Las Casas, Bishop, iii, iv, 247, 273–276, 378, 403, 408, 409, 414. Las Godinas, 205, 206. La Vieja Guatemala, 196, 199, 200. Lenton, 252. Licignano, Duke de, 192, 193. Licking Creek, 64, 70. Little Miami River, the, 87. Lizana, Father, 394. Locke, Professor, 87, 92. Longfellow, Mr., 25, 26. Lowell, Mr., J. R., 26–28. Macal, Presbitero Fernando, 270, 277, 285, 381. Madoc, Prince, 96. Maguey (aloe), 272, 273. Maine, shell mounds in, 28–33. Mams tribe, 234–237, 244, 245, 402. Mandans, the, 95. Mankato, 120, 138. Manzanillo, 178. Marietta, mounds at, 57, 58: inclosures at, 70–76, 99–101. Marimba (instrument), 244. Maoris; curing illness by steam, 175: method of cooking, 326. Marquette in Michigan, 35. Martinez, Padre, 195. Masagua, village, 181. Maudslay, Mr., 357. Maximilian, Emperor, execution of, 257–258. Maya race of Indians, 281, 336, 405. Mechanics, a triumph of, 26, 27, Medicine man, the, 164, 165. Mendota, settlement of, 116, 118, 120, 169. Merida, 371, 392, 393. Mestizos, the, 179. Metternich, Prince, 14. Mexican antiquities at Cambridge, 20. Miamisburgh mound, 56–59. Michigan, beavers in, 36–40: ancient mining pits in, 42–51: early surveys of, 139, 140. Michol River, 291, 297. Micla, village of, 220–223. Military Academy at West Point, 7, 8. Mines in Michigan, ancient Indian, 35, 36, 42–51. Minnesota, prairies in, 124–127. Mississippi River, 108, 109: falls of, 119. Missouri River, 108, 109. Mitla, ruins of, 357. Mixco, ancient mounds near, 189–191, 194, 385. Mohawks, tribe, 34, 151, 157. Monastery at Palenque, 297–302, 307–317. Monks Mound, 106. Montalban, Doña Aña de, 207. Montezuma, 411. Morgan, Mr. Lewis, 103, 159. Mormons, the, 111, 112. Mounds and earthworks of Indians in Ohio, 54–103, 379–385: near Mixco, 189–191, 194, 385. Mounds near St. Paul, 114, 115: near Lake Ontario, 60, _see_ Mixco, Palenque, &c. Mourning customs of the Sioux, 165, 166. Múna, 360. Murray, Hon. C. A., 144. Muskinghum River, 70. Natchez Indians, 161, 380. Nauvoo, 111. Naval Academy at Annapolis, 6–8. Naval power, the Atlantic seaboard, and, 30, 31. Nebraska, 129, 130: plains in, 137. Negroes in the Southern States, 5: in the American Civil War, 11. Newark, town of, 61: inclosures at, 64–70, 96–103. New Zealanders, burial custom of, 175. Nightingale, a, at Palenque, 301, 303. Nopá river, 291. North American Indians, _see_ Indians. Norwood, Dr. Joseph, 141. Oaxaca Indians, 292. Obsidian knives used by Aztecs, 186. Ocosingo, 259, 263–267, 273. Ogallalas, tribe of Sioux, 122, 123. Ohio, ancient Indian mounds and earthworks in 54–103, 384, 385. Oliphant, Mr. Laurence, 9. Omaha, prison at, 163. Oneidas tribe, 34, 151, 155: reservation of the, 51–53. Onondagas, tribe, 34, 151.