PART I.

AN ACCOUNT OF THE HISTORY, MANNERS, AND CUSTOMS OF THE INDIAN NATIONS WHO ONCE INHABITED PENNSYLVANIA AND THE NEIGHBOURING STATES.

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INTRODUCTION BY THE EDITOR vii

DEDICATION xvii

INTRODUCTION BY THE AUTHOR xxiii

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I. HISTORICAL TRADITIONS OF THE INDIANS 47

II. INDIAN ACCOUNT OF THE FIRST ARRIVAL OF THE DUTCH AT NEW YORK ISLAND 71

III. INDIAN RELATIONS OF THE CONDUCT OF THE EUROPEANS TOWARDS THEM 76

IV. SUBSEQUENT FATE OF THE LENAPE AND THEIR KINDRED TRIBES 83

V. THE IROQUOIS 95

VI. GENERAL CHARACTER OF THE INDIANS 100

VII. GOVERNMENT 107

VIII. EDUCATION 113

IX. LANGUAGES 118

X. SIGNS AND HIEROGLYPHICS 128

XI. ORATORY 132

XII. METAPHORICAL EXPRESSIONS 137

XIII. INDIAN NAMES 141

XIV. INTERCOURSE WITH EACH OTHER 145

XV. POLITICAL MANŒUVRES 150

XVI. MARRIAGE AND TREATMENT OF THEIR WIVES 154

XVII. RESPECT FOR THE AGED 163

XVIII. PRIDE AND GREATNESS OF MIND 170

XIX. WARS AND THE CAUSES WHICH LEAD TO THEM 175

XX. MANNER OF SURPRISING THEIR ENEMIES 177

XXI. PEACE MESSENGERS 181

XXII. TREATIES 185

XXIII. GENERAL OBSERVATIONS OF THE INDIANS ON THE WHITE PEOPLE 187

XXIV. FOOD AND COOKERY 193

XXV. DRESS AND ORNAMENTING OF THEIR PERSONS 202

XXVI. DANCES, SONGS, AND SACRIFICES 208

XXVII. SCALPING--WHOOPS OR YELLS--PRISONERS 215

XXVIII. BODILY CONSTITUTION AND DISEASES 220

XXIX. REMEDIES 224

XXX. PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS 228

XXXI. DOCTORS OR JUGGLERS 231

XXXII. SUPERSTITION 239

XXXIII. INITIATION OF BOYS 245

XXXIV. INDIAN MYTHOLOGY 249

XXXV. INSANITY--SUICIDE 257

XXXVI. DRUNKENNESS 261

XXXVII. FUNERALS 268

XXXVIII. FRIENDSHIP 277

XXXIX. PREACHERS AND PROPHETS 290

XL. SHORT NOTICE OF THE INDIAN CHIEFS TAMANEND AND TADEUSKUND 300

XLI. COMPUTATION OF TIME--ASTRONOMICAL AND GEOGRAPHICAL KNOWLEDGE 306

XLII. GENERAL OBSERVATIONS AND ANECDOTES 310

XLIII. ADVICE TO TRAVELLERS 318

XLIV. THE INDIANS AND THE WHITES COMPARED 328

CONCLUSION 346