverted pictographs, 759-767

Conventional pictographic devices, 650-664

Peace, 650-651;

war, 651-652;

chief, 652-653;

council, 653-654;

plenty of food, 654-655;

famine, 655-656;

starvation, 656

Conventionalizing in pictography, 649-675

development of, 649-650

Copper, pictographs on, 212-213

Corados, pictured notices by, 357

Corbusier, William, petroglyphs reported by, 129-130

account of Dakota customs by, 265

religious ceremonies described by, 505-507

Coronel, A. F., ethnologic collection of, 71

cited, 72

Costa Rica, Anastasia Alfaro donates gold ornaments from, XXII

Costumes, weapons, and ornaments (distinctive), pictographs of, 749-756

Cree Indians, exploit marks of, 440

notice of death given by, 518

Criley, John, petroglyphs reported by, 77

Cross, pictographs, symbols, and significations of the, 724-735

Crow Indians, tribal designation of, 380

Cueva Pintada, petroglyph at, 98

Cult societies, pictographic devices of, 528-530

Cunningham, Charles W., petroglyphs reported by, 356-357

Cunninghams island, Lake Erie, petroglyphs on, 678

Cup sculptures, 189-200

classification of, 189-192

Curtin, Jeremiah, work of, XVI-XVII, XIX

Cushing, Frank Hamilton, Zuñi sand painting described by, 210-211

Customs, illustrated in pictographs, 528-550

D.

Dakota or Sioux Indians, gods of, 32-33

dye stuffs used by, 220

Dakota or Sioux Indians, notched sticks used by, for recording time, 227

system of chronology of, 265

Ojibwa name for, 272

tribal names of, 272

mythic records of, 290-293

Battiste Good’s record of, 293-328

topographic representation by, 344-345

tribal designations of, 383

gentile designations of, 389-390

superstition of, regarding tattoo, 395

devices of, for personal names, 442-443, 459-460

god Haokah of, 479-480

thunder birds of, 483-485

pictographs of, connected with thunder-bird myth, 486

shamanism or medicine-making of, 493-495

fetiches of, 501, 503

ceremonial colors of, 512

burial scaffolds of, 518-519

commemoration of dead by, 523

pictographs of, relating to customs, hunting, war, etc., 534-537, 539-540

games of, 547

records of expeditions by, 552-554

records of notable events by, 567-570

records in general by, 576, 578-581

ideographic records by, 585-605

mourning ceremony of, 629

war color of, 631

significant use of color by various tribes of, 633-634

pictographs for gesture signs of, 639-641

conventional devices of, for peace, war, chief, counsel, plenty of food, famine, starvation, horses, horse-stealing, kill and death, shot, 650-661

composite forms in pictographs of, 735-736

painted robes of, 747

distinctive dress, ornaments, and weapons of, 751-753

drawings of, 756

Dakota language, translation made from Teton dialect of, XIX

work on, XIX

Davenport tablets, the, 764-765

Davidson, William C., vases donated by, XXI

Dayaks, tattooing among, 413

Dead mountain, Nevada, petroglyphs at, 95

Deaf, pictographs for, 587

Death valley, California, petroglyphs in, 60-61

Declaration of war pictographically represented, 358-359

Denison, James S., communication from, 105

Dellenbaugh, F. S., drawings by, 51

Departure and return, Algonquian pictographic notice of, 330

Depuch island, Australia, petroglyphs on, 162-163

Desgodins, Pere, Mo-so manuscript copied by, 673-674

Dighton rock, Massachusetts, descriptions of, 86-87, 762-764

Direction, pictographic notices of, 334

Direction indicated by drawing topographic features, 341-347

Director, report of, III-XXX

Disease, pictographic representation of, 588-590

Dorsey, J. Owen, work of, XVIII-XIX

cited concerning Omaha names, 92

report by, on use of colors by Osage Indians, 221

explanation of Osage records by, 251

notes on Indian personal names by, 446

Douglas, Prof., remarks by, on cup sculptures, 198

Downing, Alfred, petroglyphs described by, 123

Drawing, instruments for, 219

Drums, magic, 514-517

Duck river, Tennessee, petroglyphs on, 114

Dutch, of Brazil, petroglyphs attributed to, 150

Dwellings, pictographs of, 719-722

E.

Eakins, D. W., customs of Muskoki Indians described by, 258

Earth, pictographs on, 210-212

Easter island, Oceanica, petroglyphs in, 169-171

Eclipse of the sun, pictographs of, 722

Effigy mounds, 212

Egypt, petroglyphs in, 179-180

Egyptians (ancient), symbols of deities of, 466

mourning ceremonies of, 631

symbolic color of, 634

symbolic characters of, 642, 643, 645

El Paso county, Texas, Indian map on rock in, 344

El Paso del Norte, Texas, petroglyphs near, 115

Emblems, use of, in early and modern times, 376-373

signification of, 610-611

Emmert, John W., work of, XI, XII

Enchanted mountain, Georgia, petroglyphs in, 76

England, turf monuments in, 172-173

Épone, France, petroglyphs in, 175-176

Escamela, Mexico, stone of the giants at, 133

Escondido, California, petroglyphs near, 62-63

Esopus, New York, petroglyphs at, 98

Espanola, New Mexico, petroglyphs near, 97

Esquimau tattooing, 392-396

Esselen vocabulary obtained, XV

Europe, petroglyphs in, 171-178

Expenditures during the year, XXX

Extra-limital petroglyphs, 161-188

F.

Face decoration by Indian women of Bay of Chaleur, 220

Fairy rocks, Kejimkoojik lake, Nova Scotia, inscriptions on, 38-42

Fancher, G. L., pottery donated by, XXI-XXII

Fast, pictograph for, 590

Fayette county, Pennsylvania, glyphs from Indian grave in, 112

Fear, pictograph for, 590-591

Feathers and quills, pictographs on, 207-208

Featherstonhaugh, Thomas, Indian relics donated by, XXII

Feet and tracks, human and animal, pictographs of, 715-716

Fictile fabrics, pictographs on, 215

Field work, X-XVII

Financial statement, XXX

Finke river, Australia, petroglyphs on, 162

Florida chief, Satouriona, tattoo of, 393

Florida Indians, declaration of war by, 359

decorative painting by, 619

Flower messages of Turks and Persians, 368

Fauna, delineation of, 749

Fool creek canyon, Utah, pictographs at, 117

Forsyth county, Georgia, petroglyphs in, 76

Fort Washakie, Wyoming, petroglyphs near, 129-130

Fort Wrangell, Alaska, petroglyphs near, 47

Fowke, Gerard, work of, XI

France, petroglyphs in, 175-177

emblems on tombstones in, 524

gambling pebbles from, 549-550

Fremont, Samuel, aid by, XVIII-XIX

French Acadians, story of, told by Louis Labrador, 42

defeat of, at Port Royal, 42

Freshet, pictograph for, 591-592

Frost, L. L., pictographs reported by, 69

Fulton, R. L., petroglyphs described by, 92-95

G.

Galibis, natives of South America, appointment notices of, 257

Games pictured, 547-550

Garden rock, Asheville, North Carolina, 99

Gaston, Oregon, petroglyphs, near, 105

Gatschet, Albert S., work of, XVII, XIX

petroglyphs reported by, 105

report by, on coloring matter used by Klamath Indians, 221

on use of colors by Pueblos, 624

Geneva Picture rock, Pennsylvania, 111

Gentile and clan designations, 388-391

Georgia, petroglyphs in, 76

German swordmaker’s marks, 446

German sketches (mediaeval) compared with Apache drawings, 740

Gesture and posture signs depicted, 637-642

Giant bird Kaloo, myth of, 472-473

Giant petroglyph, England, 173

Gibbs, George, petroglyphs described by, 123

Gila river, Arizona, pictographs on, 49

Gila river valley, Arizona, petroglyphs in, 51

Gilbert, G. K., communication by, 48

petroglyphs described by, 50

drawings by, 77

inscriptions copied and described by, 116, 117

petroglyphs described by, 329

Gill, De Lancey W., aid by, XXI

acknowledgment to, 30

Glooscap, hero-god of Abnaki, 469-470, 473

Gods of Abnaki presiding over petroglyphs, 32

Good, pictograph for, 592

Gourds, pictographs on, 208-209

Grand Medicine Society of the Ojibwa investigated, XIII

Grave Creek stone, the, 761-762

Grave posts, Algonquian, 517-518

Great Britain and Ireland, petroglyphs in, 171-173

Greek mnemonic device, 226

Greenland Innuit tattoo, 392

Greenland native map, 346

Guadeloupe, petroglyphs in, 139

Guatemala, petroglyphs in, 142

Guatemalan Indians, symbols used by, 614-615

mourning color of, 630

colors for social distinction of, 633

priest of, 431

gesture signs of, 647-648

Guiana, petroglyphs in, 144-147

Guiana Indians, superstition of, 146

appointment notices of, 257-258

name-system of, 444-445

painting of body by, 620

Gypsy notice of direction, 340

H.

Haida Indians, demon of, 47

basket work of, 217

pictographs by, 217

tattoo of, 396-405

myths of, 477-478, 479

thunder-birds of, 485

gambling sticks of, 547-548

totem post of, 684-685

composite forms in pictographs, 737

Haiti, religious and ceremonial use of color in, 628

Hamats, custom of biting among, 407

Handkerchief rock, Tazewell county, Virginia, 122

Hallock, Charles, cited, 33

pictographs reported by, 90

pictographs described by, 42, 43

petroglyphs reported by, 116

Harpeth river, Tennessee, petroglyphs on, 114, 115

Hawaii, account books used by natives of, 226-227

Healdsburg, California, petroglyphs near, 69

Henshaw, H. W., work of, XIV-XV, XVIII, XXI

Hewitt, J. N. B., work of, XVII, XX

on etymology of Iroquoian word for war mattress, 555

Hidatsa Indians, instruments for pictography used by, 218, 219

paintings by, on robes or skins, 219

use of notched sticks by, for recording time, 227

tribal designation of, 384

pictographic notices by, 336-337

map made by, 342

individual designations of, 424

Hidatsa Indians, exploit marks of, 437-440

pictographs of hunting and fruit-gathering by, 533-534

record of chief of, 581

High, pictograph for, 592-593

Hill, Edwin A., petroglyphs reported by, 97

Hillers, J. K., work of, XXIII

pictograph copied by, 353

Hindoo and Egyptian symbol, lotus flower, 618

Hindu women, superstition of, 196

Hindu pictographs in rice flour, 211

Hindustan, cup sculptures in, 196

Hinman, S. D., classification of pictography by, 204

pictorial roster obtained by, 420

History, pictographic methods of recording, 551-570

Hittite emblems of sound, 662-664

Hoddentin used by Zuñi Indians, 221

Hoffman, W. J., work of, XIII, XIV, XVIII

acknowledgments to, 30

rock paintings reported and described by, 52-53, 56, 60, 64, 71-72, 99-100

petroglyphs described and copied by, 106, 109, 121, 127

report by, on Hualpai Indians, 221

report by, on Indian mnemonic devices, 223

information furnished by, 358

report by, on Ojibwa Grand Medicine Society, 626-627

Hog island, Maine, petroglyphs on, 83

Holman, Paul, report by, concerning pictographs, 49

Holmes, William H., work of, X, XXI

petroglyphs copied and described by, 88-89

paper by, mentioned, 209, 211

rock sculptures described by, 475

Holston river, Tennessee, petroglyphs on, 115

Hopi Indians, game of, 548-549

Howitt, A. W., pictographs described by, 219

Hualpai Indians, decoration of body by, 226

Huaytara, Peru, petroglyphs in, 156

Hubbell collection of ancient Indian pottery examined and photographed, XVII

Hudson Bay Indians, significant use of color by, 634

Human body, pictographs on, 205

Human form, pictographs of, 703-716

Head and face, 707-711;

hand, 711-715;

feet, 715, 716.

Humboldt county, Nevada, petroglyphs in, 95

Huron Indians, wampum messages of, 229

method of recording used by, 257

declaration of war by, 358

tattooing of, 393-394

conventional war tokens of, 652

I.

Idaho, petroglyphs in, 77, 680

Ideography, 583-648

preliminary remarks on, 583-584

progressive stages of, 584

Illinois, petroglyphs in, 77-80

Illinois river, petroglyphs on, 79-80

Imitations and forced interpretations of pictographs, 764-767

Independence stone, Ohio, 102

India, petroglyphs in, 186

cup sculptures in, 196-198

declaration of war by natives of, 361

tattooing in, 413

Indian god rock, Pennsylvania, 109-110

Indian personal names, work on, XIX

Indian physiognomy, work on, XXIII

Individual designation, 419-460

Individual achievements, signs of, 433-441

Innuit Indians, instruments used by, for carving on bone, 218

method of keeping accounts of, 264

pictograph of whale hunting by, 531

Inscription rock, El Moro, New Mexico, 96

Insignia or tokens of authority, 419-433

Interpretation, means of, 745-758

Invitation sticks, 364-366

Iowa, petroglyphs in, 80

Iroquoian bibliography, work on, XX

Iroquois Indians, war post of, 227

use of wampum beads by, 228-230

tribal designations of, 377-378

tattoo designs of, 394

insignia of chiefs of, 419

record of battles by, 554-555

military terms of, 555

record of events by, 575-576

illustration of prisoner by, 600

conventional devices of, for dead men and death, 660-661

Instruments by which pictographs are made, 218-222

Ireland, petroglyphs in, 171

cup sculptures in, 194

Italy, petroglyphs in, 178

Itamaraca, rock of, Brazil, 151-152

J.

Japan, petroglyphs in, 185-186

Japanese, mnemonic devices of, 226

letter-writing of, 368

mourning colors of, 631

Java, symbolic colors of the cardinal points in, 625

Jebu messages of complaint, 374-375

Jĕssakkī'd curing disease, 254

Johnson, G. K., pottery donated by, XXI

Johnson, Willard D., pictographs reported by, 77

Jones, C. C., vessels donated by, XXI

K.

Kaibab (Arizona) Indians, personal names of, 444

Kaiowa Indians, tribal designations of, 384

gourd pictograph by, 208-209

emblem of, 613

Kalosh (Alaska) Indians, graves of, 524

Kanawha, West Virginia, petroglyphs at, 34

Kanawha river, West Virginia, petroglyphs on, 125

Kansas, petroglyphs in, 80-81

Karánkawa vocabulary obtained, XVII

Kauder, Christian, works of, in Micmac language, 667-670

Keam, Thomas V., rock drawings reported by, 50

on ceremonial use of colors by Moki Indians, 623

Keam’s Canyon, Arizona, rock drawings in, 50

ideographic petroglyphs in, 604, 605

Kei (or Arue) islands, Oceanica, petroglyphs in, 167-168

Kekeewin and kekeenowin, definition of, 35

Kentucky, petroglyphs in, 81

Kejimkoojik lake, Nova Scotia, work on pictographs at, XII

inscribed rocks at, 38-42

mythic petroglyphs at, 468-487

drawings at, 740-749

Kickapoo Indians, mnemonic songs of, 250

Kickapoo (Shawnee) prophet, 508-509

Kinahan, G. H., cup sculptures described by, 194

Kítshi Man'idō, Ojibwa mythic personage, 255

Kiwach, myth of, 473

Klamath language, work on, XIX

Klamath Indians, coloring matter used by, 221

tattoo of, 406

Knotted cords and objects tied, 223-227

Ktá-i Tupákshi (Standing Rock), Oregon, 106

Kwakiutl Indians, British Columbia, totemic carvings of, 391

tattoo of, 407

myth of, 479

L.

Labrador, ethnologic work in, XXIV

La Crosse, Wisconsin, copies made of pictographs near, XIV

La Flesche, Francis, petroglyphs described by, 91-92

Lake of the Woods, Manitoba, petroglyphs on, 43

Lake Superior, Wisconsin, petroglyphs on, 126

painting of body by Indians on, 620

Lake Tyrrell, Australia, pictograph on bark from, 222

Las Flechas, Mexico, petroglyph at, 181

Layton, Pennsylvania, petroglyphs at, 111

Lean, pictograph for, 593-594

Lean Wolf, a Hidatsa chief, drawings by, 342, 424

Leland, Charles G., communication from, 346

Lightning, gesture signs and symbols for, 701-702

Lisières, France, petroglyph in, 177

Little, pictograph for, 594-595

Little Bighorn, battle of, 563-566

Little Coal river, West Virginia, petroglyphs on, 125

Little Indian rock, Pennsylvania, 106, 107

Little Standing Buffalo, aid by, XIX

Lolos of China, written characters of, 674

Lone, pictograph for, 595-596

Lone Dog, Winter Count of, 266, 273-287

Lone Butte, Nevada, petroglyphs on, 92

Los Angeles, California, mnemonic devices of Indians of, 223

Los Letreros, Canary islands, petroglyphs of, 183-185

Lower California, rock paintings in, 131

petroglyphs in, 683

M.

MacDonnell, Australia, petroglyphs in, 161

Machias bay, Maine, rock inscriptions at, 34

Machiasport, Maine, petroglyphs in, 81-83

Madeira and Mamoré rivers, Brazil, petroglyphs on, 152-155

Magiguadavic river, Maine, rock carvings on, 32

Mahadeo, Hindu god, worship of, 196-198

Maine, work on pictographs in, XII

petroglyphs in, 81-83

Malay natives, tattooing of, 412

Malecite Indians, birch-bark pictographs of, XII-XIII

Mallery, Garrick, work of, XII-XIII, XVIII

notice and summary of paper on picture writing by, XXVI-XXX

paper on picture writing of the American Indians by, 1-807

Mandan Indians, oracle stone of, 32

tribal designations of, 385

signs of exploit worn by warriors of, 436

decorative painting of body by, 619-620

Mangaia, tattooing in, 413

Manitoba, petroglyphs in, 43-44

Manti, Utah, petroglyphs at, 117-118

Maori Indians, genealogical board of, 228

Maryland, petroglyphs in, 83-86

Maco manuscript, 673-674

Many, pictograph for, 596

Mason, Charles S., drawings furnished by, 77

Massachusetts, petroglyphs in, 86-87

Materials by which pictographs are made, 218-222

Mato-Sapa (Black Bear), chart made by, 268

Matthews, Washington, cited, 210

on ceremonial use of colors by Navajo, 623

Maya Indians, gesture signs of, 645-647

symbolic characters of, 645

written characters of, 756

McCall’s Ferry, Pennsylvania, petroglyphs at, 108

McChesney, Charles E., account of battle of Little Bighorn by, 563

McWhorter, L. V., petroglyphs reported by, 126

Meath county, Ireland, cairn in, 171-172

Medicine-arrow, pictographs of, 503

Medicine-man, pictographs of, 463, 464, 466

Megaque’s last battle, 560-561

Menomoni Indians, myth of, 481

grave posts of, 521-522

Merriam, C. Hart, petroglyph photographed by, 61

Merriam, Col. Henry C., petroglyphs described by, 122-123

Message sticks, 369-371

Meteors, pictographs of, 722-724

Mexican Emperor Ahuitzotzin, pictograph for, 134-135

Mexican Indians, method of preparing accounts by, 264

military insignia of, 431-432

personal names of, 460

mythic figure of (Ahuitzotl), 488

superstition of, 500

customs of, pictographically illustrated, 542-547

hieroglyphic record of, 567

ideographic illustration of small-pox by, 589

ideographic illustration of snow by, 606

symbols of, 613-614, 644

symbolic colors for cardinal points, 625

color in the codices of, 636

conventional pictograph of, 656

Mexican and Central American pictorial writing, 665

Mexico, petroglyphs in, 131-136

Aztec inscription from, 133-134

Micmac Indians, work on pictographs of, XII

birch-bark pictographs by, 201

rock scratchings of, imitated, 218

notice of direction by, 341

pictographs of fishing by, 530-531

tribal emblems of, 379

insignia dress and masks of, 424-429

medicine lodges of, 509-511

mourning colors of, 629

hieroglyphics of, 666-671

catechism of, 667-668

Lord’s prayer, as written by, 669

various printed words of, 670

Middleton, James D., work of, XI

petroglyphs reported by, 80, 81

Midé lodges, ceremonies of, 508

Mide rites, birch-bark roll of, 202-203

Midē'wiwin, or Grand Medicine Society of the Ojibwa, investigated, XIII

ceremonial chant of, 232-246

migration record of, 566, 567

Millsboro, Pennsylvania, petroglyphs at, 110

Minabozho, tradition of, 252

Mindeleff, Cosmos, work of, XXII-XXIII

Mindeleff, Victor, work of, XVII, XXI, XXII

description of Pueblo prayer ceremonies by, 511

on ceremonial use of colors by Pueblo Indians, 622

Minitari, Gros Ventre, or Hidatsa tribal designations, 384

Minneconjou myth, 482

Minnesota, petroglyphs in, 87-90

Minnesota valley, traditions concerning rock inscriptions in, 34

Mississippi river, signals of peace by Indians on, 361

Mnemonic picture writing, 223-264

Moghar, Algeria, petroglyphs at, 178-180

Modoc women, tattoo of, 406

Modoc war color, 631

Mojave desert, California, petroglyph in, 61

Mohave Indians, inscriptions by, 95

pigments used by, 221

tattoo of women of, 406

painting of body by, 620

Moki Indians, notices on rocks by, 329-330

mythic drawings by, 488, 506

ceremonial by priests of, 512

ceremonial use of colors by, 623-624, 628

conventional device of, for rain and symbol of Aloseka, 662

gesture signs of, 643

devices of, 746 748

Mongols, magic drums of, 514-517

Montana, pictured rocks in, 90

Mooney, James, work of, XV-XVI, XIX, XXI

petroglyphs reported by, 99

pictograph described by, 208

on use of colors by Cherokees, 624, 634

Morgantown, West Virginia, petroglyphs near, 124-125

Mormons, petroglyph near Manti, Utah, as interpreted by, 118

Mortuary practices, 517-527

Mosher, Lieut., petroglyphs reported by, 51

Mosman, Mrs. A. T., clay articles loaned by, XXII

Mound canyon, Arizona, petroglyphs in, 51

Mound explorations, work in, X-XI, XXII

Much, pictograph for, 596

Muskhogean bibliography, work on, XX

Muskoki Indians, numeration marks of, 258

Myths and mythic animals pictured, 468-490

N.

Naqómqilis (Wakashan) Indians, pictographs by, 213

Najowe valley, California, petroglyphs in, 65-68

Nambé, New Mexico, petroglyph at, 98

Names, Indian personal, work on, XIX

Nasquapees of Labrador, notices of direction, etc. by, 340

birch bark, letter by, 341

Natchez Indians, method of recording appointment by, 257

declaration of war by, 358

ceremonial use of color by, 628

Navajo Indians, work among, XVIII

sand paintings of, 210-211

ceremonial use of colors by, 623-624

Nebraska, petroglyphs in, 90-92

Negation, gesture sign for, 644

Nelson, E. W., petroglyphs described by, 60-61

Nevada, petroglyphs in, 92-96

Newark, Ohio, fraudulent inscribed stones from, 760

Newark Track rock, Ohio, 101-102

New Brunswick, work in, XII-XIII

New Caledonia, drawings from, 743

Newcombe, Cyrus F., petroglyphs reported by, 72

New Guinea, tattooing of Papuans in, 411-412

scarification in, 417

mourning colors used in, 630

New Hebrides, tattooing in, 418

New Mexico, petroglyphs in, 96-98, 353, 682

New York, petroglyphs in, 98-99

New Zealand, petroglyphs in, 165-167

tattooing in, 409-410

grave effigies in, 525-526

religious and ceremonial use of color in, 627-628

wood carvings in, 685-686

Nez Percé vocabulary obtained, XIV

Nicaragua, petroglyphs in, 141, 686

Nicobarese mortuary tablet, 527

Night, signs and symbols for, 699-700

Nikari-Karu Indians of Guiana, mnemonic device of, 226

Nipigon bay, Ontario, pictograph on, 42-43

Nootka or Aht Indians, at Vancouver island, British Columbia, 44

legend of, 44

tattoo of, 407

Normocs, tattoo of, 407

Norris, P. W., petroglyphs reported by, 87, 125

pictographs obtained by, 459

North America, petroglyphs in, 37-140

tattoo in, 392-407

North Carolina, linguistic work in, XV-XVI

petroglyphs in, 99-101

war color of Indians in, 632

Notched or marked sticks, 227-228

Notices, pictographic forms of, 329-357

Nova Scotia, work on pictographs in, XII

petroglyphs in, 37-42

Numeration, 258-259

Nye county, Nevada, inscribed rock in, 94

O.

Oakley spring, Arizona, petroglyphs at, 329-330

Obscure, pictograph for, 597

Oceanica, petroglyphs in, 165-171

Odanah, Ojibwa village, Wisconsin, 126

Oglala, Dakota, individual designation of, 424

Oglala roster, 420-424

description and history of, 420-421

pictographs from, 641, 642, 652

Ohio, petroglyphs in, 101-104

Ojibwa Indians, work among, XIII

concentric circles used as symbols by, 199-200

hieroglyphic writing of, 202

pictographs on copper by, 212-213

birch-bark pictographs of, 213

instruments for birch-bark pictographs used by, 218

instruments for drawing on wood used by, 219

wampum belt of, 230

ceremonial songs of, 232-250

songs of Midēwiwin, 232-246

song for Metai or medicine hunting, 246-250

musical notation of, 250

Midē records of, 252-255

tradition of, concerning origin of Indians, 255-256

birch-bark record of treaty by, 256-257

notice of direction used by, 337-338

illustration of battlefield by, 342

topographic signs employed by, 345

notice of condition by, 347

notice of warning by, 353

declaration of peace by, 360

letter-writing by, 362-363

invitation sticks of, and ceremony of invitation and acceptance, 365-366

summons to Midē ceremony of, 367

tribal designation of, 385

tattooing of women of, 395

shamanism of, 466-467, 474, 475, 495-496

manidos, or spirits, illustrated by, 480

mythic wild cats illustrated by, 481-482

thunder-birds represented by, 487

hunting records of, 532, 538

records of battle by, 556-557, 559-660

record of migration of, 566-567

biographical record of, 577-578

ideographic illustrations by, 586-605

Bad, 586;

sickness, 590;

fear, 591;

great, 596;

see, 601;

cold, snow, 605.

ceremonial use of colors by, 626-627

conventional devices of, 653

devices of, for life and death, 660

tribal and national emblems of, 747

weapons of, 753

drawings of, 757-758

Ojo de Benado, New Mexico, petroglyphs at, 97-98

Ojo Pescado, New Mexico, petroglyphs near, 97

Oliver, Alice M., aid by, XVII

Omaha Indians, personal names of, list obtained, XIX

tribal designations of, 385

tattoo designs of, 395

insignia worn by police of, 420

record of war expeditions by, 552

ceremonial colors used by, 625, 628

Onas, Mohawk name for William Penn, 443

Oneida, Idaho, petroglyphs in, 77

Onontio, Iroquois name for governor of Canada, 443

Ontario, petroglyphs in, 42-43

Opposition, pictograph for, 597-598

Oregon, petroglyphs in, 104-106

Origin of Indians, tradition of, 255-256

Orongo Indians of Easter island, houses of, 169

Osage Indians, coloring matter used by, 221

mythic tradition and chart of, 251-252

practice of tattoo by, 394

mourning custom of, 519

war color of, 632

colors used by, for social or military distinction, 633

Ottawa Indians, instruments used by, for birch-bark pictographs, 218

pictograph by, 529-530

Ottawa and Pottawatomie Indians, pictographic notices by, 350

Owens valley, California, petroglyphs in, 56-60

P.

Pacific coast, tattoo on, 396-407

Passamaquoddy Indians, pictographs of, examined, XII

shop accounts of, 259-262

pictographic notice of direction by, 339-340

pictographic notice of condition, or wikhegan by, 347-350

wikhegan, or message to the President from, 367

tribal emblem of, 378-379

birch-bark drawing by, 474

record of battle by, 560-561

conventional device of, 652

Painted caves, Crocket county, Texas, 116

Painted rock, Indian personal name, 35

Painting upon robes or skins, 219

Painting on the human body, 618-619

Paint rock, North Carolina, petroglyphs on, 99-101

Pai Ute Indians, in Owens valley, California, 60

topographic illustration by, 342, 343

Palestine, cup sculptures in, 198

Papuans, notice of warning by, 357

mourning colors of, 630

Parsons, F. H., aid by, XXI

Partridge creek, Arizona, petroglyphs on, 50

Passés Indians of Brazil, dyes used by, 222

Pawnee Indians, pictographs on wood by, 214

tribal designations of, 386

medicine arrow of, pictographically represented, 503

Pawnee Loup Indians, notice of war party by, 336

Peach Springs, Arizona, petroglyphs near, 50

Pedra Lavrada, Brazil, 157

Peace and friendship, profession of, pictographically represented, 359-362

Peale, A. C., aid by, XXI

Penn wampum belt, history of, 231

Pennsylvania, petroglyphs in, 106-113, 678

Penobscot Indians, pictographs by, examined, XII

vocabulary of, obtained, XVII

notice of direction by, 338-339

tribal emblem of, 379

Piasa rock, near Alton, Illinois, description of, 77-79

definition of name, 78

Pictorial tribal designations, 377-388

Pictographs of Abnaki and Micmac Indians examined, XII, XIII

Pictographs on stone, imitated, 218

Pictographs in alphabets, 674-675

Pictured cave near La Crosse, Wisconsin, copies made of pictographs at, XIV

Picture writing of the American Indians, notice and summary of paper on, XXVI-XXX

paper by Garrick Mallery on, 1-807

Piedra Pintada (Painted rock) creek canyon, Colorado, petroglyphs in, 72

Piegan Indians, notice by, 356

Pilling, James C., work of, X, XX

Pinart, Alphonse, pictographs reported by, 62

Pipestone, Minnesota, petroglyphs copied at, XIII, 87-88

Piute Creek, California, pictographs at, 62

Piute map of Colorado river, 342

Plains tribes, notices by, 340

Plancarte, F., Indian relics donated by, XXII

Playsanos Indians of California, gravestones of, 519

Pokinsquss, myth of, 469-470

Polynesia, tattooing in, 408

Ponka Indians, personal names of, XIX

tribal designations of, 386-387

Pontiac, wampum belt of, 230

Pope, George, petroglyphs described by, 117

Portsmouth, Rhode Island, petroglyphs at, 113

Possession, pictographic signs for, 598

Potomac river valley, work on pottery of, XXI

Pottawatomie Indians, mnemonic songs of, 250

Pottery of the Potomac valley, work on, XXI

Powell, J. W., work of, XVIII

cited, concerning Indian personal names, 444

Powhatan tribes of Virginia, work on, XX

Powhatan, deerskin mantle of, 209

Prairie du Rocher, Illinois, petroglyphs near, 80

Prayer sticks, 508-509

Praying beads of Buddhists, 226

Prisoners, Indian treatment of, 552

ideographically represented, 598-600

Provo river, Utah, petroglyphs on, 117

Profession of peace and friendship, 359-362

Property, division of, among North American Indians, 441

Property marks, 441-442

Proudfit, S. V., pottery from the Potomac valley loaned by, XXII

Publications issued and distributed during the year, X

Pueblo architecture, work on, XXII

models of, prepared, XXII-XXIII

Pueblo Indians of New Mexico map made by, 341

cosmology of, 467-468

prayer ceremonies of, 511

ceremonial use of colors by, 624

colors for war and peace used by, 631

Pueblo pottery, coloring of, 220

Puerto Cabello, Venezuela, sculptured rock near, 147-148

Puerto Rico, petroglyphs in, 136-137

Puget Sound, Washington, pictographs found on, 214

Pyramid lake, Nevada, petroglyphs at, 92

Q.

Quick, J. H., petroglyphs described by, 90-91

Quipu, a mnemonic device of Indians of Peru and Guiana, 224-226

R.

Rain, gesture signs and symbols for, 701

Rattlesnake rock, Mojave desert, California, 61

Record of expedition, battle, migration, and other notable events, 552-570

Red Cloud’s census, description and history of, 445-447

pictographs from, 390-391, 421-423, 463-465, 486, 494, 534-535, 585-598, 639-641, 652, 653, 657

Red Horse petroglyph, England, 173

Red lake, Minnesota, birch-bark record obtained at, XIII, 252

Religion, pictographs concerning, 461-527

general discussion and classification, 461-527

Religious ceremonies, 505-517

Reno, Nevada, petroglyphs in, 95

Reveillé, Nye county, Nevada, inscribed rocks in, 94

Reynolds, Henry L., work of, XI, XXII

pottery from Potomac valley, loaned by, XXII

Rhode Island, petroglyphs in, 113

Riggs, S. R., editorial work on manuscript left by, XIX

Rio Mancos, Colorado, petroglyphs on, 73-74

Rio Negro, Brazil, petroglyphs on, 152

Roche Percé, Souris river, Manitoba, 43

Rock creek, Colorado, petroglyphs on, 72

Rock-paintings, Indian superstition concerning, 466-467

Rockhill, W. W., notice of Paul Vial’s work by, 674

Rocky Dell creek, New Mexico, rock paintings at, 96

Rock hill, California, petroglyphs on, 52

Rogers, Charles, remarks by, on cup sculptures, 200

Romans, custom of tattooing among, 408

emblems of, 525, 618

ceremonial use of color by, 628-629

Rowe canyon, Arizona, petroglyphs in, 356-357

Running Antelope, Dakota chief, biography by, 571-575

Russell, I. C., pictographs sketched by, 117

S.

Sac Indians, mourning ceremonies of, 518-629

conventional devices of, 658

Sacred rock paintings, 466-467

Salish Indians, work on language of, XXIII

tattoo among, 407

funeral customs of, 524

mourning colors of, 630

Samoa, tattooing in, 410-411

Samoyed message of demand, 375

Sand, pictographs on, 210-212

San Antonio springs, New Mexico, petroglyphs at, 97

San Bernardino, California, pictographs reported near, 62

San Diego county, California, petroglyphs in, 63

San Francisco mountain, Arizona, petroglyphs near, 48-49

San Marcos pass, California, petroglyphs near, 64

San Juan river, Colorado, petroglyphs near, 73

petroglyphs on, 74-75

Santa Barbara, California, coloring matter of pictographs in, 221

Santa Lucia Cosumalhuapa, Guatemala, sculptures of, 226

Sapiel Selmo, Passamaquoddy chief, 338

Satsika (Blackfeet) Indians, insignia of Tail Bearer of, 429

societies of, 528-529

Sawyer, Wells M., acknowledgments to, 30

Scandinavian colors for war and peace, 635

Scarification, 416-418

Schoolcraft, Henry R., exaggerated accounts of Ojibwa pictographs by, 202

Scotland, cup sculptures in, 193

Scythian declaration of war, 362

Seeman, Berthold, remarks by, on cup sculptures, 193-194

Serpent, pictographs of, 476-477

emblematic use of, 617

Serrano Indians of California, property marks of, 441

face mark of, 621

Shafer, P. W., pictographs published by, 106-10

Shaman, definition of term, 490-499

Shamanism, 490-500

Shastika Indian women, face decoration of, 220

Shawnees, battle of, with Cherokees, 122

Shells, pictographs on, 209-210

Shinumo canyon, Arizona, petroglyphs in, 51-121

Short, pictographs for, 600

Shoshoni Indians, petroglyphs interpreted by, 128, 129

use of notched sticks by, for recording time, 227

pictographic notice of hunt by, 331

pictographic notice of guidance by, 353-354

tribal designations of, 387-388

biographical record of, 578

gesture signs of, for cold, 606

petroglyphs by, 680-682

Shuswap Indians of British Columbia, notices by, 340

Siberia, use of knotted cords for mnemenic purposes in, 226

petroglyphs in, 186-188

tattooing in, 414

Siberian and Tartar inscriptions, 188

Sicasica, Peru, writings found at, 672

Sierra Leone, scarification in, 417

Sight, pictographs for, 600-601

Signs, symbols, and emblems, 607-618

classification of, 607-609

Simons, A. B., clay articles loaned by, XXII

Siouan dialects, work in, XIX

Siouan family, divisions of, 272

Sioux or Dakota Indians, paper prepared on camping circles of, XIX

tribal designations of, 379-388

origin of name of, 272

message of, to Ojibwa, 360

exploit marks of, 433-435

sign of mourning of, 519

cult societies of, 528

record of battle by, 563-566

mourning color, 629-630

colors for victory used by, 632

Six Nations, deed from, to King of Great Britain, 378

Skins, pictographs on, 206-207

Slow, pictographs for, 601

Snanaimuq Indians, war paint of, 632

Snow, pictographs for, 605-606

Social and religious missives, 362-374

Songs, order of, 231-250

explanation of, 231-232

Sonora, Mexico, petroglyphs in, 131, 749

South Africa, petroglyphs in, 180-183

South America petroglyphs in, 142-160

tattoo in, 407

South Carolina, war color of Indians in, 632

South Dakota, petroglyphs in, 114

South Sea Islanders, mnemonic devices of, 224

Spain, petroglyphs in, 177-178

Spaniards, ceremonial use of color by, 629

Spanish and Brazilian petroglyphs, 690

Special comparisons, 676-744

Stephen. A. M., work of, XVII-XVIII

Stevenson, James notice of death and biographic sketch of, XXIV-XXV

on ceremonial use of colors by Zuñi, 623

paper by, mentioned, 210

Stone of the Giants, Mexico, 138

Stone, pictographs on, 205-206

Strings used for mnemonic purposes, 223

Substances on which pictographs are made, 205-217

Supernatural, symbols of the, 462-468

Susanville, California, pictographs near, 69

Swan, James G., contribution by, on tattoo, 402

Sweden, petroglyphs in, 173-175

Symbolism, development of, 609-610

Symbols of the supernatural, 462-468

Syllabaries and alphabets, 664-675

development of, 664-665

Syrian symbols, 616-618

T.

Taboo, 504-505

Tall, pictograph for, 601-602

Tallies or notched sticks, in Great Britain, 228

Tamanaques Indians, legend of, 33

Tartars, use of notched sticks as records by, 228

notice of warning by, 357

magic drums of, 514-517

Tassin, A. G., drawing and explanation of petroglyphs by, 95

Tattoo, significance of, 391-419

use of, by ancient monarchs, 407-408

in ancient Rome, 408

among Arabs, 414

summary of studies on, 418-419

Taylor, H. R., sketch furnished and information communicated by, 82-83

Tazewell County Virginia, petroglyphs in, 121-122

Temple Creek canyon Utah, petroglyphs in, 116-117

Tennessee, petroglyphs in, 114-115

Tepumereme, Venezuela, sculptured rock of, 148

Teocuauhxicalli, Mexican sculptured stone, 135-136

Teton Dakota, translations made from dialect of, XIX

insignia of police of, 419-420

shield device of, 436

Texas, petroglyphs in, 215-217

Textile fabrics, pictographs on, 215-217

The-Flame, winter count of, 268

The-Swan, winter count of, 268

Thlinkit (Tlinkit) Indians, shamanistic emblem of, 612-613

war colors of, 632

Thomas, Cyrus work of, X, XXI, XXII

cited, 209

on Mexican and Maya symbolic colors, 625

Thompson, Gilbert, petroglyphs reported by, 92

Thunder bird, pictographs of, 58, 479, 483-487

Ojibwa, 58, 487;

Kwakiutl, 479;

Dakota, 483-485;

Haida 485;

Twana, 485;

Micmac, 487;

Venezuelan, 487;

Haida, 399.

Tibeto-China, mode of declaring war in, 359

Time records of Apache Indians, 258-259

Tiverton, Rhode Island, petroglyphs in, 113

Tlalmanalco, Mexico, inscribed rock near, 132-133

Topography represented in pictographs, 341-347

Torres straits islanders, scarification of, 417

Totemic system, explanation of, 388-389

Totems, titles and names, 376-391

Trade, pictographs for, 602

Treaties, mnemonically recorded, 256-257

Trees, pictographs on, 213

Trempealeau, Wisconsin, petroglyphs at, 127, 128

Truckee river, Nevada, petroglyphs on, 93

Tsimshian Indians, pictograph by, 217

tattoo of, 407

secret societies and ceremonies of, 512

Tuálati Indians, tradition of, 105

Tule River agency, California, petroglyphs at, 52-56

Turf monuments in England, 172-173, 212

Turkish love letter, 368

Turner, Lucien M., work of, XXIV

Turner, H. W., petroglyphs described by, 52

Tusayan pueblos, work among, XVII-XVIII

Tuscarora Indians, legends obtained, XVII

linguistic work among, XX

Twana Indians, thunder bird of, 485

war paint of, 632

Tyout, Algeria, petroglyphs at, 178, 179

U.

Umatilla vocabulary obtained, XIV

Unalaska, relics of art found in, 220

Uncpapa Dakota, personal name, 445

Union, pictographic signs for, 602, 603

Utah, petroglyphs in, 116-121, 681

Ute Indians, declaration of peace by, 360

United States, petroglyphs in, 45-130

United States of Colombia, petroglyphs in, 143, 144

V.

Vancouver island, British Columbia, petroglyphs on, 44-45

Venezuela, petroglyphs in, 147-150

cup-sculptures in, 195

mythic pictographs in, 487

color stamps used by Piaroas of, 621

petroglyphs in, compared with Ojibwa and Shoshonean types, 688

Voice and speech, pictographically illustrated, 717-719

Victory, pictographic record of, 557-558

Virginia, petroglyphs in, 121-122

tattooed figures on Indians of, 393

W.

Wakashan Indians, pictographs by, 215

Walker Lake, Nevada, petroglyphs near, 93

Wall, J. Sutton pictographs described by, 110, 111

pictographs copied by, 111

Wampum used in treaty, 231

forms and uses of, 228-231

significance of colors in, 229, 230

War, pictographic form of declaration of, 358, 359

Warning and guidance, pictographic notices of, 353-357

Washington, petroglyphs in, 122, 123

Washington, Pennsylvania, petroglyph near, 109

Washoe Indians in Nevada, 93

Water, gesture signs for, 642-643

Watterson’s ranch, Owens valley, Cal., petroglyphs at, 59

Weasel girls, myth of, 471-472

Webster, North Carolina, petroglyphs at, 99

Wellsville, Ohio, petroglyphs near, 104

West Indies, petroglyphs in, 136-140

West Virginia, petroglyphs in, 124-126, 475, 676-678

Whipple, Lieut., pictographs reported by, 61-62

Whirlwind, pictographs for, 603-604

White Earth reservation, Minnesota, work at, XIII

Ojibwa Midē' ceremony at, 254

White Horse petroglyphs, England, 172

Whitney, Willard J., petroglyphs reported by, 62

Wichita Indians, practice of tattoo by, 375

Wikhegan, definition of, 35, 330

Wilkesboro, North Carolina, petroglyphs at, 99

Wind River valley, Wyoming, petroglyphs in, 128-129

Winnebago personal names, list obtained, XIX

Winnebago Indians, coloring matter used by, 221

pictographic notice by, 334

signs of exploit by, 440

mythic animal of, 482

record of battle by, 558-559

mourning color of, 630

Winslow, E., relation by, concerning Indian records, 250

Winter, pictographs for, 605-606

Winter counts of the Dakota Indians, 266-328

history and explanation of, 266-273

comparison of, 270

pictographs from, 273-328, 380-387, 447-465, 494-495, 503, 523, 535-538, 540, 547, 553-554, 561-562, 567-570, 578-581, 585-598, 600-605, 634-642, 650-661, 716-717, 721, 751

Wisconsin, petroglyphs in, 126-128

Wood, pictographs on, 213-214

Woodthorpe, Lieut.-Col., account of tribes in India by, 361

Wright, Charles D., petroglyphs described by, 72-73

Writing and drawing, original identity of, 664-665

Wyoming, petroglyphs in, 128-130, 678-680

Y.

Yampais spring, Arizona, petroglyphs at, 50

Yenesei river, Siberia, petroglyphs on, 186

Yokut Indians, pictographs on baskets by, 217

Young, William, cited, 378

Yuma Indians, map of Colorado river by, 342

religious ceremonies of, 505-507

Yuris Indians of Brazil, dyes used by, 222

Z.

Zulu tattoo marks, 415-416

Zuñi Indians, study of architecture of, XVII

tally sticks of, 259

sand paintings of, 210-211

coloring materials used by, 221

symbols used by, 612

ceremonial use of color by, 623-624

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