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289-292 ; bone articles from, 292 ; 



antler articles, 293; shell articles, 



296; copper (brass) articles from, 



300, 306 ; iron articles from, 300 ; 



pigments from, 302 

 River systems, bearing on routes, 31 

 Rocky mountain region, 25 

 Routes of travel, migrations, 21, 22; 



in America, 24 

 Rubbed slates, 79; picture of (pi. 18), 



80 

 Runtee, general notes on, 434; Iro- 



quoian, 108 



Rush mat, charred, 224 

 Rutland hills, sites in, 318 



Sacrifice of objects, 189 



Sagard, notes on Erie, 272 



Salts of copper, preservative, 231 



Sandusky, Ohio, 247 



Saponi, 96 



Schoolcraft, Henry R., mentioned, 7, 

 84, 450 



Schrabisch, W. Max, n 



Scrapers, 54, 336, 286 



Sea foods, 32 



Semilunar knives, Eskimoan, 79; pic- 

 ture (pi. 18), 80 



Seneca, 106 ; migrations, 186 ; cus- 

 toms, 189; occupied Reed fort, 205; 

 site in Erie county, 207 ; pass over 

 Erie trail, 247 ; position in League, 



273 

 Seneca-Erie, pot forms, 139; pipes, 



148 



Settlers, white (see colonists), 33, 34 

 Sheep, influence of on civilization, 34 

 Shelby earthworks, 313, 314 

 Shell articles, beads (pi. 23), 95; ob- 

 jects from 'New York (pi. 26), 

 101 ; ornaments, 108; necklace (pi. 

 100), 304; articles (pi. 101), 305; 

 described, 348; cups, 390; picture 

 of (pl. 135), 435 

 Shell heap, 345, 347 

 Shell pendant, general notes on, 436 

 Sheridan site, Gould farm on, 307; 

 map (pl. 103), 309; may be Erie, 

 310 

 Shoemaker, L. D., collection of, 450 



Shoshonean stock, 25 



Silver, Dilworth M., 237 



Silverheels, Rev. Henry, 208; found 

 bones, 212 



Silverheels site, 207-37; picture (pl. 

 69), 209; map of (pl. 70), 210; 

 trenches on (pl. 71), 211; graves 

 in, 212; how examined, 212; graves 

 (pl. 72), 213; ossuary near, 222; 

 food supply of, 225 ; artifacts from, 

 226-37; pottery from, 231-34; iden- 

 tity of inhabitants, 237 ; age of, 

 237 ; mentioned, 237 



Sinew stone, general notes on, 436; 

 Algonkian, 64; picture of (pl. 136), 

 437 



Sinkers, Algonkian, 58; Iroquoian, 107 



Siouan, 25 



Sioux, 155 



Sites, some puzzling, 42 ; Algonkian, 

 76; central New York, 79; Eski- 

 moan, 79-81 ; mound, 87-94 ; early 

 Iroquoian, 96 



Skeletal remains (see human re- 

 mains), general notes on, 438; Al- 

 gonkian, 49; in Gerry site, 174-79; 

 in Silverheels, 214-16; picture (pl. 

 73), 216; (pl. 74), 219; in Ripley, 

 260-63 ! customs relating to, 264 ; 

 at Le Roy, 311 



Skinner, Alanson Buck, mentioned, 8; 

 excavations by, 49; cited, 64; 

 assists Harrington, 237 



Skinning stones, a false name (see 

 celts) 



Skull, ornament of, 115 



Skulls, picture (pl. 137), 439; (pl. 

 138), 440; skull types, 270 



Slate beads, 227 



Smithsonian Institution, 172 



Soapstone, see steatite, 66 



Southern influence, on Iroquois, 134 



Spear, general notes on, 438; Algon- 

 kian, 52; picture (pl. 7), 57; of 

 chalcedony, 286 



Specimens, general notes on, 445; 

 important, 7; weathering, 40; iden- 

 tification of, 41 ; Algonkian, 50-79 ; 

 Burning Spring, 167; Richmond 

 Mills, 192 



