INDEX. 



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Models of weapons or implements made of wood and 



placed with mummies, 28. 

 Mormon cirrhaia, (see Puffin.) 

 Mormon corniculata, 22. 

 Mummies of whalers, (see Whalers.) 



Mummies from Kagamil Island cave, 9 et seg. ; age 

 of the oldest, 9, 26 ; tradition in regard to, 9 

 et seq. ; (I-X) described, 18-20; two given to 

 California Academy of Sciences, 18; of Kan- 

 iag muts, 26, 28 ; dressed and placed in char 

 acteristic attitudes, 28. 



Mummy case ; principal, from Kagamil cave (17478), 

 11; contents of, described, 11-18; human 

 remains in, 11, 12; wrappings about the 

 remains, 12-16. 



Mummy from Prince William Sound, 32 ; age of, 

 determined by beads, 32. 



Murre, 13. 



Nails ; ornamental, of walrus ivory, 17. 

 Needle case, of grass, from Kagamil cave, (17460,) 

 24. 



Nets ; of sinew on large mummy case, 18. 

 Nikiferoff; Ivan, his voyage, 9. 

 Orca teeth ; used for carving, 23. 

 Orchis root ; used as food by Aleuts, 22. 



Origin of the Aleuts, 2 ; of burial customs among 

 savages, 31. 



Oxide of iron ; used as red pigment, 14. 



Parchment ; made from gullets of seal, 14, 24 ; made 

 from intestines of seal, 20, 25; made from 

 seal skin, 24; used for embroidery, 24, etc.; 

 used for kamlaykas, 20, 27 ; used for work- 

 bags, 25. 



Parka; bird-skin, from largo mummy case (17471), 

 13 ; embroidery of, 13, 14 ; made of puffin 

 and murre skins, 13. 



Pendant ; of ivory, from Kagamil cave, 23 ; of 

 needle work, 25. 



Peziza ; a blue-green mould found in decayed birch- 

 wood ; used as a green pigment, 14. 



Phaleris (little auk), 24. 



Pigments for coloring materials used in embroider} , 

 14. 



Pinart ; M. Alphonsc, collections by, at Unga, 28 ; 

 account of Unga cave, (note,) 30. 



Pino bark ; from Kagamil cave, 22 ; resinous part 

 used as wax, 22 ; affords red pigment, 22 ; 

 used as tinder, 22; derived from Sitkan re 

 gion, 22. 



Poles about graves, their use, 31. 



Prince William Sound, 32. 



Puffin skins ; used for making clothing, 13. 



Pumice used for dressing skins ; found in Kagamil 

 cave, 25. 



Pushing stick for bidarka in shallow water, 18, 21 ; 

 ornamentation on, 21 ; attached to bidarka by 

 string, 21. 



Rattles used by Shamans, from Unga cave, 30. 



Reindeer, (see also Deer;) white belly-patches of 

 winter skin used in trimming garments, 14; 

 white hairs used in embroidery, 14, 25 ; hairs 

 from between the hoofs inserted in embroidery, 

 12; hair found in work basket in Kagiimil 

 cave, 24; sinew used for making thread, 14. 

 This animal is not found westward of Unimak 

 Island in the Aleutian chain. 



Rings, (see Beads.) 



Rock-shelters ; used as burial caves at Unalashka 

 and Atka, 5 ; at Unga, 28. 



Scalps of birds, used in ornamenting embroidery 



and pendants, 24, 25. 

 Sea-lion teeth ; from Kagamil cave, 23, 25 ; used 



for carving, 23. 



Seal skin ; cut into fringes for embroidery, 15. 

 Sea-otter skin; used in embroidery, 13, 15; placed 



with mummies, 11, 19. 

 Semidi Islands, 1. 



Sennit; round, square, etc., (see Whale sinew.) 

 Sentiment ; growth of, traced among savages, 31. 

 Shnmagin Islands, 1, 28. 

 Sinew ; (see Deer sinew, Whale sinew, etc.) 

 Skeletons, mythical feasts and festivals of, 5. 

 Sperm whale teeth ; used for carving and making 



implements, 23. 

 Steaming process for bending wood, 17 ; for making 



kantags, 21. 



Stitches, different kinds used in embroidery, 14. 

 Streamers about graves ; to repel wild animals and 



birds, 31. 



Strips of fur skins used in embroidery, 14. 

 Syphilitic caries ; shown on cranium, 21. 

 Tambourines ; used by Aleuts at festivals, dunces, 



and funerals, 10 ; uso of, forbidden during 



time of mourning, 10 ; beaten by the old men 



at dances, 28. 

 Teeth ; peculiarities of, among the Eskimo, 21 ; 



causes of wearing down, 21 ; uses of teeth by 



Eskimo, 21. 



Teeth, (see Sea-lion, Orca, Walrus, Sperm whale.) 

 Toys, 23. 



Toy basket; of grass, from Kagamil cave, 24. 

 Tradition in regard to the Kagamil cave burials, 9. 

 Trapcsnikoff s party, 9. 

 Trimming ; made of duck s scalp, 25. 

 Tufts; of deer, (see Hoof tufts;) of puffin, (son 



Puffin, Feathers, Embroidery, etc.) 

 Tufts of feathers from the head of the puffin ( Mormon 



cirrhata) used in embroidery, 12. 



