Western Scenes And Reminiscences: Together With Thrilling Legends And Traditions Of The Red Men Of The Forest

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Author

Schoolcraft, Henry Rowe, 1793-1864

Title

Western Scenes and Reminiscences Together with Thrilling Legends and Traditions of the Red Men of the Forest

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Produced by Julia Miller, Pat McCoy and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)

Language

English

LoC Class

E011: History: America: America

Subject

Indian captivities

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eBook-No.

39898

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https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/39898

Release Date

June 2, 2012

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.WESTERN SCENES AND REMINISCENCES: TOGETHER WITH THRILLING LEGENDS AND TRADITIONS OF THE RED MEN OF THE FOREST. — TO WHICH IS ADDED SEVERAL NARRATIVES OF ADVENTURES AMONG THE INDIANS.
2. 2.CONTENTS.
3. 3.PERSONAL REMINISCENCES.
4. 4.SCENES AND ADVENTURES IN THE OZARK MOUNTAINS. A. D. 1818 AND 1819. — 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. — 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. — DOMESTIC CONDITION OF THE TRIBES AND CONSTITUTION OF THE INDIAN FAMILY. — THE MANITO TREE.
5. 5.TALES OF A WIGWAM. — THE WHITE STONE CANOE. — THE LYNX AND THE HARE. — THE WORSHIP OF THE SUN. — SHINGEBISS. — EARLY INDIAN BIOGRAPHY. — THE SAUSTAWRAYTSEES, OR THE ORIGIN OF THE WYANDOT AND SENECA TRIBES. — EARLY SKETCHES OF INDIAN WOMEN. — WASBASHAS; OR, THE TRIBE THAT GREW OUT OF A SHELL. — THE BOY WHO SET A SNARE FOR THE SUN; OR THE ORIGIN OF THE KUG-E-BEENG-WA-KWA, [5] OR DORMOUSE. — AMPATA SAPA; OR, THE FIRST-WIFE. — MUKAKEE MINDEMOEA; OR, THE TOAD-WOMAN. — THE FLIGHT OF THE SHAWNEES FROM THE SOUTH. — BOSH-KWA-DOSH, OR THE QUADRUPED WITH THE HAIR BLOWN OFF ITS SKIN. — MÄSH-KWA-SHA-KWONG, OR THE TRADITIONARY STORY OF THE RED HEAD AND HIS TWO SONS. — WA-WA-BE-ZO-WIN, OR THE SWING ON THE LAKE SHORE. — TAKOZID, OR THE SHORT-FOOT. — MACHINITO, THE EVIL SPIRIT; — REPOSE OF THE SOUL. — THE LITTLE SPIRIT, OR BOY-MAN, — AINGODON AND NAYWADAHA.
6. 6.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.
7. 7.SKETCHES OF THE LIVES OF NOTED RED MEN AND WOMEN, WHO HAVE APPEARED ON THE WESTERN CONTINENT. — BRANT, RED JACKET, UNCAS, MIONTONIMO. — THE RABID WOLF. — MOOWIS, OR THE MAN MADE UP OF RAGS AND DIRT. — THE LONE LIGHTNING.
8. 8.SKETCHES OF THE LIVES OF NOTED RED MEN AND WOMEN WHO HAVE APPEARED ON THE WESTERN CONTINENT. — CONFESSIONS OF CATHERINE OGEE WYAN AKWUT OKWA; OR THE WOMAN OF THE BLUE-ROBED CLOUD, THE PROPHETESS OF CHEGOIMEGON. — RULING CHIEF OF THE MIAMIS. — THE MAGICIAN OF LAKE HURON. — CORN-PLANTING, AND ITS INCIDENTS. — TO HEALTH. — DOMESTIC AND SOCIAL MANNERS OF THE INDIANS, WHILE ON THEIR WINTERING GROUNDS. — PUGASAING; OR, THE GAME OF THE BOWL. — REVERENCE AND AFFECTION FOR PARENTS. — ANDAIG WEOS, OR CROWS-FLESH.
9. 9.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. — CHANT TO THE FIRE-FLY.
10. 10.ETHNOLOGY. — ADVERTISEMENT.
11. 11.LANGUAGE. — LECTURES ON THE GRAMMATICAL STRUCTURE OF THE INDIAN LANGUAGE. — CHRONOLOGY. — THE ERA OF THE ARRIVAL OF THE FRENCH IN THE UPPER LAKES. — SHINGABA-WOSSINS, OR IMAGE STONES. — MNEMONIC SYMBOLS OF THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS. — GRAVE CREEK MOUND. — NAMES OF THE AMERICAN LAKES. — GEOGRAPHICAL TERMINOLOGY OF THE U. STATES, DERIVED FROM THE INDIAN LANGUAGE. — NAMES OF THE SEASONS. — LETTERS ON THE ANTIQUITIES OF THE WESTERN COUNTRY, ADDRESSED TO THE LATE WILLIAM L. STONE, EDITOR OF THE NEW YORK COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER. — 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. — THE INFLUENCE OF ARDENT SPIRITS ON THE CONDITION OF THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS. — VENERABLE INDIAN CHIEF. — FATE OF THE RED RACE IN AMERICA: — NURSERY AND CRADLE SONGS OF THE FOREST. — LANGUAGES OF THE PACIFIC ISLANDS. — EARLY SKETCHES OF INDIAN WOMEN. — PAWNEE BARBARITY. — “THE LOON UPON THE LAKE.” — TO A BIRD, SEEN UNDER MY WINDOW IN THE GARDEN. — ODJIBWA SONG. — NIAGARA, AN ALLEGORY. — A PSALM. — TRADITIONARY WAR SONGS OF THE ODJIBWA ALGONQUINS.
12. 12.APPENDIX — NARRATIVE OF THE CAPTIVITY OF ALEXANDER HENRY, Esq. — NARRATIVE OF THE CAPTIVITY OF FRANCES NOBLE. — NARRATIVE OF THE CAPTIVITY OF QUINTIN STOCKWELL. — NARRATIVE OF THE CAPTIVITY OF PETER WILLIAMSON. — NARRATIVE OF THE CAPTIVITY OF JONATHAN CARVER. — NARRATIVE OF THE CAPTIVITY OF MRS. SCOTT.

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