CHAPTER XXVIII {XII of Vol. II}

ABORIGINES OF AMERICA

Indian Cosmogony -- Traditions of Origin -- Identity of Religious Notions -- Adoration of the Sun -- Shawnee Faith -- Anecdote of Tecumseh -- Legendary Traditions -- Missionaries, and Success of the Catholics -- The Indian's Heaven -- Burial Customs -- Ancient Accounts -- Depositing the Dead on Scaffolds -- Superstition and Witchcraft -- Indian Philosophy -- Polygamy and other Matrimonial Affairs -- Abhorrence of Incest -- Difference in Character -- Indian Hospitality -- Traits of the Ancient Asiatics -- Names -- Relationship of Different Tribes -- Dreadful Decrease of the Indians, 283