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Mason, Prof. Otis T.— Continued 

 in bibliography, 34: 417 

 list of tribal names prepared by, 



30, pt. 1 : V 

 quoted on basketry of Utes, 75: 



26 

 quoted on food of Utes, 75: 26 



Masonry 



as foundation for adobe or wattle- 

 work, 82: 80, 82, 83 

 beginning of, 86 : 62 f . 

 development of, 92 : 15, 31 

 discussion of adoption of, 100: 98 



ff. 

 fine examples of, 51 : 43 

 of Hill Canyon ruins, 70 : 42 

 of kivas superior to that of secular 



rooms, 51: 29 

 of northern ruins, Navaho National 



Monument, 50: 32 

 of plastered appearances, 82: 115 

 of secular rooms, 51 : 34 

 of the Incas, 60 : 340, 342 

 of the Maya, 60: 130 

 of walls. Cliff Palace, 51 : 29 f . 

 quality of, 96: 51, 58 

 ruins of, near Kanab, 82: 46 

 skill shown in construction of, 70 : 



40 

 small buildings of, 96 : 50 f . 

 varieties of, 70 : 41 

 See also Masonry walls; Walls. 



Masonry walls 



adobe superseded by, 82: 44 

 ruins of, on Kaiparowits Plateau, 

 82: 66 



Mass, chant in Houma village, 43: 288 



Massachuset Tribe, territory occupied 

 by, 69: 10 



Massachusetts 



graves at Corn Hill, 71: 14 

 pipes in, 8: 39 



remains near Fall River, 71 : 18 

 shell heaps, cemetery and cache in, 

 12: 105 f. 



Massachusetts Indian skulls, measure- 

 ments of, 52 : 303 



Massachusetts language 

 works in, 13 : 341 f . 

 See also Virginia. 



Massacre 



of traders, 73: 133 



of white population, 79: 1 



Massage 



among the Fuegians, 63: 155, 160 

 among the Maricopa, 34 : 248 

 among the Pima, 34: 246 

 among the San Carlos Apache, 



34: 233 

 among the Yuma, 34: 249 

 among the Zuiii, 34: 241 

 practice of, by midwives, 64: 38 

 use of, in illness, 99: 62 



Massasoit, possible grave of, 71 : 15 



Massawomec, application of the term, 



23: 72 

 Massawomek Tribe of John Smith, 22 : 



13 

 Masse, de, — , 43: 224 

 Masset dialect, the language of the 



Northern Haida, 29: 5 

 Massi, a synonym for Yamasee, 73: 



lOT 

 Massinacak, site of, 23: 9, 10 

 Massinnacack 



identification of, with Monacan 



tribe, 22: 27 

 mention of, by Smith, 22 : 26 

 Mastamho, in Mohave belief, 78: 754, 



791 

 Master Canoe-builder, a Haida deity, 



29: 149 

 Master Carpenter, canoe begun by, to 



war with Southeast, 29: 32-35 

 Master Hopper, a Haida supernatural 



being, 29: 268 

 Masterman, Elmer E., discovery of 



stone implements by, 60: 83 

 Master of Life, belief in, 83: 4, 55 

 Master saved by the old dog, Koasati 



story, 88: 194 

 Mastodon, bones of, 33: 16, 17, 18, 21 

 Mastoiditis, perforation, present in 



child's skull, 62:. 16 

 Mastoids 



importance of, as sexual character- 

 istics, 62: 37 

 Munsee crania, 62 : 38 

 Masut, a Northern Pomo settlement, 



78 : 230 

 Mat 



land otter killed for forgetting to 



bring, Haida tale, 29 : 270 

 rush, found in Ruin 2, 65 : 23 

 See also Mats. 

 Mutachic, 44 : 8 

 Matagalpa, 44:76 

 Matagalpan, 44: 76, 77, 96 

 Matahale, on the Tennessee, 73: 214 

 Mat-ahwat-is, an unlocated place name, 



78:711 

 Matajuai 



a source of California place name, 



78:896 

 Southern Dieguefio clan at, 78: 

 719 

 Matamno'm, a Yuki group, 78: 166 

 Matamo, an unlocated place name, 78: 



711 

 Matapanes, 44:25,30 

 Matavilya, a Mohave god, 78 : 754, 789 

 Mat-covered burial structure, 83 : 61 

 Mat-covered habitations, types of, 69: 



58 

 Mat-covered lodges 



as winter habitations, 77: 38 

 oftheKansa, 77:91,92 

 of the Osage, 77 : 98, 99, 100 

 used by Dhegiha group, 77 : 77 



