Notes on the Iroquois : or, contributions to American history, antiquities, and general ethnology /
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Salem, Mass. :
Higginson Book Company,
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Table of Contents:
- ch. 1. Preliminary observations
- Obstacles opposed to statistical inquiries among the North American Indians
- Progressive state of agriculture
- Evils of the annuity system
- Grain and fruits raised
- Ancient and present state of the Iroquois population compared
- General deductions on their longevity and effects of climate
- Proportion of deaf and dumb and blind
- Remnants of the tribes of Algonquin lineage of southern New York
- Abstract of census returns
- ch. 2. Historical and ethnological inquiries
- Sketch of the Iroquois group of aboriginal tribes
- Ethnological suggestions
- Indian cosmogony
- Gleams of their ancient history
- ch. 3. Origin and history of the Iroquois as a distinct people
- Mohawks
- Oneidas and the Oneida Stone
- Onondagas
- Cayugas
- Senecas and their origin
- Tuscaroras and their flight from North Carolina
- Necariages
- St. Regis colony
- ch. 4.
- Epoch and principles of the Iroquois League
- Objects of research
- Era of the confederacy
- Principles of their government and the totemic bond
- Ancient worship and system of astronomy
- Witchcraft, and its theory and practical evils
- Wife's right to property ; limited nature of marriage contract
- Idea of vampyres : traditions in reference to
- ch. 5. Early wars and political relations of the Iroquois with the other North American tribes
- War with an ancient people called Alleghans
- Lenno Lenapees, or Delawares
- Mohegans, Munsees, Manhattans, Metöacs
- Adirondacks
- Algonquins
- Owegungas
- Shawnees
- Eries
- Susquehannocks
- Massawomacs
- Catabas
- Cherokees, their history and language
- Quatoghies, or Hurons
- Wyandots
- Twightwies, or Miamies
- Mississagies
- Chippewa or Odjibwa group
- ch. 6. Archaeology
- Vestiges of an ancient French fort in Lenox
- Ancient site of the Onondagas
- Antiquities of Pompey
- Ancient fortification of Osco
- Ancient elliptical work at Canandaigua
- Ancient entrenchments on Fort Hill
- Ancient rock citadel of Kienuka
- Ancient battle field on Buffalo creek
- ch. 7. Ancient state of Indian art in North America
- Architectural ruins
- Remains, sculpture and inscriptions
- Effect of European fabrics
- Arrow heads and axes
- Pottery
- Architecture
- Art of design
- Amulets
- Clothing
- ch. 8. Relics found in the antique graves and Tumuli of Western New York
- Nabikoáguna : medals
- Medaeka : amulets
- Attajeguna : implements
- Opoaguna : pipes
- Minacea : beads
- Peäga : wampums
- Mudwämina : jingling dress ornaments
- Otoaguna : ear jewels
- Ochalisa : nose jewels
- Aesa : shells, coins, ornaments
- ch. 9. Oral traditions of the Iroquois, historical and imaginative
- Ancient shipwreck of a vessel on the North American coast
- Forays into the country of the Cherokees and Catabas
- Exploit of Haideoni
- Seneca embassy of peace to the Cherokees, and heroic exploit of Awl
- Grave yard serpent and corn giant
- Tradition of the siege of Fort Stanwix
- Tradition of the defeat of the Kah-kwahs
- Epoch of the confederacy
- Some passages of their wars with monsters and giants
- The Iroquois Quetzalcoatl
- ch. 10. Topical inquiries
- Who were the Eries
- Building of the first vessel on the upper lakes
- Who were the Alleghans
- War with the Kah-kwahs
- Antique inscribed stone of Manlius
- Original discovery of the Onondaga country by the French
- Burning of Schenectady
- Antique currency of the Manhattanses and their neighbors
- Cherokee tradition of the deluge
- Asiatic origin of the Indian race
- Lost colony of Kasonda
- ch. 11. Language
- Structure of the class of American languages
- Comparative vocabulary of the Iroquois and its cognate the Wyandot
- ch. 12. Moral and social condition and prospects
- Mission of Pyrlaus and Romeyn
- The Jesuits
- Churches among the Mohawks
- Kirkland : conversion of Skenandoah
- Evil effects of the war
- Duties of civilized society to the Indians
- ch. 13. Miscellaneous traits
- Soiengarahta, or King Hendrick
- Infant Atotarho of the Onondagas
- Red Jacket and the Wyandot claim to supremacy
- Pocahontas
- Anecdote of Brant
- Universal suffrage, the Iroquois considered
- County clerk and the wokf scalp
- Family of the Thunderers.