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[Bull. 178 



Plate 



adobe, for baking bread, 81 : 10 



with Spanish coat of arms found in 

 mound, 4: 9 

 Plateau, 78 : 913 

 Plateau Shoshoneans, 78 : 577 

 Plate game, description of, 53: 206, 



207; 86:115 

 Platform 



in rooms, 82:37,101 



raised, discussion of, 100 : 67 



spectator's, use of, 100 : 107 

 Platform burial among the Fuegians, 



63 : 161 

 Platte County, Mo., mounds in, 37: 65 

 "Platte Purchase," Iowa living in, 77: 



114 

 Platte River 



Oglala Indians on, 83 : 41 



Oto village on, 77:116 

 Plattin Creek, house mounds on, 76: 



161 

 Platymeric index 



in the Munsee, 62 : 65 



mention of, 62, 63, 64 

 Platyrrhyny, see Nasal index ; Nose. 

 Play, of the Fuegians, 63 : 184 f . 

 Playa Peralta 



examination of cow's bone from, 

 52:98 



geologic notes on, 52 : 122 f . 



reference to, 52 : 37 

 Playas 



description of, 52 : 113-117, 288 



reference to, 52 : 51 



site of stone implements, 52 : 118 

 Play house of the Narraganset, 69 : 21 

 Plazas 



and courts, description of, 41 : 8 f. 



description of, 81 : 5 



measurements of, 81 : 7 

 Pleasant Porter, an Okmulgee chief of 



the Creek Nation, 73 : 179 

 Pleiades 



among the Mayas, paper on, by 

 Forstemann, 28: 521-524 



in Hawaiian time reckoning, 38: 

 17 



Koasati story of the, 88 : 166 



Natchez story of the, 88 : 242 

 Pleistocene Period, definition of, 33 : 9 

 Plepei, 78:10 



Pletalaulcli'n, a place name in Athabas- 

 can territory, 78 : 117 

 Pletkatlshamalitl, a Yurok place name, 



78:116 

 Pletkukach, a place name in Athabascan 



territory, 78:117 

 Pletswak, a Wiyot village, 78 : 115 

 Pleura, affections of 



among the Hnichol, 34 : 187 



among the Tarahumare, 34:185 



summary of, 34 : 173, 188 

 Pliocene Period 



definition of, 33 : 9 



human remains of, 52 : 12 



Plohkseu, dance on hill at, 78 : 31 

 Plokseu, location of, 78 : 73 

 Plongeon, F. le, cited, 57 : 27 

 Ploss, Dr. H. H., in bibliography, 34: 



425 

 Plots of songs 



mention of, 80 : 34 f ., 141, 159 



used for comparison only, 80 : 15 

 Plotting of melodies 



description of, 61 : 51 f . 



devised by Miss Densmore, 75 : 72 



Group 1, 61 : 53 



Group 2, 61 : 204 



Group 3, 61 : 244 



Group 4, 61 : 283 



Group 5, 61 : 419 



Group 6, 61 : 461 



Group 7, 61 : 484 



Group 8, 61 : 519 



of song No. 218, 61 : 496 

 Pluchea foetida, use of, to cure fever, 



48:23 

 Plugs 



for openings in walls, 81 : 13 



See also Stoppers. 

 Plumed serpent, head of, as decoration, 



81:60 

 Plummer, F. G., cited in bibliography, 



35:90 

 Plums 



among the Pascagoulas, 43: 303 



among the Tewa, 55 : 107, 114, 116 

 Plural 



discussion of, 40, pt. 1 : 37 f . 



Eskimo, 40, pt. 1 : 1010-1016 



formation of, Tsimshian, 40, pt. 1 : 

 373—383 



Kwakiutl, 40, pt. 1 : 550 



of nouns, Athapascan, 40, pt. 1 : 

 109 



of nouns, Chinook, 40, pt. 1 : 605- 

 612 



same as singular, Kwakiutl, 40, pt. 

 1: 37 



use of, instead of singular, 11 : 105, 

 106 



See also Plural suffix ; Plurality. 

 Plural burials, 83: 8, 9, 37, 78 

 Plurality 



idea of, not clear, Kwakiutl, 40, pt. 

 1: 444 



Ponca, 40, pt. 1 : 932 



Teton, 40, pt. 1: 932 



See also Plural. 

 Plural suffix 



in Chitimacha, 68:16 



in Chitimacha and Atakapa, 68: 

 29 

 Plymouth, region of, 78 : 443 

 Pneumonia 



among the Apache, 34 : 178 



among the Huichol, 34 : 187 



among the Mescaleros, 34 : 176 



among the Mohave, 34 : 184 



among the Pima, 34 : 182 



among the Tarahumare, 34 : 185 



among the Tepecano, 34 : 186 



