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Smithsonian Institution--Bureau Of Ethnology.
ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE
of a
Portion of the Collections
Made by the Bureau of Ethnology
During the
Field Season of 1881.
WILLIAM H. HOLMES.
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CONTENTS.
Page.
Introductory 433
Collections from Jackson County, North Carolina 434
From the Cherokee Indians 434
Articles of stone 434
Articles of clay 434
Vegetal substances 435
Animal substances 437
Collections from Cocke County, Tennessee 438
From the fields at Newport 438
Articles of stone 438
From a mound on Pigeon River 440
Articles of clay 440
Collections from Sevier County, Tennessee 442
The McMahan Mound 442
Articles of stone 442
Articles of clay 443
Objects of metal 446
Objects of shell 446
Animal substances 453
From the fields of Sevierville 453
Articles of stone 453
Articles of clay 456
Collections from Roane County, Tennessee 457
Mound at Taylor's Bend 457
Articles of stone 457
Articles of clay 457
Objects of shell 458
From field at Taylor's Bend 458
Articles of stone 458
Vicinity of Kingston 460
Mound at Niles' Ferry 461
Mounds near Paint Rock Ferry 461
Fragments of pottery 461
Objects of shell 462
Collections from Jefferson County 463
Mound on Fain's Island 463
Articles of clay 463
From the fields of Fain's Island 465
Articles of stone 465
Objects of shell 466
Animal substances 466
Collections from Mississippi County, Arkansas 468
Pemissicott Mound 468
Chickasawba Mound 468
Mounds in Carson Lake Township 468
Mounds at Pecan Point 469
Articles of clay 469
Field graves and fields in vicinity of Pecan Point 470
Articles of stone 470
Articles of clay 471
Collections from Arkansas County, Arkansas 476
Mounds at Arkansas Post 476
Articles of clay 476
Field graves about Menard mounds 477
Articles of stone 477
Articles of clay 479
Objects of metal 485
Animal substances 485
Collection from Monroe County, Arkansas 486
Mound at Lawrenceville 486
Articles of clay 486
Mounds at Indian Bay 487
Articles of clay 488
Collections from Ohio 490
From mounds and fields 490
Articles of stone 490
Articles of clay 491
Human remains 491
Collections from Oregon 492
Articles of stone 492
Collections from Kentucky 493
Collections from Missouri 495
Articles of clay 495
Collections from other States 507
Collections from Peru 508