Chapter XII: Antiquities of the Northwest

General Character of North-western Remains -- No Traces of
Extinct or of Civilized Races -- Antiquities of California
-- Stone Implements --Newspaper Reports -- Taylor's Work
-- Colorado Desert -- Trail and Rock-Inscriptions --
Burial Relics of Southern California -- Bones of Giants
-- Mounds in the Saticoy Valley -- New Almaden Mine
--Pre-Historic Relics in the Mining Shafts -- Stone
Implements, Human Bones, and Remains of Extinct Animal
Species -- Voy's Work -- San Joaquin Relics -- Merced
Mounds -- Martinez -- Shell-Mounds round San Francisco
Bay, and their Contents -- Relics from a San Francisco
Mound -- Antiquities of Nevada -- Utah -- Mounds of Salt
Lake Valley --Colorado -- Remains at Golden City --
Extensive Ruins in Southern Colorado and Utah -- Jackson's
Expedition -- Mancos and McElmo Cañons -- Idaho and
Montana -- Oregon -- Washington -- Mounds on Bute Prairie,
and Yakima Earth-work -- British Columbia -- Deans'
Explorations -- Mounds and Earth-works of Vancouver Island
-- Alaska 687

CHAPTER XIII.

WORKS OF THE MOUND-BUILDERS.

American Monuments beyond the Limits of the Pacific States
-- Eastern Atlantic States -- Remains in the Mississippi
Valley -- Three Geographical Divisions -- Classification
of Monuments -- Embankments and Ditches -- Fortifications
-- Sacred Enclosures -- Mounds --Temple-Mounds,
Animal-Mounds, and Conical Mounds -- Altar-Mounds, Burial
Mounds, and Anomalous Mounds -- Contents of the Mounds --
Human Remains -- Remains of Aboriginal Art -- Implements
and Ornaments of Metal, Stone, Bone, and Shell -- Ancient
Copper Mines --Rock-Inscriptions -- Antiquity of the
Mississippi Remains --Comparisons -- Conclusions 744

CHAPTER XIV.

PERUVIAN ANTIQUITIES.

Two Epochs of Peruvian Civilization -- Aboriginal
Government, Religion, and Arts -- Contrasts -- The Huacas
-- Human Remains --Articles of Metal -- Copper Implements
-- Gold and Silver Vases and Ornaments -- Use of Iron
unknown -- Aboriginal Engineering -- Paved Roads --
Peruvian Pottery -- Ruins of Pachacamac -- Mausoleum of
Cuelap -- Gran-Chimú -- Huaca of Misa -- Temple of the Sun
-- Remains on the Island of Titicaca -- Chavin de Huanta
-- Huanuco el Viejo --Cuzco -- Monuments of Tiahuanaco --
Island of Coati 791

THE NATIVE RACES
OF THE
PACIFIC STATES.

ANTIQUITIES.