The Number Concept: Its Origin and Development

Index Of Subjects.

• Abacus, 19.
• Abeokuta, 33.
• Abipone, 71, 72.
• Abkhasia, 188.
• Aboker, 148.
• Actuary, Life ins., 19.
• Adaize, 162.
• Addition, 19, 43, 46, 92.
• Adelaide, 108.
• Admiralty Islands, 45.
• Affadeh, 184.
• Africa (African), 9, 16, 28, 29, 32, 33, 38, 42, 47, 64, 66, 69, 78, 80, 91, 105, 120, 145, 170, 176, 184, 187.
• Aino (Ainu), 45, 191.
• Akra, 120.
• Akari, 190.
• Alaska, 157, 196.
• Albania, 184.
• Albert River, 26.
• Aleut, 157.
• Algonkin (Algonquin), 45, 92, 161.
• Amazon, 23.
• Ambrym, 136.
• American, 10, 16, 19, 98, 105.
• Andaman, 8, 15, 28, 31, 76, 174, 193.
• Aneitum, 154.
• Animal, 3, 6.
• Anthropological, 21.
• Apho, 133.
• Api, 80, 136, 155.
• Apinage, 111.
• Arab, 170.
• Arawak, 52–54, 135.
• Arctic, 29.
• Arikara, 46.
• Arithmetic, 1, 5, 30, 33, 73, 93.
• Aryan, 76, 128–130.
• Ashantee, 145.
• Asia (Asiatic), 28, 113, 131, 187.
• Assiniboine, 66, 92.
• Athapaskan,92.
• Atlantic, 126.
• Aurora, 155.
• Australia (Australian), 2, 6, 19, 22, 24–30, 57, 58, 71, 75, 76, 84, 103, 105, 106, 110, 112, 118, 173, 206.
• Avari, 188.
• Aymara, 166.
• Aztec, 63, 78, 83, 89, 93, 201, 207, 208.
• Babusessé, 38.
• Babylonian, 208.
• Bagrimma, 148.
• Bahnars, 15.
• Bakairi, 111.
• Balad, 67.
• Balenque, 150.
• Bambarese, 95.
• Banks Islands, 16, 96, 153.
• Barea, 151.
• Bargaining, 18, 19, 32.
• Bari, 136.
• Barre, 174.
• Basa, 146.
• Basque, 40, 182.
• Bellacoola, see Bilqula.
• Belyando River, 109.
• Bengal, Bay of, 28.
• Benuë, 133.
• Betoya, 57, 112, 135, 140.
• Bilqula, 46, 164.
• Binary, chap. v.
• Binin, 149.
• Bird-nesting, 5.
• Bisaye, 90.
• Bogota, 206.
• Bolan, 120.
• Bolivia, 2, 21.
• Bongo, 143, 186.
• Bonzé, 151.
• Bororo, 23.
• Botocudo, 22, 31, 48, 71.
• Bourke, 108.
• Boyne River, 24.
• Brazil, 2, 7, 30, 174, 195.
• Bretagne (Breton), 120, 129, 181, 182.
• British Columbia, 45, 46, 65, 86, 88, 89, 112, 113, 195.
• Bullom, 147.
• Bunch, 64.
• Burnett River, 112.
• Bushman, 28, 31.
• Butong, 93.
• Caddoe, 162.
• Cahuillo, 165.
• Calculating machine, 19.
• Campa, 22.
• Canada, 29, 53, 54, 86, 195.
• Canaque, 142, 144.
• Caraja, 23.
• Carib, 166, 167, 199.
• Carnarvon, 35, 36.
• Carrier, 86.
• Carthaginian, 179.
• Caucasus, 188.
• Cayriri (see Kiriri), 79.
• Cayubaba (Cayubabi), 84, 167.
• Celtic, 40, 169, 179, 181, 190.
• Cely, Mom, 9.
• Central America, 29, 69, 79, 121, 131, 195, 201, 208.
• Ceylon, 28.
• Chaco, 22.
• Champion Bay, 109.
• Charles XII., 132.
• Cheyenne, 62.
• Chibcha, 206.
• China (Chinese), 40, 131.
• Chippeway, 62, 159, 162.
• Chiquito, 2, 6, 21, 40, 71, 76.
• Choctaw, 65, 85, 162.
• Chunsag, 189.
• Circassia, 190.
• Cobeu, 174.
• Cochin China, 15.
• Columbian, 113.
• Comanche, 29, 83.
• Conibo, 23.
• Cooper's Creek, 108.
• Cora, 166.
• Cotoxo, 111.
• Cowrie, 64, 70, 71.
• Cree, 91.
• Crocker Island, 107.
• Crow, 3, 4, 92.
• Crusoe, Robinson, 7.
• Curetu, 111.
• Dahomey, 71.
• Dakota, 81, 91, 92.
• Danish, 30, 46, 129, 183.
• Darnley Islands, 24.
• Delaware, 91, 160.
• Demara, 4, 6.
• Déné, 86.
• Dido, 189.
• Dinka, 136, 147.
• Dippil, 107.
• Division, 19.
• Dravidian, 104, 193.
• Dual number, 75.
• Duluth, 34.
• Duodecimal, chap. v.
• Dutch, 129.
• Eaw, 24.
• Ebon, 152.
• Efik, 148, 185.
• Encabellada, 22.
• Encounter Bay, 108.
• Ende, 68, 152.
• English, 28, 38–44, 60, 81, 85, 89, 118, 123, 124, 129, 183, 200, 203, 208.
• Eromanga, 96, 136, 154.
• Eskimo, 16, 30, 31, 32, 36, 48, 51, 52, 54, 61, 64, 83, 137, 157, 159, 195, 196.
• Essequibo, 166.
• Europe (European), 27, 39, 168, 169, 179, 182, 183, 185, 204.
• Eye, 14, 97.
• Eyer's Sand Patch, 26.
• Ewe, 64, 91.
• Fall, 163.
• Fate, 138, 155.
• Fatuhiva, 130.
• Feloop, 145.
• Fernando Po, 150.
• Fiji, 96.
• Finger pantomime, 10, 23, 29, 67, 82.
• Fingoe, 33.
• Fist, 16, 59, 72.
• Flinder's River, 24.
• Flores, 68, 152.
• Forefinger, 12, 15, 16, 54, 61, 91, 113.
• Foulah, 147.
• Fourth finger, 18.
• Frazer's Island, 108.
• French, 40, 41, 124, 129, 181, 182, 209.
• Fuegan, 22.
• Gaelic, 180.
• Galibi, 138.
• Gaul, 169, 182.
• Georgia, 189.
• German, 38–43, 129, 183.
• Gesture, 18, 59.
• Gola, 151.
• Golo, 146.
• Gonn Station, 110.
• Goth, 169.
• Greek, 86, 129, 168, 169.
• Green Island, 45.
• Greenland, 29, 52, 80, 158.
• Guachi, 23, 31.
• Guarani, 55, 138.
• Guatemala, 205.
• Guato, 142.
• Guaycuru, 22.
• Gudang, 24.
• Haida, 112.
• Hawaii, 113, 114, 116, 117.
• Head, 71.
• Heap, 8, 9, 25, 70, 77, 100.
• Hebrew, 86, 89, 95.
• Heiltsuk, 65, 88, 163.
• Herero, 150.
• Hervey Islands, 118.
• Hidatsa, 80, 91.
• Hill End, 109.
• Himalaya, 193.
• Hottentot, 80, 92.
• Huasteca, 204.
• Hudson's Bay, 48, 61.
• Hun, 169.
• Hunt, Leigh, 33.
• Ibo, 185.
• Icelandic, 129, 183.
• Illinois, 91.
• Index finger, 11, 14.
• India, 96, 112, 131.
• Indian, 8, 10, 13, 16, 17, 19, 32, 36, 54, 55, 59, 62, 65, 66, 79, 80, 82, 83, 89, 90, 98, 105, 112, 171, 201.
• Indian Ocean, 63, 193.
• Indo-European, 76.
• Irish, 129, 180.
• Italian, 39, 80, 124, 129, 203.
• Jajowerong, 156.
• Jallonkas, 146.
• Jaloff, 146.
• Japanese, 40, 86, 89, 93–95.
• Java, 93, 120.
• Jiviro, 61, 136.
• Joints of fingers, 7, 18, 173.
• Juri, 79.
• Kamassin, 130.
• Kamilaroi, 27, 107, 112.
• Kamtschatka, 75, 157.
• Kanuri, 136, 149.
• Karankawa, 68.
• Karen, 112.
• Keppel Bay, 24.
• Ki-Nyassa, 150.
• Kiriri, 55, 138, 139, 167.
• Kissi, 145.
• Ki-Swahili, 42.
• Ki-Yau, 150.
• Klamath, 58, 59.
• Knot, 7, 9, 19, 40, 93, 115.
• Kolyma, 75.
• Kootenay, 65.
• Koriak, 75.
• Kredy, 149.
• Kru, 146.
• Ku-Mbutti, 78.
• Kunama, 151.
• Kuri, 188.
• Kusaie, 78, 80.
• Kwakiutl, 45.
• Labillardière, 85.
• Labrador, 29.
• Lake Kopperamana, 107.
• Latin, 40, 44, 76, 81, 86, 124, 128, 168, 169, 181, 182.
• Lazi, 189.
• Left hand, 10–17, 54.
• Leper's Island, 16.
• Leptscha, 193.
• Lifu, 143.
• Little finger, 10–18, 48, 54, 61, 91.
• Logone, 186.
• London, 124.
• Lower California, 29.
• Luli, 118.
• Lutuami, 164.
• Maba, 80.
• Macassar, 93.
• Machine, Calculating, 19, 20.
• Mackenzie River, 157.
• Macuni, 174.
• Madagascar, 8, 9.
• Maipures, 15, 56.
• Mairassis, 10.
• Malagasy, 83, 95.
• Malanta, 96.
• Malay, 8, 45, 90, 93, 170.
• Mallicolo, 152.
• Manadu, 93.
• Mandingo, 186.
• Mangareva, 114.
• Manx, 180.
• Many, 2, 21–23, 25, 28, 100.
• Maori, 64, 93, 122.
• Marachowie, 26.
• Maré, 84.
• Maroura, 106.
• Marquesas, 93, 114, 115.
• Marshall Islands, 122, 152.
• Massachusetts, 91, 159.
• Mathematician, 2, 3, 35, 102, 127, 210.
• Matibani, 151.
• Matlaltzinca, 166.
• Maya, 45, 46, 199, 205.
• Mbayi, 111.
• Mbocobi, 22.
• Mbousha, 66.
• Melanesia, 16, 22, 28, 84, 95.
• Mende, 186.
• Mexico, 29, 195, 201, 204, 208.
• Miami, 91.
• Micmac, 90, 160.
• Middle finger, 12, 15, 62.
• Mille, 122.
• Minnal Yungar, 26.
• Minsi, 162.
• Mississaga, 44, 92.
• Mississippi, 125.
• Mocobi, 119.
• Mohegan, 91.
• Mohican, 172.
• Mokko, 149.
• Molele, 164.
• Moneroo, 109.
• Mongolian, 8.
• Montagnais, 53, 54, 175.
• Moree, 24.
• Moreton Bay, 108.
• Mort Noular, 107.
• Mosquito, 69, 70, 121.
• Mota, 95, 153.
• Mpovi, 152.
• Multiplication, 19, 33, 40, 43, 59.
• Mundari, 193.
• Mundo, 186.
• Muralug, 17.
• Murray River, 106, 109.
• Muysca, 206.
• Nagranda, 207.
• Nahuatl, 141, 144, 177, 201, 205.
• Nakuhiva, 116, 130.
• Negro, 8, 9, 15, 29, 184.
• Nengone, 63, 136.
• New, 128–130.
• New Caledonia, 154.
• New Granada, 195.
• New Guinea, 10, 152.
• New Hebrides, 155.
• New Ireland, 45.
• New Zealand, 123.
• Nez Perces, 65, 158.
• Ngarrimowro, 110.
• Niam Niam, 64, 136.
• Nicaragua, 80.
• Nicobar, 78, 193.
• Nightingale, 4.
• Nootka, 163, 198.
• Norman River, 24.
• North America, 28, 82, 171, 173, 176, 194, 201.
• Notch, 7, 9, 93.
• Numeral frame, 19.
• Nupe, 149, 186.
• Nusqually, 96.
• Oceania, 115, 176.
• Octonary, chap. v.
• Odessa, 34.
• Ojibwa, 84, 159.
• Okanaken, 88.
• Omaha, 161.
• Omeo, 110.
• Oregon, 58, 195.
• Orejone, 23.
• Orinoco, 54, 56, 195.
• Ostrich, 71, 72.
• Otomac, 15.
• Otomi, 165, 199.
• Ottawa, 159.
• Oyster Bay, 79.
• Pacific, 29, 113, 116, 117, 131.
• Palm (of the hand), 12, 14, 15.
• Palm Island, 156.
• Pama, 136, 155.
• Pampanaga, 66.
• Papaa, 148.
• Paraguay, 55, 71, 118, 195.
• Parana, 119.
• Paris, 182.
• Pawnee, 91, 121, 162.
• Pebble, 7–9, 19, 40, 93, 179.
• Peno, 2.
• Peru (Peruvian), 2, 22, 61, 206.
• Philippine, 66.
• Philology (Philologist), 128, 209, 210.
• Phœnician, 90, 179.
• Pigmy, 69, 70, 78.
• Pikumbul, 57, 138.
• Pines, Isle of, 153.
• Pinjarra, 26.
• Plenty, 25, 77.
• Point Barrow, 30, 51, 64, 83, 137, 159.
• Polynesia, 22, 28, 118, 130, 170.
• Pondo, 33.
• Popham Bay, 107.
• Port Darwin, 109.
• Port Essington, 24, 107.
• Port Mackay, 26.
• Port Macquarie, 109.
• Puget Sound, 96.
• Puri, 22, 92.
• Quappa, 171, 172.
• Quaternary, chap. v.
• Queanbeyan, 24.
• Quiche, 205.
• Quichua, 61.
• Rapid, 163.
• Rarotonga, 114.
• Richmond River, 109.
• Right hand, 10–18, 54.
• Right-handedness, 13, 14.
• Ring finger, 15.
• Rio Grande, 195.
• Rio Napo, 22.
• Rio Norte, 136, 199.
• Russia (Russian), 30, 35.
• Sahaptin, 158.
• San Antonio, 136.
• San Blas, 79, 80.
• Sanskrit, 40, 92, 97, 128.
• Sapibocone, 84, 167.
• Saste (Shasta), 165.
• Scratch, 7.
• Scythian, 169.
• Seed, 93.
• Semitic, 89.
• Senary, chap. v.
• Sesake, 136, 155.
• Several, 22.
• Sexagesimal, 124, 208.
• Shawnoe, 160.
• Shell, 7, 19, 70, 93.
• Shushwap, 88.
• Siberia, 29, 30, 187, 190.
• Sierra Leone, 83.
• Sign language, 6.
• Sioux, 83.
• Slang, 124.
• Slavonic, 40.
• Snowy River, 110.
• Soussou, 83, 147.
• South Africa, 4, 15, 28.
• South America, 2, 15, 22, 23, 27–29, 54, 57, 72, 76, 78, 79, 104, 110, 173, 174, 194, 201, 206.
• Spanish, 2, 23, 42.
• Splint, 7.
• Stick, 7, 179.
• Stlatlumh, 88.
• Streaky Bay, 26.
• String, 7, 9, 64, 71.
• Strong's Island, 78.
• Subtraction, 19, 44–47.
• Sunda, 120.
• Sweden (Swedish), 129, 132, 183.
• Tacona, 2.
• Taensa, 44.
• Tagala, 66.
• Tahiti, 114.
• Tahuata, 115.
• Tama, 111.
• Tamanac, 54, 135.
• Tambi, 120.
• Tanna, 154.
• Tarascan, 165.
• Tariana, 174.
• Tasmania, 24, 27, 79, 104, 106.
• Tawgy, 130.
• Tchetchnia, 188.
• Tchiglit, 157, 196.
• Tembu, 33.
• Temne, 148.
• Ternary, chap. v.
• Terraba, 172.
• Teutonic, 40, 41, 43, 179, 181, 208.
• Texas, 69.
• Thibet, 96.
• Thumb, 10–18, 54, 59, 61, 62, 113, 173.
• Thusch, 189.
• Ticuna, 168.
• Timukua, 165.
• Tlingit, 136, 163, 197.
• Tobi, 156.
• Tonga, 33, 85.
• Torres, 17, 96, 104, 105.
• Totonaco, 205.
• Towka, 78.
• Triton's Bay, 152.
• Tschukshi, 156, 191.
• Tsimshian, 86, 164, 198.
• Tweed River, 26.
• Uainuma, 122.
• Udi, 188.
• Uea, 67, 153.
• United States, 29, 83, 195.
• Upper Yarra, 110.
• Ureparapara, 153.
• Vaturana, 96.
• Vedda, 28, 31, 76, 174.
• Vei, 16, 147, 185.
• Victoria, 156.
• Vilelo, 60.
• Waiclatpu, 164.
• Wales (Welsh), 35, 46, 141, 144, 177, 180.
• Wallachia, 121.
• Warrego, 107, 109.
• Warrior Island, 107.
• Wasp, 5.
• Watchandie, 29, 77.
• Watji, 120.
• Weedookarry, 24.
• Wimmera, 107.
• Winnebago, 85.
• Wiraduroi, 27, 108.
• Wirri-Wirri, 108.
• Wokke, 112.
• Worcester, Mass., Schools of, 11.
• Yahua, 168.
• Yaruro, 139.
• Yengen, 154.
• Yit-tha, 109.
• Yoruba, 33, 47, 64, 70, 185.
• Yucatan, 195, 201.
• Yuckaburra, 26.
• Zamuco, 55, 60, 138, 139.
• Zapara, 111.
• Zulu, 16, 62.
• Zuñi, 13, 14, 48, 49, 53, 54, 60, 83, 137.