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Title: The Seminole Indians of Florida
Fifth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the
Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1883-84,
Government Printing Office, Washington, 1887, pages 469-532

Author: Clay MacCauley

Release Date: September 1, 2006 [EBook #19155]

Language: English

Character set encoding: ASCII

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Smithsonian Institution--Bureau of Ethnology.

THE SEMINOLE INDIANS OF FLORIDA.

by

CLAY MacCAULEY.

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CONTENTS.

Page.

Letter of transmittal 475
Introduction 477

CHAPTER I.
Personal characteristics 481
Physical characteristics 481
Physique of the men 481
Physique of the women 482
Clothing 482
Costume of the men 483
Costume of the women 485
Personal adornment 486
Hairdressing 466
Ornamentation of clothing 487
Use of beads 487
Silver disks 488
Ear rings 488
Finger rings 489
Silver vs. gold 489
Crescents 489
Me-le 489
Psychical characteristics 490