Natchez Indians, accounts of, by Du Pratz and
others, 18.

Newfoundland, said to have been discovered by Casta
Cortercal, 9; supposed early discovery by a mari-
ner from the Faro Islands, 11.

New Hampshire, remains in, described, 42.
New York, earthworks in, noticed by Kirkland, 26;
described by De Witt Clinton, 33; by E. G.
Squier, 124-5.

Nicolet, his explorations of Wisconsin, 127.
Noah, Mordecai M., his theory of the peopling of
America, 6.

North America, its supposed discovery by the North-
men, 10; and peopling by the same, 13.
Northmen, their discovery of Greenland and sup-
posed migration to America, 10, 13, 35; supposed
by Barton to have built the American earthworks,
26; their colony of Vinland not believed in by
Mr. Gallatin, 62; publications of the Royal So-
ciety of Antiquaries of Copenhagen respecting
the voyages of the Northmen to America, 106-
108.

Creek mound, &c. 23, 24.

Paulo, Marco, the Quinsai of which he speaks sup-
posed to be Mexico, 3.

Pentland, Mr., his opinion of the origin of the Flat-
head Indians, 102.

Peru supposed to have been founded by Kublai
Khan, 11.

Peruvians, supposed by Charron to be descended
from the Gauls, 13; by Grotius, from the Chinese,
13; by Stiles, from the Canaanites, 28; the pe-
culiar shape of some of their skulls owing to arti-
ficial compression, 77, 78; this practice common
to them and to the tribes on the Columbia River,
148.

Petit, Father le, account of the Natchez Indians, 18.
Petri, Suffrid, his supposed origin of the Peruvians
and Chilians, 13.

Phillips, J. S., his remarks on American crania, 84.
Phoenicians, supposed to have aided in peopling
America, 14, 15.

of America, 98, 99.

Nuttall, his Journal of a tour in Arkansas, 42.

0.

Ocean currents and trade-winds, 143–147.
Ohio, earthworks in, described, 21-26; traditions of
white Indians in, 50; President Harrison's dis-
course on earthworks of, 108-110.

languages, 60.

Pike, Lieut., his expedition to the sources of the
Mississippi, &c. 31.

Plato, legend of the island of Atlantis, 6.

Pliny the Elder, account of the Periplus of Hanno, 7.
Polo, Marco. See Paulo.

Polynesians supposed to have aided in peopling

America, 99, 100.

Population of America, theories respecting it, 3.
Portfolio, the, works of defence described in, 32.

Opmeer, his theory of the peopling of America, 4.
Oregon, the practices of flattening the skull and of
inserting disks of wood in the lips and ears found
there and in South America, 148; Mr. Ewbank's
etymology of the name, 148, note; no antiquities
found in it, 149.

Otomi language, peculiar structure of, 60, 61,
63.

Oviedo, account of an ante-Columbian voyage to
America, 9; his theory that the Antilles are the
Hesperides of the ancients, 12.

rica, 13.

Pomponius Mela, story of Indians cast on the Ger-
man coast, 7.

Postel, William, his theory of the peopling of Ame-
rica, 13.

Pownal, Gov., his opinion that the Americans belong
to the Tartar race, 73, 74; suggested a compara-
tive study of crania, 74.
Prescott, W. H., respecting traditions pointing to an
Asiatic origin for the Aztecs, 148, note.
Prichard, Dr. J. C., his opinion respecting the en-
ergy and mental vigor of the American race, 94.

tory, Condition, and Prospects of the Indian
Tribes," 129; his remarks on the value of Indian
traditions, 130-132; on Indian inscriptions, 132-
134; on American antiquities, 135-140, 156.
Scythians. See Turanians.

Seneca, his prophecy of the discovery of a new
world, 6.

Senecas, the, their traditions respecting ancient for-
tifications, 43.

Seven Cities, island of, tradition of, 7.

Sewall, Samuel, descent of Indians from the Jews, 5.
Sewall, Prof. Stephen, made copy of Dighton Rock
inscription, 28.

Silliman, Prof. Benj., notices of antiquarian disco-
veries in his journal, 42.

Smibert, his opinion that the Tartars and the Ame-
rican Indians are the same people, 73.

Smith, Col. Chas. H., his opinion of the unstable
character of the American languages, 71; his
theory of the peopling of America, 99, 100; ob-
servations on the remains of extinct quadrupeds,
143.

Smith, Ethan, his theory of the peopling of Ame-
rica, 6.

Smith, J. T., his work on the claims to the disco-
very of America by the Northmen, 108.
Smith, Pres., his theory of the changes produced by

climatic influences, 92.

Smithsonian Institution, its publication of the "An-

cient monuments of the Mississippi Valley," 117.
Smyth, Rev. Thos., his treatise on the unity of the
human race, 90, 92.

South America, supposed to be peopled from the
East India islands and China, 13; from New
Guinea, 14.

Squier and Davis, "Ancient Monuments of Missis-
sippi Valley," 1, 117–123.

Squier, E. G., his "Aboriginal Monuments of the
State of New York," 124-126. See also Squier
and Davis.

Stiles, Pres., his theory of the peopling of America,
4, 27; his letter to Franklin respecting earthworks
at Muskingum, 23; his examination of American
inscriptions, 28.

Stoddard, Major, attributes the earthworks to the
Welsh, 31.

Schoolcraft, H. R., adopts the view of the southern
origin of the mound-builders, 53; his writings on
American languages, 66, 67; remarks on the
structure of these languages, 70; his papers on
the Grave Creek mound inscription, 116, 133, 134;
his "Notes on the Iroquois," 123, 124; his "His-

29.

Strain, Lieut. J. G., his account of the discovery of
fossil crania, 101.

St. Simon, Mrs., her theory of the descent of Indi-
ans from the Jews, 6.

Stuart, Isaac, his supposition that the Indians under-
stood Welsh, 26, 27, note.

T.

Tartar-Mongols. See Turanians.

Vinland, supposed by some to be in Narraganset Bay,
108.

of Wisconsin, 106, 122.

Tennessee, remains in, Kain's account of, 42.
Terra de Baccalhaos, alleged discovery of, 9.
Thevet, Andrew, his theory of the peopling of Ame-
rica, 5, 12.

Thomas, David, notices of American antiquities, 42.
Thomas, Isaiah, founder of the American Antiqua-
rian Society, 32.

Thorowgood, Thos., "Jews in America," &c., 5.
Tiedemann, his opinion of the origin of the Flat-
head Indians, 102.

Toltecans, supposed by Schoolcraft to have peopled
the Mississippi Valley, 138.

Tornielli, his theory of the peopling of America, 4.
Torquemada, speaks of a village of negroes in Cali-
fornia, 146.

Trade-winds, direction of, 143–146.

Traditions, Indian, their unreliable character, 46,

49; Mr. Gallatin's remarks on, 51; Mr. School-
craft's remarks on, 130–132.

Troost, Prof. G., his account of mummies in Ten-
nessee, 116.

Tschudi, Von. See Rivero and Von Tschudi.
Tshuktshi, sedentary, speak the Eskimaux language,

59.

Turanians, supposed to have aided in peopling
America, 13, 14, 35-37, 73, 91, 92, 98, 99,
150, 151; this denied by Grotius, 13; character-
istic differences between them and the Americans,
74, note, 79, 80.

U.

United Brethren. See Moravian Missionaries.
Unity or diversity of the human race, discussions
respecting, 81-105.

Usher, Dr., his remarks on American crania, 85–88.

V.

Van Amringe, Wm. F., his physical and psychical
theory of the origin of races, 93, 94.
Vatable, Francis, supposed Ophir to be in America, 13.
Vater, Prof. Severin, one of the authors of the
"Mithridates," 58.

Vega, Garcilazo de la, account of an ante-Columbian
voyage to America, 9; his description of the
construction of mounds in Florida, 51.

Von Humboldt. See Humboldt.

Von Tschudi, J. J. See Rivero and Von Tschudi, 15.

W.

Warren, Dr. John C., his paper on crania from the
western mounds, 75; account of mastodon ob-
tained by him, 142.

Washington, George, considered the Dighton Rock
inscription to be of Indian origin, 28.

Webb, Dr., his correspondence with Danish antiqua-
ries on the subject of the Dighton Rock inscrip-
tion, 106, 107.

Webster, Noah, advocates the theory that De Soto
built the American earthworks, 25; description.
of a stone-heap, 29.

Welsh, tradition of, expedition to America under
Madoc, 10, 35; Indians said to understand their
language, 26; the American earthworks, attribu-
ted to them, 31.

White Indians, alluded to, 146.

White Men (Irish), their supposed establishment in
the Carolinas and Florida, 15.
Williams, Roger, his view of the descent of Indians
from the Jews, 5; his Indian grammar, 55.
Williamson, Dr. Hugh, his theory of the origin of
the American nations, 35.

Winthrop, Prof. Jas., made copy of Dighton Rock
inscription, 28.

Wisconsin, its earthworks described by Lapham and

Taylor, 106, 122, 126-129; Schoolcraft's re-
marks on, 136.

Wistar, Dr., his labors in the Historical Committee
of the American Philosophical Society, 58.

Y.

Yates and Moulton's "History of New York," 42.
Yucatan, Peter Martyr's theory of the Ethiopic
origin of its inhabitants, 12, 13.

Z.

Zeisberger, his Delaware grammar, 60.
Zeni, the, their narrative, &c., 10–11.
Zichmni, Earl, patron of Antonio Zeno, 11; sup-
posed to be the Earl of the Orkneys, 11.