The American Indians

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Author

Schoolcraft, Henry Rowe, 1793-1864

Title

The American Indians Their History, Condition and Prospects, from Original Notes and Manuscripts

Credits

Produced by Julia Miller, Gary Rees and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from scans of public domain material produced by Microsoft for their Live Search Books site.)

Language

English

LoC Class

E011: History: America: America

Subject

Indians of North America

Category

Text

eBook-No.

39607

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/39607

Release Date

May 4, 2012

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.AMERICAN INDIANS. — THEIR HISTORY,
2. 2.CONDITION AND PROSPECTS,
3. 3.BY HENRY R. SCHOOLCRAFT. — ROCHESTER: WANZER, FOOT AND CO. — PERSONAL REMINISCENCES. — NO. II. — NO. III. — NO. IV. — NO. V.
4. 4.SCENES AND ADVENTURES — IN THE OZARK MOUNTAINS. — PRELIMINARY REMARKS. — CHAPTER I. — CHAPTER II. — CHAPTER III. — CHAPTER IV. — THE BIRD. — PERSONAL INCIDENTS AND IMPRESSIONS OF THE INDIAN RACE, DRAWN FROM NOTES OF TRAVEL AND RESIDENCE IN THEIR TERRITORIES.
5. 5.CHARACTER OF THE RED MAN OF AMERICA. — PERSONAL INCIDENTS AND IMPRESSIONS OF THE RED RACE, DRAWN FROM NOTES OF RESIDENCE AND TRAVEL IN THE INDIAN TERRITORIES.
6. 6.DOMESTIC CONDITION OF THE TRIBES AND CONSTITUTION OF THE INDIAN FAMILY. — THE MANITO TREE.
7. 7.TALES OF A WIGWAM. — THE WHITE STONE CANOE.
8. 8.THE LYNX AND THE HARE. — THE WORSHIP OF THE SUN. — SHINGEBISS.
9. 9.EARLY INDIAN BIOGRAPHY. — PISKARET. — THE SAUSTAWRAÝTSEES, — THE ORIGIN OF THE WYANDOT AND SENECA TRIBES. — A WYANDOT TRADITION.
10. 10.EARLY SKETCHES OF INDIAN WOMEN.
11. 11.WASBASHAS; — THE TRIBE THAT GREW OUT OF A SHELL. — AN OSAGE LEGEND.
12. 12.THE BOY WHO SET A SNARE FOR THE SUN;
13. 13.AMPATA SAPA; — THE FIRST-WIFE. — A TRADITION OF THE DACOTAHS.
14. 14.MUKAKEE MINDEMOEA; — THE TOAD-WOMAN. — THE FLIGHT OF THE SHAWNEES FROM THE SOUTH.
15. 15.BOSH-KWA-DOSH, — THE QUADRUPED WITH THE HAIR BLOWN OFF ITS SKIN.
16. 16.MÄSH-KWA-SHA-KWONG, — THE TRADITIONARY STORY OF THE RED HEAD AND HIS — TWO SONS.
17. 17.WA-WA-BE-ZO-WIN, — THE SWING ON THE LAKE SHORE.
18. 18.TAKOZID, — THE SHORT-FOOT.
19. 19.MACHINITO, THE EVIL SPIRIT; — BY MRS. E. OAKES SMITH. — REPOSE OF THE SOUL.
20. 20.THE LITTLE SPIRIT, OR BOY-MAN. — AN ODJIBWA FAIRY TALE.
21. 21.AINGODON AND NAYWADAHA. — NARRATED FROM THE ORAL RELATION OF NABANOI, BY MR. GEORGE JOHNSTON. — SKETCHES OF THE LIVES OF
22. 22.NOTED RED MEN AND WOMEN — WHO HAVE APPEARED ON THE WESTERN CONTINENT. WABOJEEG, OR THE WHITE FISHER. — MODE OF WRITING AN INDIAN LANGUAGE. — SKETCHES OF THE LIVES OF
23. 23.NOTED RED MEN AND WOMEN, — WHO HAVE APPEARED ON THE WESTERN CONTINENT. BRANT, RED JACKET, UNCAS, MIONTONIMO.
24. 24.THE RABID WOLF.
25. 25.MOOWIS, — THE MAN MADE UP OF RAGS AND DIRT.
26. 26.THE LONE LIGHTNING. — SKETCHES OF THE LIVES OF
27. 27.NOTED RED MEN AND WOMEN, — WHO HAVE APPEARED ON THE WESTERN CONTINENT. CONFESSIONS OF CATHERINE OGEE WYAN AKWUT OKWA;
28. 28.RULING CHIEF OF THE MIAMIS. — THE MAGICIAN OF LAKE HURON. — CORN-PLANTING, AND ITS INCIDENTS. — CORN SONG.
29. 29.TO HEALTH. — DOMESTIC AND SOCIAL MANNERS OF THE INDIANS, WHILE ON THEIR WINTERING GROUNDS.
30. 30.PUGASAING; — THE GAME OF THE BOWL. — REVERENCE AND AFFECTION FOR PARENTS. — ANDAIG WEOS, OR CROWS-FLESH. — ORIGIN
31. 31.HISTORY OF THE RACE. — WYANDOT TRADITIONS OF THE CREATION, AND OTHER EPOCHS. — TRADITIONS OF THE ARCTIDÉS. — HISTORICAL TRADITIONS OF THE CHIPPEWAS, ODJIBWAS, OR ODJIBWA-ALGONQUINS.
32. 32.MYTHOLOGY, SUPERSTITIONS, AND RELIGION OF THE ALGONQUINS. — INDIAN ARROW HEADS, &c. — INDIAN MUSIC, SONGS, AND POETRY. — CHANT TO THE FIRE-FLY.
33. 33.ETHNOLOGY. — ADVERTISEMENT.
34. 34.A.
35. 35.LANGUAGE. — LECTURES ON THE GRAMMATICAL STRUCTURE OF THE INDIAN LANGUAGE. — LECTURE III.
36. 36.LECTURE IV. — THE ERA OF THE ARRIVAL OF THE FRENCH IN THE UPPER LAKES. — SHINGABA-WOSSINS, OR IMAGE STONES. — MNEMONIC SYMBOLS OF THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS. — CHAPTER I. — GRAVE CREEK MOUND. — NAMES OF THE AMERICAN LAKES. — GEOGRAPHICAL TERMINOLOGY OF THE U. STATES, — LETTERS ON THE ANTIQUITIES OF THE WESTERN COUNTRY, — ERA OF THE SETTLEMENT OF DETROIT, AND THE STRAITS BETWEEN LAKES ERIE AND HURON. — THE CHOCTAW INDIANS. — A SYNOPSIS OF CARTIER'S VOYAGES OF DISCOVERY AT NORTH AMERICA. FIRST VOYAGE. — SECOND VOYAGE. — THIRD VOYAGE. — THE INFLUENCE OF ARDENT SPIRITS ON THE CONDITION OF THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS. — VENERABLE INDIAN CHIEF.
37. 37.FATE OF THE RED RACE IN AMERICA: — NURSERY AND CRADLE SONGS OF THE FOREST. — CHAPTER XIX. — PAWNEE BARBARITY.
38. 38."THE LOON UPON THE LAKE." — ODJIBWA SONG. — NIAGARA, AN ALLEGORY.
39. 39.A PSALM.
40. 40.TRADITIONARY WAR SONGS — ODJIBWA ALGONQUINS. — DEATH SONG.
41. 41.APPENDIX. — NARRATIVE — ALEXANDER HENRY, Esq. — NARRATIVE OF THE CAPTIVITY
42. 42.FRANCES NOBLE. — NARRATIVE OF THE CAPTIVITY
43. 43.QUINTIN STOCKWELL. — NARRATIVE OF THE CAPTIVITY
44. 44.PETER WILLIAMSON. — NARRATIVE OF THE CAPTIVITY
45. 45.JONATHAN CARVER. — NARRATIVE OF THE CAPTIVITY
46. 46.MRS. SCOTT.
47. 47.THE END.

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