S ection 2.
Section 3.
Section 4.
Section- 5.
Section 6,
Section 7.
Section 1.
Section J s-.
Section 3.
Section 4.
1§1| | :
On the,,Mexican history «•......... .. , ................ . ^ '325
Paragraph 1. Sources of information • -^325
Paragraph 2. Outline of the history“ of
ancient Mexico,, açeordipg tq .Q&vigejx) • • ,,$28
Paragraph 3, Of the early hfetotSns of
Mexjco and the contents of their works,» • î$k 1
Paragraph 4. Of the extant Mexican,pic-
- toriaixecords and their contents • . . , . „ ^ 335
Of the Mayan race and other aboriginal inhabitants
of Central America . . . . . . ......... 339
Paragraph 1. • languages of M'exlcp and
Central America .. r, , t , . . . . . 339
Paragraph 2. Extension o f/th e Mayan
-raee • • • * , • * ................v342
-Languages allied to the Mayan . . . . . . .kl'iÉjjMM
Paragraph 3. Antiquities óf Central Amèr^
ca ..............f. ..............................345
O f the system of numeration preval eutramnug, the
Mexican nations considered as an ethnological-
■ distinction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , ^. ^.1 34^;
Origin of the science of the ancient Mexicans,
- their astronomy, theiy calendar. • • g......... „* f
Mexican traditions respecting an nnivMal Deluge
and repeated destructions of the world . . . . . . ' 3J(]
Mythology of the Aztecas and other nations of
Mexico •*• •*• • • . v M . . . . * . . , gglj ii
CHAPTER IH.
O f the Esquimaux.
General survey • * > , . , , , , , , oqj
Ofthe Eastern Esquimaux * • • • . . . . . . . . . ......... ggg
Western tribes of Esquimaux*• • • » • » • . 3 7 0
Physical and moral characters and language of the
Esquimaux* *.......................... . . ......................gyo
CHAPTER IV.
O f ike Athapascus or Ckepeyans.
Page.
Sectton. I, G e n e r a l D i f f e r e n t tribes........... .. 375
S ection^ , National relations and physical character of the
Athapascas* • • • • * • *• * *...................... ............ 378
^(CHAPTER V.
O f the Ajgonguin and Iroquois Races.
|§fEOT . General account...................................................... 381
|l;^fT;iON 2. History of the Algonquinipne.—Tradition of the
L e n n i - J L e p a p e .... . . . . . . . . . 38,3
.'Section 3. ’Northern nations qf the Algonquin race . . . . . . 385
Paragraph T. The Knistineaux . . . . . . . . 385
Paragraph %. The Algonquins proper • * 386
Paragraph’ 3.;, ,'ƒ The Chippewas or O jibways
(O'-ehepe-wagfc^i'y,. *.................... .. 388
Paragraph 4. The Potowatomi 389
/SeCtio n 4. Of the north-eastern, or Abenaquian branch of the
Algonquin facer • • • • * *........................ s . . . . . 391
S ection 5. The eastern or Atlantic tribes'*.................... .. 393
Paragraph 1. The New England tribes*. 393
Paragraph s. The Lenni-Lenape or Delaware
Indians • ............... 393
Paragraph 3. Tribes of Virginia and
Maryland . . . . . . . . .............................. 394
S ection 6- The western branch of the Algonquin race * • • • 394
S ection 7. Of .the Iroquois tribes * • - . . . .................... 395
S ection 8. ! Physical characters of the Iroquois • • ............... 397
CHAPTER VI.
O f the aboriginal Tribes o f the Southern United States.
Section 1, General statement 399