INDEX. 



163 



life in the new world, 12; all forms of which he 

 considered inferior to those of the eastern conti- 

 nent, 94. 



De Soto, the supposition that he erected the West- 

 ern fortifications, 25. 



Dighton Rock inscription, supposed by De Gebelin 

 to be Punic, 28 ; early copies made of it, 28 ; its 

 examination by Danish antiquaries, 10G; Ching- 

 wauk's interpretation of it, 133. " 



Diodorus Siculus, an authority for the island of At- 

 lantis, G, 7, 1-4. 



D'Orbigny, A., his opinion that the peculiar shape of 

 certain Peruvian skulls is owing to compres 

 78, 102. 



Drake, Dr. Daniel, his account of the antiquities of 

 the Miami country, 33. 



Drake, S. G., his work on the American Indians and 

 antiquities, 106. 



Drogeo, story of a visit to, 11 ; supposed to be the 

 country between Newfoundland and Florida, 11. 



Dury, John, narratives in support of the Israelitish 

 origin of the Americans, 5. 



Duponceau, P. E., his correspondence with Ilecke- 

 welder, 58 ; his views of the general character of 

 the American languages, 59 ; his memoir on the 

 grammatical system of these languages, 60. 



Du Pratz, account of the Natchez Indians, 18, 157, 

 158. 



E. 



Earthworks, American, explorations of and theories 

 respecting, 17-53, 106, 109, 110, 117-131, 

 137-8 ; their location and classification, 153-158. 



Edwards, Jonathan, his observations on the language 

 of the Mohegans, 29, 55. 



Eliot, John, on the descent of the Indians from the 

 Jews, 5 ; his Indian grammar, 55. 



Eskimaux, testimony of travellers to the lightness 

 of their complexion, 48 ; believed by Mr. Galla- 

 tin to belong to the same stock with the other 

 American races, 63 ; generally held to be distinct 

 from the rest of the American races, 72 ; Jeffer- 

 son's opinion respecting them, 74; held by Dr. 

 Morton to be a partially mixed race, 77, 79 ; pro- 

 bable instances of their being carried in early 

 times across the Atlantic to Europe, 145. 



Estotiland, story of a visit to, 11; supposed to be 

 Newfoundland, 11. 



Etowee (or Hightower) river, remains on, described, 

 42. 



Eudoxus, his asserted circumnavigation of Africa, 8. 



Everett, Hon. Edward, his synopsis of the contents 



and claims of the " Antiquitates Americans," 

 108. 

 Ewbank, Thos., his etymology of the name Oregon, 

 148, note. 



Fall River skeleton, the, discussions respecting, 107, 

 108. 



Filson, John, notices of earthworks in Kentucky, 

 22; appellation given to Ky. by the Indians, 158. 



Flat-head Indians, where found, 100; theories re- 

 specting their origin, 101-104. 



Flint's " Recollections of the Mississippi Valley," 

 43. 



Florida (ancient), supposed early migration of White 

 Men (Irish) to, 10, 15; earthworks in, described by 

 Bartram, 21 ; characteristics of its monuments, 

 51. 



Forrcy, Dr. Samuel, his advocacy of the unity of 

 the human race, 88, 89. 



Foster and Whitney, their surveys of the Lake Su- 

 perior region, 127. 



Franklin, Benjamin, his theory of the origin of the 

 American earthworks, 25. 



Frisians, supposed descent of the Peruvians and 

 Chilians from, 13. 



G. 



Gallatin, Albert, his distrust of Indian traditions, 

 51 ; his writings on the nations, languages, and 

 antiquities of America, 61-71. 



Garcia, his theory of the peopling of America, 13. 



Garden-beds of Wisconsin, &c. 20, 158. 



Gauls, the supposed source of American peoples and 

 customs, 13. 



Gebelin, Count de, supposed the Dighton Rock in- 

 scription to be Punic, 28. 



Genebrard, G., his theory of the peopling of Ame- 

 rica, 5 ; supposed Ophir to be in America, 13. 



Georgia, earthworks in, described by Bartram, 21 ; 

 by Cornelius, 42. 



Gliddon, George R. See Nbtt and Gliddon. 



Giovio, Paolo, his theory of the origin of the Mexi- 

 can human sacrifices, 13. 



Gomara, F. L., his theory of the peopling of Ame- 

 rica^, 13 ; notice of an ante-Columbian voyage, 9. 



Gosnold, his intercourse with the Indians near Fall 

 River, 108. 



Grave Creek mound, described by Gen. Parsons, 23, 

 24. 



Grave Creek stone, its characters supposed by Jo- 

 mard to be Libyan, 28 ; Schoolcraft's remarks on, 

 116, 133, 134. 



