19? 
fli 6 Maya, ami that every ten 
years makes a difference^ hich 
is almost incredible. But 
mountaineers are more* tena- 
cious of their speech as evinced 
everywhere. Due allowance 
must however be made for 
those constant changes. 
144. History of Austral America. 
This will be the title of the 
first volume of my History of 
the American Nations now 
preparing for the press, and in 
which a new, correct and am- 
ple survey will be given of the 
nations of this continent. I 
havebegun by the most difficult 
part, Austral America, which 
being the most remote ought to 
be peopled by the most ancient 
nations ; yet I have found them 
closely connected together and 
with many other Northern and 
Eastern primitive nations. 
This volume will include all 
the ancient and modern nations 
dwelling from the Southern 
tropic to the S. pole, W. of the 
It. Parana, with their history 
and tradition from the flood to 
1833. These are the nations I 
have ascertained, reducing a! 
the other tribes to them. 
Ancient Nations 1. TALA- 
HET meaning high people or 
Hatihet great people, called 
now Puelches or Pampas by 
the Spaniards, whom they have 
resisted for 300 years. The 
tribes are Taluets, Aucaes, Di- 
vihets, Calchaquis Chechets, 
Leuvuhets, &c« 
2. CUNIS or HuilicJies mean- 
ing South people, the Patagons 
of geography. Tribes, Choi- 
cheles, Toelchit, Achang, Call- 
lehets, Yacanas, &cv only a. 
branch of Talaliets. 
3. POYAS or Caucds, tribes 
Toy as, Chonos, Caucahets, 
Huilians, Reyns, Tinigms or 
true Patagons, &c. 
4. SEKEH or Chilians, -with' 
many tribes. 
5. KAKANA in Andes of 
S. Peru, tribes, Xauxa, Chan- 
cas, Aucas, and Antis, Andoasy 
&c ancestors of Poyas? 
6. GUANAS of Tucutnany 
Chiriguanas &c. 
7. TAOS or Chiquitos of 
Chaco, &c. 
8. MAYAS, tribes, Timbus, 
Mbayas, Guaycurus, Abipon? 
Toba, Mocobi, &c. 
9. LULE or Yilelas, and 
Atalalas! &c. 
10. Western CUARANIS. 
The Eastern will be included 
in the History of Brazil and 
Paraguay. 
Modern Nations . 1 Spanish 
with tribes and L. Biscayan? 
Gallician, Catalan, Casti Ilian, 
and Gitanos, Guaehos, Baleri- 
ans, Canarians, &c. 
% Portuguese, 3. English, 
4. Dutch, 5 . French, &c. 
3. African negroes of many 
nations. 
I hope my friends and the 
public w ill not blend this labor 
of mine, with the numberless 
compilations on America, full 
of errors and omissions, that 
are so often ushered by book- 
makers here and elsewhere. It 
will be found different from any 
previous historical chronicle, 
based upon all the materials 
that language, monuments, re- 
