Bibliography and Index of the Sirenia and Desmostylia 
Bibliography Record
| x | Swanton, John R. | ||
| 1922 | Early history of the Creek Indians and their neighbors. Bull. Bur. Amer. Ethnol. 73: 1-492. –Quotes manuscripts of Lopez de Velasco to the effect that the Tekesta Indians of southeast Florida hunted manatees by jumping on their backs and driving stakes into their nostrils. They then took two bones from the manatee's head and placed these in the coffins of their dead (389). | ||
Related Index Records
4 related index terms
Florida
| x | 1922 | Swanton, J.R. (TML; hunting by Indians; 389.) |
Hunting and Capture
(SEE ALSO: Accidental Death or Injury; Archeological Sites, Sirenians at; Captivity, Sirenians in; Conservation; Economic Use; Natural Enemies; Weed Control)
(SEE ALSO: Accidental Death or Injury; Archeological Sites, Sirenians at; Captivity, Sirenians in; Conservation; Economic Use; Natural Enemies; Weed Control)
| x | 1922 | Swanton, J.R. (TML; Florida; by Indians; 389.) |
Religious, Superstitious, or Ornamental Use or Observance
(SEE ALSO: Economic Use; Mermaid Legend)
(SEE ALSO: Economic Use; Mermaid Legend)
| x | 1922 | Swanton, J.R. (TML; Florida; bones in graves; 389.) |
Trichechus manatus latirostris (Harlan, 1824) Hatt, 1934
| x | v | 1922 | Swanton, J.R. (Florida; hunting by Indians; 389.) |