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History, Manners, and Customs of the Indian Nations Who Once Inhabited Pennsylvania and the Neighbouring States. — John Gottlieb Ernestus Heckewelder

History, Manners, and Customs of the Indian Nations Who Once Inhabited Pennsylvania and the Neighbouring States.

John Gottlieb Ernestus Heckewelder

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  • Book language: English
  • 458 pages

A historical and ethnographic account of the Native nations who once lived in Pennsylvania and neighbouring regions. Written by a Moravian missionary who spent years among them, it describes languages, beliefs, and daily customs. It offers a close early record of Indigenous life in the region.

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Publications

OF THE

Historical Society of

Pennsylvania.

HISTORY,

MANNERS, AND CUSTOMS

OF THE

INDIAN NATIONS.

John Heckewelder

HISTORY,
MANNERS, AND CUSTOMS
OF
Tƒŧ IƿŠƗĵƿ NĵǵƗLjƿǪ
WHO ONCE INHABITED
PENNSYLVANIA AND
THE NEIGHBOURING STATES.
BY THE
REV. JOHN HECKEWELDER,
OF BETHLEHEM, PA.
New and Revised
Edition.
WITH AN
INTRODUCTION AND NOTES
BY THE
REV. WILLIAM C. REICHEL,
OF BETHLEHEM, PA.
PHILADELPHIA: PUBLICATION FUND
OF THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF
PENNSYLVANIA, No. 820 SPRUCE

STREET. 1881.

“The Trustees of the Publication Fund of the Historical Society of

Pennsylvania” have published nine volumes, viz.:

The History of Braddock’s Expedition.

Contributions to American History.

Record of Upland, and Denny’s Journal.

Reissue of Vol. 1 of the Memoirs.

Minutes of Defence of Philadelphia, 1814-1815.

Correspondence of Penn and Logan, Vols. 1 and 2.

History of New Sweden, by Israel Acrelius.

Heckewelder’s History, Manners, and Customs of the Indian

Nations.

The investments held by the trustees of the Fund now amount to twenty-three thousand dollars, the interest only of which is applied to publishing. By the payment of twenty-five dollars, any one may become entitled to receive, during his or her life, all the publications of the Society. Libraries so subscribing are entitled to receive books for the term of twenty years.

The Society desire it to be understood that they are not answerable for any opinions or observations that may appear in their publications: the Editors of the several works being alone responsible for the same.

JLjƒƿ JLjǡŠĵƿ, Jǡ., }

AǼœǡŧΏ H. SƽƗǵƒ, }Trustees.

FĵƗǡƽĵƿ RLjƄŧǡǪ, }

Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1876, by THE

HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF PENNSYLVANIA, in the Office of the

Librarian of Congress, at Washington.

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Contents

  1. Publications OF THE Historical Society of Pennsylvania. HISTORY, MANNERS, AND CUSTOMS OF THE INDIAN NATIONS.
  2. INTRODUCTION. BY THE EDITOR.
  3. DEDICATION TO CASPAR WISTAR, M.D., PRESIDENT OF THE AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY, ETC.
  4. CONTENTS PART I.
  5. INTRODUCTION
  6. PART I. HISTORY, MANNERS, AND CUSTOMS OF THE INDIAN NATIONS, WHO ONCE INHABITED PENNSYLVANIA AND THE NEIGHBOURING STATES
  7. History, Manners, and Customs OF THE INDIAN NATIONS. CHAPTER I. HISTORICAL TRADITIONS OF THE INDIANS.
  8. CHAPTER II. INDIAN ACCOUNT OF THE FIRST ARRIVAL OF THE DUTCH AT NEW YORK ISLAND.
  9. CHAPTER III. INDIAN RELATIONS OF THE CONDUCT OF THE EUROPEANS TOWARDS THEM.
  10. CHAPTER IV. SUBSEQUENT FATE OF THE LENAPE AND THEIR KINDRED TRIBES.
  11. CHAPTER V. THE IROQUOIS.
  12. CHAPTER VI. GENERAL CHARACTER OF THE INDIANS.
  13. CHAPTER VII. GOVERNMENT.
  14. CHAPTER VIII. EDUCATION.
  15. CHAPTER IX. LANGUAGES.
  16. CHAPTER X. SIGNS AND HIEROGLYPHICS.
  17. CHAPTER XI. ORATORY.
  18. CHAPTER XII. METAPHORICAL EXPRESSIONS.
  19. CHAPTER XIII. INDIAN NAMES.
  20. CHAPTER XIV. INTERCOURSE WITH EACH OTHER.
  21. CHAPTER XV. POLITICAL MANŒUVRES.
  22. CHAPTER XVI. MARRIAGE AND TREATMENT OF THEIR WIVES.
  23. CHAPTER XVII. RESPECT FOR THE AGED.
  24. CHAPTER XVIII. PRIDE AND GREATNESS OF MIND.
  25. CHAPTER XIX. WARS AND THE CAUSES WHICH LEAD TO THEM.
  26. CHAPTER XX. MANNER OF SURPRISING THEIR ENEMIES.
  27. CHAPTER XXI. PEACE MESSENGERS.
  28. CHAPTER XXII. TREATIES.
  29. CHAPTER XXIII. GENERAL OBSERVATIONS OF THE INDIANS ON THE WHITE PEOPLE.
  30. CHAPTER XXIV. FOOD AND COOKERY.

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