des Incas_, lib.ii.cap.

11).
[69-2] Humboldt, _Polit.

Essay on New Spain_, ii.p.

44.
[70-1] This custom has been often mentioned among the Iroquois.
Algonkins, Dakotas, Creeks, Natchez, Araucanians, and other tribes.
Nuttall points out its recurrence among the Tartars of Siberia also.
(_Travels_, p.

175.) [71-1] Schoolcraft, _Indian Tribes_, v.pp.424 et seq.
[71-2] _Letters on the North American Indians_, vol.i., Letter 22.
[71-3] Schoolcraft, _Indian Tribes_, iv.p.643 sq.