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Stone, Witmer, and Grant, William, 



cited as authority, 53 : 63 

 Stone (supernatural buffalo), 87: 45 

 Stone 



and elderberry bush, Tsimshian 



myth, 27: 72 

 and elderberry bush, Tsimshian 



myth, abstract of, 27: 238 

 artifacts of, workmanship shown 



in, 81: 17 

 availability of, for building, 82 



21, 89 

 indeterminate objects of, 92 



130-141 

 knives, Mohammedan, use of, 99 



59 

 objects of, 65: 124; 92: 132-142 

 pipes of, 65: 187; 94: 136, 150- 



155 

 slab of, for closing door, 81: 24 

 use of, for floors, 81: 15 

 use of, in construction of buildings, 



74: 21 

 use of, as paving, 81 : 24 

 varieties of, used in building, 82: 



89 

 with engraved lines, 74 : 42 

 See also Chert; Cobblestones; 

 Limestone ; Obsidian ; Rubbing 

 stone ; Sacred stone ; Sandstone ; 

 Slab walls ; Stone axes ; Stones ; 

 Walls. 

 Stone arch house, location of, 70: 38 

 Stone axes of the Tlingit, 39: 335 

 Stone box, story concerning, 82: 19 

 Stone-building art of arid region, 60: 



114 

 Stone buildings, not an evidence of 



great antiquity, 60: 57 

 Stone circles, explanation of, 77: 20, 



21 

 Stone graves, 8 : 20, 25-30 

 Stone Hammer Society 



age of members of, 80 : 113 



an Hidatsa age society, 80: 108 



derivation of the name, 80: 108 



food stolen by, 80: 109, 110 



Hidatsa name for, 80: 113 



not found among the Mandan, 80 : 



113 

 purchase of membership in, 80: 



113 

 purpose of, 80: 113 

 raid of, 80 : 113 ff. 

 songs of, 80 : 11&-121 

 wand of, 80:115f. 

 Stone heaps 



as burial marks, 22 : 39, 80 

 occurrence of, in Bushong mound, 



23: 59 

 occurrence of, on Brumback mound, 



23: 49,51 

 occurrence of, on Culler's farm, 



23: 53 

 occurrence of, on Printz place, 23 : 

 58 



Stone heaps — Continued 



occurrence of, on Shipe farm, 23: 



57 

 signification of, among southern 



tribes, 22: 32 

 use of, as trail marks, 23: 15, 16, 

 23, 61 

 Stonehenge, Jemez Plateau ruins com- 

 pared to, 32: 30 

 Stone implements 



among Indians and mound builders, 



similar, 8: 22 

 found in Navaho National Monu- 

 ment, 50: 30 

 found north of Rio Colorado, 82: 



145 f. 

 from Cliff Palace, 51 : 65 ff. 

 from Mississippi Valley, flaked, 



21: 7 

 of South America, 52 : 



anvils, 101 f., 103, 104, 114, 117 

 f., 119, 120, 125, 126, 127, 133, 

 135, 138, 142. 146, 150, 277 

 arrowheads, 28, 114, 119, 120, 



138, 146, 197, 200, 202, 210 

 awls, 144 



axes, 118, 119, 125, 142 f. 

 beads, 120, 125 

 blades, 119, 139, 140 

 bolas stones, 125, 138, 142, 147 

 "chip," defined, 126 

 chipped white quartzite, 139 f . 

 chisels, 102, 103 f., 198 

 chronologic bearing, 148 ff. 

 classes of, 144 f. 

 club heads, 141 

 domestic utensils, 140 ff., 147 

 drills, 119, 125, 140, 143, 144, 



146 

 ethnic bearing, 144 f . 

 flakes, 107 

 flint weapon, 210 

 general description, 101-104 

 grinding stones, 114, 127, 277 

 hammers, 103, 114. 119, 125, 

 126 ff., 133, 135, 138, 141, 143, 

 146, 150 

 knives, 107, 125, 131, 137, 138, 



140, 143. 144, 146, 147, 150, 

 189 f., 198 



made of beach pebbles, 126-138 

 miscellaneous, 202. 203, 273 

 mortars, 114, 119, 125, 138, 141, 



142, 204 

 muller pestles, 141 

 mullers, 114. 119. 125, 127, 138, 



141, 142, 143, 150, 180 

 paint grinders, 279 

 pebble nuclei, 132 f . 



pestles, 114, 119, 125, 138, 141, 



142, 204 

 polishing stones, 204 

 pressure implements, 138, 146 

 projectile points, 125, 138, 143 

 references to, 311, 315 



