Hafting of implements of shell 203, 205, 211
Haldemann, S. S., describes shell beads 227, 230
Haliotis shells used as vessels 189, 191
Haliotis shells used in manufacturing beads 225, 227
Haliotis shells used in manufacturing fish hooks 209
Haliotis shells used in manufacturing pendants 209, 261
Haliotis shells used in trade 191
Heckewelder, Johann, describes shell tweezers 212
Heckewelder, Johann, describes wampum belts 250
Heckewelder, Johann, on the use of wampum belts 246
Hennite shells used in manufacture of beads 225, 227
Hilder, F. F., describes shell gorgets 286, 288, 303
Hilder, F. F., photographs of gorgets procured by 286
Human figure engraved on shell gorgets 297
Human figure engraved on shell gorgets, Comparison of, with other examples 302
Human figure engraved on shell gorgets, Comparison of, southern examples 301
Hunter, J. D., concerning emblems in treaties 247
Hutchinson, Thomas, on the antiquity of wampum 235

Implements of shell, Agricultural 207
Insignia or badges of shell 264, 266, 273

Jones, C. C., describes shell pins 215
Jones, C. C., describes shell vessel 196
Jones, C. C., describes stone disks 277
Jones, C. C., mentions shell gorgets 287, 293, 298
Jones, Joseph, describes shell disk 276
Jones, Joseph, describes shell gorgets 297
Jones, Joseph, describes shell spoons 201
Jones, Joseph, describes shell vessel 196

Kalm, Peter, mentions shell knives 202
Kalm, Peter, on shell money 238
Kalm, Peter, on shell pendants 257
Knight, E. H., describes shell weapons 211
Knives of shell 201
Knives of shell, rarity of, in collections 203
Knives of shell used by Honda Indians 202
Knives of shell used by Pacific Coast tribes 203
Knives of shell used by Patagonians 203
Kohl, J. G., on trade in shells 194

Lafitau, J. F., on the use of shell pendants 256
Lafitau, J. F., on the use of wampum 243
Lafitau, J. F., on the use of wampum belts 250
Lawson, John, on the use of shell money 237
Le Moyne, d'Iberville, on the use of shell vessels 193
Lewis and Clark describe shell ornaments 233
Lewis and Clark on value of beads 239
Lick Creek mound 215, 224, 272, 278, 296
Lindström, P., on the use of shell money 236
Lord, J. K., on shell money 239
Loskiel G. H., gives an account of wampum 245
Loskiel G. H., on the antiquity of use of wampum 235
Loskiel G. H., on the manufacture of wampum 235
Loskiel G. H., on the origin of the word wampum 239
Loskiel G. H., on the wampum belts 250
Low, C. P., Shell spoons collected by 200
Low, C. P., Shell spoons described by 200
Lyon, S. S., Shell spoons collected by 200

McMahan mound 214, 292, 294, 298, 301, 303
Manufacture of shell objects 204, 210, 212, 216, 218, 220, 228, 236, 255, 261, 263, 286, 293
Marginella shells used as beads 219
Matson, J. S. B., Beads discovered by 231
Matson, J. S. B., describes shell plates 265
Mnemonic records, Interpretation of 241, 244, 246
Mnemonic records, Iroquois keeper of 241, 244
Mnemonic records of Mexicans 240
Mnemonic records of N. A. Indians 240
Mnemonic records of Peruvians 240
Mnemonic records, Origin of 240
Mnemonic records, Use of materials other than shell for 245, 247
Mnemonic records, Use of wampum for 240, 254
Molina, G. I., concerning emblems in treaties 247
Morgan, L. H., on the antiquity of wampum 235
Morgan, L. H., on the origin of the word wampum 239
Morgan, L. H., on the uses of wampum 235
Morgan, L. H., on wampum belts 249
Morgan, L. H., on wampum records 241
Morton, Thomas, on the use of shell money 236
Myth, Spider, obtained by J. W. Powell 286
Mytilus, shells used as utensils 191, 212
Mytilus, shells used in manufacture of fish hooks 210
Mytilus, shells used in manufacture of ornaments 261

Oliva shells used as beads 219, 222
Olivella shells used as beads 220
Ornaments of shell 213, 305
Osgood, Kate C., Drawings made by 268
Oyster shells used as utensils 191

Pachydesma shells used as utensils 190
Pachydesma shells used in manufacture of beads 226
Pachydesma shells used in manufacture of ornaments 261
Pachydesma shells used in manufacture of pendants 209
Palmer, E., Collections by 303
Parkman, Francis, on the use of wampum 247
Pearls perforated for beads 225
Pearls used by Powhatan 232
Pecten shells used as implements 206
Pecten shells used as ornaments 189, 261
Pecten shells used as rattles 190, 206
Pecten shells used as vessels 189
Pecten shells used in art 189
Pectunculus shells, Manufacture of rings from 263
Pendants, Beads used as 230
Pendants, Classification of 255, 207
Pendants, Engraved 267, 305
Pendants, Forms and sizes of 255, 258, 261, 263
Pendants, Historic use of 255, 268
Pendants illustrated by Lafitau 257
Pendants illustrated in De Bry 257
Pendants illustrated in Mexican paintings 257
Pendants illustrated in sculptures of Mexico and Yucatan 258
Pendants, Importance of, in evolution of art 255
Pendants of shell 209, 255
Pendants of the Atlantic coast 258
Pendants, Origin of use of 255
Pendants, Ornamental notching of edges of 262
Pendants, Perforations of 255, 261
Pendants, Plain, of the Pacific coast 260
Pendants, Plain, of the Atlantic coast 258
Pendants, Various uses of 255, 261, 267
Penn, J. G., describes Penn belt 259
Perforated tablets. See Tablets.
Perforations of objects of shell 216, 220, 223, 227, 236, 262
Perkins, G. H., Shell beads illustrated by 224
Perrine, F. M., Shell gorgets belonging to 270
Pins, cut from body of shell 216
Pins, Examples of 213, 218
Pins made from collumellæ of shell 213, 218
Pins obtained from mounds 213, 218
Pins of shell 213, 218
Pins, Use of bone 217
Pins, Use of, problematicals 213, 217
Potter, W. B., Shell gorget owned by 299, 303
Powell, J. W., Nose ornament collected by 227
Powell, J. W., Shell disk collected by 273
Powell, J. W., Shell spoon collected by 199
Powell, J. W., Spider myth obtained by 286
Powers, Stephen, describes shell beads 239
Powers, Stephen, describes shell ornaments 233
Pratt, H. W., on shell money 239
Pratz, Lepage du, describes shell ornaments 232
Putnam, F. W., describes bone pins 217
Putnam, F. W., describes shell fish-hooks 209
Putnam, F. W., describes shell gorgets 276, 282, 295
Putnam, F. W., describes shell pins 218
Putnam, F. W., describes shell spoons 195
Putnam, F. W., describes shell vessels 196
Putnam, F. W., on use of asphaltum 227
Putnam, F. W., on value of Haliotis shells 191

Rasle, Father Sebastian, on the use of shell beads 231
Rau, Charles, describes gold ornament 285
Rau, Charles, describes shell gorget 289
Rau, Charles, describes shell vessel 196
Rau, Charles, describes shell weapon 210
Rau, Charles, on classification of perforated plates 266
Rau, Charles, on cut of stone disk 278
Records. (See Mnemonic records.)
"Runtees," a variety of shell beads 228
"Runtees, Manner of stringing 229
"Runtees, Origin of 230
"Runtees, Signification of figures engraved upon 228
Ruttenber, E. M., on the Keeper of wampum 241
Ruttenber, E. M., on the manufacture of shell money 238

Scalloped disks. (See Disks.)
Schoolcraft, H. R., describes shell beads 228
Schoolcraft, H. R., describes shell ornaments 297
Schoolcraft, H. R., describes shell pendants 260
Schoolcraft, H. R., describes shell plates 264
Schumacher, Paul, Shell objects collected by 209, 217
Scrapers of shell 205
Scrapers, Examples of 205
Serpent characteristics that attract the savage 289
Serpent design, Discovery of shell gorgets ornamented with 289
Serpent design engraved upon shell gorgets 268, 289, 293
Serpent design engraved upon stone disks 278
Serpent design, Examples of gorgets ornamented with 290
Serpent design of Mexico and Peru 293
Serpent design; the rattlesnake 289
Serpent, Embodiment of the, in art 289
Serpent; rattlesnake species represented on shell 291, 293
Serpent, Superstitions in regard to 289
Serpent, Use of the, as a religious symbol 289
Shells, Artificial distribution of 196, 205, 213, 230
Shells, Trade in 188, 191, 193, 196, 236
Shells used as models for the potter 198
Shells used in natural state 187, 191
Smith, Erminnie A., Wampum belt loaned by 251
Smith, John, describes shell ornaments 232
Spider characteristics that attract savages 286
Spider design engraved upon shell gorgets 286, 289
Spider design, Examples of, on shell gorgets 286
Spider design in art 286
Spider, Myths concerning the 286
Spoons of shell deposited with the dead 199
Spoons of shell, Examples of 199
Spoons of shell, Manufacture of 198
Spoons of the Unio shell 198, 201
Squier, E. G., mentions spider myths 286
Squier and Davis describe shell beads 225
Stearns, R. E. C., on shell money 239
Strachey, William, mentions shell knives 202
Stratton, C. L., Shell pins collected by 215
Strombus shells, Columellæ of, used in manufacture of beads 224
Strombus shells, Columellæ of, used in manufacture of pendants 208
Strombus shells, Columellæ of, used in manufacture of pins 213, 215
Strombus shells used as vessels 191, 194, 197
Strombus shells used in manufacture of celts 204
Strombus shells used in manufacture of gorgets 295
Swan, J. G., describes shell ornaments 233

Tablets, Perforated, Forms of 264
Tablets, Perforated, made of shell 264, 267
Tablets, Perforated, Manner of burial of 265
Tablets, Perforated, Method of attachment of 266
Tablets, Perforated, Perforations of 265
Tablets, Perforated, Theories of use of 264
Tablets, Perforated, Undetermined character of 264
Time symbols, Probable use of shell disks as 268, 273, 278
Tomlinson, A. B., describes shell plate 264
Trill, C. F., Drawings made by 251
Troost, Dr. Gerard, Shell objects collected by 224
Tweezers of shell 212

Unio shells obtained from mounds 190
Unio shells used as implements 190, 205
Unio shells used as utensils 190, 199
Unio shells used in manufacture of beads 223
Unio shells used in manufacture of ornament 260
Unio shells used in manufacture of spoons 199

Velie, J. W., Shell pendants collected by 208
Vessels, artificially shaped 192
Vessels, Engraved shell 193
Vessels in clay imitating shells 198
Vessels, Manufacture of shell 194, 196
Vessels, Natural shells 190
Vessels of the Mound Builders 194, 196
Vessels used by the Florida Indians 193
Vessels used by the Moquis Indians 193
Vessels used in Mexico 192

Wampum, Antiquity of use of as currency. 234
Wampum as currency 234
Wampum, Derivation of the word 238
Wampum in costumes 232, 234
Wampum, Literature of 241, 248
Wampum, Manufacture of 226, 236
Wampum, Manufacture of, by whites 238
Wampum, Mnemonic use of 240, 254
Wampum, Modern use of 239, 252
Wampum, Origin of mnemonic use of 240
Wampum, Symbolic uses of 241, 248
Wampum, Use of, in strings 243, 248
Wampum, Use of, in treaties and councils 242
Wampum, Use of, on Pacific Coast 239
Wampum, Varieties of beads used as 247
Weapons of shell 210
Weapons, Manner of hafting 211
Whipple, Lieut. E. W., Necklace obtained by 220
Whiteley, Colonel, Shell gorgets procured by 303
Whitney, J. L., describes shell plate 265
Williams, C. F., Shell gorgets collected by 282
Williams, Roger, on the name wampum 239
Williams, Roger, on the use of shell money 236
Wood, William, describes shell pendants 256
Wood, William, mentions shell implements 205, 207
Wood, William, mentions shell ornaments 232
Wyman, Jeffries, describes shell celt 204
Wyman, Jeffries, describes shell gorgets 289
Wyman, Jeffries, describes shell pins 216
Wyman, Jeffries, describes shell vessel 196
Wyman, Jeffries, describes shell weapons 211

Corrections:

MODERN SPELLING OF SCIENTIFIC NAMES OF SHELL SPECIES MENTIONED: