1004 



INDEX. 



I'age. 

 LabraKlor Indians, use of curved knife by 



the 7:!4 



Lacoe, R. D., specimens of Tertiary fossil 



plantH received from 55 



Laiitaii, Father J. F., account of early 

 Jesuit mission- 

 ary given by - . . 551 



quoted 402,490 



reference to work 

 on American In- 

 dians by 559 



iMijeiia castanca, new species 307 



castrensig Scb wager 308 



distoma I'arker and Jones 30C 



eloiKjata Elirenberg 30G 



genus of foraiiiinifera 305 



globota Montagu 306 



(/racillima Seguenza 306 



hitpida Ileusa 307 



Icevis Montagu 306 



longUpiiia Brady 306 



marginata Walker and Boys 307 



orhignyana Seguenza 308 



staph i/llearia Scliwager 307 



xnlcata "Walker and Jacob 307 



Lageuida-, family YI of tlio foraniinifera. 202 



Lagenin:e, subfamily of foraminifera 305 



Labontan, Baron, reference to use of the 



calumet in Canada by 554 

 remarks by, concerning 

 peace treaties of the 



Indians 555 



Lane, llalph, tobacco introduced into Eng- 

 land by 411 



Langi'.age of the Ilai)a 'Nuiis 720 



Lano, Albert, title of i)aper by 201 



Lapham, I. A., quoted 550 



Lappman, L., Iroquoian pottery pipe col- 

 lected by 494 



La Salle, M. de, calumet dance of the 



" Arkansa" described by 



Lasaimonne, Mous. S. E., exchange with. 



Law reference library established 



La wson, John, quoted 008, 609 



Lead and itst'ombiuations 



Leaf-shaped implements (Division I) 



Leche, Prof. Wilhelni, exchange with ^ 



siiecimens of crus- 

 tac.ea r e c e 1 >• e d 



through 51 



Lectures 235 



Leiberg, John B., engaged iu determina- 

 tion of material 30 



title of paper by 202 



Lenike, Miss Elizabeth, assistance ren- 

 dered by 66 



Leonard, Miss Georgie, engaged in study of 

 South American 



antiquities 31 



native copper hook 



dejwsitedby 67 



Leppleman, Lewis, bowl pipe collected by 431 



Lescarbot, Marc, account of peace treaty 

 between French and 

 I roquois by 549, 550 



Page. 



Lescarbot, Marc, quoted 510 



Letson. Miss Jennie A., engaged in study 



of mollusca 48 



Libraries, sectional, list of 25 



Library, accessions to the 25 



list of accessions to the 153 



the 25 



Life Histories of North American Birds, 



Special Bulletin Xo. 3, publication of. . . 27, 43 

 Light, characters of minerals depending 



upon the action of 680 



Lindstrom, P., quoted 640 



Linell, Martin L., assistance rendered by. 20 



biographical sketch of. . 36 



died May 3, 1897 9,36 



titles of ))apers by 202 



Liugsdorf, G. 11. Von, u.so of suuti' among 

 the Aleutian Islanders referred to bj'^ .. 589 



Lingulina carinata d'Orbigny 312 



variety seminuda 



Hantken 312 



genus of foraminifera 312 



List of accessions during the year ending 



June 30, 1897 91 



to the Museum library 153 



man's knives iu the U. S. National 



Museum 743 



papers accompanying Report for 



1897 247 



published separately in 



1897 213 



specimens sent to Museum for ex- 

 amination and report 217 



specimens sent to Museum for ex- 

 amination and report, index to . 232 

 Lituolida.', family III of the foraniinifera. 259, 272 



Lituoliuai, subfamily of foraminifera 272 



Locke, William M., Iroquois pottery pipe 



collected by 501 



Loftnsina', subfamily of foraminifera 282 



Long, Stephen H., calumet dance of the 



Omaha described by 568 

 bunting ceremonial of 

 the Omaha de- 

 scribed by 568 



quoted 421 



Liinnberg, Einar, title of paper by 202 



Loomis, L. M., specimens lent to 27 



Lord, Dr. E. C. E., ensjaged in geological 



investigations 63 



engaged in study of 

 geological material 

 collected by Dr. E. 



A. Mearns 30 



Lortet, L., exchange with 15 



Loskiel, Georg Heinricli, description of 

 the calumet 



by 565 



use of wam- 

 pum belt re- 

 ferred to by . 041 

 Love, Col. William H., reference to mon- 

 itor pipe iu collection of 470 



Lowe, H. N., crustaceans and echino- 

 derms presented by 51 



