89

Wonderful ancient pueblos in the Chaco valley 90-92

The Moqui pueblos 93

The cliff-dwellings 93

Pueblo of Zuni 93, 94

Pueblo of Tlascala 94-96

The ancient city of Mexico was a great composite
pueblo 97

The Spanish discoverers could not be expected to understand
the state of society which they found there 97, 98

Contrast between feudalism and gentilism 98

Change from gentile society to political society in
Greece and Rome 99, 100

First suspicions as to the erroneousness of the Spanish
accounts 101

Detection and explanation of the errors, by Lewis
Morgan 102

Adolf Bandelier's researches 103

The Aztec Confederacy 104, 105

Aztec clans 106

Clan officers 107

Rights and duties of the clan 108

Aztec phratries 108

The _tlatocan_, or tribal council 109

The _cihuacoatl_, or "snake-woman" 110

The _tlacatecuhtli_, or "chief-of-men" 111

Evolution of kingship in Greece and Rome 112

Mediaeval kingship 113

Montezuma was a "priest-commander" 114

Mode of succession to the office 114, 115

Manner of collecting tribute 116

Mexican roads 117

Aztec and Iroquois confederacies contrasted 118

Aztec priesthood; human sacrifices 119, 120

Aztec slaves 121, 122

The Aztec famil