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The Indian in his Wigwam

The Indian in his Wigwam

by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft

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Author
Schoolcraft, Henry Rowe, 1793-1864
Title
The Indian in his Wigwam; Or, Characteristics of the Red Race of America From Original Notes and Manuscripts
Credits
Produced by Julia Miller, KD Weeks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net
Language
English
LoC Class
E011: History: America: America
Subject
Indians of North America
Category
Text
eBook-No.
40475
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/40475
Release Date
August 10, 2012
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.THE INDIAN IN HIS WIGWAM
  2. 2.PERSONAL REMINISCENCES. — NO. II. — NO. III. — LANGUAGES OF MEXICO. — NO. IV. — NO. V.
  3. 3.SCENES AND ADVENTURES
  4. 4.PRELIMINARY REMARKS.
  5. 5.CHAPTER I.
  6. 6.CHAPTER II.
  7. 7.CHAPTER III.
  8. 8.CHAPTER IV. — THE BIRD.
  9. 9.CHARACTER OF THE RED MAN OF AMERICA.
  10. 10.DOMESTIC CONDITION OF THE TRIBES AND CONSTITUTION OF THE INDIAN FAMILY. — THE MANITO TREE.
  11. 11.TALES OF A WIGWAM. THE WHITE STONE CANOE. — THE LYNX AND THE HARE, — THE WORSHIP OF THE SUN, — SHINGEBISS.
  12. 12.EARLY INDIAN BIOGRAPHY. PISKARET.
  13. 13.THE SAUSTAWRAÝTSEES,
  14. 14.EARLY SKETCHES OF INDIAN WOMEN. — WASBASHAS; — THE BOY WHO SET A SNARE FOR THE SUN; — AMPATA SAPA; — MUKAKEE MINDEMOEA; — THE FLIGHT OF THE SHAWNEES FROM THE SOUTH. — BOSH-KWA-DOSH, — MÄSH-KWA-SHA-KWONG,
  15. 15.WA-WA-BE-ZO-WIN, — TAKOZID,
  16. 16.MACHINITO, THE EVIL SPIRIT; — REPOSE OF THE SOUL.
  17. 17.THE LITTLE SPIRIT, OR BOY-MAN.
  18. 18.AINGODON AND NAYWADAHA.
  19. 19.SKETCHES OF THE LIVES OF NOTED RED MEN AND WOMEN WHO HAVE APPEARED ON THE WESTERN CONTINENT. WABOJEEG, OR THE WHITE FISHER. — MODE OF WRITING AN INDIAN LANGUAGE.
  20. 20.SKETCHES OF THE LIVES OF NOTED RED MEN AND WOMEN WHO HAVE APPEARED ON THE WESTERN CONTINENT. BRANT, RED JACKET, UNCAS, MIONTONIMO.
  21. 21.THE RABID WOLF.
  22. 22.MOOWIS,
  23. 23.THE LONE LIGHTNING.
  24. 24.SKETCHES OF THE LIVES OF NOTED RED MEN AND WOMEN WHO HAVE APPEARED ON THE WESTERN CONTINENT. CONFESSIONS OF CATHERINE OGEE WYAN AKWUT OKWA; — RULING CHIEF OF THE MIAMIS. — THE MAGICIAN OF LAKE HURON.
  25. 25.CORN-PLANTING, AND ITS INCIDENTS. — CORN SONG. — TO HEALTH.
  26. 26.DOMESTIC AND SOCIAL MANNERS OF THE INDIANS, WHILE ON THEIR WINTERING GROUNDS.
  27. 27.PUGASAING;
  28. 28.REVERENCE AND AFFECTION FOR PARENTS.
  29. 29.ANDAIG WEOS, OR CROWS-FLESH.
  30. 30.ORIGIN AND HISTORY OF THE RACE. — WYANDOT TRADITIONS OF THE CREATION, AND OTHER EPOCHS. — SUPPLEMENTARY QUESTIONS TO THE INTERPRETER . — TRADITIONS OF THE ARCTIDÉS. — HISTORICAL TRADITIONS OF THE CHIPPEWAS, ODJIBWAS, OR ODJIBWA-ALGONQUINS. — MYTHOLOGY, SUPERSTITIONS, AND RELIGION OF THE ALGONQUINS. — INDIAN ARROW HEADS, &c. — INDIAN MUSIC, SONGS, AND POETRY. — No. 1. — ORAL COMPOSITION. — CHANT TO THE FIRE-FLY.
  31. 31.ETHNOLOGY. — ADVERTISEMENT. — A.
  32. 32.LANGUAGE. — LECTURE III. — LECTURE IV. — CHRONOLOGY.
  33. 33.THE ERA OF THE ARRIVAL OF THE FRENCH IN THE UPPER LAKES. — FAITH.
  34. 34.SHINGABA-WOSSINS; OR IMAGE STONES.
  35. 35.CHAPTER I.
  36. 36.GRAVE CREEK MOUND.
  37. 37.NAMES OF THE AMERICAN LAKES.
  38. 38.GEOGRAPHICAL TERMINOLOGY OF THE U. STATES, — No. I. — NAMES OF THE SEASONS.
  39. 39.LETTERS ON THE ANTIQUITIES OF THE WESTERN COUNTRY, — I. — II. — III. — IV. — V. — VI. — VII. — VIII. — IX. — X.
  40. 40.ERA OF THE SETTLEMENT OF DETROIT, AND THE STRAITS BETWEEN LAKES ERIE AND HURON. — Canada , 7th June, 1687. — THE CHOCTAW INDIANS.
  41. 41.A SYNOPSIS OF CARTIER'S VOYAGES OF DISCOVERY AT NORTH AMERICA. — FIRST VOYAGE. — SECOND VOYAGE. — THIRD VOYAGE.
  42. 42.THE INFLUENCE OF ARDENT SPIRITS ON THE CONDITION OF THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS. — VENERABLE INDIAN CHIEF.
  43. 43.FATE OF THE RED RACE IN AMERICA:
  44. 44.NURSERY AND CRADLE SONGS OF THE FOREST. — 3. THE HARE AND THE LYNX . — 4. THE KITE AND THE EAGLE. — 5. THE RAVEN AND WOODPECKER. — LANGUAGES OF THE PACIFIC ISLANDS.
  45. 45.EARLY SKETCHES OF INDIAN WOMEN.
  46. 46.CHAPTER XIX.
  47. 47.PAWNEE BARBARITY.
  48. 48.“THE LOON UPON THE LAKE.” — TO A BIRD, SEEN UNDER MY WINDOW IN THE GARDEN.
  49. 49.ODJIBWA SONG. — NIAGARA, AN ALLEGORY.
  50. 50.A PSALM.
  51. 51.TRADITIONARY WAR SONGS — WAR SONG. — WAR-SONG—“Pe-nä´ se-wug.” — DEATH SONG. — DEATH-SONG—“A´ be tuh gé zhig.” — WAR SONG. — FOOTNOTES:
  52. 52.Transcriber’s Note — Corrections

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