INDEX. 



167 



Priest, Josiah, his book on American antiquities, 41. 

 Psammeticus, story of his experiment to ascertain 

 the original language, 53. 



Q- 



Quinsai of Marco Paulo, supposed to be Mexico, 3. 



R. 



Rafinesque, Prof. C. S., his theory of the peopling 

 of America, 39-41. 



Rafn, Prof., his publications on the discovery of 

 America by the Northmen, 106-108. 



Rask, Erasmus, considered the Greenland language 

 to be of the Scythian or Turanian stock, 150. 



Rasle, Father, his Indian dictionary, 55. 



llaynal, Abb6, considered the forms of life on the 

 American inferior to those on the eastern conti- 

 nent, 94. 



Poland, Adrian, his dissertation on the American 

 languages, 56. 



Relics found in earthworks, 154-156. 



Ribault, his account of the chief Chiquola, 52. 



Rivero and Von Tschudi, their work on Peruvian 

 antiquities, 15, 101 ; statement respecting an ori- 

 ginal race of Flatheads in Peru, 102, 103. 



Robin, O. C, describes tumuli on the Washita River, 

 31. 



Romans, Capt. Bernard, his belief that the Ameri- 

 can nations are indigenous, 21. 



S. 



Sagard, Gabriel, his mention of aboriginal mines on 

 Lake Superior, 127. 



Sanchoniathon, an authority for the Island of Atlan- 

 tis, 6. 



Sargent, Col. Winthrop, describes the earthworks at 

 Marietta, 25; and at Cincinnati, 26. 



Scandinavian discovery of America. See Northmen. 



Scaticook Rock inscription, copied by Pres. Stiles, 

 28. 



Schlegel, Frederic, his indication of the importance 

 of grammatical structure as an element of lin- 

 guistic comparison, 54. 



Schomburgk, Sir Robt., his statement respecting the 

 Frog Indians, 102. 



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- 



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. 



Seneeas, 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. 



Stone-heaps, American, their design and formation, 

 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. 



