The Native Races of the Pacific States/Volume 2

by Hubert Howe Bancroft

THE WORKS

OF

HUBERT HOWE BANCROFT

 

Entered according to Act of Congress in the Year 1882, by

HUBERT H. BANCROFT,

In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.

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All Rights Reserved.

CONTENTS OF THIS VOLUME.

CHAPTER I.

SAVAGISM AND CIVILIZATION.

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Definition of the Terms — Force and Nature — The Universal Soul of Progress — Man the Instrument and not the Element of Progress — Origin of Progressional Phenomena — The Agency of Evil — Is Civilization Conducive to Happiness ? — Objective and Subjective Humanity — Conditions Essential to Progress — Continental Configurations — Food and Climate — Wealth and Leisure — Association — War, Slaver% Religion, and Government — Morality and Fashion — The Development of Progressional Law 1

CHAPTER II.

GENERAL VIEW OF THE CIVILIZED NATIONS.

The American Civilization of the Sixteenth Century — Its Disappearance — The Past, a New Element — Dividing Line betw^een Savage and Civilized Tribes — Bounds of American Civilization — Physical Features of the Country — Maya and Nahua Branches of Aborigi- nal Culture — The Nahua Civilization — The Aztecs its Representa- tives — Limits of the Aztec Elmpire — Ancient History of Andhuac in Outline— The Toltec Era— The Chichimec Era— The Aztec Era — Extent of the Aztec Language — Civilized Peoples outside of Anii- huac — ^Central American Nations — The Maya Culture^ — The Primi- tive Maya. Empire — Nahua Influence in the South — Yucatan and the Mayas — The Nations of Chiapas — The Quich^ Empire in Gua- temala — The Nahuas in Nicaragua and Salvador — Etymology of Names 81

CHAPTER III.

GOVERNMENT OF THE NAHUA NATIONS.

System of Government — The Aztec Confederacy — Order of Succession — Election of Kings among the Mexicans — Royal Prerogatives — Government and Laws of Succession among the Toltecs, and in Michoacan, Tlascala, Cholula, Huexotzinco, and Oajaca — Magnifi- cence of the Nahua Monarchs — Ceremony of Anointment — Ascent

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CHAPTER XXV.

UriLDINl^S MEPiaNE, BUKIAL, PHYSICAL FECI LIARITTES, A^n> CILARACTER OF T1IE MAYAS. PAGiE Scinty lufonnation Given l»y the Early VojTigers — Prix-ate Houses of tlio Mayas — Interior Arrangement, Decoration, and Furniture — Maya I'itios— I>oso.ription of Utatlan — Patinamit, the C'akchiquel itpital — Cities of Xioaragua — Maya Roa^is — Temples at Chichen Itza aiul Ci^zumol — Tontplos of Xioaragua and Guatemala — Dis- eases of the Ma'aa — Mislicines U»e»l — Treatment of the Sick — Pro- pitiatoHk- Otftriugs and Vows — Su^^erstitions — Dreams — Omens — WiU'hcmtt — Snake-charmers — Funeral Kites and Ceremonies —

PhvsioAl PeiTiliarities — Character. 783

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3