Chapter Content and Illustration List 

It must be stated that all costume illustrations represent a generalized style of dress, especially those of European and Euro/Americans. However, as in the twentieth century, there were many styles of dress.

"Cm" stands for Costume Plate which are illustrations of dress drawn by the author. "Fn" stands for a Fashion Plate which is taken from 19th century fashion magazines. 

How to Use the Book

Chapter 1

Description of the Southeastern part of North America; two methods for categorizing the Native inhabitants; a discussion of their general physical description and a depiction of their habitat

Map -  S. E. Geographic Map

Map #1 - Early Southeastern Cultural Area

Map #2 - S.E. Indian Cultural Subdivision

 

Chapter 2

Discussions of the various Indian Origination theories both from European and Indian sources; insight into Indian spiritual beliefs and rites of passage 

Chapter 3

Discussions of the social organizations and customs of the Southeast Indians that identified them regionally and individually 

Chapter 4

Discussions of the annual economic cycle of the Southeast Indians - hunting, horticulture, and fishing; of the implements and technology in use; and of their dwellings and material possessions 

Chapter 5

Discussions of the recreational activities of the Southeast Indians - games, music, dancing, and singing; and of their use of visual arts

Plate #1 - Various Motifs from the S.E. Ceremonial Complex

 

Chapter 6

Archaeological specimens and their importance to the knowledge of pre-historic dress and adornment

Plate #2 - Jewelry

Plate #3 - Hair Styles

Plate #4 - Garments

 

Part 2 - Dress and Adornment in the 16th Century

Chapter 2

English explorations west and southwest of Jamestown and into the Carolinas

Sect 1 - The English and their explorations west and southwest of Jamestown

Cm Plate - 8 Dress of a Female Indian Visiting White People

Sect 2 - The English in the Carolinas

 

Chapter 3

The French in the Mississippi Valley and Gulf Area

Cm Plate - 9 Jesuit Missionary

 

Chapter 2

The Virginia-Carolina and Georgia section of the Southeast with emphasis on the Piedmont area in the early period 

Chapter 3

James Adair and the Indians of the Southeast 

Chapter 4

The French in the Lower Mississippi Valley 

Chapter 6

The Seminole Indians 

Chapter 7

The Southeast Indians after 1763 

Chapter 9

The Creek Indians 

Chapter 10

The Chickasaw Indians 

Chapter 1

Caucasian dress

 

Thumbnails of all Fashion Plates are divided into two larger compliations - Plates 1 and 2 - contained within the chapter. Each individual thumbnail picture is linked to its larger counterpart.

Cm Plate - 25 Fashionable Dress 1st Decade 19th Century

Cm Plate - 26 Fashionable Dress 2nd Decade 19th Century

Cm Plate - 27 Fashionable Dress 3rd Decade 19th Century

Cm Plate - 28 Fashionable Dress 4th Decade 19th CenturyCm Plate - 29 Variations on the Round Dress

Cm Plate - 30 Different Ways of Wearing Mother-Hubbard Wrappers

Cm Plate - 31 Pioneer Women's Dress Late 18th & 19th Centuries

Fn Plate - 01 1851

Fn Plate - 02 1863

Fn Plate - 03 1867-1869

Fn Plate - 04 1871-1872

Fn Plate - 05 1872-1873

Fn Plate - 06 1879-1880

Fn Plate - 07 1882-1883Fn Plate - 08 1883

Fn Plate - 09 1885-1886

Fn Plate - 10 1888

Fn Plate - 11 1893-1894

Fn Plate - 12 1899

Fn Plate - 13 1902-1907

Fn Plate - 14 Wrappers

Fn Plate - 15 Wrappers Continued

Fn Plate - 16 House and Work Dresses

Fn Plate - 17 ApronsFn Plate - 18 Late 19th Century Nomenclature

 

Chapter 4

The Choctaw Indians

McKenney-Hall - 8 Choctaw 

 

Chapter 5

The Chickasaw Indians 

Chapter 4

The Chickasaw in Indian Territory 

Chapter 5

T he Seminole Indians in Indian Territory

Appendix 1

Biography of major figures 

Appendix 2

Glossary of different spellings 

Appendix 3

Dates of explorations and events 

Appendix 4

Names of places found in the DeSoto Narratives 

Appendix 5

Biography of John Howard Payne 

Appendix 6

Lists of trade goods 

Appendix 7

Glossary of terms used in dress and adornment

 

Bios of the Authors

 

Bibliographies


1. Figures 1-9 reflect titles from Stephen Lorant, ed., The New World in the First Pictures of America. Figures 1-10 are from Historia America sive Novi Orbis Compraendens et multis - Abhincseculis incognitarium quaenunc passim Indiae Occidentalis Nomine vulgo Userpantim. Matth. meriani, 1634. Gallorum in Floridam, Americae Provinciam. Laurdonnero.

2. Figures 11-19 reflect titles from Stephen Lorant, ed., The New World in the First Pictures of America. Figures 11-20 are from Historia America sive Novi Orbis Compraehendens in XIII Sectionibus Exactissiman Descriptionem vastissimarum Nomine vulgo Userpantim. Matth. meriani, 1634. Virginae historiae Deincolarum ritibus contentorum.

3. Beverley, Robert. The History and Present State of Virginia in Four Parts. By a Native and Inhabitant of the Place. Printed for R. Parker at the Unicorn under the Piazzas of the Royal Exchange, 1705.