INDEX
A.
- Aborigines, the, of America, name of, — why they were called "Indians," 1-3; the French name for, 3; seen in Europe for the first time, 4; first known to Europeans through. Columbus, 4; general conjectures concerning, stated, 6; their claim on our sympathies, 16-18; their reception of the first comers from Europe, a kindly and gentle welcome, 18, 218, 219, 330; how that kindness was turned to rage by the conduct of the white man, 18, 218, 219, 222, 330; intentions towards and instructions regarding, expressed in the patents and charters granted to the first colonists, 22-25; King Francis's description of, — "Men without knowledge of God or use of reason," — 27; attempts to Christianize, 4; endowments for their secular and religious welfare, 4; their standing in the courts, 4; the space-pressure upon, 32-35; the destiny of, as forecast by many, 37, 38; first natives sent to Europe as slaves, 45, 46; supposed to be Devil-worshippers, 61; employed as slaves by the Spaniards in the New World, 62, 63; evidence of their offering human sacrifices, 64, 75; their hatred and dread of the Spaniards 73; missionary efforts in behalf of, 80-84, 369, 371, 386, 389, 390-419, 422, 423-459, 472; interesting question of their origin, 85, et seq.; sedentary and roving tribes of, 86; communal life of, 87, 88; uncertainty attaching to tribal names of, 88, 89; relative place of, in the scale of humanity, 89, 90, 120; Protestant-Puritan theory of the Hebrew origin of, 92; their own opinion of themselves, 92; strong general similarity among them, 92; probably indigenous, not exotic, 92; original numbers of, 94-97, — various and extravagant opinions concerning, 94, 95, — the practical interest of this question, 95, 96; mode of life and resources of, compared with the common people of Ireland and Scotland, 97; capacities of, physical, mental, and moral, 98, 99; different estimates of the character of, 99-113; romantic views of, 110-112; a people with a history but without a historian, 112, 140, 141; state and royalty of, 113-116; languages of, 116, 117, 179-183; natural eloquence of, 117; vocabularies of, and European labors upon, 117-120; natural ferocity of, 120-127, 192-198; parallelisms of their scalping practice found in barbarous European tribes, 121, — and in the practices of the colonists themselves, 122, 123; their own courage and heroism, and admiration of these qualities in others, 124; cannibalism of, 125; medical practice of, 127-133; health and disease among, 130, 131, 133; their manner of disposing of their dead, 133, 134; religious beliefs and practices of, 134-139; how they received the doctrines of the missionaries, 137-139, 382;
