Travels Amongst American Indians, Their Ancient Earthworks and Temples / Including a Journey in Guatemala, Mexico and Yucatan, and a Visit to the Ruins of Patinamit, Utatlan, Palenque and Uxmal

by Lindesay Brine

A Map to illustrate
“TRAVELS AMONGST AMERICAN INDIANS”
by Admiral Lindesay Brine.

London: Stanford’s Geog^l. Estab^t.

A Map of
THE UNITED STATES,
MEXICO &c.
to accompany “Travels amongst American Indians”

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INDEX.

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• Abalá, village of, [360–362], [366], [370].
• Abenakis Indians, [33].
• Acapulco, [179].
• Adams, Mr. Charles Francis, [9], [28].
• Adoratorio, an Indian, [245], [246], [262].
• Agassiz, Professor, [12], [13], [23].
• Agua, volcano, [181], [182], [194], [196–200].
• Aguilar, [397].
• Aguinaga, brig, [372–374].
• Albatrosses in the South Pacific, [178].
• Alcaldes, the, at San Tomas, [212], [213].
• Algonquin tribe of Indians, [34], [111], [150], [153].
• Alligator totem, [85], [86].
• Alligators, [179], [320–322].
• Alumni, the, of Harvard, [25–28].
• Alvarado, Pedro de, [202], [218], [225–228], [235–237].
• Amatitlan, village of, [182].
• American Civil War, [9–11].
• American politics, [23].
• Annapolis, Naval Academy at, [6–8].
• Antilia, Island of, [417–419].
• Apache Indians, [122].
• Ara-po-gai-sik (Day-catcher), [122].
• Atitlan, volcano of, [206].
• Atwater, Mr., and the Circleville Inclosures, [79–84].
• Aztecs, the, [130], [172], [174], [385], [394], [404–406], [422]:
  sacrifices of, [132], [224–226], [345]:
  barbarous custom of, [396–398]:
  obsidian knives used by, [186].
• Bachajon, village, of 267, [268], [273].
• Baird, Dr., [98].
• Baptismal customs, Yucatan Indians, [364–366].
• Barrancas (ravines), [205], [216].
• Bartlett, Professor, [7], [11].
• Bartram, Mr., [322].
• Basques, crew of, [372], [373].
• Bates, Mr., [321].
• Beaver dams, [36–40].
• Beech-tree, chief of the Oneidas tribe, [51].
• Bisons, herds of, [143].
• Boulders, on the Minnesota prairies, [126], [127]:
  Sioux worship of, [169].
• Braddock, General, [134].
• Bridgman, Laura, [16–18].
• Burial customs; of the Dakotas, [173]:
  of the Sacs and Foxes, [174]:
  in Yucatan, [333], [334].
• Burial by the Mound Builders, manner, [61–63].
• Burial mounds in Illinois, [19]: (see also Ohio, &c.).
• Burial place of Sioux, [114].
• Cabarrus, M. de, [192].
• Cahokia earthworks, the, [105–108], [189], [380], [385].
• Californian Indians, [20].
• Cambridge, Indian collections at, [19–21]:
  Commencement Day at, [27], [28].
• Campeachy, [328], [329]:
  gulf of, [327].
• Cannibalism, [135], [323–325], [345].
• Cape San Lucas, [177].
• Cargadores, the, [293], [294].
• Carmen, Island of, [326–328].
• Carnival, an Indian, [269–272], [277].
• Carp, River, [36], [41].
• Carr, Professor Lucien, [383].
• Carrera, President, [183], [184], [190], [256].
• Carver, Captain, [119], [120].
• Casa de las Monjas at Uxmal, [xiv], [xv], [339–343], [347–358].
• Casa del Gobernador at Uxmal, [337–343], [347–358].
• Castillo, Don Manuel, [255].
• Catasaja, [319], [320].
• Catherwood, Mr., [294].
• Cayugas, tribe, [34], [151], [152], [155], [156], [158].
• Cedar Keys, settlement of, [375].
• Ceremonies of the Dakotas, [157], [158].
• Cerna, President Don Vincente, [191].
• Charnay, M. Desiré, [xv], [44].
• Chase, Chief Justice, [23].
• Cherokee Indians, [384].
• Cheyenne Indians, [145].
• Chiapas, mounds in, [261], [277], [381].
• Chimaltenango, [200].
• Chilon, [269].
• Chippewas, Indians, [44], [47], [49], [111], [127], [131], [135], [150], [153], [173], [174].
• Cholula, temple at, [410], [412].
• Chontal Indians, [220–224].
• Circleville, inclosures at, [79–84], [96–102].
• Civil War, troops in the American, [9–11].
• Clarke, Capt., of Cedar Keys, [375].
• Clavigero, [411].
• Clemens, Dr., and the Grave Creek Mound, [58–60].
• Coller, Dr., at Palenque, [138], [294–297], [301–303], [316–319].
• Columbus and the island of Antilia, [416–419], [421].
• Commencement Day at Cambridge, [27], [28].
• Comitan, town of, [253], [255].
• Comolapa, village of, [200], [201].
• Conceptionistas, Convent of the, [371], [372].
• Concord, shell heaps at, [21], [28], [29].
• Copan, [410], [411]:
  idols at, [264].
• Copper mines in Michigan, [35], [43–51].
• Corbett, Mr., [192].
• Cordilleras, the, [204–205], [278].
• Cortes, [228], [314], [323–325], [397], [406].
• Cozumel, island of, [346]:
  cross at, [414].
• Cruz, Serapio, Indian named, [183], [184], [191], [233].
• Cuba, [373].
• Cuoq, M., [150].
• Curing illness by steam, [174], [175].
• Cutler, Rev. Dr., [100].
• Dakota Indians, [127], [133], [145], [147–149], [150], [153], [154], [159]:
  human sacrifices of the, [132–134], [171–173], [401]:
  language of, [159], [160]:
  and sun worship, [163], [164]:
  and sickness, [164–165]:
  and lightning, [166]:
  and transmigration, [167–168]:
  fasts of the, [168–169]:
  and serpent worship, [170]:
  burial customs of, [173], [175]:
  curing illness by steam, [174–175]:
  burial mound, [377].
  (see also Sioux.)
• Damariscotta, shell mounds at, [27], [30–33], [376].
• Dance, Indian, at Chilon, [269–272].
• Dancing, Indians and, [404].
• Darwin’s coral theories, [13].
• Dauphin, the (Williams), [52], [53].
• Davis, Mr., [64].
• Dayton’s Bluff, [381].
• Debauchery of the Mexican Indians, [272], [403].
• Demons, Indian offerings to, [363], [364].
• Des Moines River, [138].
• Delaware Indians, [94], [134], [385].
• Dialect at Ocosingo, [266], [267].
• Dialects of the North American Indians, [151–154]:
  of Guatemala Indians, [232].
• Diaz, Bernal, [197], [220], [223–227], [323–328], [331–333], [346], [396–398], [404].
• Digger Indians, [147], [148].
• Dighton, rock at, [33].
• Dowding, Captain Herbert, xv.
• Dupaix, Captain, [309].
• Earthworks in Ohio, ancient Indian, [54–103], [379–385].
• Emerson, Mr. Ralph Waldo, [22–26], [28], [29].
• Escalanta, Señor, [335].
• Esconauba, River, [36].
• Escuintla, town of, [181].
• Esquipulas, pilgrimage to, [186–188].
• Evans, chief Elder of the Shakers, [8], [9].
• Faribault, half-breed Indian, [117–119], [161], [164–169], [172], [173].
• Fasting of the Dakotas, [159], [160].
• Festival, Indian, at Jacaltenango, [243–245].
• Festival of San Caralampio, [255].
• Fire, Indian method of lighting a, [241], [261].
• Flathead Indians, [20].
• Florida, [102], [103]:
  Professor Agassiz and, [12], [13]:
  shell mounds in, [14], [21]:
  rivers in, [322]:
  coast of 374–377:
  Indians in, [376], [377].
• Forests; in Michigan, [41], [139], [140]:
  near Palenque, [42], [138], [139]:
  of Aracan, [140], [141]:
  between San Pedro and Palenque, [282–284], [290–294], [303].
• Forster, Mr. J. H., [45], [46], [51].
• Foster, Mr. J. W., [137].
• Fort Ancient, on the Little Miami river, [87–96], [190], [202].
• Fort Du Quesne, [76], [77].
• Fort Hill, [92].
• Foxes, Indian tribe, [109], [174].
• Franciscan Missionaries in Yucatan, [364–366].
• Franklin, Sir John and Lady, [4].
• Fuegians similar to the Ute Indians, [148].
• Fuego, volcano, [181], [182], [196], [199], [200].
• Fuentes, the historian, [236], [237].
• Fuller, Margaret, [24].
• Gage, Thomas, [195].
• Gallatin, Mr. Albert, [130].
• Game in the Platte valley, [145].
• Garcia y Granados, Colonel, [183], [184].
• Gavarrete, Señor, [184–186].
• Glacial action near Ishpeming, [50].
• Godillo, Don Mariana, [255], [256].
• Goitre, Indians suffering with, [242].
• Golden City, ship, [176], [177], [180].
• Gomara, [415], [416].
• Grant, President, [5].
• Grave Creek Mound, [58–61].
• Great Britain, Daniel Webster on, [22].
• Great Salt Lake, the, [146].
• Great Star, human sacrifice to the [131–134].
• Grey, Judge, [27].
• Grinnell, Mr. Henry, [4].
• Grijalva, [346].
• Guatemala, city of, [182], [183]:
  museum at, [184–187]:
  cathedral in, [187]:
  market place, [188]:
  foreign residents in, [192].
• Guatimozin, Emperor, [224], [406]:
• execution of, [324], [325].
• Gueguetenango, [233–237].
• Guerrero, Gonzalo, [397].
• Guicola, Padre Andres, [216], [230].
• Guides, Indian; Anastasio, [194], [231–233]:
  Bito, [267], [269], [270]:
  Carlos, [234], [235], [240], [241], [248–252]:
  José, [289], [290]:
  Lopez, [259–262], [267]:
  Villafranca, [277], [278], [282–285].
• Gurney, Professor, [26].
• Hague, Mr., [192], [194].
• Hardy, M., [192].
• Harris, Mr., [8].
• Harvard, the Alumni of, [25].
• Haven, Mr., [98].
• Henry, Mr. Alexander, [7], [48], [135].
• Herbert, Baron, [176], [180], [191], [194].
• Hernandez, Padre, [211–214], [409], [415].
• Hieroglyphs in temples at Palenque, [307], [315], [389].
• Hildreth, Dr., and inclosures at Marietta, [70–75], [99].
• Hill, Mr. of S. Pauls’ city, [114].
• Hillard, Mr., [13].
• Hoar, Judge, [26], [27].
• Hockmeyer, Mr. and Mrs., [192].
• Hogs, and destruction of rattlesnakes, [144], [145].
• Holmes, Mr. Oliver Wendell, [26–28].
• Houghton, town of, [44], [45], [47], [50].
• Howe, Dr., [25]:
  institution in Boston, [16–18]:
  Mrs. Julia Ward, [22].
• How-wan-ni-yu (the Great Spirit), [156–158].
• Huitzopotli, [224].
• Human sacrifices: of the Pawnees, [131–134], [171–173]:
  of the Dakotas, [171–173]:
  of the Pipil Indians, [220–224]:
  in Yucatan, [332], [333].
• Humboldt and the Toltecs, [395].
• Hunting grounds of Indians, the U.S. Government and, [122], [123].
• Hurons, tribe of Indians, [34], [112].
• Huts, Indian construction of, [286], [287].
• Idolatry of Indians, [403].
• Idols, Indian, [221–223]:
  in Museum at Guatemala, [184–186]:
  at Ocosingo, [263–265]:
  in Yucatan, worship of, [346], [347].
• Illinois, burial mound in, [19].
• Illinois, Indians, [153].
• Inclosures, sacred; near Newark, [64–70]:
  at Marietta, [70–76]:
  at Circleville, [79–84], [96–102].
• Indian, battlefield, [49]:
  baptismal customs, [364–366]:
  carnival, an, [269–272], [277]:
  ceremonies in Yucatan, [362–365]:
  cemetery, [84]:
  civilisation in Yucatan, [406–8]:
  collections at Cambridge, [19–21]:
  construction of huts, [286–287]:
  debauchery, [272]:
  dialects, [232]:
  domestic habits, [239–241]:
  earthworks in Ohio, [54–103]:
  education, Judge Williams and, [109–111]:
  farmhouse, an, [209], [210]:
  festival, an, [243–245]:
  idols, [184–186], [221], [245–6]:
  inclosures, see Circleville, Marietta, Newark, &c.:
  marriage custom in the Sierra Madre, [247]:
  mines round Lake Superior, [35], [36]:
  officials at Abalá, [361], [362]:
  mounds in Ohio, [54–103]:
  pilgrims, [186–188]:
  population in North America, [153]:
  reservations in North America, [34]:
  rebellion in Guatemala, [183], [191]:
  religious devotion, [240], [241],
  see also Yucatan:
  skulls, [19], [20]:
  statue at Ocosingo, [264]:
  steam bath, [279]:
  traditions, Ohio earthworks, [94–103]:
  warfare, [112]:
  war customs, [134–5]:
  well, an, [370].
• Indians, diversity of languages, [150–154]:
  hunting grounds of, the U S. Government and, [122], [123]:
  shell heaps of, [14], [21], [28–33].
• Indians; see Abenakis, Algonquins, Apaches, Californian, Cheyennes, Chippewas, Chontal, Dakotas, Delaware, Flathead, Florida, Foxes, Hurons, Iroquois, Kachiquels, Lacandon, Maya, Mohawks, Natchez, Oaxaca, Oneidas, Onondagas, Pawnees, Pipiles, Quichés, Sacs, Senecas, Shawnees, Shoshones, Sioux, Tzendales, Utes, Winnebagoes, Yucatan, Zambos, &c., &c.
• Insurrections of Indians in Guatemala, [183–4], [191].
• Iowa, prairies in, [124–127], [129], [137].
• Iron mines in Michigan, [35], [45–51].
• Iroquois, Indians, [34], [77], [111], [112], [134], [150], [159]:
  battle with the Chippewas, [49]:
  burial mounds of the, [63], [376]:
  traditions and customs of, [151–155]:
  the Grand River, [155], [156].
• Ishpeming, village of, [36], [40], [50], [140].
• Itzqueye, idol of, [221–223].
• Izamal, [393].
• Jacaltenango, [235], [243–249], [369], [402].
• James, Mr. William D., [xiv], [131].
• Jesuit Mission at Sault St. Marie, [48].
• Jonuta, [322], [326].
• Jotána, [260].
• Juarez, President, [256–258].
• Juarros, the historian, [226], [386], [387], [390], [410].
• Kachiquels Indians, [202], [203], [205], [206], [235–237], [401].
• Kee-wai-wona Bay, [48], [49].
• Kue (altar) at Yucatan, [330–334].
• La Antigua Guatemala, [194], [195].
• Lacandon Indians, [266], [319].
• Ladinos, the, [179], [271], [295], [335].
• Laguna de Terminos, [281].
• Lake Amatitlan, [195].
• Lake Atitlan, [181], [206], [209].
• Lake Ontario, mound near, [60].
• Lake Pepin, [113].
• Lake Simcoe, [139].
• Lake Superior, [48], [112]:
  ancient Indian mines round, [35], [36].
• La Laguna de Cuyutlan, [178], [326], [328].
• Landa, Bishop, work on Yucatan, [343–346], [364], [378], [392], [393], [405], [407].
• Languages, diversity of, among Indians, [150–154].
• La Oracion, a prayer in Guatemala, [238], [239].
• Lapidge, Captain, [176], [179], [180].
• Las Casas, Bishop, [iii], [iv], [247], [273–276], [378], [403], [408], [409], [414].
• Las Godinas, [205], [206].
• La Vieja Guatemala, [196], [199], [200].
• Lenton, [252].
• Licignano, Duke de, [192], [193].
• Licking Creek, [64], [70].
• Little Miami River, the, [87].
• Lizana, Father, [394].
• Locke, Professor, [87], [92].
• Longfellow, Mr., [25], [26].
• Lowell, Mr., J. R., [26–28].
• Macal, Presbitero Fernando, [270], [277], [285], [381].
• Madoc, Prince, [96].
• Maguey (aloe), [272], [273].
• Maine, shell mounds in, [28–33].
• Mams tribe, [234–237], [244], [245], [402].
• Mandans, the, [95].
• Mankato, [120], [138].
• Manzanillo, [178].
• Marietta, mounds at, [57], [58]:
  inclosures at, [70–76], [99–101].
• Marimba (instrument), [244].
• Maoris; curing illness by steam, [175]:
  method of cooking, [326].
• Marquette in Michigan, [35].
• Martinez, Padre, [195].
• Masagua, village, [181].
• Maudslay, Mr., [357].
• Maximilian, Emperor, execution of, [257–258].
• Maya race of Indians, [281], [336], [405].
• Mechanics, a triumph of, [26], [27],
• Medicine man, the, [164], [165].
• Mendota, settlement of, [116], [118], [120], [169].
• Merida, [371], [392], [393].
• Mestizos, the, [179].
• Metternich, Prince, [14].
• Mexican antiquities at Cambridge, [20].
• Miamisburgh mound, [56–59].
• Michigan, beavers in, [36–40]:
  ancient mining pits in, [42–51]:
  early surveys of, [139], [140].
• Michol River, [291], [297].
• Micla, village of, [220–223].
• Military Academy at West Point, [7], [8].
• Mines in Michigan, ancient Indian, [35], [36], [42–51].
• Minnesota, prairies in, [124–127].
• Mississippi River, [108], [109]:
  falls of, [119].
• Missouri River, [108], [109].
• Mitla, ruins of, [357].
• Mixco, ancient mounds near, [189–191], [194], [385].
• Mohawks, tribe, [34], [151], [157].
• Monastery at Palenque, [297–302], [307–317].
• Monks Mound, [106].
• Montalban, Doña Aña de, [207].
• Montezuma, [411].
• Morgan, Mr. Lewis, [103], [159].
• Mormons, the, [111], [112].
• Mounds and earthworks of Indians in Ohio, [54–103], [379–385]:
  near Mixco, [189–191], [194], [385].
• Mounds near St. Paul, [114], [115]:
  near Lake Ontario, [60],
  see Mixco, Palenque, &c.
• Mourning customs of the Sioux, [165], [166].
• Múna, [360].
• Murray, Hon. C. A., [144].
• Muskinghum River, [70].
• Natchez Indians, [161], [380].
• Nauvoo, [111].
• Naval Academy at Annapolis, [6–8].
• Naval power, the Atlantic seaboard, and, [30], [31].
• Nebraska, [129], [130]:
  plains in, [137].
• Negroes in the Southern States, [5]:
  in the American Civil War, [11].
• Newark, town of, [61]:
  inclosures at, [64–70], [96–103].
• New Zealanders, burial custom of, [175].
• Nightingale, a, at Palenque, [301], [303].
• Nopá river, [291].
• North American Indians, see Indians.
• Norwood, Dr. Joseph, [141].
• Oaxaca Indians, [292].
• Obsidian knives used by Aztecs, [186].
• Ocosingo, [259], [263–267], [273].
• Ogallalas, tribe of Sioux, [122], [123].
• Ohio, ancient Indian mounds and earthworks in 54–103, [384], [385].
• Oliphant, Mr. Laurence, [9].
• Omaha, prison at, [163].
• Oneidas tribe, [34], [151], [155]:
  reservation of the, [51–53].
• Onondagas, tribe, [34], [151].
• Ontonagon, town of, [44], [46], [48].
• Orchids in Guatemala, [210], [211].
• Ortiz, Don Pepe, [288–294].
• Ottawa Indians, [153].
• Pacaya, volcano, [181], [182].
• Palacio, Don Garcia de, [219–223].
• Palenque, ruins and temples at, [2], [193], [303–307], [350–358], [389], [391–395], [406], [413]:
  arrival at, [294–296]:
  “Palace” or monastery at, [297–302], [307–317], [406]:
  square tower in 300, [301], [312–314]:
  mounds about, [318–320].
• Palisada, [326]:
  river, [322].
• Panajachel, [207], [208].
• Parker, Mr. Frank, [13], [15].
• Parkman, Mr. Francis B., [158], [159].
• Patinamit, Indian ruins of, [202], [203].
• Pawnees, the, [109], [129–136], [147], [163–165], [344].
• Pedro, Padre, [207–209].
• Pelicans, flocks of, [178].
• Penance of Indians, [161–163].
• Petz, Rear-Admiral Baron, [176].
• Pilgrimage to Esquipulas, [186–188].
• Pipiles, Indians, [220–224].
• Pintos, the, [179], [180].
• Pitcher, General, [7], [8].
• Platte, valley of the, [141], [143], [145].
• Portsmouth Ohio, Indian entrenchments at, [57], [58].
• Pozole, substance called, [292], [293].
• Prairie-dog villages, [141–143].
• Prairie fires, [125], [126], [136], [137].
• Prairies and glacial action, [12].
• Prairies in Minnesota and Iowa, [124–129].
• Prescott, Mr., [171].
• Pyramid of the Dwarf, Uxmal, [xv], [340–342], [345].
• Pyramidal altars, Yucatan, [330–334].
• Quezaltenango, [206], [208], [217], [237].
• Quetzalcoatl, god named, [221–223], [310], [348], [391], [409], [412], [413], [414].
• Quetzales (birds), [220], [305].
• Quichés Indians, [202], [206], [209], [214–5], [230], [387], [389–391], [400–402]:
  religious ceremonies of the, [212], [213], [219]:
  chiefs, [227–8]:
  traditions of, [235–7],
  see also Utatlan.
• Quirigua, idols at, [184]:
  ruins of, [186], [410].
• Rae, Dr., [141].
• Rain, a fall of, [358], [359].
• Rain-makers, [164], [359].
• Ransonnet, Baron, [177], [179], [180].
• Rattlesnake totem, xiv, [398], [399].
• Rattlesnakes, [142], [170].
• Rau, Professor Charles, xv., [316], [317], [414].
• Red Cloud, a chief of the Sioux, [123].
• Religious ceremonies in Yucatan, [362–365], [368–369].
• Religious devotion of Indians, [240–241].
• Reservation lands for Indians, [34].
• Rigdon (Mormon preacher), [111], [112].
• Rio, Captain Antonio del, [300], [308], [309].
• Robles, Captain, [249], [252].
• Robles, Padre Juan C., [243–249].
• Rodriguez, Padre, [201].
• Rogers, Commodore, [13].
• Romero, Señor Matias, [257].
• Roubaud, Father, [135].
• Ruins, of Uxmal, [339–358], [389], [394], [395].
  see also Palenque, &c.
• Sacrificial customs at Uxmal, [343–346].
• Sacrificial rites of the Aztecs, [224–226].
• Sacrifices of the Indians to Volcanoes and Lakes, [208].
  see also Human.
• Sacrificios, island of, [332].
• Sacs tribe of Indians, [109], [174].
• St. Andres, [250].
• St. Clair, Governor, [100].
• St. Louis, [108].
• St. Martin, village of, [241].
• St. Paul, city of, [113–115]
• Salorzano, Don Remigio, [263–265], [267].
• Salt Lake City, [112], [146].
• San Caralampio, festival of, [255].
• San Carlos, [261].
• San Domingo de Palenque. see Palenque.
• San José de Guatemala, [180].
• San Pedro, [284–288]:
  Indians, [285–288]:
  River, [289].
• Santa Cruz del Quiché, [216], [230].
• Santorin, island of, [198].
• San Tomas, [209], [211], [215].
• Sault Ste. Marie, Jesuit Mission at, [48].
• Scherzer, Dr., [176], [180], [183], [185].
• Scioto River, [76], [77].
• Seal rocks, the, [177].
• Senecas tribe, [34], [151], [152], [155], [157].
• Sequechul, Indian named, [227].
• Serpent totems, xiv, [350], [351].
• Serpent worship, [398], [399]:
  by the Dakotas, [170].
• Seward, Mr., [257–258].
• Shakers, the, [8], [9].
• Shawnee tribe, [94], [153]:
  burial mounds of, [78].
• Shell heaps at Concord, [21].
• Shell mounds in Florida, [14], [375], [377]:
  in Maine, [28–33].
• Shoshone Indians, [146–148], [174].
• Sierra Madre mountains, [238], [246], [247].
• Sierras between San Pedro & Palenque, [282–284], [290–294].
• Sinigiglia, [253].
• Sioux Indians, [131]:
  methods of burial with, [63]:
  an encampment of, [114–116]:
  worship of spirit rocks, [117–119], [169]:
  the Ogallalas tribe of, [122], [123]:
  Red Cloud, chief of the, [123]:
  and sun worship, [162], [163]:
  medicine man, [164], [165]:
  mourning customs, [165–166]:
  and lightning, [166]:
  and transmigration, [167–168]:
  human sacrifice of, [172], [173].
• Sioux War, the, [120–122].
• Sisal, port of, [372], [373].
• Sissiton tribe of Sioux, [172], [173].
• Skulls of Indians, [19], [20].
• Smith, Mr. James, [134].
• Smith, Joseph, founder of Mormonism, [111], [112].
• Snowstorm, a violent, [128], [129].
• Socoleo, fortress of, [235–237].
• Solares, General, [191].
• Sololá, [209].
• Southern States of America, [5].
• Spain and Utatlan, [226–231]:
  and employment of natives as carriers in Mexico, [275].
• Spaniards kept in cages by Aztecs, [397].
• Spirit rocks, Sioux worship of, [117–119], [169].
• Squier, Mr. E. G., [19], [64], [159], [221].
• Stansfield, Captain, [142].
• Steam bath, an Indian, [279].
• Stephens, Mr., [2], [294], [298], [307], [309], [341].
• Stone at Dighton, [33].
• Stone hammers, [44].
• Stonewall, S.S., [104], [105].
• Succession of forest trees, [139], [140].
• Sumner, Mr., [26].
• Sun worship, by the Pawnees, [133]:
  by all the Indian tribes in Mississippi valley, [161–164], [261–262].
• Sun worshippers, the Natchez tribe, [381].
• Superstition, the Pawnees and, [134]:
  the Dakotas and, [170]:
  Yucatan Indians and, [366–369].
• Tacara, volcano, [246].
• Tallegewi, the, [94], [385].
• Tampa, [374], [377], [379].
• “Temblor,” a, [246].
• Téotihuacan, pyramids of, [395].
• Temples at Izamal, [393]:
  at Uxmal, [339–358], [394], [395].
• Temple of the Cross, at Palenque, [304–306].
• Tepan Guatemala, [202], [206].
• Terran, Padre Juan Batista de, [233].
• Thomas, Professor Cyrus, [68], [69], [382–384].
• Thornton, Mr., [5].
• Ticknor, Mr., [13], [14], [22], [25].
• Tihoo, [392], [393].
• Tlacupa, King of, [325].
• Todos Santos, [238–241].
• Toltecs, [391], [395], [398], [400–404], [422],
  see also Aztecs, Tallegwi.
• Totems of Indians, [84–86]:
  of the Toltecs, [398], [399].
• Trade-winds in the Atlantic, [419], [420]:
  in the Pacific, [421–422].
• Traditions, Indian, re Ohio earthworks, [94–103].
• Trappists, the, at Cahokia, [106].
• Trees, marking forest, as a guide, [42], [43]:
  Professor Locke and age of, [92], [93]:
  absence of, on the Iowa plains, [137–138]:
  succession of forest, [139], [140].
• Troops in the American Civil War, [9–11].
• Tumbalá, [278–282].
• Tuscaroras tribe, [34], [151], [155].
• Tzendales, Indians, [270], [271], [276], [281], [405].
• Tzibalché, [335], [336], [363].
• Usamacinta River, [318–323], [326].
• Utatlan, ruins of, [217–220], [312], [401]:
  conquest of, [226–9].
• Utes, the, or Digger Indians, [147], [148].
• Uxmal, [336–338]:
  ruins of, [339–358], [389]:
  antiquity of temple at, [394], [395].
• Vadillo, Señor, [320].
• Valdivia, [397].
• Vestal the (frigate), [374], [421].
• Viatoro, Padre, [202], [204].
• Vogdes, General, [10], [11].
• Volcanoes in the American Continent, [180], [181], [247],
  see also Agua, Atitlan, Fuego, Pacaya, Tacara.
• Votan, chief, [412], [413].
• Washington, [5].
• Webster, Daniel, [22].
• Well, an Indian, [370].
• Welsh speaking Indians, [95], [96].
• West Point, Military Academy at, [7], [8].
• Whittlesea, Mr., [98].
• Williams, Judge, [174]:
  and Indian education, [109–112].
• Williams (the Dauphin), [52], [53].
• Wilson, Professor Daniel, [60], [62], [159].
• Winnebagoes, the, [119–123].
• Winona, an Indian maiden, [113].
• Woolner, Mr., [357].
• Wyman, Professor Jeffries, [14], [19–21], [26], [28].
• Wynne, Dr., [192].
• Yajalon, [270], [273], [277].
• Yaxcabá, curate of, [366–369].
• Young, Brigham, [112], [146].
• Yucatan, pyramidal altars at, [330–334]:
  Indians in, [336].
• Yucatan, Bishop Landa’s work on, [343–346]:
  worship of idols in, [346–347]:
  religious ceremonies in, [362–365]:
  superstition of Indians, [366–368]:
  ruins in, [394]:
  education in, [407–408]:
  discovery of, [415].
• Yule, Colonel, [140].
• Zambos Indians, [181].
• Zurita, Alonzo de, [227].

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