I cannot here make proper acknowledgments to all to whom they are due; but let those who have manifested their kind good-will, and those who have not, so long as they feel it, accept my grateful thanks.
Spirit of Inquiry in the Middle Ages -- Unity of Origin -- Flood Myths -- Aboriginal Traditions of Origin -- Culture Heroes -- China -- Japan -- Hindustan -- Tartary -- The Egyptian Theory -- The Phœnicians -- Votan's Travels -- The Carthaginians -- The Hebrew Theory -- The Mormon Story -- The Visits of the Scandinavians -- Celtic Origin -- The Welsh -- Scotch -- Irish -- The Greeks and Romans -- The Story of Atlantis -- The Autochthonic Theory 1
Origin and Earliest History of the Americans Unrecorded -- The Dark Sea of Antiquity -- Boundary between Myth and History -- Primitive Annals of America compared with those of the Old World -- Authorities and Historical Material -- Traditional Annals and their Value -- Hieroglyphic Records of the Mayas and Nahuas -- Spanish Writers -- The Conquerors -- The Missionaries -- The Historians -- Converted Native Chroniclers -- Secondary Authorities -- Ethnology -- Arts, Institutions, and Beliefs -- Languages -- Material Monuments of Antiquity -- Use of Authorities and Method of treating the Subject 133
THE PRE-TOLTEC PERIOD OF ABORIGINAL HISTORY.
Subdivision of the Subject -- Tzendal Tradition of the Votanic Empire -- Votan's Book and its Contents as reported by Nuñez de la Vega, Cabrera, and Ordoñez -- Testimony of Manners and Customs, Religion, Languages, and Monuments of the Civilized Nations respecting the Primitive Maya Peoples -- The Quiché Record, or Popol Vuh -- Civilizing Efforts of Gucumatz and his Followers -- Exploits of Hunahpu and Xbalanque -- Conquest of Xibalba -- Migration from Tulan Zuiva, the Seven Caves -- Meaning of the Quiché Tradition -- Nahua Traditions -- The Toltecs in Tamoanchan according to Sahagun -- The Codex Chimalpopoca -- Pre-Toltec Nations in Mexico -- Olmecs and Xicalancas -- The Quinames -- Cholula and Quetzalcoatl -- The Totonacs -- Teotihuacan -- Otomís, Miztecs, Zapotecs, and Huastecs -- The Toltecs in Huehue Tlapallan -- Migration to Anáhuac -- The Chichimecs in Amaquemecan -- Ancient Home of the Nahuatlacas and Aztecs -- Primitive Annals of Yucatan -- Conclusions 156