The Khoikhoi of the Cape of Good Hope -- The Aztecs -- The consequences of the Spanish conquest -- The Tahitians -- The Van Diemeners -- The decline of the noble savage -- The word of God -- The Fuegians -- Missionaries at the end of the earth -- The Hurons of eastern Canada : furs and firearms -- Northwest coast Indians -- The Maori -- The colonization of New Zealand -- The legacy of inequality.