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Fletcher, Miss Alice C. — Continued 

 cited, 93:67 

 cited as an authority, 61: 63, 68, 



77, 122, 284, 312, 315 

 cited as an authority on Omaha 



music, 53: 9 

 cooperation of, 30, pt. 1: viii 



30, pt. 2; iii 

 death ceremony described by, 83 



40 

 on symbolism of sacred stone, 61 



206 

 reference to, 11 : 121 ; 61 : 63 

 statement of, concerning Crow- 

 owners' society, 61 : 348 

 statement of, concerning societies, 

 61:284 

 Fletcher [A. C] and La Flesche [F.] 

 cited, 61:318,326 

 description of Grass Dance by, 61 : 

 468 

 Fletcher, Robert, in bibliography, 34: 



411 

 Flexed burial, among the Fuegians, 



63:161 

 Flexion, C, in bibliography, 34: 411 

 Flicker, among the Tewa, 56: 38 

 Flies 



among the Tewa, 56 : 59 

 green, native superstition regard- 

 ing, 43:173 

 precautions against, 42 : 33, 35 

 Flight 



Alabama stories of the obstacle, 



88: 131 f., 133 

 Koasati stories of the obstacle, 88 : 



182 f., 183 f. 

 to the tree, Creek story, 88: 72 f. 

 to the tree, Koasati story, 88: 

 211 f. 

 Flint 



deposits, distribution of, 60: 173 

 disks from Ohio mound, 60: 107 

 implements of, in Georgia, 60: 



103, 104 

 obtained by Ya.uk"e'ika-m, Kute- 



nai tale, 59: 104-109 

 place of, in Cherokee mythology, 



99:25 

 quarries of Indiana, 60 : 185 

 quarries of Missouri, 60 : 195 

 supply of, in Missouri and Missis- 

 sippi Valleys, 21 : 7 

 use of, in Arctic area, 60: 121 

 working of, by California Indians, 



60 : 288 325 

 working of, by Ishi, 60: 288, 325 

 "Flint People," meaning of Avoyel, 



43:24 

 Flint Ridge quarries, 60 : 173 

 Flint-working site, 76: 59 

 Flipper of a hair seal, Haida story of 

 the one abandoned for eating the, 

 29: 173-189 

 Flonko, see Sinkyone. 



Flood 



Alabama story of the, 88: 121 

 ancient dwellings not ruined by, 



54:54 

 Cochiti tale of the, 98: 2 f. 

 Fox tale of the, 95 : 130 

 Natchez story of the, 88 : 214 

 Papago story of the, 90: 17 fE. 

 See also Flood legends; Freshet. 

 Flooding, treatment of, Opata, 34: 



250 

 Flood legends [or Myth]. 



among the Natchez, 43 : 176 

 among the Tunica, 43 : 323 f. 

 Cherokee and Natchez, of common 



origin, 88 : 269 

 Fuegian, 63 : 163 

 See also Flood. 

 Floor mats 



method of making, 77 : 41 

 of the Guiana Indians, 91 : 38 

 Floors 



built at different levels, 74: 22 

 ClifC Palace, formed of clay hard- 

 ened by tramping, 51 : 36 

 composition of, 81 : 14 

 description of, 41 : 17, 18 

 different levels in, in Middle Amer- 

 ica, 74 : 37 

 earthen, uncovered, 82: 6 

 level of, 69 : 101 

 made of plaster and tepetate, 74: 



22 

 manner of polishing, 81 : 21 

 of sandstone, 82 : 47 

 on cobblestone foundation, 82 : 23, 



24,34 

 openings in, 81:15 

 paving of, with stone, 81 : 15 

 Flora 



of Gila-Salt region, fibrous plants, 



35:24 

 of Gila-Salt region, food plants, 



35: 13,14 

 of Gila-Salt region, general de- 

 scription, 35: 8, 13 

 of Southwestern region, 34: 5 

 of Tierra del Fuego, 63 : 137 

 See also Flowers ; Plants. 

 Florida 



antiquity of man in, 33 : 19 ; 60 : 



104 

 bones of fossil mastodon in, 33: 



56,57 

 burial mounds in, 8: 20 

 Indian burials in, 71 : 114-123 

 Indian remains in, 71 : 117-120 

 mound crania, 33: 56, 66 

 mounds and prehistoric works in, 



12:28-44 

 references to, 52 : 35, 182 

 residence mounds in, 8: 10 

 southern, villages of, 69 : 88 

 Spanish conquest of, 73 : 335 

 tribes inhabiting, 69 : 15 



