Any material the result of careful observation will be most gratefully received and acknowledged in the final volume; but the writer must here confess the lasting obligation he is under to those who have already contributed, a number so large that limited space precludes a mention of their individual names.
Criticism and comments are earnestly invited from all those interested in the special subject of this paper and anthropology in general. Contributions are also requested from persons acquainted with curious forms of burial prevailing among other tribes of savage men.
The lithographs which illustrate this paper have been made by Thos. Sinclair & Son, of Philadelphia, Pa., after original drawings made by Mr. W. H. Holmes, who has with great kindness superintended their preparation.
FOOTNOTES
[1.] Hist. Ind. Tribes of U.S., 1853, pt. 3, p. 193.
[2.] Antiq. of Southern Indians, 1873, pp. 108-110.
[3.] Hist. of Carolina, 1714, p. 181.
[4.] Hist. Ind. Tribes of U.S., 1855, pt. 5, p. 270.
[5.] Rep. Smithsonian Institution, 1871, p. 407.
[6.] Voy. dans l’Arizona, in Bull. Soc. de Géographie, 1877.