us of the art, and evidence furnished by associated
industries which happen to echo features of the textile art contribute
to our information. Charred cloths from the great mounds are identical
in material, combination of parts, and texture with the fabrics of the
simple savage. Cloths preserved by contact with copper implements and
ornaments characteristic of the art of the builders of the mounds do not
differ in any way from the humble work of the historic peoples. All tell
the same story of a simple, primitive culture, hardly advanced beyond
the grade separating the savage from the barbarous condition.

[51] Nat. and Abor. Hist, of Tenn., John Haywood. Nashville,
1823, pp. 163-165.

[52] Ibid., p. 62.

[53] Trans. and Coll. Amer. Antiq. Soc. Worcester, 1820, vol.
1, pp. 318, 319.
[54] Histoire de la Louisiane. Du Pratz. Paris, 1758, vol. II,
p. 191.

[55] Histoire de la Louisiane, Du Pratz. Paris, 1758, vol. II,
p. 193.

[56] Recent Archaeological Discoveries in the American Bottom.
Bulletin of the Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences, March 2,
1877, p. 208.

INDEX

ADAIR, JAMES, on Cherokee basketry 16
weaving 23
Indian method of spinning 23
ALABAMA, Fabric-impressed pottery from 39
APOGYNUM, Indian use of, in weaving 23
ARKANSAS, Fabric-impressed pottery from 42
ART, textile, Memoir on 3-45

BAGS, Woven, described 33, 34
BARK clothing 17
fiber used in weaving 23, 24, 25
Mulberry, used for fringe 32
used in embroidery designs 28
net making 27
spinning 22
BARTRAM, W., on council houses of mats 19
on sieve of Georgia Indians 17
BASKETRY discussed 15
Earthenware derived from 11
Lack of pottery modeled from 38
rarely preserved by charring 36
BEADS used in embroidery 28
BILOXI, Mortuary customs of the 21
BRACKINRIDGE, H. M. on Tennessee mortuary customs 21
BRIDGES of wattle work 13
BUTEL-DUMONT, G. M., on Louisiana indian embroidery 28
featherwork 28
mortuary mats 21
sieves 17
Mobilian wattled biers 14
Natchez dwellings 14
rafts of poles and canes 15

CAGES of wattle work 13
CALIFORNIA INDIANS, Stone chipping by 41
CANES used for matting 18
CAROLINA INDIANS, Textile fabrics of 14, 16
CAVES, Fabrics preserved in 29
CHARRING, Fabrics preserved by 35
CHASE,--, on ceremonial knives 16
CHEROKEE, Basketry of the 16
Weaving by the 23
CHOCTAW, Woven pouches and blankets of the 24
CLAWS of birds used with embroidery 2