Lives of Famous Indian Chiefs

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Author

Wood, Norman B. (Norman Barton), 1857-1933

Title

Lives of Famous Indian Chiefs From Cofachiqui, the Indian Princess, and Powhatan; down to and including Chief Joseph and Geronimo. Also an answer, from the latest research, of the query, Whence came the Indian? Together with a number of thrillingly interesting Indian stories and anecdotes from history

Credits

Produced by Roger Burch with scans from the Internet Archive.

Language

English

LoC Class

E011: History: America: America

Subject

Indians of North America -- Anecdotes

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 58781

Release Date

January 27, 2019

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Untitled
2. 2.{Transcriber's Note: Quotation marks have been standardized to modern usage. Footnotes have been placed to immediately follow the paragraphs referencing them. Transcriber's notes are in curly braces; square brackets and parentheses indicate original content.} — LIVES of FAMOUS INDIAN CHIEFS
3. 3.INDIAN STORIES AND ANECDOTES FROM HISTORY — COPIOUSLY AND SPLENDIDLY ILLUSTRATED, IN PART, BY OUR SPECIAL ARTIST. — By
4. 4.NORMAN B. WOOD — AMERICAN INDIAN HISTORICAL PUBLISHING COMPANY — TO
5. 5.THEODORE ROOSEVELT, — PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, — THE AUTHOR.
6. 6.CONTENTS
7. 7.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
8. 8.INTRODUCTION.
9. 9.CHAPTER I. — Cofachiqui, the Indian Princess. A True Story of De Soto and His Cavaliers.
10. 10.CHAPTER II. — POWHATAN, OR WAH-UN-SO-NA-COOK.
11. 11.CHAPTER III — MASSASOIT. THE FRIEND OF THE PURITANS.
12. 12.CHAPTER IV. — KING PHILIP, OR METACOMET. THE LAST OF THE WAMPANOAGS.
13. 13.CHAPTER V. — PONTIAC, THE RED NAPOLEON. HEAD CHIEF OF THE OTTAWAS; AND ORGANIZER OF THE FIRST GREAT INDIAN CONFEDERATION.
14. 14.CHAPTER VI. — LOGAN, OR TAL-GA-YEE-TA, THE CAYUGA (MINGO) CHIEF. ORATOR AND FRIEND OF THE WHITE MAN. ALSO, A BRIEF SKETCH OF CORNSTALK.
15. 15.CHAPTER VII. — CAPTAIN JOSEPH BRANT, OR THAYENDANEGEA, PRINCIPAL SACHEM OF THE MOHAWKS, AND HEAD CHIEF OF THE IROQUOIS CONFEDERATION.
16. 16.CHAPTER VIII. — RED JACKET, OR SA-GO-YE-WAT-HA, "THE KEEPER AWAKE"—THE INDIAN DEMOSTHENES—CHIEF OF THE SENECAS.
17. 17.CHAPTER IX. — LITTLE TURTLE, OR MICHIKINIQUA. WAR-CHIEF OF THE MIAMIS, AND CONQUEROR OF HARMAR AND ST. CLAIR.
18. 18.CHAPTER X. — TECUMSEH, OR "THE SHOOTING STAR." FAMOUS SHAWNEE WAR-CHIEF—ORGANIZER OF SECOND GREAT INDIAN CONFEDERATION AND GENERAL IN THE BRITISH ARMY IN THE WAR OF 1812.
19. 19.CHAPTER XI. — BLACK HAWK, OR MA-KA-TAI-ME SHE-KIA-KIAK, AND HIS WAR.
20. 20.CHAPTER XII. — SHABBONA, THE WHITE MAN'S FRIEND—THE CELEBRATED POTTAWATOMIE CHIEF.
21. 21.CHAPTER XIII. — SITTING BULL, OR TATANKA YOTANKA, THE GREAT SIOUX CHIEF AND MEDICINE MAN.
22. 22.CHAPTER XIV. — CHIEF JOSEPH, OF THE NEZ PERCES, OR HIN-MAH-TOO-YAH-LAT-KEKT.
23. 23.CHAPTER XV. — GERONIMO, OR GO-YAT-THLAY, THE YAWNER,
24. 24.CHAPTER XVI. — QUANAH PARKER, HEAD CHIEF OF THE COMANCHES
25. 25.CHAPTER XVII. — A SHEAF OF GOOD INDIAN STORIES FROM HISTORY. — XI. RICH INDIAN MAID. — XII. MONUMENTS ERECTED TO SOME OF THE FAMOUS INDIANS. — XIII. PISKARET, THE HERO OF THE ADIRONDACKS. — XIV. GEN. ELY S. PARKER. — XV. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF DOCTOR EASTMAN. — XVI. DR. CARLOS MONTEZUMA.
26. 26.CHAPTER XVIII. — INDIAN ANECDOTES AND INCIDENTS, HUMOROUS AND OTHERWISE.
27. 27.CHAPTER XIX. — WHENCE CAME THE ABORIGINES OF AMERICA?

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