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A history of the North Americans, their customs, etc.
Observations on the origin and descent of the Indians
Observations, and arguments, in proof of the American Indians' being descended from the Jews. Their division into tribes
Their worship of Jehovah
Their notions of theocracy
The belief in the ministration of Angels
Their language and dialects
Their manner of counting time
Their prophets and high priests
Their festivals, fasts, and religious rites
Their daily sacrifice
Their ablutions and anointings
Their laws of uncleanness
Their abstinence from unclean things
Their marriage, divorce, and punishment for adultery
Their several punishments
Their cities of refuge
Their purification, and ceremonies preparatory for war
Their ornaments
Their manner of curing the sick
Their burial of the dead
Their mourning for the dead
Their raising seed to a deceased brother
Their choice of names adapted to their circumstances and the times
Their own traditions, the accounts of English writers, and the testimony which the Spanish and other authors have given, concerning the primitive inhabitants of Peru and Mexico.
Observations on the origin and descent of the Indians
Observations, and arguments, in proof of the American Indians' being descended from the Jews. Their division into tribes
Their worship of Jehovah
Their notions of theocracy
The belief in the ministration of Angels
Their language and dialects
Their manner of counting time
Their prophets and high priests
Their festivals, fasts, and religious rites
Their daily sacrifice
Their ablutions and anointings
Their laws of uncleanness
Their abstinence from unclean things
Their marriage, divorce, and punishment for adultery
Their several punishments
Their cities of refuge
Their purification, and ceremonies preparatory for war
Their ornaments
Their manner of curing the sick
Their burial of the dead
Their mourning for the dead
Their raising seed to a deceased brother
Their choice of names adapted to their circumstances and the times
Their own traditions, the accounts of English writers, and the testimony which the Spanish and other authors have given, concerning the primitive inhabitants of Peru and Mexico.