Bibliography and Index of the Sirenia and Desmostylia 
Bibliography Record
| x | Swanton, John R. | ||
| 1946 | The Indians of the southeastern United States. Bull. Bur. Amer. Ethnol. 137: xiii + 943. 107 pls. –Again quotes Velasco to the effect that the southeast Florida Indians killed manatees by driving stakes into their nostrils (329); suggests there was confusion with manatees in accounts describing similar methods of hunting cetaceans (297-298, 329). Swanton interprets the "two large bones" from the manatee's head that were placed in graves as "tusks" (250, 282); doubtless they were really the periotic bones. | ||
Related Index Records
4 related index terms
Florida
| x | 1946 | Swanton, J.R. (TML; hunting by Indians; 250, 282, 297-298, 329.) |
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 | 1946 | Swanton, J.R. (TML; Florida; by Indians; 250, 282, 297-298, 329.) |
Religious, Superstitious, or Ornamental Use or Observance
(SEE ALSO: Economic Use; Mermaid Legend)
(SEE ALSO: Economic Use; Mermaid Legend)
| x | 1946 | Swanton, J.R. (TML; Florida; bones ["tusks"] in graves; 250, 282.) |
Trichechus manatus latirostris (Harlan, 1824) Hatt, 1934
| x | v | 1946 | Swanton, J.R. (Florida; hunting by Indians; 250, 282, 297-298, 329.) |