Pre-historic America / by the Marquis de Nadaillac ; translated by N. d'Anvers [pseud.] ; edited by W.H. Dall.
- Jean-François-Albert du Pouget de Nadaillac
- Date:
- 1885
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Pre-historic America / by the Marquis de Nadaillac ; translated by N. d'Anvers [pseud.] ; edited by W.H. Dall. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![fabrics and ornaments: pottery, 459 ; their wealth, 460 ; traditions, 460 ; legends about Bochica simi- lar to those about Quetzacoatl and Manco-Capac, 460 ; [a gram- mar of their language, 460 ;] they worshipped the sun, to which they offered human sacrifice, 461 ; ruins near Tunja, supposed to be the town of Sogomuxi, 461 ; government of the Chibchas 461 ; the Zippas and the Zoques, or chiefs, 462 ; burial customs, 462 ; laws and penalties, 462 ; food and dwellings, 463 ; knowledge, and use of the metals, 463; trade and coinage, (?) 463 , monuments and hieroglyphics, 464, 465 ; Columns near the junction of the Carare and Magdalena, 465 ; pictographs of the valleys of Bogota, Tunga, and Cauca, 465 Chichen-Itza. ruins of, 333, 334, 340 Chichimecs (the), 12 278 ; of the Nahuatl race but un- like the Toltecs complete savages, 279 ; their religion, 280 ; marriage customs, 280 ; conquest of Anahuac, 282 Chicomoztoc, establishment of the Aztecs in, 285 Chicuito, megaliths of, 424 Chihuahua, casagrandes in San Miguel valley, 225 low type skulls from certain sep- ulchres in, 484 Chillicothe (Ohio), mounds at, 100, 101 Cross on skeleton from mound near, 176 position of bodies in mound at, 112 Chimu, ruins of, 395 Chincha Islands, gold ornaments from, 68 silver fish from, 68 Choccequirao, fortress of, 419 Cholula, pyramid of, 350; date of erection, 351 Christiana (Pennsylvania), ancient soapstone quarry at, 51 Chulpas of Acora, 421 ; near Palca, 425 Chunk Yards, igo Chunkey, game of, igo Circleville (Ohio), mounds at, 101 Circular mound, skull from, 485 ‘ Clark’s Works,” Ross county (Ohio), Clavigero, boundaries of Anahuac, 11 Cliff Dwellers, points of difference be- tween them and the Mound Build- ers and other ancient races, 255 ; the Spaniards notice no resemblance between the inhabitants of Mexico and New Mexico, 256 ; a sedentary agricultural race, 257 see also “ Pre-historic Amer- icans,” 497 on Beaver Creek, 227 ; on the Colorado Chiquito, 227 causes of decadence, 258 ; prob- able decrease in rainfall the most important, 258 Cliff-Houses described, 201, 202, 203, 205 ; on the Rio Mancos, 208, 210; in Mac Elmo valley, 214 ; at Aztec Spring, 215 ; on the Hovenweep, in Montezuma valley, 217 ; on the Rio de Chelly, 216, 218 ; Cave Town, 219; in Epsom Creek val- • ley, 220 Cloth in mounds of Ohio, Iowa, and Illinois, 177 Coati, island of, 409 ; consecrated to the moon, 409 ; ruins of, 409 Coatzacoalcos river, numerous large towns discovered by Cortes upon, 7 Colonel Island (Georgia), shell-heaps, 4S Colorado Chiquito, ruins along the, 226 Colorado river, ancient ruins along, 228 Complexions of the Indians, 3 Connecticut, pipe from, 164 C-onnett’s Mound, near Dover (Ohio), 118 copper beads from, 174 Convulsions of nature, traditions re- garding, in Mexico, Central Amer- ica, Peru, and Boliviav 17 Cook (Prof.), glacial phenomena in New Jersey, 18 Copan, ruins of, 328 Copiapo Valley (Chili), mummies from huacas in, 43c Copper, the only metal in common use among the Mound Builders, 180 Copper mining by the Mound Builders on Lake Superior, 178; on Isle Royal, 179 Council Bluffs, intrenchment of the Arikarees at, 98 Coyote, the American dog, 4](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b24875144_0560.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
