Notes on the Floridian Peninsula; Its Literary History, Indian Tribes and Antiquities

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I.
LITERARY HISTORY.
	PAGE.
Introductory Remarks.—The Early Explorations.—The French Colonies.—The First Spanish Supremacy.—The English Supremacy.—The Second Spanish Supremacy.—The Supremacy of the United States.—Maps and Charts	13
CHAPTER II.
THE APALACHES.
Derivation of the Name.—Earliest Notices of.—Visited and Described by Bristock, in 1653.—Authenticity of his Narrative.—Subsequent History and Final Extinction	92
CHAPTER III.
TRIBES OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY.
§ 1. SITUATION AND SOCIAL CONDITION.—Caloosas.—Ais and Tegesta.—Tocobaga.—Vitachuco.—Utina.—Soturiba.—Method of Government.
§ 2. CIVILIZATION.—Appearance.—Games.—Agriculture.—Construction of Dwellings.—Clothing.
§ 3. RELIGION.—General Remarks.—Festivals in Honor of the Sun and Moon.—Sacrifices.—Priests.—Sepulchral Rites.
§ 4. LANGUAGES.—The Timuquana Tongue.—Words Preserved by the French	111
CHAPTER IV.
LATER TRIBES.
§ 1. Yemassees.—Uchees.—Apalachicolos.—Migrations Northwards.
§ 2. Seminoles	139
CHAPTER V.
THE SPANISH MISSIONS.
Early Attempts.—Efforts of Aviles.—Later Missions.— Extent during the most Flourishing Period.—Decay	150
CHAPTER VI.
ANTIQUITIES.
Mounds.—Roads.—Shell Heaps.—Old Fields	166
APPENDIX I.
The Silver Spring	183
APPENDIX II.
The Mummies of the Mississippi Valley	191
APPENDIX III.
The Precious Metals Possessed by the Early Floridian Indians	199

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