Civilization of the American Indian

Surveys the emergence of the Maya city states, examines the intellectual achievements and religious practices of the Maya, and presents sketches of daily life.

"A few of the letters included in this volume were obtained from the libraries of the University of Texas and the Northeastern state teachers' college at Tahlequah, Oklahoma. One or two were secured from the private collection of Professor T.L. Ballenger ... Nearly all of them, however, together with some two thousand more ... are to be found in the Frank Phillips collection of southwestern history at the University of Oklahoma."--Preface.