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The Native Races [of the Pacific states], Volume 3, Myths and Languages / The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft, Volume 3 — Hubert Howe Bancroft

The Native Races [of the Pacific states], Volume 3, Myths and Languages / The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft, Volume 3

Hubert Howe Bancroft

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  • Book language: English
  • 841 pages

This third volume of Hubert Howe Bancroft's historical survey of the Native Races of the Pacific States gathers myths and linguistic materials from Indigenous peoples of western North America. It compiles and compares stories, beliefs, and vocabularies as recorded in the nineteenth century, making it useful for readers interested in early ethnography and the history of anthropology.

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Transcriber's Note:
Obvious typographical errors have been corrected.
Inconsistent spelling and hyphenation in the original
document have been preserved.
Italics in the footnotes citations were inconsistently
applied by the typesetter.
Footnote II-11: "Reads" should possibly be "Reade."
Footnote VI-43: "por bien de abirle los ojos, y darle luz,
y abridle ... " should possibly be "por bien de abrirle
los ojos, y darle luz, y abrirle ..."
Footnote IX-7 is missing a starting quote.
Footnote X-65: "rook" should possibly be "rock."
Footnote XI-5 is missing a starting quote.
Footnote XII-75: The ending page should possibly be
302.
Footnote II'-29: "queer" should possibly be "quer."
Footnote II'-60 is missing a starting quote.
Footnote III'-2: "îsles" should possibly be "îles."
Footnote III'-7: "Kaigáni" or "Kaigani" may be spelled
incorrectly.
Footnote IV'-16: "Entferten" should possibly be
"Entfernten."
Footnote V'-7: "Schlusstein" should possibly be
"Schlussstein."
Page 569: "Irritilia" should possibly be "Irritila."
Page 634: The periods after "from us", and "masahchie"
are possibly typos.

Page 703: "kiokame" is a possible typo for "hiokame."
Erman, Archiv is variously numbered with Roman and
Arabic numbers.
THE WORKS
OF
HUBERT HOWE BANCROFT.
VOLUME III.
THE NATIVE RACES.
Vol. III. MYTHS AND LANGUAGES.
SAN FRANCISCO:
A. L. BANCROFT & COMPANY, PUBLISHERS.
1883.

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Contents

  1. THE NATIVE RACES. Vol. III. MYTHS AND LANGUAGES.
  2. CONTENTS OF THIS VOLUME.
  3. CHAPTER I. SPEECH AND SPECULATION.
  4. CHAPTER II. ORIGIN AND END OF THINGS.
  5. CHAPTER III. PHYSICAL MYTHS.
  6. CHAPTER IV. ANIMAL MYTHOLOGY.
  7. CHAPTER V. GODS, SUPERNATURAL BEINGS, AND WORSHIP.
  8. CHAPTER VI. GODS, SUPERNATURAL BEINGS, AND WORSHIP.
  9. CHAPTER VII. GODS, SUPERNATURAL BEINGS, AND WORSHIP.
  10. CHAPTER VIII. GODS, SUPERNATURAL BEINGS, AND WORSHIP.
  11. CHAPTER IX. GODS, SUPERNATURAL BEINGS, AND WORSHIP.
  12. CHAPTER X. GODS, SUPERNATURAL BEINGS, AND WORSHIP.
  13. CHAPTER XI. GODS, SUPERNATURAL BEINGS, AND WORSHIP.
  14. CHAPTER XII. FUTURE STATE.
  15. CHAPTER I. GENERAL REMARKS.
  16. CHAPTER II. HYPERBOREAN LANGUAGES.
  17. CHAPTER III. COLUMBIAN LANGUAGES.
  18. CHAPTER IV. CALIFORNIAN LANGUAGES.
  19. CHAPTER V. SHOSHONE LANGUAGES.
  20. CHAPTER VI. THE PUEBLO, COLORADO RIVER, AND LOWER CALIFORNIA LANGUAGES.
  21. CHAPTER VII. THE PIMA, ÓPATA, AND CERI LANGUAGES.
  22. CHAPTER VIII. NORTH MEXICAN LANGUAGES.
  23. CHAPTER IX. THE AZTEC AND OTOMÍ LANGUAGES.
  24. CHAPTER X. LANGUAGES OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MEXICO.
  25. CHAPTER XI. THE MAYA-QUICHÉ LANGUAGES.
  26. CHAPTER XII. LANGUAGES OF HONDURAS, NICARAGUA, COSTA RICA, AND THE ISTHMUS OF DARIEN.
  27. FOOTNOTES
  28. THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG™ LICENSE

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