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Ociite, Oeorgia, supplied servants to De Soto, 105 

 OttUo, Coya Mama, corpse of, sueu by Uaruilasso, 29 

 Oliio, fortiBcations on the, ascribed by Catliu to the 

 Mandaus, 38 

 cross found iu mound at Chillicotbe, 77 

 Oldtown, Tenu., ancient earthworks at, 82 

 celt from, 142 



combination of worlc near, 36 

 crania from, 110, 111 

 extensive collection of stone graves at, 8 

 pipe from, 138 

 Omahas, buria! customs of the, 24, 34 

 Ondegardo, I'anI, corpses of Incas seen in the house of, 

 by Garcilasso, 29 

 on royal mummies found at r'nzco, 20 

 Oriflarame, ship, landed at Brazil, where yellow fever 



prevailed, 93 

 Orinoco, valley of the, burial customs of the Indians of 



the, 33 

 Ornament, carved, of great beauty found on skeleton in 

 mound opposite Nashville, Tenn., 42, 43, 45 

 from rock mound near Pulaski, Tenn., loS 

 shell, with carved cro.-is in centre, from stone grave 



near Nashville, I'enn., 77 

 shape of human countenance, from grave of child at 

 foot of mound opposite Nashville, Tenn., 48 

 Ornamentation of vases from graves in earthwork near 



Franklin, Tenn., U2 

 Ornaments, shell, pearl, and copper, from Tennessee, ISO 

 burii*il with the dead in Tennessee, 8 

 copper, from graveyard on farm of Col. W. D. Gale, 



near Na.shville, Tenn., 8 

 found iu grave ou Col. Overton's Hill, Tenn., 40 

 of bodies buried around altar in mound opposite 



Nashville, Tenn., 42 

 of images of Tennessee, stone-grave race resemble 



those of Chinese and .Mexicans, 72 

 wooden, coated with copper, found iu graves in 

 Tennessee, 45 

 Oronoco, natives of, little accustomed to burn their 



dead, 32 

 Ortiz, John, History of, recorded by Fernando de Soto, 

 Luis Fernandez de BimeJa, The Gentleman of 

 Elva3,and the Inca. Garcilasso de la Vega, 13 

 .estimony of, concerning burial custom iu Fluiida, 

 13 

 Oriiro, epidemics at, 90 



Osage Indians flattened their heads, 122, 124, fig. 65 

 Mr. Nuttall on the burial customs of the, 33 

 Osborn's Place, Tenn., combination of works ou, 36 

 Otaheite, burial customs of the people of, 16 

 Overton Co , Tenn., deposit of human bones near resi- 

 dence of Maj. John F. Jewett, near Livingston, 12 

 Overton, Col., aboriginal settlement occupied hill iu Ten- 

 nessee, upon which is residence of, 39 

 cranium from stone grave at residence of, 111 

 stone graves in Tennessee, on plantation of, 8 

 Oviedo respecting sypliilis, 68 



0-why-liee Island, king of, wore red-featliereil cloak 

 when seen by Capt. Cook, 2 



Paim bowl from stone grave in valley of Cumberland 

 River, Tenn., 51 

 from grave in earthwork near Franklin, Tenn., 

 62, 63 

 Paintings, apparent purpose of Indian, 4 



caves, mounds, charcoal, and ashes, connection be- 

 tween, 4 

 Palenque, Mr. Stevens describes tablet from ruins of, 77 

 Pallas, Prof. , found an image in Russia resembling those 



of the mound-builders of Tenn., 52 

 Pampas, burial customs of tlie, 33 

 Panama inhabited by Caribs, 122 

 Papantla, pyramids of, 120, 132 



Paper, pieces of, given to the Mexican dead, and repre- 

 senting passports against danger in their final journey, 

 25, 26' 



Paraguas, burial ctistoms of the, 33 



Paraguay, smallpox in, 9li 



Parecas, burning of the dead among the, 32 



Paris, Tenn., image ploughed up by Mr. Hartsfield near, 



131 

 Parish's Mound in Maury Co., Tenn., 107 

 Parker, Rev., on mortality among Indians, 98 

 Passways of work on West Harpeth River, Tenn., 80 



over the earthworks near Franklin, Tenn., 57 

 Patagoniaus, burial customs of the, 33 

 Patagonia, reference made to Falkner's, 33 

 Pavement of cave near Pulaski, Tenn., 3 

 Pawnees, smallpox ravages among. 97 

 Pearl ornaments from Tennessee, 136 

 Pearls found by Spaniards in grave in province of Cuti- 



fachiqui, 14 

 Pearson, Dr., has drawing of skeleton found in Salem, 



Mass., 34 

 Peru, reference made to History of Conquest of, 29 



smallpox in, [Ui 

 Peruvians are said to have had a cross of white marble, 

 77 

 believed in resurrection, according to Prescott, 29 

 bodies of, exam ned by Dr. Morton, 33 

 buiial customs of the, 29 

 flattening of cranium among the, 121 

 Ives relates burial customs of ancient, 16 

 Mexicans, and Mongol Tartars, similarity of burial 



customs of, 31 

 Mexicans, and Natchez, resemblance of burial cus- 

 toms of the, 19 

 resemblance of crania of, to those of the aborigines 

 of Tennessee, the Natchez, and Toltecs, 120, J 21 

 tombs of the, construction of, according to Garci- 



lasso, 30 

 vases found in mound opposite Nashville, Tenn., re- 

 semble those of, 46 

 Pestilence, among the Toltecs, 90 



probable, among primitive inhabitants of Kentucky 

 and Tennessee, 88 

 Pestilences auiong aborigines of Ameiica, SO-09 

 Pests among Indians of Canada and New England, 90 

 Phallus cousecraied by Egyptians, 136 



found at ChiUicothe, Ohio, 135 

 Pierced tablets from Pulaski, 108, fig. 62 



from Stone Foit, lI'O, tig. 59 

 Pickett, History of Alabama, reference made to, 14 

 Pigmies, ancient, Ilaywooil's account of, 10, 13 



belief in existence of, opposed by Col. A. W. Put- 

 nam and others, 11, 13 

 existence of, not established, 11, 13 

 graves in Tennessee are undoubtedly those of 



children, 9, 13 

 so-called, prove to be children, "9 

 Piney River, IVuu., remains along, l(l4 

 Pipes, deposited with skeletons from burial-ground near 

 Carthage, Tenn., 3 

 found near stone fort near Manchester, Tenn., 103, 



fig. 58 

 from Tennessee, 138, 139, fig. 74 

 from ancient work near Franklin, Tenn., 75, fig. 41 

 from near Murfi'eesboro, Tenn., 76, fig. 42 

 stone, from work at Oldtown, Tenn., 87, fig. 53 

 Plagues, origin of American, 92 

 Plates, copper, from grave iu earthwork near Franklin, 



Tenn., 59 

 Plummet of black magnetic iron from Tennessee, 141, 



fig. SO 

 Ponce de Leon, testimony of, to the density of Indian 



popuIatii)n, 104 

 Popayan. epidemics at, 90 

 Population, large, of aborigines in Southern States, 105 



of Mississipiii Valley dense in ancient times, 1 

 Porto Rico, customs of ancient inhabitants of, 122 

 Position in which ornaments were found in graves, 136 

 of body found in limestone cavern in Kentucky, 5 

 relative, of inner and outer circle of stone coffins in 

 mounds opposite Nashville, Tenn., 46 



