Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. The Garden of the Mind: An Introduction to Early American Indian Poetry 1
4. Poems
5. Eleazar 47
6. Jane Johnston Schoolcraft 50
7. William Walker, Jr., Wyandot, 1800–1874 64
8. Israel Folsom (Choctaw) 66
9. An Indian (Jesse Bushyhead?) (Cherokee) 68
10. John Rollin Ridge / Yellow Bird (Cherokee) 69
11. Te-con-ees-kee (Cherokee) 118
12. Si-tu-a-kee, Jr. (Cherokee) 122
13. William Penn Boudinot (Cherokee) 123
14. Tso-le-oh-woh (Cherokee) 125
15. C. H. Campbell (Cherokee) 129
16. Former Student of the Cherokee Male Seminary (Cherokee) 130
17. Joshua Ross (Cherokee) 131
18. Peter Perkins Pitchlynn (Choctaw) 136
19. John Gunter Lipe (Cherokee) 137
20. Anonymous Cherokee (Cherokee) 138
21. David J. Brown 140
22. James Harris Guy (Chickasaw) 141
23. John Lynch Adair (Cherokee) 147
24. John Palmer (Chemakum, Skokomish) 149
25. Joseph Lynch Martin (Cherokee) 152
26. Wenonah (Cherokee) 154
27. Hors de Combat (Cherokee) 155
28. Alexander Posey (Creek [Muskogee]) 156
29. William Abbott Thompson (Cherokee) 176
30. Rufus Buck (Yuchi) 177
31. James Roane Gregory (Euchee [Yuchi], Muskogee [Creek]) 179
32. Kingfisher (Cherokee) 186
33. J. C. Duncan (Cherokee) 188
34. Richard C. Adams (Delaware [Lenape]) 190
35. Too-qua-stee / De Witt Clinton Duncan (Cherokee) 198
36. Olivia Ward Bush-Banks (Montaukett) 216
37. BOARDING SCHOOL POEMS 223
38. Notable False Attributions 391
39. Bibliography of Poems by American Indians to 1930 397
40. Textual Notes 417
41. Works Cited 425
42. Index 433
43. Acknowledgments 437