When
Did Doom, though lame, not bide its time,
To clutch the nape of skulking Crime?

W. E. GLADSTONE.

GENERAL INDEX.

A.

Agathocles, 119.

Agassiz, 73.

Alfred, King, 19.

Almagro, Pizarro's rival, 186, 189.

Alvarado, 158, 159.

America, Discoveries of, 19-35, 38-45, 48-53.

America, origin of the name, 50.

American Archeology, 71-79 (_see_ also AZTEC, PERU, CIVILIZATION).

Amerigo (_Americus_), (_see_ VESPUCCI).

Anahuac, 56, 58, 63.

Archeology, 71-88 (see under AZTEC, MEXICO, PERU,
and CIVILIZATION, EXTINCT).

Aristotle, shape of the earth, 10.

Arthur, King, 19.

Atahualpa, Inca, 187, 188.

Atlantic, ridge, 15.

Atlantis, island or continent, 14, 15.

Avalon, 17.

Aztecs, their traditions, 54, 56, 57, 62, 63.

Aztecs, antiquities, 55.

Aztecs, kingdom, 58;
empire founded, 76.

Aztecs, letters, etc., 58, 79-82.

Aztecs, astronomy, 64, 65, 68, 83.

Aztecs, human sacrifices, 59, 60, 62, 102, 106;
how explained by comparison with Jews, Greeks, Druids, etc., 100-106.

Aztecs, priesthood, 65, 67.

Aztecs, religion, 92, 93;
laws, 90.

Aztecs, natural piety, 66-68.

Aztecs, secular festival, 68-70.

Aztecs, soldiery, 91, 92.

Aztecs, agriculture, 94.

Aztecs, markets, 97, 147.

Aztecs, banquets, social amusements, 97, 99.

Aztlan, 56.

B.

Bacon, Roger, 18.

Bahamas, 41.

Balboa, 9, 50, 52, 164, 168.

Balboa scheme--adopted by Pizarro, 186.

Balboa hears of the Land of Gold, 165.

Balboa crosses the isthmus, 166, 167.

Balboa unjustly treated, 167, 168.

Barcelona, Columbus honored at Court, 45.

Basque Discovery, 32.

Boston in Vinland, 26, 182.

Brandan, St. discoverer, 32.

Brito, ship-canal, 172.

Buccaneers, origin, etc., 169, 170.

Buffon, 15.

Burgos, Bishop of, 157, 168.

C.

Cabot, 38, 48, 49.

Cabrera reaches Brazil, 49.

Cakama, prince of Tezcuco, 154.

Calendar Stone, 83, 84.

Calicut reached by Gama, 49.

Canaanites, etc., sun-worship, 102, 103.

Cannibalism, 102, 103.

Capac, Inca, 182, 187.

Carthage, 17, 102.

Cathay, 39, 43, 45.

Cazique, 43, 117, etc.

Celtic discoveries, 19, 30-32.

Chalco, Lake, 136, 137.

Charles V. and Cortes, 164.

Chiapas, 77.

Chibchas, 85.

Cholula, 84, 94, 130, 133.

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