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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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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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