Acknowledgments

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Introduction 1
4. 1. Language Encounters and the “Mind of Man, while in the Savage State” 19
5. 2. Descent and Relations 49
6. 3. Much More Fertile Than Commonly Supposed 80
7. 4. Four Clicks, Two Gutturals, and a Nasal 113
8. 5. The Unchangeable Character of the “Indian Mind” 145
9. 6. Of Blood and Language 182
10. Epilogue 220
11. Abbreviations 227
12. Notes 235
13. Acknowledgments 319
14. Index 321