Primitive marriage 55 The system of reckoning kinship through females only 56 Original reason for the system 57 The primeval human horde 58, 59 Earliest family-group; the clan 60 "Exogamy" 60 (p. xxi) Phratry and tribe 61 Effect of pastoral life upon property and upon the family 61-63 The exogamous clan in ancient America 64 Intimate connection of aboriginal architecture with social life 65 The long houses of the Iroquois 66, 67 Summary divorce 68 Hospitality 68 Structure of the clan 69, 70 Origin and structure of the phratry 70, 71 Structure of the tribe 72 Cross-relationships between clans and tribes; the Iroquois Confederacy 72-74 Structure of the confederacy 75, 76 The "Long House" 76 Symmetrical development of institutions in ancient America 77, 78 Circular houses of the Mandans 79-81 The Indians of the pueblos, in the middle status of barbarism 82, 83 Horticulture with irrigation, and architecture with adobe 83, 84 Possible origin of adobe architecture 84, 85 Mr. Cushing's sojourn at Zuñi 86 Typical structure of the pueblo 86-88 Pueblo society 89 Wonderful ancient pueblos in the Chaco valley 90-92 The Moqui pueblos 93 The cliff-dwellings 93 Pueblo of Zuñi 93, 94 Pueblo of Tlascala 94-96 The ancient city of Mexico was a great composite pueblo 97 The Spanish discoverers could not be expected to understand the state of society which they found there 97, 98 Contrast between feudalism and gentilism 98 Change from gentile society to political society in Greece and Rome 99, 100 (p. xxii) First suspicions as to the erroneousness of the Spanish accounts 101 Detection and explanation of the errors, by Lewis Morgan 102 Adolf Bandelier's researches 103 The Aztec Confederacy 104, 105 Aztec clans 106 Clan officers 107 Rights and duties of the clan 108 Aztec phratries 108 The tlatocan, or tribal council 109 The cihuacoatl, or "snake-woman" 110 The tlacatecuhtli, or "chief-of-men" 111 Evolution of kingship in Greece and Rome 112 Mediæval kingship 113 Montezuma was a "priest-commander" 114 Mode of succession to the office 114, 115 Manner of collecting tribute 116 Mexican roads 117 Aztec and Iroquois confederacies contrasted 118 Aztec priesthood; human sacrifices 119, 120 Aztec slaves 121, 122 The Aztec family 122, 123 Aztec property 124 Mr. Morgan's rules of criticism 125 He sometimes disregarded his own rules 126 Amusing illustrations from his remarks on "Montezuma's Dinner" 126-128 The reaction against uncritical and exaggerated statements was often carried too far by Mr. Morgan 128, 129 Great importance of the middle period of barbarism 130 The Mexicans compared with the Mayas 131-133 Maya hieroglyphic writing 132 Ruined cities of Central America 134-138 They are probably not older than the twelfth century 136 Recent discovery of the Chronicle of Chicxulub 138 Maya culture very closely related to Mexican 139 The "Mound-Builders" 140-146 The notion that they were like the Aztecs 142 Or, perhaps, like the Zuñis 143 (p.