 Its solid contents have been roughly estimated at twenty millions of cubic feet. Probably, however, these mounds were not used as temples only, but also as sites for dwellings, especially for those of the chiefs. We are told that among the Natchez Indians...  The Natural History Review - Page 171868Full view - About this book
 | James Haines McCulloh - Indians - 1829 - 558 pages
...therefore that I need not give a particular description of each one as we meet them in the country, it seems best to give one description that will apply generally to all the capitals, and all the houses of the chiefs in Florida. I say, then, that the Indians endeavour to place their... | |
 | Samuel Foster Haven - United States - 1856 - 596 pages
...high priests, and were called suns, or children of the sun; and that the temples and the dwellings of the chiefs were raised upon mounds, and for every...new chief a new mound and dwelling were constructed. 1 Thus, a civil and religious system, with customs and ceremonials pertaining to it, is described,... | |
 | Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents - Discoveries in science - 1863 - 470 pages
...told that among the Natchez Indians " the temples and the dwellings of the chiefs were raised npon mounds, and for every new chief a new mound and dwelling were constructed." Again : Garcilego dc la Vega, in his History of Florida, quoted by Mr. Haven,* says, "The town and house of the cacique... | |
 | Sir John Lubbock - Anthropology - 1865 - 560 pages
...for those of the chiefs. We are told that among the Natchez Indians "the temples and the dwellings of the chiefs were raised upon mounds, and for every...description that will apply generally to all the capitals, and all the houses of the chiefs in Florida. I say, then, that the Indians endeavour to place their... | |
 | Sir John Lubbock - Anthropology - 1865 - 560 pages
...for those of the chiefs. We are told that among the Natchez Indians " the temples and the dwellings of the chiefs were raised upon mounds, and for every...of the Cacique of Osachile are similar to those of aU^ther caciques in Florida, and, therefore, it seems best to^^ve one description that will apply generallv... | |
 | Sir John Lubbock - Antiquities - 1872 - 696 pages
...upon mounds, and for every new chief a new mound and dwelling were constructed." Again, Garcilasso de la Vega, in his history of Florida, quoted by Mr....description that will apply generally to all the capitals, and all the houses of the chiefs in Florida. I say, then, that the Indians endeavour to place their... | |
 | Sir John Lubbock - Antiquities - 1872 - 696 pages
...for those of the chiefs. We are told that among the Natchez Indians " the temples and the dwellings of. the chiefs were raised upon mounds, and for every...a new mound and dwelling were constructed." Again, Garcilasso de hi Vega, in his history of Florida, quoted by Mr. Haven*, says, " The town and house... | |
 | Sir John Lubbock - Archaeology - 1875 - 686 pages
...upon mounds, and for every new chief a new mound and dwelling were constructed." Again, Garcilasso do la Vega, in his history of Florida, quoted by Mr....description that will apply generally to all the capitals, and all the houses of the chiefs in Florida. I say, then, that the Indians endeavour to place their... | |
 | Gates Phillips Thruston - Social Science - 1890 - 430 pages
...passed. Garcilasso de la Vega, in his history, says: "The town and house of the Cacique (or chief) of Osachile are similar to those of all other caciques...description that will apply generally to all the capitals, and all the houses of the chiefs in Florida. I say, then, that the Indians endeavored to place their... | |
 | Sir John Lubbock - Archaeology - 1892 - 688 pages
...town and house * Rep. of the Trustees of the Peabody Museum, p. 407. t 1. cp 57. ANIMAL MOUNDS. 273 of the Cacique of Osachile are similar to those of...description that will apply generally to all the capitals, and all the houses of the chiefs in Florida. I say, then, that the Indians endeavour to place their... | |
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