Entered according to Act of Congress,
in the year 1844,
By S. G. GOODRICH,
In the Clerk’s Office of the District
Court of Massachusetts.


STEREOTYPED BY
METCALF, KEITH & NICHOLS,
CAMBRIDGE.

WM. A. HALL & CO., PRINTERS,
12 Water Street.

CONTENTS.

PAGE
Introduction[5]
Origin of the Aborigines[10]
Classification of the Indians[16]
The Aborigines of the West Indies[22]
The Caribs[34]
Early Mexican History[41]
Mexico, from the Arrival of Cortés[54]
The Empire of the Incas[80]
The Araucanians[98]
Southern Indians of South America[112]
Indians of Brazil[121]
The Indians of Florida[129]
The Indians of Virginia[147]
The Southern Indians[160]
Indians of New England[170]
The Five Nations, &c.[192]
The Six Nations[205]
Western Indians east of the Mississippi[219]
Western and Southern Indians[233]
Various Tribes of Northern and Western Indians[241]
The Indians west of the Mississippi[256]
Present Condition of the Western Indians in The United States[287]
The Prospects of the Western Tribes[297]

HISTORY
OF THE
AMERICAN INDIANS.