CONTENTS. XV 



Ontario Countj^ . . . . . . . 39 



Monroe County, . . . . ... .41 



Livingston County, ....... 43 



Genesee County, ....... 66 



Orleans County, . . . . . ■ • 50 



Erie County, ........ 51 



Chautauque County, ...... 57 



Montgomery County, . . ' . . . . .58 



III. Palisaded Enclosures, ...... 61-65 



IV. Mounds, Bone-heaps, etc., . ... 67-47 

 V. Implements, Ornaments, etc ...... 75-80 



VI. Concluding Obsekvations, ..... 81-84 



VII. Appendix, ........ 85 



Ancient Works in Pennsylvania and New Hampsliire, . . 85-89 



Character of Indian Defences, ..... 89-9S 



Defences of the Ancient Mexicans and Peruvians, . . 93-99 



Comparison of the Defensive Structures of the American Aborigines -with those 

 of the Pacific Islanders, Celts, etc., . . . 99-106 



Construction of Mounds by Existing Indian Tribes, . . 106-109 



Sepulchral Mounds in Mexico, Central America, etc., . . 110-113 



Sepulchral Monuments of the Ancient World, . . . 113-120 



Probable Funeral Rites of the Mound Builders, . . . 121-124 



The Mounds not General Burial Places; Great Indian Cemeteries, 125-131 



Aboriginal Sacred Enclosures ; Temples of the North American Indians ; 

 of the Mexicans, Central Americans, and Peruvians ; of the Poly- 

 nesian Islanders, Hindus, etc. ; Primitive Temples of the British 

 Islands ; Symbolism of Temples, .... 132-157 



Stone-heaps; Stones of Memorial, etc., .... 157-169 



Additional Monuments in New York, .... 169-176 



Use of Copper by the American Aborigines, . . . 176-187 



Use of Silver « " " ... 187-188 



APPENDIX 



I. Ephemeris of the Planet Neptune for the date of the Lalande Observations of May 8 and 10, 1795, 



and for the oppositions of 1846, 1847, 1848, and 1849. By Sears C. Walker, Esq. Pp. 32. 

 II. Ephemeris of the Planet Neptune for the year 1850. By Sears G. Walker, Esq. Pp. 10. 



III. Ephemeris of the Planet Neptune for the year 1851. By Sears C. Walker, Esq. Pp. 10. 



IV. Occultations visible in the United States during the year 1851. Computed by John Downes, Esq. 



Pp. 26. 



