Index

A
Abbe, Prof. Cleveland, explained eclipse to Indians [125]
Abnaki devices [152], [153]
[Absaroka], customs [55], [166], [230]
Abstract ideas pictured [233]
Achievements, Signs of individual [183-187]
Adams, William A., on rock carvings [22]
[African] carved knife [243]
[African] property mark [182]
Aigaluxamut dialect [148], [198], [199]
Ainos of Gazo tattoo [78]
[Alaska] Commercial Company, ivory pictographs [191-194]
[Alaska] tattooing [66-73]
Alaskan pictographs [59], [147-150], [152-155], [161], [191-194], [197-199], [214]
Algonkian linguistic stock [19]
[Algonkin] family [118]
[Algonkin] petroglyph [20], [224-225], [227]
[Algonkin] tribe [108]
[Algonquin] characters [250]
[Algonquin] legends of New England [190]
Alleghany River, Pictographs on [20], [21]
Allen, Dr. Harrison, on conventionalized forms [244]
Alphabets [13]
American Horse chart or Winter count, (see [Corbusier Winter counts]) [95], [129-146]
[American Naturalist] on tattooing [76]
Amherst, Ohio, Rock carvings at [21]
Analysis of the life form in art, An [244]
Andree, Dr. R., criticism on pictographs [14-15]
[Animal] mounds in Wisconsin [61]
Anthropological Society, Washington, cited [17]
Antiquities of the Southern Indians, Jones, quoted [22-23], [46]
Arab symbols [222]
[Arapahoes], Algonkin [108], [109]
[Arapahoes], called Blue Cloud [176]
[Arapahoes], formation of war party [139]
Arch Spring, Pictographs at [28]
Archæological frauds, Whittlesey’s, cited [250]
Arickara (see [Arikara]) [100], [101]
[Arikara] at war with Dakotas and United States [111-112]
[Arikara] pictography [48], [50], [59], [186], [187], [240]
[Arikara] property marks [182]
[Arikara] Symbol of [60], [213-214], [231]
[Arikaras], a branch of the Pawnee or Pani [105]
[Arikaras], killed [209-214]
Arikaree; Corrupt form of Arikara [100]
Arison, William, copied petroglyph [225]
[Arizona], pictographs on person [61]
Rock carvings in [28-30], [222], [228], [245]
Army Medical Museum, Tattooed heads in [75]
Arrows in declaration of war [87], [88]
Ashley, Gen. William H., attacked by Arickara [111]
Assiniboine [116], [119], [124]
Association pictographs [203-206]
Atsina [108]
Australian tattooing [76]
Authors quoted by Bancroft [66]
Avoidance of personal name by Indians [171]
[Aztec] writing [14]
Azuza Cañon pictographs [37], [156]
B
Babylonian use of color [54]
Bancroft, H. H., on pictography [64], [65], [66], [73], [78], [88]
Barnes, Dr. G. W., California pictographs [229]
Barnesville, Ohio, Bock carvings at [21]
Bark, Pictographs on [59]
[Bark] record of Lenni Lenape [207]
Barrés totem mark [167]
[Basketry] suggesting ornament [57]
Beach’s Indian Miscellany, cited [188]
Beale wagon road [30]
Beaver Creek, Pictographs on [27]
Beef first issued to Dakotas [125]
Belmont County, Ohio, Rock carvings in [21]
Beltrami, J. C., on Dakotas [104-105]
Bendire, Capt. Charles, on petrographs [26]
Benton, Cal., Petrographs at [31], [32]
Berthond, Capt. E. L., on pictographs [27]
Bible on war symbols [88]
Big Horse Creek, Rock carvings on [22]
Big Road’s roster [174-176]
Biographic pictographs [208-218]
Black Bear or Mato Sapa’s chart [94], [99-127]
Black Hills discovered [130]
Black Late Valley, Pictographs at [31]
Black Rock Springs, Pictographs at [27]
Blacket, W. S., cited [251]
Blackfoot [102], [104], [106], [114], [121], [122], [227]
[Blackfoot] defined [97]
[Blackfoot], Rock carvings of [24]
Bland, Dr. T. A., loaned Red Cloud census [176], [177]
Blodgett, James H., on pictographs [33]
Blue Cloud, a name for Arapaho [117], [118], [176]
Boats ornamented [72], [78]
Bo-i-de, or The Flame, Time chart of [93]
Bone, Pictographs on [59]
[Bone] tattooed [73-74]
Book cliff, Pictographs of [27]
Bourke, Capt. John G., on Moki colors [56]
Bow-drill, used by Innuit [48]
Brauns, Professor, on tattooing [78]
Brazil, Petroglyphs in [44], [45]
[Brazil], Totem marks in [167]
Brinton, Dr. D. G., Research of [84], [188], [233]
British Guiana, Pictographs in [40-44]
Brown, Charles B., on pictographs in Guiana [40], [43], [44]
Brulé [108], [109], [119], [120], [122], [127], [132], [134], [135], [136], [137], [141]
[Brulé] defined [98], [207]
[Brulé] Winter counts [129]
Bureau of Ethnology, system of spelling [147]
Burning Spring, W. Va., Pictographs at [22]
Bush, Maj. Joseph, on time charts [94], [99-127]
C
Calendar [127]
[Calendar], of the Dakota Nation, A [89]
Calhoun, J. C., Report cited on attack of soldiers and Dakotas on Arikaras [111], [112]
California claim symbols [159]
[California] grass weavers [78]
[California] mnemonic device [80], [81]
[California] pictographic land-marks [61]
[California] petrographs [30-33]
[California], Pictographs in [34], [59], [156-157], [182], [195], [198], [229], [234], [245]
[California] tattooing [64]
[California] war challenge [88]
Calumet pipe [104]
Campbell’s Creek, West Virginia, Pictographs on [22]
Cañon de Chelly, Petroglyphs in [28], [37], [155]
Cape Mesurado, African knife from [243]
Caribbean Sea, Pictographs of [40]
Carisa Plain, Pictographs of the [36]
Carson Desert, Nevada, Rock-carvings in [24]
Carver, Capt. J., on Indians [98], [99], [104], [113]
Catlin on Indians [101], [114], [115], [116]
Catlinite [23]
Cattle-brands [182-183]
Ceremonial chart, New Holland [197]
[Ceremonial chart] pictographs [194-197]
Chadron builds house [114]
Challenge to war [88]
Charms [201-202]
Chart, Tattooed [86]
Charts (see [Winter counts]).
[Charts] Of geographic features [157]
Chatard, F. E., African knife [243]
Chatard, T. M., African knife [243]
Chelan Lake, Pictographs at [26]
Cherokee pictographs [33]
Cheyenne Agency, Charts at [94]
[Cheyenne Agency], Fight near [102]
[Cheyenne] cross [252]
[Cheyenne] pictograph letter [160-161]
[Cheyenne], Symbol for [123], [166], [172-173]
Cheyenne war with General Mackenzie [146]
Cheyennes [101], [115], [118], [132], [133], [134], [139], [141], [142], [144]
Chippewa grave posts [199-200]
Chippewayan tattooing [65]
Cholera among Indians [142]
Christy, Henry, on symbols [82]
Chronology attempted by Indians, System of [127]
Chumanas totem mark [167]
Claim or demand pictograph [159]
Clan designation [167]
Clément, Basil, (interpreter) on Winter count [90], [91], [113], [113], [120], [122]
Clement, Clara Erskine; Handbook of Legendary and Mythological Art [54]
Cleveland, Rev. William J., cited [129]
Cliff-dwellers [202]
Cloud Shield, chart or Winter count (see [Corbusier Winter counts]) [95], [129-146]
Coale, Charles B., on pictographs [33]
Collaborators, Suggestions to [254-256]
Colorado, Rock carvings in [27]
Collections of the Historical Committee of the American Philosophical Society, cited [158]
[Color] materials [235], [236]
[Colorado] maps [158]
Colors, Significance of [53-57]
[Colors] used by Indians [50], [51]
Columbia River, Pictographs on [26]
Columbiana County, Ohio, Rock carvings in [21]
Commercial fraud in relics [248]
Communication by pictographs [160-164]
Conder, Lieutenant, on symbol at Jerusalem [222]
Contributions to North American ethnology [153], [166], [195], [231]
Conventionalizing [13], [15], [244]
Copper-plate frauds [247]
Corbusier, Dr. W. H., on pictographs [60]
[Corbusier, Dr. W. H.], on rock carvings [24]
[Corbusier, Dr. W. H.], on time symbols [88]
[Corbusier] Winter counts, The [95], [118], [119], [121], [124], [127-146]
Coronel, Hon. A. F., collection of herders’ notched sticks [81-82]
[Coronel, Hon. A. F.], on pictographs [35], [36]
[Coronel, Hon. A. F.], on Serrano land-marks [182]
Cosninos [30]
Crook, General, Designation for [146]
[Cross] in pictography [252]
Crow. (See [Absaroka].)
[Crow], Distinctive mark of [231]
Crow Indians mode of painting [54]
Crows [103], [104], [105], [107], [114], [115], [118], [120], [121], [122], [123], [124], [126], [127], [130], [132], [134], [135], [136], [138], [140], [141], [142], [143], [144], [146]
Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Rock carvings in [21]
D
Dahcotah, or Life and legend of the Sioux around Fort Snelling cited [184], [189], [195], [241]
Dakota defined [97]
[Dakota] notched sticks [81]
[Dakota] pictographs [55], [60], [183]
[Dakota] picture message at Fort Rice [98]
[Dakota] pipe-stone quarries [17]
[Dakota] time symbols [88]
[Dakota] totem [167]
[Dakota] treaty 1868 [125]
[Dakota] war with Rees [111]
[Dakota] Winter counts [18], [89-127], [168]
Dakotas drowned in flood of Missouri River [113]
Dall, William H., on colors used in Alaska [51]
Dalles of the Columbia, Petroglyphs in the [25]
Dance pictographs [194-197]
Das Ausland cited on marks [183]
[Davenport] tablets [251]
Designs on pottery [78]
Dighton rock inscriptions [20], [21], [250]
Diplomatic packets [161-164]
[Distribution of] petroglyphs in North America [19]
Domenech, L’Abbé, cited [251]
Dorsey, Rev. J. Owen, on Indian customs [52], [84-86], [165], [167], [197]
Dropsy among Indians [113]
Dyer, Agent, Letter of [160-161]
E
Eagles, how caught [105]
Eastman, Mrs. Mary (“Dahkotah”) cited [184], [189], [195], [241]
Eclipse, Indian idea of [125]
Eells, Rev. M., on Thunder-bird [189]
[Eells, Rev. M., on] Twana tattooing [49], [64]
Effigy mounds, Wisconsin [61]
Egyptian tattooing [78]
[Egyptian] use of cross [253]
[Egyptian] writing [13], [14]
El Moro, Pictographs at [28]
Enchanted Mountain, Georgia, Rock carvings on [23]
Errors in pictography [247-253]
Eskimo tattooing [64]
Expedition, Record of [164]
Explanation of Haida tattooing [67-72]
[Explanation of] Osage mnemonic chart [84-86]
[Explanation of] pictographs passim [1-256]
[Explanation of] San Gabriel notched sticks [81-82]
[Explanation of] symbols for songs [82-84]
F
Fayette County, Pennsylvania, Pictographs in [80], [224]
Feather pictographs [60]
Featherman cited [78]
Fetiches [201]
Fetterman, Capt. W. J. [144]
Fielder, Interpreter, cited [117]
Fletcher, Dr. E., cited [252]
Flood in Missouri River recorded [137-138]
[Florida] Indian war symbols [88]
Fool Creek Cañon, Pictographs in [27], [229]
Forsyth County, Georgia, Rock carvings in [23]
Fort Berthold, Indian fight near [103]
[Fort Berthold], Indian painting at [55]
[Fort Berthold], Notched sticks at [81]
[Fort Berthold], Pictographs at [183], [186], [187]
[Fort] Buford, Indian fight near [103]
[Fort] Laramie, Battle between whites and Indians near [143]
[Fort] [Laramie], First goods issued to Indians at [142]
[Fort] [Laramie] treaty [121], [125]
[Fort] Leavenworth councils [125]
[Fort] O’Kinakane [26]
[Fort] Phil. Kearny, Whites massacred at [144]
[Fort] Fort Pierre, Treaty at [122]
[Fort] Rice, Eclipse seen at [126]
[Fort] [Rice], Picture message at [98]
[Fort] [Rice], Winter counts at [89], [90], [91]
[Fort] Robinson, Events at [146]
[Fort] Snelling, Dakotas near [202]
[Fort] Union, Indian fight near [103]
[Fort] Washakie, Wyoming, Rock carvings near [24]
Frauds in Indian relics [247-253]
French explorers observed pictographs [33]
G
Gallatin cited on Indian names [98]
Gaston, Oreg., Rock etchings at [25]
Gatschet, A. S., on Indian customs [25], [51], [63], [183]
Geneskelos, decorator of great canoe for Centennial Exposition [72]
Gentile designation [167]
Geographic pictographs [157]
Gesture pictured [236]
Gibbon, A. S., on sacred stone of Oraibi [58]
Gibbs, Dr. George, on Oregon pictographs [231]
[Gibbs, Dr. George], quoted on symbols of Northwest tribes [153]
Gila pottery [219]
[Gila] River, Pictographs on the [28]
Gilbert, G. K., on pictographs [25], [30], [46], [228], [237]
[Gilbert, G. K.], on sacred stone of Oraibi [58]
Glue made by Indians [235]
Good Battiste chart or Winter count. (See [Corbusier Winter counts]). [88], [95], [99-146], [165], [166], [172], [219], [220], [241], [242]
[Gourds], Pictographs on [60]
Gozzadini, Conte Giovanni, cited [62]
Grant on tattooing [66]
Grapevine Springs, Pictographs at [157]
Grass baskets [78]
Grave Creek Mound stone [250]
Grave posts [198]
Great Spirit of Indians an error [191]
Gros Ventre, Symbol for [166]
Gros Ventres [101], [103], [107], [108], [114], [133], [134], [138]
Ground, Pictographs on the [60]
Guiana Indian name system [171-172]
[Guiana], Pictographs in [40-44], [61]
Guidance and warning pictographs [155-157]
Gunnison, Lieut. J. W., on forced interpretation [251]
H
Habel, Dr S., Investigations in Central South America, cited [73], [80], [194]
Haida boundaries [60]
Hale cited on Indian names [98]
Hamilton Pictured Rock [225-220]
Harney, General, cited [121], [123]
Haywood, John, on pictographs [22], [33]
Head in bronze, Italy [62]
Hebrew tattooing [78]
Heralds challenging to war [88]
Herders’ notched sticks [81]
Hervey group tattooing [76]
[Hidatsa], Siouan [108]
[Hidatsa], map [158]
Hides, Pictographs on [60]
[Hinman], Rev. S. D., obtained Ogalala roster [174]
[Hinman], on the cross as a symbol among Dakotas [253]
Historical map of Pennsylvania pictographs [226]
History of Indian tribes (Schoolcraft) quoted [20], [199]
Hochstetter, Dr. Ferd. von, quoted [200], [201]
Hoffman, Dr. W. J., Aid of [18]
[Holmes, W. H.] on pictography [60], [87], [194]
Holston, Pictographs on the [33]
Homomorphs and symmorphs [239]
Hongi tattooing [75]
Horse-hair pictographs [60], [213], [231]
Horses taken by the United States from Dakotas [127]
Hortsman, Nicholas, on pictographs [39]
Hualpai pictograph on person [61]
Humboldt, A. von, on petroglyph [38]
Hunger, Petroglyphs for [152]
Hunt, Pictographs of the [214]
Hupâ tattooing [64]
I
Idaho, Rock carvings in [24], [228],
Pictographs in [37]
Identification of the pictographs [224-232]
Identity of drawings in each tribal system [17]
Ideographs [14], [219-223]
Illinois, Pictographs in [33]
Independence, Ohio, Rock carvings at [21]
Indian Miscellany quoted [188]
Indians, Pictographs of the North American (Garrick Mallery) [3-256]
Influence of civilization on pictographs [46]
[Innuit] language [147], [191], [214-215]
[Innuit] pictographs [198]
[Innuit] tattooing [63]
[Innuit] use bow-drill [48]
Inscription rock, El Moro [28]
Insignia of authority [168]
Instruments used in pictography [48]
Interpretation of picture signs; how obtained [16]
[Iowa], Pictographs in [34],
[Iowa], Rock carvings in [23]
Iron, Pictures on [191-194], [197], [205-206], [214]
J
James’ Long’s exploration quoted [151]
Johnson, Sir William; wampum belts [86], [87]
Jones, Capt. William A., discussed petroglyphs in Wyoming [24], [227], [244]
Jones, Prof. C. C., on pictographs [22], [23]
Jones’s Antiquities of the Southern Indians quoted [22], [23], [47]
K
Kadiak notice of direction [150]
Kaibab Indian name [171]
[Kaiowa] [135]
[Kaiowa] symbol [165]
Kanawha River, Pictographs on [22]
Kern County, California, Pictographs in [30]
Kiatexamut dialect [147-148], [191-194], [214-215]
Kimball, Mrs. F. A., on California pictography [229]
Kinderhook, Ill., fraudulent copper plates [247]
Kingsborough’s Mexico cited [169]
Klamath [49], [51], [63], [183]
L
Ladley, Lieut. O. D., loaned time chart [94]
La Hontan, Baron de, cited [113]
Lake Chelan, Pictographs at [26]
Landmarks by pictographs [61], [182]
Lapland pictographs [239]
Lartet, Edouard, referred to [82]
Lasso first used by Dakotas [108]
Laudonnière, Captain, on Florida symbol of war [88]
Lavary, A. (interpreter), cited on time charts [93], [120], [123], [124], [125]
Lean Wolf map [158-159]
[Lean Wolf] name symbol [172]
[Lean Wolf] pictograph [168]
Leavenworth, Col., H., attacked Rees [112]
Legend of animal swallowing human beings [120]
Leland, Charles, cited [190]
Lenape and their legends, The, referred to [84], [188], [233]
Lenni Lenape record [158], [207]
Licking County, Ohio, Rock carvings in [21]
Little Coal River, Rock carvings on [22]
Little Popo-Agie, Pictographs on [24]
Little-Man letter [160]
Loew, Dr. Oscar, on pictographs [31]
Lone Butte, Nev., Rock carvings on [24]
Lone Dog Winter count system discussed [90], [99-127]
Lone-Horn’s fate [115-116]
Long, J., cited [87]
Long, Maj. Stephen H., quoted [150], [151]
Lorain County, Ohio, Rock carvings in [21]
Los Angeles, Cal., Pictographs at [35], [36], [61], [156-157], [182], [198]
[Louisiana], Pictographs in [241]
M
McGillycuddy, Dr. V. T., on pictographs [160], [177]
Mackenzie, General, whipped Cheyennes [146]
MacLean, J. P., cited [250]
McLaughlin, Major; Ogalala roster [174]
Maiden Spring, Virginia, Pictographs at [33]
Mallery, Garrick; Pictographs of the North American Indians [3-256]
Mandan property marks [182]
Mandans [101], [102], [107], [114], [119], [131], [186]
Manning, James, cited [197]
Maori customs [88], [164], [200]
Marcoy, Paul, on tattooing [49], [53]
[Marcoy, Paul on], totem marks [167]
Massacre at Fort Phil. Kearny [144]
Masta, Abnaki, chief, cited [152]
Materials used for pictographs [36]
Mato Sapa or Black Bear’s chart [94], [99-127]
Matthews, Dr. W., cited [60], [126], [195]
Mattoal, Symbol for [167]
Mans, Lieutenant, obtained interpretation of time chart [93]
Maya writing [14]
Maynadier, General, as “many deer” [144], [170]
[Maynadier, General], made peace with Indians [144]
Mdewakantawan [173], [186]
Measles among Dakotas [110]
Meda songs [82-84]
Medicine men defined [106], [107]
Mendota, Minn., Pictograph at [189]
Merriam, Col. Henry, discovered pictographs [26]
Messages by pictographs [160-164]
Meteors recorded [111], [116], [136-137], [138-139]
Mexican pictographs [38], [169]
Mica plate frauds [247]
Miles, Gen., destroyed Indian village [117]
Milford, Utah, Pictographs at [27]
Millsborough, Pa., Petroglyphs at [20], [224]
Minneconjou Dakotas [94], [96]
[Minneconjou] defined [98]
Minnesota pictographs [33]
[Minnesota] relic frauds [248-250]
[Minnesota] rock carvings [23]
Minnetari [108]
[Mississippi] River pictographs [33], [34]
[Mississippi] [River] rock carvings [23]
[Missouri] River flood recorded [113]
Mnemonic devices [79-146]
[Mnemonic] pictographs [79-81], [161]
Mode of counting, Dakota [107]
[Mode of] making pictographs [234]
[Mode of] weaving horse hair [230-231]
Modes of interpretation [233-243]
Modoc tattooing [63]
Mojave pigments [52]
Moki distinctive marks [232]
[Moki] pictographs [16], [25], [29], [36], [46], [157], [194], [222], [229]
Monongahela River, Pictographs on [21]
Month names [99]
Montmagny, Great Mountain name for [170]
Moors, Symbols of [222]
Mormons or Latter Day Saints, by Lieut. J. W. Gunnison, cited [251]
Mortillet, Gabriel de, quoted [252]
[Mortuary] practices [197-202]
Motive to frauds [47]
Mount Pleasant, W. Va., Rock carvings at [22]
Mourning [197]
Muskingum River, Rock carvings on [22]
Musselshell river, Pictographs on [62]
Myths of the Iroquois [190]
[Myths] and songs from the South Pacific, cited on tattooing [76]
N
Najowe Pass, Pictographs at [36]
Name systems of Indians [169-173]
Narrative of an expedition to the Saint Peter’s River, quoted [150]
Native races. (H. H. Bancroft) [64], [65], [66], [73], [78], [88]
Natural and Aboriginal History of Tennessee [21], [33]
Naumoff Drawings and interpretations of [147-150], [152], [153], [154], [155], [195], [205], [206]
Nevada pictographs [24], [25], [60], [157]
New Albin, Iowa, Rock carvings at [23], [34]
[New] England, Rock carvings in [19]
[New] Holland ceremonial chart [197]
[New] Mexico, Pictographs in [28], [34], [37], [158], [229]
[New] Zealand, Red in [56]
[New] [Zealand] grave effigy [200], [201]
[New] [Zealand] tattooing [73], [75], [76]
Newark, Ohio, Rock carvings at [21]
Nez Percés, named by error [121]
Nicaragua, Pictographs in [40]
Nichols County, West Virginia, Pictographs in [22]
Nishinam claim symbols [159]
Norris, P. W., on pictographs [22], [23], [33], [34], [173]
North American Indians, Pictographs of [3-256]
Notched sticks as mnemonic aids [81]
Notices by pictographs [147-155]
O
Oakley Springs, Arizona, Pictographs at [17], [29], [30], [46-47], [194]
Objects represented in pictographs [46-47]
Ogalala, Ogalalla, Oglala [132], [133], [134], [136], [137], [140], [141], [143], [144], [145], [146]
Oglala defined [98]
[Oglala] roster [169], [174-176]
[Oglala] Winter counts [129]
Ohio mica plate frauds [247]
[Ohio], Rock carvings in [21]
Ojibwa pictographs [17], [69], [186], [217-218], [227], [228], [243], [245], [246]
[Ojibwa] pipe stone [248-250]
[Ojibwa] song device [82-84]
Ojo Pescado pictographs [28]
O’Kinakane, Fort [26]
Ola Walum [84], [158], [188], [207]
Omaha, Symbol for [66], [167]
Omahas [101], [132], [133], [134], [135]
Oncpapas [122]
Oneida, Idaho, Pictographs at [37]
Oraibi sacred stone [58]
Oraibi chief, Tubi [29], [46], [194]
Oregon, Rock carvings in [25]
[Origin] [of] Dakota name of the Deity [103]
[Origin] [of] the Winter counts [91], [92]
Osage mnemonic chart explained [84-86]
[Osage] tribal designation [165]
Ottawa pictographs [203], [217-218], [220]
Owen’s Valley pictographs [31]
P
Pacific islands, Tattooing in the [73-77]
Paddles ornamented [78]
Painted pottery [252]
Painting, Manner of [48]
Paint Lick Mountain, Va [33]
Pai-Ute attempt at suicide [132]
Pai-Ute Creek, Pictographs on [33]
Pai-Ute pictographs [61], [158]
Pani (see [Pawnees]) [166], [241]
Particular exploits and events [214-218]
Partridge Creek, Rock carvings on [30]
Passés totem mark [167]
Patrick, Dr. John B., sent time chart [93]
Patten’s Valley, Origin of rock etchings in [25], [26]
Pawkees [227]
Pawnees ([Pani]) [102], [127], [131], [135], [139], [141], [142], [143], [144]
Paxton, William A., brought first Texas cattle to Dakota [125]
Pennsylvania, Petrographs in [20], [158], [224-225], [226-227]
Peoria Bottom, Dakota, Sans Arc dirt lodges at [109]
Person, Pictures on the [61-78]
Personal designations [168]
[Personal] name pictographs [109-173]
Peru, Pictographs in [45]
Petroglyphs in North America [19]
Pictograph defined [13]
Pictographs, Identification of [224-236]
[Pictographs] of the North American Indians [3-256]
Pictography influenced by civilization [46]
Piedra Pintada Creek [27]
Pilgrimage, Beltrami’s, cited on Dakota [104]
Pinart, Alphonse, on pictographs [30], [40]
Pine Ridge Agency, pictograph letter [160-161]
[Pine Ridge Agency], pictographs [176]
Pipe-stone quarry [23], [33]
Pomme blanche defined [102]
Ponio war symbols [88]
Ponka Reservation [125]
Ponkas [131], [133], [134]
Pottawatomi [220]
[Pottery], how colored [50], [51]
Powell, Maj. J. W., learned real name of Indian [171]
[Powell, Maj. J. W.], on classification of Indiana [97]
Powers, Stephen, on Indian customs [49], [64], [195], [197]
Premeau, Jean, interpreted time chart [94]
Prince of Wales Archipelago tattooing [67-73]
Prince Maximilian zu Wied, cited [107], [195], [220], [222]
[Property] marks [182]
[Pueblo] totem marks [167]
Pyramid Lake, Nevada, Rock carvings near [24]
Q
Queen Charlotte Islands’ tattooing [66-73], [189]
Quipu of Peru, The [79]
R
Rafinesque, cited [233]
Rau, Dr. Charles, cited [93]
Red Cloud census [169], [176-181]
Red Lake Reservation, Designs from [187]
Ree, Derivation of [100]
Reed, Lieut. H. T., on Dakota time chart winter count [89-90], [93]
Rees (see [Arikara])
[Rees], Symbol for [166]
Relic frauds [247-253]
Religious pictographs [188]
Reveille, Nev., Pictographs at [25]
Riggs, on Indian names [97], [98], [109]
Rio del Norte, Pictographs on the [27]
[Rio] Verde, Rock etchings on the [30]
Robb, James C., time chart [94]
Rock carvings [16], [20-33]
Rocks, Paintings on [58]
Rocky Dell Creek, N. Mex., Pictographs on [33]
Russell, I. C., on pictographs [27], [229]
Russell, I. C., on tattooing in New Zealand [73], [75], [76]
Rust, Horatio N., on Davenport tablets [251]
S
Sage Creek, Wyoming, Rock carvings on [24]
Samoa (Rev. George Turner), quoted [77]
San Antonio Springs, Pictographs at [34]
[San] Bernardino, Rock carvings at [30]
[San] Diego, Pictographs at [37]
[San] Gabriel herders’ notched sticks [81-82]
[San] [Gabriel] River, Pictographs on [56-57]
[San] Juan, Pictographs on the [34]
San Marcos Pass, Pictographs at [36]
Sans Arc [93], [94], [109], [118], [122], [134]
Sans Arc defined [98]
Santa Barbara, Pictographs at [35], [36], [37]
Santa Ynez Mountains, Pictographs on [34], [36]
Santee defined [88]
Santees [124]
Satsika petrograph [227]
Scheffer’s History of Lapland, cited [239]
Schliemann, Dr. Henry, cited [63], [252]
Schomburgk, quoted by Humboldt on pictographs [39]
Schoolcraft, H. H., quoted on Indian pictographs and devices [17], [20], [21], [59], [82], [155], [158], [161-164]
[Schoolcraft, H. H.,] cited [167], [168], [188], [189], [199], [200], [216], [222], [239], [243], [245], [246]
Science, quoted on relic frauds [247]
Scott County, Iowa, Pottery from. (See [Davenport]).
Sculptures of San Lucia, Cosumalwhuapa (Habel), quoted [80]
Serrano Indian land-marks [61], [182]
Seton, William, U. S. N., African knife [243]
Shaman [190-194], [195], [237], [243]
Shamanism [100], [194], [202]
Sheafer, P. W., Pictographs of Pennsylvania [220-527]
[Shells], Pictographs on [60]
Sherman, General W. T. [125]
Shinumo rock carvings [25], [228]
Shoshoni [140], [141], [229]
[Shoshoni] petroglyphs [227], [228]
[Shoshoni] pictographs [25], [155], [215], [216], [231]
Shumeia war symbols [88]
Siberia, Pictographs in [245], [246]
Sibley, Colonel [124]
Sierra Nevada, Pictographs of the [31]
Sign language among North American Indians, cited [24], [132], [137], [155], [234]
Significance of color [54]
Signs of particular achievements [183]
Simpson, Lieut. J. H., on pictographs [28]
Siouan adopted as family term [97], [108], [114]
Sioux [101], [109], [122]
[Sioux] defined [97]
[Sioux] Falls [125]
Small-pox among Dakotas [110], [136]
Smith, Capt. John, on tattooing [63]
Smith, Mrs. E. A., Myths of the Iroquois [190]
Social status pictographs [183]
Soldiers fight Rees [111-112]
Songs of the Meda [82]
South America, Petroglyphs in [38]
Spanish blankets introduced among Dakotas [121]
Sproat, cited [67]
Standing Rock Agency [174]
Starvation symbol [154], [155]
Status pictographs [183]
Stephenson, Dr. M. F., on rock carvings [23]
Stevenson, James, on pictographs [60], [167], [194]
Stock cattle first issued to Dakotas [145]
Stones, Paintings on [58]
Suggestions to collaborators [211-256]
Suicide among Indians [131-132]
Sully, General [124]
Susquehanna, Pictographs on the [158]
Swan, James G., on Haida tattooing [56], [66-73], [189], [194-195], [242]
Syllabaries [13]
Symbolism [154], [221]
Symmorphs [239]
System of chronology attempted by Indians [127]
[System of] spelling of Bureau of Ethnology [17]
T
Tattooing [49], [63-78], [86], [183], [252]
Taylor, Rev. Richard, on New Zealand [49], [50], [74], [76], [88], [164]
Tazewell County, Virginia, Pictographs in [33]
Te Ika a Maui or New Zealand (Rev. R. Taylor) [49], [56], [57], [74], [76], [88], [104]
Tegua map [158]
Temple Creek Cañon, Pictographs in [26], [37]
Tenina [161]
Tennessee, Pictographs in [33]
Terry, General [125]
Teton defined [98]
Textile construction limited and governed Pueblo pottery ornament [60]
The Flame, or Bo-i-de, Time chart of [93], [99-127]
The Swan’s chart [93], [99-127]
Thlinkit pictographs [78]
Thompson, Gilbert, on pictographs [27], [33], [34], [229], [245]
Three Stars, an Indian name for General Crook [146]
Thunder Bird [188]
Thurn, Everard F. im, on name system of Guiana Indians [171-172]
[Thurn, Everard F. im,] on Indian customs in Guiana [40], [53], [61], [77]
Tillamuk [26]
Time symbols [88-146]
Tokens of authority [168]
Tomanawos ceremonies [70], [73]
Totem post [68]
Totemic names, Dakota and West Virginia [17]
[Totemic] pictographs [105], [231]
Totems [98], [167]
Trading-house built [109], [110], [111]
Traditions [84-86]
“Travail” explained [217]
Treaties [86-87]
Trees, Pictographs on [59]
Tribal symbolic designation [165]
[Tribal] historical pictographs [207]
Troja cited [63], [252]
Trumbull, Dr. J. Hammond, cited [97]
Tschudi, Dr. J. J. von, on pictographs [45]
[Tschudi, Dr. J. J. von], on the Quipu of the Peruvians [79-80]
Tuálati Indian rock etchings [25], [26]
Tubi, Oraibi chief, quoted [29], [46], [194]
Tulare Indians [234]
Tule River Agency, Weaving grass figures at [78]
[Tule River Agency], Yokuts at [52], [78]
[Tule River], Pictographs on [31], [33], [37], [234]
Turner, Rev. George, quoted on tattooing [77]
Twana thunder-bird [189]
Two Kettles [93], [94], [105], [113], [117], [122]
[Two Kettles] defined [97]
U
Uncpapa [100], [103], [104], [106], [116], [122], [126]
[Uncpapa] defined [98]
Union County, Georgia, Rock carvings in [23]
United States forces attack Arikaras [111-112]
Utah, Pictographs in [37], [229]
[Utah], Rock carvings in [26], [251]
Utes [108], [145]
V
Venango County, Pennsylvania, Rock carvings in [20]
Venezuela, Pictographs in [40]
Vermillion cliff, Rock carvings on [26], [29]
Virginia Indians tattooing [63]
[Virginia], Pictographs in [33]
Von Strahlenberg on pictographs in Liberia [245], [246]
W
Wall, J. Sutton, on pictographs in Pennsylvania [20-21], [225]
Walker Lake, Nevada, Rock carvings near [24]
“Walum Olum” in The Lenape and their Legends [84], [158], [188], [207]
Wampum belts [86-87]
War party, how made up [139-140]
[War] symbols [87-88]
Ward, James W., on rock carvings in Ohio [21]
Warning and guidance pictographs [155-157]
Washington, Rock carvings in [25]
Watterson’s Ranch petroglyphs [31], [32]
Wellsville, Ohio, Rock carvings at [21]
West, Dr. W., copied Dakota time chart [93-94]
West Virginia, Rock carvings in [22], [225]
[West Virginia] totem marks [17]
Western Lancet cited on claim symbols [159]
Wham, Maj. J. W., built adobe houses [145]
Whipple, Lieutenant, on pictographs [28], [29], [33], [138]
Whistle sickness [114], [138], [221]
White-cow-killer Winter count chart (See [Corbusier Winter counts].) [95], [99-127], [129-130]
Whitfield, J., on pictographs in Brazil [44-45]
Whittlesey, Col. Charles, cited [250]
Whooping-cough among Indians [108]
Wild horses first caught by Dakotas [108]
Williamson, Rev. Dr., cited [119]
Williams River, Rock carvings on [29]
Wind River Mountains, Rock carvings near [24]
Winter counts [88-148], [191], [207]
Wintūn tattooing [64]
Wisconsin effigy mounds [61]
Wood, Paintings on [59]
Woodthorp, Lt. Col., on war symbols [88]
Wright, Charles D., on pictographs [34]
Wyoming, Rock carvings in [24], [227]
Wyrick David, fraudulent Hebrew inscription [248]
Y
Yampais Springs, Pictographs at [29]
Yankton defined [97]
[Yankton] Reservation [125]
Yanktons [112], [122]
Yanktonnais [122], [124]
Yokuts, Color used by [52]
[Yokuts] weave grass figures [78]
Young, John W., on sacred stone of Oraibi [68]
Yuki, Color used by [52]
[Yuki] tattooing [49]
Yukon River tattooing [65]
[Yuma] paintings [60], [158]
Yuris totem mark [167]
Z
Zuñi [194], [195]
[Zuñi] pictographs [16], [28], [60]
[Zuñi] pottery [78]

[Transcriber's Note]

Illustrations have been moved next to the text to which they refer. Page numbers in the text or the list of Illustrations may not match their locations in the eBook.

The following apparent errors have been corrected:

p. 6 "Seggestions" changed to "Suggestions"
p. 11 "Cerimonial" changed to "Ceremonial
p. 19 "proposed with with" changed to "proposed with"
p. 21 "standstone" changed to "sandstone"
p. 22 "Virginia," changed to "Virginia."
p. 44 "reason" changed to "season"
p. 55 "et. seq." changed to "et seq."
p. 56 "signifes" changed to "signifies"
p. 60 "Plate IV" changed to "Plate VI"
p. 61 "PERSON" changed to "PERSON."
p. 67 "neck on" changed to "neck, on"
p. 71 "octupus" changed to "octopus"
p. 72 "sqid" changed to "squid"
p. 72 "frog in" changed to "frog on"
p. 86 "(Pleiades)" changed to "(Pleiades)"
p. 94 "interpetation" changed to "interpretation"
p. 102 "-No. 1. A Mandan" changed to "-No. I. A Mandan"
p. 106 "Ree Indians. dians." changed to "Ree Indians."
p. 110 "Lone Dog’s" changed to "Lone-Dog’s"
p. 113 "1824-’25" changed to "1824-’25."
p. 123 "extremity of of" changed to "extremity of"
p. 133 "woman-winter." changed to "woman winter."
p. 155 "Bureau of, Ethnology." changed to "Bureau of Ethnology."
p. 175 "Painted-rock" changed to "Painted-rock."
p. 186 "Mdewakantanwan" changed to "Mdewakantawan"
p. 195 "page 36" changed to "page 86"
p. 196 "Fig, 111a" changed to "Fig. 111a"
p. 200 "seq" changed to "seq."
p. 206 "Miztec" changed to "Miztec)"
p. 246 "Fig. 207" changed to "Fig. 207."
(index) "cited on Indina" changed to "cited on Indian"
(index) "Hupa" changed to "Hupâ"
(index) "Laudonniere" changed to "Laudonnière"
(index) "McGillicuddy" changed to "McGillycuddy"
(index) "MacKenzie" changed to "Mackenzie"
(index) "Maclean" changed to "MacLean"
(index) "Mottellet" changed to "Mortillet"
(index) "Mussellshell" changed to "Musselshell"
(index) "Weid" changed to "Wied"
(index) "Schlieman" changed to "Schliemann"
(index) "Schomburgh" changed to "Schomburgk"
(index) "Everard F. im." changed to "Everard F. im"
(index) "Tomanawas" changed to "Tomanawos"
(index) "Waterson’s" changed to "Watterson’s"
(index) "Wintun" changed to "Wintūn"

Inconsistent or dubious spelling and punctuation have otherwise been left as printed.

The captions on plates have been regularised.

The following are inconsistently used in the text:

aërial and aerial
Aigaluxamut and Aígalúxamut
arrowheads and arrow-heads
Cottontail and Cotton-tail
cottonwood and cotton-wood
footprint and foot-print
Hañka and Hanka
headwaters and head-waters
horseshoes and horse-shoes
Kiatexamut and Kiatéxamut
Lenni-Lenape and Lenni-Lenapè
Oglala and Oglála
outline and out-line
rawhide and raw-hide
sandstone and sand-stone
sculpin and skulpin
subchiefs and sub-chiefs
Wa[c]a[c]e and Wa[c]ace
warpath and war-path
widespread and wide-spread
Zuni and Zuñi

On pp. 81-82, ">-shaped", "v-shaped" and ">-shape" were printed with special symbols.