Inscription Rock--Pueblo of
Jemez--Historical notice of Pecos--Description of the Moqui tribes--The
Estufa--Description of the San Juan country--Aztec Springs--In the
Canyon of the McElmo--The Ruins on the Rio Mancos--On Hovenweep
Creek--Description of a Cliff-house--Cliff Town--Cave Houses--Ruins
on the San Juan--Cave Town--The Significance of Cliff-houses--Moqui
traditions--Ruins in Northern New Mexico--Ruins in the Chaco
Canyon--Pueblo Bonito--Ruins in South-western Arizona--The Rio
Verde Valley--Casa Grande--Ruins on the Gila--Culture of the Pueblo
Tribes--Their Pottery--Superiority of the Ancient pottery--Conclusion.

Chapter XII. THE PREHISTORIC AMERICANS.

Different views on this Subject--Modern System of Government--Ancient
System of Government--Tribal Government universal in North
America--The Indians not Wandering Nomads--Indian houses Communal in
character--Indian Methods of Defense--Mandan Villages--Indians sometimes
erected Mounds--Probable Government of the Mound Builders--Traditions
of the Mound Builders among the Iroquois--Among the Delawares--Probable
fate of the Mound Builders--The Natchez Indians possibly a remnant of
the Mound Builders--Their early Traditions--Lines of resemblance
between the Pueblo Tribes and the Mound Builders--The origin of
the Indians--America Inhabited by the Indians from a very early
time--Classification of the Indian Tribes--Antiquity of the Indian
Tribes.

Chapter XIII. THE NAHUA TRIBES.

Early Spanish discoveries in Mexico--The Nahua tribes defined--Climate
of Mexico--The Valley of Anahuac--Ruins at Tezcuco--The Hill of
Tezcocingo--Ruins at Teotihuacan--Ancient Tulla--Ruins in the
Province of Querataro--Casa Grandes in Chihuahua--Ancient remains in
Sinaloa--Fortified Hill of Quemada--The Pyramid of Cholula--Fortified
Hill at Xochicalco--Its probable use--Ruins at Monte Alban--Ancient
remains at Mitla--Mr. Bandelier's investigations--Traditions in regard
to Mitla--Ruins along the Panuco River--Ruins in Vera Cruz--Pyramid of
Papantla--Tusapan--Character of Nahua Ruins.

Chapter XIV. THE MAYA TRIBES.

The geographical location of the Maya tribes--Description
of Copan--Statue at Copan--Altar at Copan--Ruins at
Quiriga--Patinamit--Utatlan--Description of Palenque--The Palace
at Palenque--The Temple of the Three Inscriptions--Temple of the
Beau-relief--Temple of the Cross--Temple of the Sun--Maler's Temple
of the Cross--Significance of the Palenque crosses--Statue
a