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I. ANCIENT AMERICA.--THE MOUND-BUILDERS 13
Works of the Mound-Builders 14
Extent of their Settlements 31
Their Civilization 33
Their Ancient Mining Works 43
II. ANTIQUITY OF THE MOUND-BUILDERS 47
How long were they here? 51
III. WHO WERE THE MOUND-BUILDERS? 57
Not Ancestors of the Wild Indians 58
Brereton's Story 62
American Ethnology 65
Who the Mound-Builders were 70
IV. MEXICO AND CENTRAL AMERICA 76
Their Northern Remains 77
The "Seven Cities of Cevola" 85
Central Mexico 89
The great Ruins at the South 93
V. MEXICO AND CENTRAL AMERICA 103
Palenque 104
Copan and Quiragua[TN-1] 111
Mitla 117
An Astronomical Monument 122
Ruins farther South 123
The Ruins in Yucatan 125
Mayapan 127
Uxmal 131
Kabah 137
Chichen-Itza 140
Other Ruins 144
VI. ANTIQUITY OF THE RUINS 151
Distinct Eras traced 155
Nothing perishable left 156
"The Oldest of Civilizations" 159
American Cities seen by Tyrians 161
VII. WHENCE CAME THIS CIVILIZATION? 165
The "Lost Tribes of Israel" 166
The "Malay" Theory 167
The Phoenician Theory 171
The "Atlantic" Theory 174
It was an original Civilization 184
VIII. AMERICAN ANCIENT HISTORY 187
The Old Books not all lost 189
The Ancient History sketched 197
The Toltecs our Mound-Builders 200
Some confirmation of the History 205
IX. THE AZTEC CIVILIZATION 207
The Discovery and Invasion 209
The City of Mexico 211
The Conquest 213
Who were the Aztecs? 216
They came from the South 217
X. ANCIENT PERU 222
The Spanish Hunt for Peru 223
The Ruins near Lake Titicaca 226
Other Ruins in Peru 237
The great Peruvian Roads 243
The Peruvian Civilization 246
XI. PERUVIAN ANCIENT HISTORY 257
Garcilasso's History 258
Fernando Montesinos 261
His Scheme of Peruvian History 264
Probabilities 268
Conclusion 272
APPENDIX 277
A. The Northmen in America 279
B. The Welsh in America 285
C. Antiquities of the Pacific Islands 288
D. Deciphering the Inscriptions 292