Houses and House-Life of the American Aborigines/Index

by Lewis Henry Morgan

 

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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

 

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