Among the An-ko-me-nums

About this eBook

Author

Crosby, Thomas, 1840-1914

Title

Among the An-ko-me-nums, or Flathead Tribes of Indians of the Pacific Coast

Credits

Produced by WebRover, Bryan Ness, Craig Kirkwood, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive.)

Language

English

LoC Class

E011: History: America: America

Subject

Salish Indians

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 54958

Release Date

June 22, 2017

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Untitled
2. 2.Untitled
3. 3.Among the An-ko-me-nums
4. 4.Untitled
5. 5.INTRODUCTION.
6. 6.CONTENTS.
7. 7.ILLUSTRATIONS.
8. 8.CHAPTER I. THE FLATHEADS AND THE “BOOK OF HEAVEN.” — The Indians of British Columbia. — Early Traders. — In Search of the “Book of Heaven.”
9. 9.CHAPTER II. THE CALL FROM MACEDONIA.
10. 10.CHAPTER III. WESTWARD, HO! — First Impressions.
11. 11.CHAPTER IV. AT NANAIMO—THE SCHOOL.
12. 12.CHAPTER V. HEATHEN STREET VS. CHRISTIAN STREET.
13. 13.CHAPTER VI. DIFFICULTIES WITH THE LANGUAGE. — No Chinook for Me. — Amusing Mistakes. — No Swearing in Indian. — The Lord’s Prayer in Chinook.
14. 14.CHAPTER VII. A SLAVERY WORSE THAN DEATH. — “ Poor Little Quee-lawt! ”
15. 15.CHAPTER VIII. FEUDS AND BLOODSHED. — An Awful Night.
16. 16.CHAPTER IX. HOUSES, CLOTHING, CRUEL CUSTOMS. — Tools. — Clothing and Ornaments. — Painting and Tattooing. — Strange and Cruel Customs. — Flattening the Head. — Other Cruel Practices.
17. 17.CHAPTER X. COURTSHIP AND MARRIAGE. — The Sad State of Heathen Womanhood. — First Christian Marriage.
18. 18.CHAPTER XI. FOODS, FEASTS AND FOLLIES. — Methods of Cooking. — Feasts. — Music and Dancing. — White Man’s Dance vs. Indian Dance. — Potlatching. — Gambling.
19. 19.CHAPTER XII. NATIVE WORSHIP AND SUPERSTITIONS. — Death and Burial. — Did Not Know He Was Dead. — Rising from the Grave. — Mourning for the Dead. — The Witch-Doctor. — “ You Don’t Understand My Sick. ” — Retaliation for a Supposed Insult.
20. 20.CHAPTER XIII. STRUGGLES WITH WHISKEY, AND THE RAVAGES OF FIRE-WATER. — The Law in Our Own Hands. — “ Oh, Let Me Have Just a Little, Sir !” — Up To My Neck in the Sea. — The Whiskey Synagogue. — In a Tight Box. — “ Indian Pray One Eye Open and One Eye Shut. ” — Murder and Reprisals. — “ A Life for a Bottle of Whiskey. ”
21. 21.CHAPTER XIV. SOME PERILOUS CANOE TRIPS. — A Dangerous Trip. — Canoe Better than Steamboat. — “Spul-queet-sa!” (“A Ghost! A Ghost!”) — Some More Exciting Experiences. — Abraham and Sarah. — Here and There. — An Old Croaker in a Canoe.
22. 22.CHAPTER XV. VARIED EXPERIENCES. — Millions of Mosquitoes. — “ A Parson after His Bitters. ” — Indians Respect the Sabbath.
23. 23.CHAPTER XVI. HOW THE GOSPEL CAME TO CHILLIWACK. — A Medical Missionary. — The Beginning of the Revival.
24. 24.CHAPTER XVII. MORE OF THE CHILLIWACK REVIVAL—CAMP-MEETINGS. — The Visit of the First Gospel Messenger. — First Camp-Meeting. — Education of the Children. — The Visit of Dr. Punshon.
25. 25.CHAPTER XVIII. THE BUNCH GRASS COUNTRY. [5] — “ The Genuine Article. ” — The Fruit of Missions. — A Service at Kamloops. — In the Nicola Valley.
26. 26.CHAPTER XIX. MARVELS OF GRACE. — Amos Cushan. — The Boy Preacher. — The End Came All Too Soon. — The Old Captain of Sumas Lake. — The Redeemed Slave. — An Indian Class-Leader .
27. 27.CHAPTER XX. LAY AGENCIES—SALVATION IN A VICTORIA BAR-ROOM. — Salvation in a Bar-room.
28. 28.CHAPTER XXI. BRITISH COLUMBIA—ITS INTERESTS AND RESOURCES.
29. 29.CHAPTER XXII. THE MISSIONARY PROGRESS OF THE YEARS—HOME AGAIN.
30. 30.FOOTNOTES:
31. 31.Transcriber’s Notes:

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