History 395 Origin 395 Name and geographical position 396 Ancient and modern habitat 397 Vestiges of early tradition 398 Names and events in history 399 Present rulers and condition 401 Intertribal rank and relations 403 Magnitude and resources of territory a cause of the multiplication of tribes 405 Geography 406 Figure of the globe 406 Local features of the habitat 406 Surface of the country 407 Facilities for grazing 408 Effect of firing the prairies 408 Waste lands 409 Effects of volcanic action 409 Saline productions 409 Coal and mineral products 410 Climate 410 Wild animals 410 Ancient bones and traditions of the monster era 411 Animals used as armorial marks 412 The horse—Era of importation 412 Pictographs—Charts on bark 412 Antiquities 413 Pipes 413 Vessels and implements 414 Astronomy and geology 414 Earth and its motions 414 The sun 415 The sky 415 Future life—Indian paradise 418 Arithmetic 418 Numeration 418 Coin 420 Keeping accounts 420 Elements of figures 421 Medicine 422 General practice 422 Depletion by bleeding 426 Stoppage of blood and healing art 427 Amputation 427 Theory of diseases and their remedy 428 Parturition 429