ILLUSTRATIONS IX 



Societal and ceremonial life — Continued. page 



Marriage customs 701 



Customs relating to birth, education, and the division of labor be- 

 tween the sexes 709 



Burial customs 718 



Crime and punishment 730 



Means of communication 733 



Trade 736 



Religious beliefs and usages 742 



Medical practices 782 



Conclusion 799 



Common cultural characters 801 



Cultural differences 805 



Cultural subareas 812 



Central intrusion 823 



Comparison of the Southeast with corresponding areas in other parts 



of the world 823 



Source materials 827 



Bibliography 832 



Index . 857 



ILLUSTRATIONS 



MAPS 



1. Location of Indian tribes in the Southeast about the year 1650 1 



2. Distribution of Earthworks in the eastern United States (reproduced 



from The Mound Builders, by Henry Clay Shetrone, fig. 8) 2 



3. Distribution of Indian population in the Southeast with reference to 



the physical areas 4 



4. Average July temperature in the Southeast 6 



5. Average January temperature in the Southeast 6 



6. Average annual rainfall in the Southeast (in inches) 7 



7. Drought frequencies in the Southeast 8 



8. Climatic regions of the world (reproduction of map by Prof. J. 



R. Smith) 8 



9. Biotic areas in the Southeast (from the Fourth Provisional Zone Map 



of North America of the U. S. Biological Survey, by C. Hart Mer- 



riam, Vernon Bailey, E. W. Nelson, and E. A. Preble, 1910) 9 



10. Tribal movements according to traditions and earliest records 22 



11. Locations of Indian tribes in the Southeast at different periods 34 



12. Route of Hernando de Soto and Luis de Moscoso through the South- 



east 40 



13. Map to illustrate the distribution of certain natural resources in the 



Southeast drawn upon by the Indians 254 



PLATES 



(All plates at end of book) 



1. Intertribal Indian Council called by John Ross at Tahlequah, Cherokee 



Nation, in June 1843 (after Stanley). 



2. 1, Charlie Thompson in 1910, later chief of the Alabama Indians, now de- 



ceased. 2, Wife and children of Charlie Thompson. 



3. Drawing by A. de Batz showing Indians of several nations — Illinois, Atakapa, 



Foxes (after Bushnell). 



