CHAPTER V. THE IROQUOIS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. INTRODUCTION VII
3. DEDICATION XXI
4. CONTENTS XXIII
5. INTRODUCTION XXVII
6. PART I. AN ACCOUNT OF THE HISTORY, MANNERS, AND CUSTOMS OF THE INDIAN NATIONS WHO ONCE INHABITED PENNSYLVANIA AND THE NEIGHBOURING STATES
7. CHAPTER I. HISTORICAL TRADITIONS OF THE INDIANS 47
8. CHAPTER II. INDIAN ACCOUNT OF THE FIRST ARRIVAL OF THE DUTCH AT NEW YORK ISLAND 71
9. CHAPTER III. INDIAN RELATIONS OF THE CONDUCT OF THE EUROPEANS TOWARDS THEM 76
10. CHAPTER IV. SUBSEQUENT FATE OF THE LENAPE AND THEIR KINDRED TRIBES 83
11. CHAPTER V. THE IROQUOIS 95
12. CHAPTER VI. GENERAL CHARACTER OF THE INDIANS 100
13. CHAPTER VII. GOVERNMENT 107
14. CHAPTER VIII. EDUCATION 113
15. CHAPTER IX. LANGUAGES 118
16. CHAPTER X. SIGNS AND HIEROGLYPHICS 128
17. CHAPTER XI. ORATORY 132
18. CHAPTER XII. METAPHORICAL EXPRESSIONS 137
19. CHAPTER XIII. INDIAN NAMES 141
20. CHAPTER XIV. INTERCOURSE WITH EACH OTHER 145
21. CHAPTER XV. POLITICAL MANCEUVRES 150
22. CHAPTER XVI. MARRIAGE AND TREATMENT OF THEIR WIVES 154
23. CHAPTER XVII. RESPECT FOR THE AGED 163
24. CHAPTER XVIII. PRIDE AND GREATNESS OF MIND 170
25. CHAPTER XIX. WARS AND THE CAUSES WHICH LEAD TO THEM 175
26. CHAPTER XX. MANNER OF SURPRISING THEIR ENEMIES 177
27. CHAPTER XXI. PEACE MESSENGERS. 181
28. CHAPTER XXII. TREATlES. 185
29. CHAPTER XXIII. GENERAL OBSERVATIONS OF THE INDIANS ON THE WHITE PEOPLE 187
30. CHAPTER XXIV. FOOD AND COOKERY 193
31. CHAPTER XXV. DRESS, AND ORNAMENTING OF THEIR PERSONS 202
32. CHAPTER XXVI. DANCES, SONGS, AND SACRIFICES 208
33. CHAPTER XXVII. SCALPING-WHOOPS OR YELLS--PRISONERS. 215
34. CHAPTER XXVIII. BODILY CONSTITUTION AND DISEASES 220
35. CHAPTER XXIX. REMEDIES 224
36. CHAPTER XXX. PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS 228
37. CHAPTER XXXI. DOCTORS OR JUGGLERS. 231
38. CHAPTER XXXII. SUPERSTITION 239
39. CHAPTER XXXIII. INITIATION OF BOYS. 245
40. CHAPTER XXXIV. INDIAN MYTHOLOGY 249
41. CHAPTER XXXV. INSANITY - SUICIDE 257
42. CHAPTER XXXVI. DRUNKENNESS 261
43. CHAPTER XXXVII. FUNERALS 268
44. CHAPTER XXXVIII. FRIENDSIIIP 277
45. CHAPTER XXXIX. PREACHERS AND PROPHETS 290
46. CHAPTER XL. SHORT NOTICE OF THE INDIAN CHIEFS, TAMANEND AND TADEUSKUND 300
47. CHAPTER XLI. COMPUTATION OF TIME-ASTRONOMICAL AND GEOGRAPHICAL KNOWLEDGE 306
48. CHAPTER XLII. GENERAL OBSERVATIONS AND ANECDOTES 310
49. CHAPTER XLIII. ADVICE TO TRAVELLERS 318
50. CHAPTER XLIV. THE INDIANS AND THE WHITES COMPARED 328
51. CONCLUSION 346
52. PART II. CORRESPONDENCE RESPECTING THE INDIAN LANGUAGES
53. INTRODUCTION 349
54. LETTER I. MR. DUPONCEAU TO MR. HECKEWELDER 353
55. LETTER II. DR. C. WISTAR TO MR. HECKEWELDER. 354
56. LETTER III. MR. HECKEWELDER TO DR. WISTAR 356
57. LETTER IV. FROM THE SAME TO THE SAME 358
58. LETTER V. FROM MR. DUPONCEAU TO DR. WISTAR 359
59. LETTER VI. FROM DR. WISTAR TO MR. HECKEWELDER 359
60. LETTER VI. FROM DR. WISTAR TO MR. HECKEWELDER 361
61. LETTER VIII. MR. DUPONCEAU TO MR. HECKEWELDER. 364
62. LETTER IX. FROM THE SAME TO THE SAME 369
63. LETTER X. MR. HECKEWELDER TO MR. DUPONCEAU. 371
64. LETTER XI. FROM MR. HECKEWELDER 375
65. LETTER XII. TO MR. HECKEWELDER. 376
66. LETTER XIII. TO MR. HECKEWELDER. 379
67. LETTER XIV. FROM MR. HE.CKEWELDER. 380
68. LETTER XV. FROM THE SAME 383
69. LETTER XVI. TO MR. HECKEWELDER 387
70. LETTER XVII. TO THE SAME 392
71. LETTER XVIII.FROM MR. HECKEWELDER 395
72. LETTER XIX. FROM THE SAME 399
73. LETTER XX. TO MR. HECKEWELDER 403
74. LETTER XXI. FROM MR. HECKEWELDER 409
75. LETTER XXII. FROM THE SAME 414
76. LETTER XXIII. TO MR. HECKEWELDER. 416
77. LETTER XXIV. FROM MR. HECKEWELDER. 422
78. LETTER XXV. TO MR. HECKEWELDER 426
79. LETTER XXVI. FROM MR. HECKEWELDER 430
80. ERRATA IN PART II. 433
81. PART III. WORDS, PHRASES, AND SHORT DIALOGUE 435