Chapter IV

ORIGIN OF THE AMERICANS AS VIEWED FROM THE STANDPOINT
OF SCIENCE.

Origin Theories — Indigenous Origin — Separate Creation Theory
— Dr. Morton’s Theory — Agassiz’s Views — Dr. Morton’s
Cranial Measurements — Dr. Morton’s Theory of Ethnic Unity
Groundless — Ethnic Relationships — Typical Mound-skull —
Crania from the River Rouge — Dr. Farquharson’s Measurements
— Crania from Kentucky — Researches in Tennessee by Prof.
Jones — Measurements — Prof. Putnam’s Collection of Crania
from Tennessee Mounds — Low Type Crania from the Mounds —
Development Observable in Mound Crania — Head-Flattening
Derived from Asia — Diseases of the Mound-builders —
Physiognomy of the Ancient Americans — Languages — Evolution
and its Bearing on the Origin of the Americans — Darwin
and Hæckel on the Indigenous American — The Autochthonic
Hypothesis Groundless — Unity of the Human Family — Accepted
Chronology Faulty.

CHAPTER V.

TRADITIONAL HISTORY OF THE ORIGIN OF THE MAYA
NATIONS.

Ancient Civilization of Tabasco and Chiapas — The Tradition of
Votan — The First Immigrants to America — The City of Nachan
— The Votanic Document — Ordoñez — Brasseur and Cabrera on
the Tzendal Document — The Empire of the Chanes — The Oldest
Civilization — The Earliest Home of the Mayas — The Quichés —
Their Origin Tradition — The Quiché Cosmogony — The Creation
of Man — The Quiché Migration — Tulan — Mt. Hacavitz — Human
Sacrifices Instituted — Four Tulans — Association of the
Mayas and Nahuas — Heroic Period of the Quichés — Xibalba and
its Downfall — Exploits of the Quiché Chieftains — War of
the Sects — Xibalba and Palenque the Same — Mayas of Yucatan
and their Traditions — Culture-heroes — Zamna and Cukulcan —
Christ Myth.