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INDEX 



Ball game — Page 



described by Herrera 38 



described by Oviedo 47 



Barter, articles of, among the 



islands 5 



Behechio, cacique of Xaragua. 18 

 Bellini, Padre, efRgy owned 



by 87 



Benzoni, Girolamo, record left 



by 23 



Bird effigy, on Porto Rican 



pottery 73 



Black WARE, firing of 11 



Boat-shaped vessels — 



described 60,97,98-100 



occurrence of 123 



Boca Chica, Arawak cemetery 



near 6 



Boca Chica Sugar Central, 



mention of 39 



Boca del Infierno — 



artifacts found in 28 



use of, by expedition 27 



BoNAO, brief description of 42 



BorinqtjeSos, dances of 47 



Bow AND ARROW, tribes possess- 

 ing 16 



Bowls — 



described 97-104 



from San Juan, described-. 76-77 



two-compartment 66 



without figurines 60 



See also Food bowls. 



Branch, mention of work of 24 



Brinton, Daniel G., linguistic 



discovery made by 4 



British Guiana, excavation of 



shell heaps in 128 



British Museum, mention of 



pottery in 6 



Brown, C. Barrington, stone 



circles described by 46 



Burial grounds. See Ceme- 

 tery. 

 Burial URNS. *See Urn burials. 

 Burials — 



Antillean, described by 



Fewkes 41 



at Boca Chica 39 



flexed 40 



in caves 22, 29 



in Cuba and Porto Rico 29 



in La Vega Province 29 



rock-cleft 22, 32 



Burials — Continued. page 

 rock-ledge, pottery accom- 

 panying 7 



under midden deposits 29 



urn 32 



See also Cemetery; Mor- 

 tuary pottery. 

 Caciques — 



duties of 16 



early, fate of 2 



household of 16 



lives of, wrecked by Span- 

 iards 2 



preservation of corpse of_- 32 



use of the term 16-17 



Caizimu, Martyr's name for 



Higuey Province 19 



Caloosa, a Florida chief 105 



Canada, eastern, origin of 



pottery of 139 



Canteens. See Water bot- 

 tles. 



C AON ABO — 



cacique of Maguana Prov- 

 ince 17 



death of 2 



territory ruled by 17 



Cape Francois, a French settle- 

 ment 17 



Carib-Arawak, culture of 3 



Carib pottery — 



characteristics of 127 



compared with Arawak 68-69 



Caribs — 



as culture bearers 3 



beliefs concerning, of Co- 

 lumbus 13 



insular, origin of 4 



linguistic affinities of 4 



meaning of the name 5 



territory occupied by 5 



Carriacou pottery, elements 



of, unlike Santo Domingan. 125-126 



Carvings, pillar rock, in 



caves 21 



Cassava — 



culture of 3 



griddles for baking 104 



implements showing use of_ 38 

 utilization of, coincident 



with pottery 47 



Catawba pottery, modern 



forms of 111 



Cave bukials 22, 29 



