SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION--BUREAU OF ETHNOLOGY.
Introduction 25 Chapter I. Petroglyphs 31 Chapter II. Petroglyphs in North America 37 Section 1. Petroglyphs in Canada 37 Nova Scotia 37 Ontario 42 Manitoba 43 British Columbia 44 Section 2. Petroglyphs in the United States 45 Alaska 47 Arizona 48 California 52 Owens Valley 56 Colorado 72 Connecticut 75 Georgia 76 Idaho 77 Illinois 77 Iowa 80 Kansas 80 Kentucky 81 Maine 81 Maryland 83 Massachusetts 86 Minnesota 87 Montana 90 Nebraska 90 Nevada 92 New Mexico 96 New York 98 North Carolina 99 Ohio 101 Oregon 104 Pennsylvania 106 Rhode Island 113 South Dakota 114 Tennessee 114 Texas 115 Utah 116 Virginia 121 Washington 122 West Virginia 124 Wisconsin 126 Wyoming 128 Section 3. Petroglyphs in Mexico 131 Section 4. Petroglyphs in the West Indies 136 Puerto Rico 136 The Bahama islands 137 Guadeloupe 139 Aruba 139 Chapter III. Petroglyphs in Central and South America 141 Section 1. Petroglyphs in Central America 141 Nicaragua 141 Guatemala 142 Section 2. Petroglyphs in South America 142 United States of Colombia 143 Guiana 144 Venezuela 147 Brazil 150 Argentine Republic 157 Peru 157 Chile 159 Chapter IV. Extra-limital petroglyphs 161 Section 1. Petroglyphs in Australia 161 Section 2. Petroglyphs in Oceanica 165 New Zealand 165 Kei islands 167 Easter island 169 Section 3. Petroglyphs in Europe 171 Great Britain and Ireland 171 Sweden 173 France 175 Spain 177 Italy 178 Section 4. Petroglyphs in Africa 178 Algeria 178 Egypt 179 South Africa 180 Canary islands 183 Section 5. Petroglyphs in Asia 185 China 185 Japan 185 India 186 Siberia 186 Chapter V. Cup sculptures 189 Chapter VI. Pictographs generally 201 Chapter VII. Substances on which pictographs are made 205 Section 1. The human body 205 Section 2. Natural objects other than the human body 205 Stone 205 Bone 206 Skins 206 Feathers and quills 207 Gourds 208 Shells 209 Earth and sand 210 Copper 212 Wood 213 Section 3. Artificial objects 215 Fictile fabrics 215 Textile fabrics 215 Chapter VIII. Instruments and materials by which pictographs are made 218 Section 1. Instruments for carving 218 Section 2. Instruments for drawing 219 Section 3. Coloring matter and its application 219 Chapter IX. Mnemonic 223 Section 1. Knotted cords and objects tied 223 Section 2. Notched or marked sticks 227 Section 3. Wampum 228 Section 4. Order of songs 231 Section 5. Traditions 250 The origin of the Indians 255 Section 6. Treaties 256 Section 7. Appointment 257 Section 8. Numeration 258 Section 9. Accounting 259 Chapter X. Chronology 265 Section 1. Time 265 Section 2. Winter counts 266 Lone-Dog’s winter count 273 Battiste Good’s winter count 287 Chapter XI. Notices 329 Section 1. Notice of visit, departure and direction 329 Section 2. Direction by drawing topographic features 341 Section 3. Notice of condition 347 Section 4. Warning and guidance 353 Chapter XII. Communications 358 Section 1. Declaration of war 358 Section 2. Profession of peace and friendship 359 Section 3. Challenge 362 Section 4. Social and religious missives 362 Australian message sticks 369 West African aroko 371 Section 5. Claim or demand 374 Chapter XIII. Totems, titles, and names 376 Section 1. Pictorial tribal designations 377 Iroquoian 377 Eastern Algonquian 378 Siouan and other designations 379 Absaroka, or Crow 380 Arapaho 381 Arikara, or Ree 381 Assiniboin 381 Brulé 382 Cheyenne 382 Dakota, or Sioux 383 Hidatsa, Gros Ventre or Minitari 384 Kaiowa 384 Mandan 385 Mandan and Arikara 385 Ojibwa 385 Omaha 385 Pawnee 386 Ponka 386 Shoshoni 387 Section 2. Gentile and clan designations 388 Section 3. Significance of tattoo 391 Tattoo in North America 392 On the Pacific coast 396 Tattoo in South America 407 Extra-limital tattoo 407 Scarification 416 Summary of studies on tattooing 418 Section 4. Designations of individuals 419 Insignia, or tokens of authority 419 Signs of individual achievements 433 Property marks 441 Personal names 442 Objective 447 Metaphoric 453 Animal 455 Vegetable 458 Chapter XIV. Religion 461 Section 1. Symbols of the supernatural 462 Section 2. Myths and mythic animals 468 Thunder birds 483 Section 3. Shamanism 490 Section 4. Charms and amulets 501 Section 5. Religious ceremonies 505 Section 6. Mortuary practices 517 Chapter XV. Customs 528 Section 1. Cult societies 528 Section 2. Daily life and habits 530 Section 3. Games 547 Chapter XVI. History 551 Section 1. Record of expedition 552 Section 2. Record of battle 554 Battle of the Little Bighorn 563 Section 3. Record of migration 566 Section 4. Record of notable events 567 Chapter XVII. Biography 571 Section 1. Continuous record of events in life 571 Section 2. Particular exploits or events 575 Chapter XVIII. Ideography 583 Section 1.