[158-1] Torquemada, ibid., lib. vi. cap. 41.
[158-2] _Senate Report on the Indian Tribes_, p. 358: Washington, 1867.
[158-3] Brasseur, _Hist[TN-7] du Mexique_, i. p. 201, and on the extent
of his worship Waitz, _Anthropol._, iv. p. 144.
[158-4] Oviedo, _Hist. du Nicaragua_, p. 47.
CHAPTER VI.
THE SUPREME GODS OF THE RED RACE.
Analysis of American culture myths.--The Manibozho or Michabo of
the Algonkins shown to be an impersonation of LIGHT, a hero of the
Dawn, and their highest deity.--The myths of Ioskeha of the
Iroquois, Viracocha of the Peruvians, and Quetzalcoatl of the
Toltecs essentially the same as that of Michabo.--Other
examples.--Ante-Columbian prophecies of the advent of a white race
from the east as conquerors.--Rise of later culture myths under
similar forms.
The philosopher Machiavelli, commenting on the books of Livy, lays it
down as a general truth that every form and reform has been brought
about by a single individual.
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