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INDEX. 



Page 



Seminoles, Ruling gentes of the 67 



Semi-professional fishermen C3 



Senega, Deviation of, from the rules forthe 



use of the subjunctive 30 



Sentence, Integration of the 25 



Seventeenth regular meeting 25 



Seventh regular meeting 22 



Sex, Fundamental social distinction of 11C 



Sexual selection 30,38 



Shawnee Indians, An inquiry into the his- 

 tory and identity of the 27 



Shell-heaps, Aboriginal, at Pope's Creek, 



Maryland 23 



, Of South River, Maryland 24 



Shenandoah, South, Cave in the valley of 



the 31 



Valley, Indian mounds in the 28 



Shop-keepers in ihe fisheries C2 



Shoresmen in the fisheries G2 



Shufeldt, R. W 19 



Sickness, how explained by the Sioux 51 



Sign language among the North American 

 Indians compared with that among 



other peoples and deaf mutes 23 



the natural language 80 



Signs distinguished from symbols 72 



Simpson, Lenox W 5 



Sitting Bull 51 



Sixteenth regular and second annual 



meeting 24 



Sixth regular meeting 22 



Skin tents 35 



Slafter, Edmund F 20 



Slander, Punishment for 12G 



Slavery, Origin of lis 



Slaves, how first made 118 



Slavs employed in the fisheries of the 



United States 64 



Smiley, C. W 19 



Smith, Adam, Negative ideas of. 40 



Smith, John D 19 



"Smithsonian Report," Paper to appear in 



the 27 



Snodgrass, J. E 5 



Soap, Use of urine as a substitute for 35 



Soap-stone quarry, The Dumbarton abor- 

 iginal 26 



Social progress, Rhythmical character of.. 101 



ranks in primitive society 108 



science, Difficulties in the way of.... 101 



units 43 



Socialism distinguished from Sociocracy.. 42 



Sociocracy defined 42 



Sociologic classes 107 



Sociology, Outlines <»f 106 



, Scope of the science of. 109 



Solar system. Elements of, not adapted to 



human needs 99 



Somatology, Section of 13 



Sorcery an artificial crime 128 



South Carolina, Number of fishermen in... 63 



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South River, Maryland, Shell heaps of 24 



South Shenandoah, Cave in the valley of 



the 31 



Sowers, Z. T 19 



Spain, Prehistoric discoveries in south of.. 66 

 Spaniards employed in the fisheries of the 



United States 64 



Spear, Ellis 19 



Special Meetings of the Society, how 



called 14 



Species, Conduct relating to the perpetua- 

 tion of tho 115,116 



Specific gravity of aquatic animals 94 



the human body 100 



Specimens, Collection of, for the Society... 7 

 Speculations, Tendency of the mind to 



waste time in empty 102 



Speech, Location of the faculty of 104 



Spencer, Herbert, effect of his doctrines on 



political economy 42 



, Views of, respecting primitive mar- 

 riage 37 



Spheroidal form of the earth, Advantages 



of the, to man 95 



Spurious symbolism 71, 73 



Squier on the Inca skull 49 



Standing Rock, Dakota 71 



stones 71 



Stanton, J. O 19 



State, Definition of the.... 106, 107, 109 



, Evolution of the 115, 118 



regulation 40, 41, 42 



, The, a plexus of organizations ... 109, 118 



Stebbins, Benton 1' 32 



Stevenson, James 19 



Sting of insects, Want of adaptation dis- 

 played in the 98 



Stone god, or oracle, of the Putetemni 



band of Hunkpati Dakotas 70 



Stories of travelers, Unscientific character 



of 39 



Strange chart, A 25 



Subjunctive imperfect and pluperfect in 



the Roman folk speech. 26 



, Use of the, in different languages .. 29 



Sudatory 35 



Supernatural beings, Relations of men to.. 108 



Superstitions 28 



of the Sioux Indians 51 



Swallow, Benjamin 19 



Sweat-house, or sudatory 35 



Sweet, Henry, on vowel sounds 60 



Symbolic interpretation, Dangers of 71 



Symbolism, Spurious 71,73 



Symbols distinguished from signs 73 



Talker, The, a sort of chief of the Numas.. 46 

 Tameness of birds and animals on newly 



discovered islands 98 



Tar Baby, Folk-story of the 24 



Telegraphs, Government control of. 40, 41 



