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INDEX. 



Pot, l)!ack, in grave of earthwork near Franklin, Teuu., 



Ul, (;2 

 Potosi, epidemics at, 90 

 Potowatomies, burial customs of the, 34 

 Pots from within ancient work near Franklin Tenn., 74 

 Pottery found in graves along bank of Cumberland 

 River, Tenn., 48, 49, 64, tig. 33 

 found in graves at Floyd's Lick, Tenn., 12 

 found in mound on French Lick Creek, near Nash- 

 ville, Tenn., 51 

 found in Tennessee illustrates condition of former 



inhabitants, 1 

 fragment.^ from around sulphur spring, Nashville, 



Tenn., 7 » 



fragments found in alluvial plain around the bury- 



ing-ground oppo.'^ite Nashville, Tenn., 7 

 fragments of, from fields in valley of Duck River, 



Tenn., 103 

 fragments of, in fields around mounds on Cumijer- 



land River, Tenn., 49 

 fragments throughout mound of work on West Ilar- 



peth River, Tenn., 80, 81 

 from ancient work at Oldtown, Tenn., 82, 83, 84 

 from graveyard on White Creek Road, Tenn., 53 

 in mound at Oldtown, Teun., 8() 

 pieces of, from graves in mound near Brentwood, 

 Tenn., 3S 

 Powell's River, Tenn., remains on, 104 

 Prayer, attitude of, by image from mound opposite 



Nashville, Tenn., 44 

 Prescott on civilization of the Incas, 29 

 Pressure, efl'ects of, upon crania, 48, 49, 54, 114 

 Priapus found at Chiilicothe, Ohio, 1E5 

 Prichard on the foramen maqnum, IKJ, 117 

 Primitive inhabitants abandoned aboriginal remains of 



Kentucky and Tennessee, 88 

 Prince's Chrou., reference made to, 91 

 Pritchard, Dr., remarks upon the Flatheads, 125 

 Pulaski, Giles Co., Tenn., burial cave on plantation of 

 Mr. William Sheppard, near, 3 

 remains near, 108 

 Putnam, Col., took shell ornament with carved cross in 

 centre from breast of skeleton in grave near 

 Nashville, Tenn., 77 

 opposed belief in existence Oi Pigmy race, 11 

 Pyramid of Cholula, near Mexico, idol from, 132 



Indian, of Cholula, Mexico, 28 

 Pyramids arouml the four faces of pyramids of sun and 

 moon of Teotihuacan, Mexico, served as burying 

 places, 28 

 of Cholula, Teotihuacan, and Papantla, 120, 1:52 

 truncated, on north bank of the llolston, Tenn., 4 

 Pyramidal mounds, 30 



in ancient work near Franklin, Tenn., 8 

 near Franklin, Tenn., 73 

 mound within embankment on West Harpeth 



River, Tenn., 79 

 sacrificial mounds of work at Oldtown, Tenn., 82 



QnEEN of Viraoocha, corpse of, seen by Garcilasso, 29 

 Quigatta, place called, located by Mr. Nuttall, 121 

 Quiuetzin, body of King, 33 



Quiogozon, the royal tomb of North Carolina Indians, 23 

 Quito, Caciques of, were buried in the principal temple. 



Rale, Mr. T., on burial customs among the Illinois, 15 

 Ramsay, Dr. J. G. M., History of the Shawnees, 154 



collection of antiquities of, 135 

 Eathke, Dr., on crania from tumuli at Kertsch in the 



Crimea, 118 

 Relics buried with the dead in Tennessee, 8 



exposed by caving of banks of Cumberland River, 



opposite Nashville, Tenn., 7 

 found around Oldtown, Tenn., 86, 87 

 found around sulphur spring, Nashville, Tenn., 7 

 found iu mound in North Nashville, Tenn., 50 



Relics found in vicinity of mound on Franklin Pike, 

 near Nashville, Tenn., 52 

 found near stonework near Manchester, Tenn.. 101 

 from ancient town site above mouth of Hiawassa 



River, Tenn., 131 

 from cave near Pulaski, Tenn., 108 

 from the mounds and stone graves in Tennessee, 



128-145 

 of interest found within ancient work near Franklin, 

 Tenn., 73 

 Religious ceremonies of aborigines at De Soto's time, 

 lOG 



customs, apparent, of aborigines of Tennessee, 135 

 purpose, apparent, of mound on Franklin Pike, near 

 Nashville, Tenn., 52 

 Remains, aboriginal, near Pulaski, Giles Co., Tenn., 108 

 collection of aboriginal, in State capitol at Nashville, 



Tenn., 139 

 found iu a copperas cave in Warren Co., Tenn., 1 

 found in mound opposite Nashville, Tenn., on bank 



of Cumberland River, 42 

 found in pyramid if Chohila, Mexico, 29 

 of Mississijipi Valley are referred to various abor- 

 iginal nations, 39 

 Reservoir in centre of iuclosure near Paris, Tenn., 131 

 Resurrection believed in by Peruvians, according to 



Prescott, 29 

 Rhodius, Appolonius, mentioned customs of inhabitants 



of Colchis, near Pontus, It! 

 Riccarees, fortification of towns of, 39 

 Rites, funeral, aud sepulchres of the Mexicans, Clavi- 

 gero, description of tlie, 25 

 performed by the Natchez, Father le Petit's account 

 of the, 19, 20 

 Robertson, General, History of America, 69 

 on Shawnees, 154 

 William, on ravages of smallpox, 97 

 Rochefort on origin of Caribs, 122 

 Rock mound near Pulaski, Tenn., 108 



paintings, aboriginal, 137, 138 

 Roman vase, image found iu mound opi^osite Nashville, 



Tenn,, resembles, 44 

 Romans buried their dead iu boxes, 34 

 Romans, Captain Bernard, on customs of inhabitants of 

 Colchis, near Pontus, mentioned by Appolo- 

 nius Rhodius, IB 

 on burial customs of Indians, 16, 17 

 reference made to History of Florida, 33, 141 

 Rush, Dr., Inquiry into the Natural History of Medicine 



among the Indians of Nortli America, 67 

 Ruschenberger, Dr., exhumed mummies near Arica, 33 

 Rutherford's Creek, mound on junction of Carter's and, 

 107 



Sackifices, mounds for purpose of religious, 36 

 on occasions of death of the Incas, 30 

 on occasion of Mexican king's funeral, 27 

 Sacrificial mounds, pyramidal, of work at Oldtown, Tenn., 

 82 

 mound near iuclosure on West Harpeth River, 



Teuu., 80 

 vase iu centre of mound opposite Nashville, Tenn., 

 42 

 Salem, Mass., is the site of the old village of the Naum- 



keags, 34 

 Saliceto, Gulielmus de, respecting syphilis, 69 

 Saltpetre cave of Kentucky — bodies found iu — small 

 size of bodies found in — teeth of bodies found in, 5 

 collecting earth for, 4 

 Sanchez, Antonio Rikew, respecting syphilis, 68 

 Santee Indians, John Lawson, account of burial customs 

 of the, 21, 22 

 John Lawson's visit to the king of die, 2 

 Sarcophagi or stone coffins in sacrificial mound opposite 



Nashville, Tenn.. 42 

 Sarmienfo on gold found in Peruvian graves, 29 

 Savannah River, temple in Talmaco on, 106 

 Scales, Mr., stone graves iu Tennessee on plantation of, 8 



