vector subscripts in Python?

[beliavsky at aol.com]

Does Python have the equivalent of "vector subscripts" of Fortran 95?
The code below illustrates what I am looking for -- with better syntax. 

def subscript(xx,ii):
    # return the elements in xx subscripted by ii
    y = []
    for i in ii: y.append(xx[i])
    return y
    
ii = [0,2]
xx = [1,4,9]
print subscript(xx,ii) # returns [1, 9]; in F95, "print*,xx(ii)" is analogous