# Houses and House-Life of the American Aborigines/Index

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| A. ||
| Abort.J. W., cited | 136 |
| Aboriginal history perverted | 273 |
| Acosta, J. de, cited | 194, 226 |
| Adair, J., cited | 54, 08, 100, 103 |
| Adobe houses, ruins of | 189 |
| mortar | 177 |
| Aleuts, communal dwellings | 71 |
| hospitality of the | 53 |
| Altars, Mound-Builders' | 216 |
| Amidas, P | 47 |
| Ancient society, uniformity in the plan of | 1 |
| Anonymous Conqueror | 234 |
| Arroyo pueblo | 164 |
| Arickarees | 125, 130 |
| Athenian tribes, coalesence of | 34 |
| Atolli: | 101 |
| Aztec Confederacy | 23 |
| Aztecs, cremation among the | 220 |
| eating customs of the | 101 |
| extravagant accounts concerning the | 222 |
| governmental institutions of the | 226 |
| houses of the | 222, 256 |
| social system of the | 221, 226 |
| B. ||
| Bachofen, Professor | 121 |
| Bancroft, H. H | 223 |
| cited | 235, 245 |
| Bandelier, A. F., cited | 84, 180, 232, 233, 249 |
| Barlow, Arthur | 47 |
| Bartram, John, cited | 46, 123 |
| Brasseur de Bourbourg, C. E. | 223, 224 |
| C. ||
| Calpulli | 81 |
| Caribs, communal dwellings of the | 76 |
| houses of the | 229 |
| Carver, J., cited | 54, 72, 113 |
| Casa Cerrada or closed house | 267 |
| Castañeda, S. de N., cited | 204 |
| Catlin, G., cited | 50, 72, 100, 102 |
| Champlain, S. de, cited | 124 |
| Chiapas, village of | 252 |
| Chickasas, gentes and phratries | 6 |
| Chilluckitlequaw, hospitality of the | 53 |
| Chimneys, absence of | 183 |
| unknown in Yucatan and Central America | 183 |
| Chinooks, houses of the | 111 |
| Chocta, gentes and phratries | 15 |
| Chopunish, houses of the | 110 |
| Cibola, Seven Cities of | 129, 167 |
| site of the | 170 |
| Clabclellahs, houses of the | 111 |
| Clan, the Scottish | 1 |
| Clarke, J. S. | 124 |
| Clatsops, houses of the | 111 |
| Clavigero, F. S., cited | 101, 178 |
| Columbus, Christopher | 76 |
| Communal dwellings | 64, 67, 68, 70, 71, 72, 73, 76, 85 |
| of tribes in Lower Status of barbarism | 113 |
| of tribes in savagery | 100 |
| of Village Indians of New Mexico | 136 |
| Communism among ancient Mexicans | 232 |
| in living | 63 |
| in relation to dwellings | 63 |
| Confederacies, origin of | 24 |
| Confederacy confined to a common language | 24 |
| Iroquois. See Iroquois Confederacy. |
| of the Aztecs | 23, 24 |
| Creek | 23 |
| Dakota | 23 |
| Moki | 23 |
| Ottawa | 23 |
| the nearest analogue of nation | 18 |
| Copan grave posts | 257 |
| idols | 257 |
| Coronado, F. V., cited | 129, 135, 107, 205 |
| Core used in the architecture of Yucatan | 267 |
| Cortez, F | 223, 232 |
| cited | 59, 240 |
| Coues, E., cited | 195 |
| Creek Confederacy | 23 |
| Creek Indians, communal dwellings of the Crees | 68 |
| Cremation among Mound-Builders | 215 |
| practice of, among the Aztecs | 220 |
| Mayas | 220 |
| Tlascalans | 220 |
| Crossman, Captain, cited | 130 |
| Culture periods | 43 |
| Curia, the Roman | 14 |
| Cutler, J. G | 210 ​ |
| D. ||
| Dakota League | 23 |
| lodge described | 114 |
| Dakotans, communism of the | 72 |
| Dall, W. H., cited | 53 |
| Bankers, Jasper, cited | 118 |
| Delawares, communism of the | 73 |
| eating customs of the | 100 |
| hospitality of the | 46 |
| Descent in female line in archaic period | 5 |
| De Soto, Hernando, cited | 48 |
| Diaz, Bernal, cited | 178, 223, 232, 239 |
| Dwellings, communal. See Communial dwellings. |
| E. ||
| Earth works, object of the | 204 |
| size of the | 213 |
| Embankments as base of houses | 209 |
| Emory, General W. H., cited | 57, 130 |
| Eskimos | 250 |
| Ethnic or culture periods | 43 |
| Exaggerations in the accounts of the ancient Mexicans | 222 |
| F. ||
| Feudalism, absence of in America | 98 |
| Food, joint ownership in | 99 |
| Foster, J. W. | 215 |
| Frontenac, L. de B. | 123 |
| Funeral practice, organization at | 13 |
| G. ||
| Galbraith, F. G. | 149 |
| Garcilasso de la Vega | 76 |
| Gardens, artificial | 86 |
| Gens, archaic form | 5 |
| as it exists among American aborigines | 3 |
| founded upon kin | 3 |
| intermarriage in, prohibited | 5 |
| Iroquois 6 |
| rights, privileges, and obligations | 7 |
| number of persons in | 9 |
| rights, privileges, and obligations of | 6 |
| stages of development | 3 |
| the | 2 |
| the Greek | 2 |
| the Latin | 2 |
| the Sanskrit | 2 |
| Gentes and tribes formed by natural growth | 19 |
| Chickasas | 16 |
| Chocta | 15 |
| Dakotan | 8 |
| Iroquois, number of | 11 |
| list of | 7 |
| Maya | 8 |
| Mohegan | 16 |
| named after animals | 7 |
| Ojibwa | 8 |
| Omaha | 8 |
| similar in different tribes | 20 |
| Thlinkit | 17 |
| transfer of, between phratries | 11 |
| Gentile organization | 3 |
| society distinguished from political | 4 |
| Gonnan, S., cited | 74 |
| Government, growth of the idea of | 21 |
| plan of, among American aborigines | 4 |
| stages in the development of | 21 |
| Governor's House | 236 |
| Granganimeo | 47 |
| Grave posts of chiefs | 257 |
| Greenbalgh | 64 |
| cited | 119 |
| Grenville, R. | 115 |
| Grijalva, J., cited | 59 |
| Guerra, C., cited | 59 |
| Gyneocracy among the Iroquois | 60, 121 |
| H. ||
| Halls unknown in Indian architecture | 236 |
| Hayden, F. V. | 135 |
| Heckewelder, T., cited | 49, 73. 100 |
| Heffernan | 188 |
| Herrera, A. de, cited | 58, 59, 60, 76, 77, 103, 178, 195, 228, 229, 230, 1132, 234, 238, 242, 252, 255 |
| Hiawatha | 27 |
| High-Bank pueblo described | 207 |
| Hindus, communal customs among the | 122 |
| Hospitality general among Indians of America | 56, 00, 61 |
| law of | 42, 44, 45 |
| of the Aleuts | 53 |
| Delawares | 46 |
| Indians of California | 53 |
| Mexico, Central and South America | 58 |
| Ohio | 49 |
| South America | 5 |
| Carolina | 48 |
| the Columbia | 52 |
| Northwest | 54 |
| Iroquois | 45, 119 |
| Maudans | 50 |
| Mayas | 59 |
| Nez Percés | 5 |
| North Carolina Indians | 47 |
| Onondagas | 46 |
| Pimas | 57 |
| Southern Indians | 54 |
| tribes of the Missouri | 50 |
| Upper Mississippi | 53 |
| Village Indians of New Mexico | 56 |
| House architecture modified by climate | 206 |
| Household, number of persons in | 73 |
| House life of the Indians | 199 |
| of the Dwarf | 256 |
| Nuns at Uxmal | 207, 231, 256 |
| Old Woman | 256 |
| Pigeon | 256 |
| Turtle | 256 |
| Houses of Central America | 236 |
| capacity of the | 70 |
| of Indian tribes north of New Mexico | 104 |
| the Aztecs | 222, 256 |
| California Indians | 106 |
| Caribs | 229 |
| Chinooks | 111 |
| Chopunish | 110 |
| Clahelellahs | 171 |
| Clatsops | 111 |
| Indians of Columbia Valley | 112 ​ |
| Houses of the Kutchin | 109 |
| Makah Indians | 112 |
| Mandans and Minnetarees | 125 |
| Maricopas and Mohaves | 130 |
| Nyack Indians | 118 |
| Pueblo Taos | 182 |
| Uxmal | 256 |
| Village Indians | 104, 132 |
| Virginia Indians | 115 |
| ruins of, in Yucatan and Central America | 251 |
| safe against Indian assault | 213 |
| Howitt, A. W., on Australian customs | 70 |
| I. ||
| Idols at Copan | 257 |
| Indian society unlike European | 225 |
| Indians, house life of the | 199 |
| of Mexico and Central America, communal dwellings of the | 75 |
| tenure of lands | 84 |
| New Mexico, communal dwellings of the land customs of the | 74 |
| Northwest coast, communal dwellings of the | 70 |
| Peru, communism of the | 77 |
| Southern, communal dwellings of the | 68 |
| eating customs of the | 100 |
| Inheritance, customs of | 94 |
| Iroquois, communal dwellings of the | 64 |
| communion among | 65 |
| confederacy | 23 |
| cohesive principles of | 33 |
| democratic | 40 |
| founded on kinship | 33 |
| general features of the | 28 |
| origin of the | 27 |
| seat of the central tribes | 35 |
| Council, annual meeting of the | 35 |
| decisions of the | 37 |
| objects of the | 35 |
| eating customs of the | 99, 102, 101 |
| gens | 6 |
| rights, privileges, and obligations | 7 |
| gentes, number of the | 11 |
| list of the | 7 |
| hospitality of the | 45 |
| houses of the, described | 120 |
| lands of the | 80 |
| Long-House | 31, 34, 120 |
| migration of the | 25 |
| mother rights | 66 |
| number of, in existence | 26 |
| number of the | 26 |
| phratries | 19 |
| phratry, functions and uses | 11 |
| objects of the | 11 |
| sachemships of the | 29 |
| table of the | 30 |
| sachems, names bestowed upon | 32 |
| tribal epithets | 36 |
| government | 32 |
| war chiefs | 38 |
| Ives, J. C, cited | 56, 141, 144 |
| J. ||
| Jackson, W. H | 155, 162, 171 |
| cited | 158,164, 171 |
| Jaramillo, Juan, cited | 135, 169, 205 |
| Joliet, L | 53 |
| Jones, S., cited | 109 |
| Joso, J | 152 |
| Jus gentilicium | 7 |
| K. ||
| Kern | 161 |
| Kinship, rights and duties of, among the Aztecs | 250 |
| rights, duties, and obligations of | 250 |
| Kin the basis of gentes | 3 |
| Kootenays | 69 |
| Kutchin, houses of the | 109 |
| L. ||
| Lauds, division of | 89 |
| of the Iroquois | 80 |
| ownership of, in common | 79, 85 |
| severally | 81 |
| of Village Indians, rights in | 149 |
| tenure of, among ancient Mexicans | 84 |
| Languages, stock, number of | 20 |
| great number of, among American aborigines | 20 |
| verbal, incapable of permanence | 19 |
| Lapham, J. A | 203 |
| Las Casas, B. de, cited | 253 |
| Latin and Sabine gentes, coalescence of | 34 |
| Lewis and Clarke, cited | 50, 51, 52, 53, 70, 110, 111 |
| Lintels of Pueblos of Mexico | 181 |
| wood and stone | 273 |
| Lolsel | 106 |
| Long-House of the Iroquois described | 120 |
| Onondaga described | 123 |
| symbol of the Iroquois Confederacy | 34 |
| M. ||
| Maine | 122 |
| Maize indigenous to America | 193 |
| Makah Indians, houses of the | 112 |
| Mandan drying scaffolds | 128 |
| houses, interior of the | 27 |
| ladders | 192 |
| Mandans, communal dwellings of the | 72 |
| eating customs of the | 100 |
| hospitality of the | 50 |
| houses of the | 125, 210 |
| Maicos, Friar | 170 |
| Male Labor, first appearance of | 128 |
| Maricopas, houses of the | 130 |
| Marquette, J., cited | 53, 54 |
| Marsh, O. C | 202 |
| Maximilian, Prince | 126 |
| Mayas, communism in living | 264 |
| of the | 75 |
| cremation among | 220 |
| gentes of the | 8 |
| hospitality of the | 59 |
| of Yucatan | 220 |
| Meals, customs relating to | 99 |
| separation of the sexes at | 102 |
| Mexican houses, size of the | 232 |
| usually two stories high | 229 |
| land ownership, conclusions concerning | 97 |
| Mexicans, ancient inheritance among | 95 ​ |
| Mexican tribes, migration of the | 194 |
| Mexico, pueblo of | 84, 222, 228 |
| council-house | 88 |
| largest in America | 238 |
| Migration of the Iroquois | 25 |
| Migrations occur through physical causes | 190 |
| Miller, D. J., cited | 82, 135, 147, 152 |
| Minnetarces, houses of the | 125, 210 |
| Mishonginivi, pueblo of, described | 141 |
| Mitchell H. L | 188 |
| Mohaves, houses of the | 130 |
| Mohegan gentes and phratries | 16 |
| Moki confederacy | 23 |
| house, interior | 143 |
| Pueblos | 141 |
| Montezuma | 222 |
| a war chief | 248 |
| house of | 225 |
| Montezuma's dinner | 227, 237 |
| palace | 234 |
| Mortar, use of among American Indians | 177 |
| Mound-Builders | 193 |
| arts and industries of the | 200, 219 |
| circular inclosures of the | 214 |
| cremation among the | 215 |
| derived from Village Indians of New Mexico | 193 |
| earth-works, uses of | 202 |
| houses of the | 198 |
| in Middle Status of barbarism | 199 |
| migrations of the | 201 |
| migrations of, affected by climate | 201 |
| modification of house architecture | 206 |
| probable number of | 218 |
| probably derived from New Mexico | 201 |
| social organization of the | 215 |
| structures of, in Ohio | 207 |
| Mound, Grave Creek | 215 |
| Mounds at Mound City | 216 |
| Murphy, H.C | 118 |
| N. ||
| Nation, a coalition of tribes | 18 |
| National Assembly, functions of | 22 |
| Ncerchokioo | 110 |
| Nez Percés, hospitality of the | 51 |
| Norman, B. M., cited | 179, 257, 273 |
| Nyack Indians, houses of the | 11 |
| O. ||
| Ojibwa gentes | 8 |
| lodge, description of | 113 |
| Omaha gentes | 8 |
| Onondaga, Long-House of the, described | 123 |
| Onondagas, liospitality of the | 46 |
| Onondaga village described | 124 |
| Organization, social and governmental | 1 |
| Otoes | 115, 257 |
| Ottawa confederacy | 23 |
| Ownership of lands in severalty | 81 |
| P. ||
| Palonque architecture | 269 |
| so-called palace of the | 268 |
| Parker, William, a Seneca chief | 65 |
| Peru, tenure of lands in | 91 |
| Phrara of the Albanians | 1 |
| Phrartic organization at funerals | 13 |
| Phratries, Chickasa | 16 |
| Chocta | 15 |
| composed of kindred gentes | 11 |
| Mohegan | 16 |
| of the Iroquois | 10 |
| Thlinkit | 17 |
| Phratry, existence of the, in Mexico and Central America | 14 |
| in the military organisation | 15 |
| Iroquois, functions and uses | 11 |
| objects of | 11 |
| marriage in the | 10 |
| older than the confederacy | 11 |
| the | 9 |
| Pimas, hospitality of the | 57 |
| Plant life in the Rocky Mountains | 193 |
| Pomeiock, village of, described | 115 |
| Powell, J. W | 135 |
| Powers, Stephen, cited | 53, 106, 107 |
| Powhatan Indians, communal dwellings of the | 67 |
| Prescott, W. H | 224 |
| Pueblo of Chetro Kettle, size of the | 214 |
| Mexico | 84, 222, 228 |
| Pueblos, number of persons in | 204 |
| of North America, number of inhabitants | 231 |
| Yucatan and Central America, population of | 251 |
| size of | 203 |
| Q. ||
| Quatmozin | 59 |
| Quelenes | 252 |
| R. ||
| Raleigh, Sir Walter | 47 |
| Religious beliefs | 151 |
| seclusion | 153 |
| Rights in lands among the Indians of Taos | 149 |
| Robertson, cited | 102 |
| Round towers | 119 |
| Ruins, east of the Rio Grande | 186 |
| in McElmo cañon | 189 |
| the San Juan district | 192 |
| near base of Ute Mountain | 190 |
| in Mexico | 186 |
| of houses in Now Mexico | 154 |
| the pueblo of Bonito | 156, 163 |
| Hungo Pavie | 156, 160 |
| Alto | 166 |
| Chetro Kettle | 161 |
| Peñasca Blanca | 165 |
| Pintado | 156 |
| Una Tida | 160 |
| Wegegi | 159 |
| Zayi | 178 |
| Arroyo | 164 |
| on the Animas River | 172 |
| outline plan of | 185 |
| S. ||
| Sachems of the Iroquois, names bestowed upon | 32 |
| Sachemships of the Iroquois Confederacy | 26 |
| table of | 30 ​ |
| Sahiagun, B. de, cited | 103 |
| Sandhill crane | 195 |
| San Juan district, ancient occupation of the | 192 |
| geographic relations of the | 196 |
| Valley, altitude of | 193 |
| Santo Domingo, pueblo of | 136 |
| Sauks, communal dwelligs of the | 73 |
| Schurz, Carl | 80 |
| Secotan, village of, described | 116 |
| Seneca-Iroquois. See. Iroquois ||
| Senel | 108 |
| Sept, the Irish | 1 |
| Shawnees, removal of the | 81 |
| Shoshones, hospitality of the | 53 |
| Sibley tent, aboriginal origin of the | 115 |
| Simpson, J. H | 171, 184 |
| cited | 155, 156, 162 |
| Sitgreave, L | 130 |
| Sluyter, Peter, cited | 118 |
| Smet, P. J. de | 69 |
| Smith, John, cited | 67, 117 |
| Social and governmental organization | 1 |
| Society, organization of | 39 |
| Sokulks, commercial dwellings of the | 70 |
| Spanish accounts of Aztec society | 223 |
| histories, how they should be regarded | 227 |
| Squire, E. G., cited | 216 |
| Squire and Davis, cited | 202, 208 |
| Steck, M | 145 |
| Stephens, J. L., cited | 75, 178, 254, 257, 259, 264, 269, 270, 273 |
| Stevenson, J | 137 |
| Stevenson, Mrs. J., description of Zuñi, by | 137 |
| Stones of Pueblo dwellings | 179 |
| Swan, C | 68 |
| Swan, J. G., cited | 112 |
| Symbol of the Iroquois Confederacy | 31, 34 |
| Syndyasmian family | 5 |
| T. ||
| Taos, houses of | 182 |
| Indians, organization of | 147 |
| pueblo of, described | 144 |
| Tecpan, or official house of the tribe | 256 |
| Tenbroeck, cited | 56 |
| Teuchtli | 14, 249 |
| Thlinkit, gentes and phrates | 17 |
| Tiotohatton, size of | 213 |
| village of, described | 119 |
| Tlascalans, cremation among | 220 |
| the four lineages of the | 14 |
| Toques | 252 |
| Towers, round | 11 |
| Tribal government of the Iroquois | 32 |
| stages of | 21 |
| Tribe composed of gentes | 18 |
| functions and attributes of | 21 |
| the | 17 |
| Tribe, the characteristics of | 21 |
| Tribes and gentes continually forming | 19 |
| formed by natural growth | 19 |
| evolved from each other | 20 |
| in savagery, communal dwellings of | 106 |
| Tribute and tribute lands | 90 |
| U. ||
| Uxmal, Governor's House at | 259 |
| described | 259 |
| House of the Nuns at | 260 |
| ground plan | 261 |
| room described | 262 |
| structures of | 256 |
| V. ||
| Véga, Garcillasso de la, cited | 60 |
| Village Indians, houses of the | 132 |
| of New Mexico, arts of | 135 |
| religious beliefs of | 151, 152, 153 |
| Voyage to New York in 1679-'80 by Bankers and Sluyter | 118 |
| W. ||
| Walker, F. A., on the Iroquois | 6 |
| Ward, J., cited | 145 |
| Whittlesey, C | 218 |
| Wocoken, island of | 47 |
| Wolpi, pueblo of | 141 |
| Wright. A | 65 |
| Wyth, J., cited | 115 |
| Y. ||
| Yucatan and Central American agriculture | 253 |
| architecture | 272 |
| confederacies | 251 |
| general condition of the aborigines | 274 |
| household life in | 263 |
| Indians, condition and structures of | 274 |
| languages of | 252 |
| population of | 251 |
| villages designed as fortresses | 270 |
| ruins of houses in | 251 |
| village life | 251 |
| Maya Indians of | 59, 75 |
| Yzaes | 255 |
| Z. ||
| Zayi, apartment in | 266 |
| architecture | 266 |
| ground plan of | 265 |
| ruins of | 266 |
| Zelsales | 252 |
| Zempoala described | 230 |
| Zuñi, pueblo of | 137 |