than the 3d or 4th century, although its cities may have been inhabited much later, and I should fix the epoch of its highest power at a date preceding rather than following the Christian era." _H. H. Bancroft, Native Races of the Pacific States, volume 2, chapter 2; volume 4, ch, 3-6; volume 5, chapter 11-13._ {94} ALSO IN _Marquis de Nadaillac, Prehistoric America, chapter 6-7._ _J. L. Stephens, Incidents of Travel in Yucatan; and Travel in Central America, &c._ _B. M. Norman, Rambles in Yucatan_. _D. Charnay, Ancient Cities of the New World_. See, also, MEXICO: ANCIENT, and AZTEC AND AND MAYA PICTURE-WRITING. AMERICAN ABORIGINES: Mayoruna, or Barbudo. See above: ANDESIANS. AMERICAN ABORIGINES: Menominees. See above: ALGONQUIAN FAMILY, and SACS, &c. AMERICAN ABORIGINES: Metöacs. See above: ALGONQUIAN FAMILY. AMERICAN ABORIGINES: Miamis, or Twightwees. See above: ALGONQUIAN FAMILY, ILLINOIS, and SACS, &c. AMERICAN ABORIGINES: Micmacs. See above: ALGONQUIAN FAMILY. AMERICAN ABORIGINES: Mingoes. "The name of Mingo, or Mengwe, by which the Iroquois were known to the Delawares and the other southern Algonkins, is said to be a contraction of the Lenape word 'Mahongwi,' meaning the 'People of the Springs.' The Iroquois possessed the head-waters of the rivers which flowed through the country of the Delawares." _H. Hale, The Iroquois Book of Rites, appendix, note. A._ AMERICAN ABORIGINES: Minneconjou. See below: SIOUAN FAMILY. AMERICAN ABORIGINES: Minnetarees. See above: HIDATSA; and below: SIOUAN FAMILY. See Note, Appendix E. 9. AMERICAN ABORIGINES: Minquas. See below: SUSQUEHANNAS; and above: ALGONQUIAN FAMILY. AMERICAN ABORIGINES: Minsis, Munsees, or Minisinks. See above: DELAWARES, and ALGONQUIAN FAMILY. AMERICAN ABORIGINES: Miranha. See above: GUCK OR COCO GROUP. AMERICAN ABORIGINES: Missouris. See below: SIOUAN FAMILY. AMERICAN ABORIGINES: Mixes. See below: ZAPOTECS, ETC. AMERICAN ABORIGINES: Mixtecs. See below: ZAPOTECS, ETC. AMERICAN ABORIGINES: Mocovis. See below: PAMPAS TRIBES. AMERICAN ABORIGINES: Modocs (Klamaths) and their California and Oregon neighbors. See Note, Appendix E.