History, Manners, and Customs of the Indian Nations who Once Inhabited Pennsylvania and the Neighboring StatesHeritage Books, 2009 - 452 pages Heckewelder (1743-1823) came to America at age eleven and became a Moravian missionary to the Indians on the Susquehanna. He was an astute observer, and became an expert on their history, manners, customs, and language, all of which he describes in this c |
Table des matières
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| xxiv | |
| xxv | |
DANCES SONGS AND SACRIFICES | xxvi |
SCALPING WHOOPS OR YELLS | xxvii |
PART I | xxviii |
REMEDIES | xxix |
PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS | xxx |
ADVICE TO TRAVELLERS | 318 |
THE INDIANS AND THE WHITES COMPARED | 328 |
CONCLUSION | 344 |
PART II | 349 |
CORRESPONDENCE RESPECTING THE INDIAN LANGUAGES INTRODUCTION LETTER I MR DUPONCEAU TO MR HECKEWELDER 9TH... | 353 |
LETTER PAGE XI THE SAME TO THE SAME 24TH JUNE | 375 |
MR DUPONCEAU TO MR HECKEWELDER 13TH JULY | 376 |
THE SAME TO THE SAME 18TH JULY | 379 |
DOCTORS OR JUGGLERS | xxxi |
SUPERSTITION | xxxii |
INITIATION OF BOYS | xxxiii |
INDIAN MYTHOLOGY | xxxiv |
INSANITY SUICIDE | xxxv |
DRUNKENNESS | xxxvi |
FUNERALS | xxxvii |
FRIENDSHIP | xxxviii |
AN ACCOUNT OF THE HISTORY MANNERS AND CUSTOMS OF | xlv |
PAGE | 54 |
INDIAN RELATIONS OF THE CONDUCT OF THE EUROPEANS TOWARDS | 76 |
GENERAL CHARACTER OF THE INDIANS | 100 |
224 | 228 |
PREACHERS AND PROPHETS | 290 |
SHORT NOTICE OF THE INDIAN CHIEFS TAMANEND AND TADE USKUND 0 | 300 |
COMPUTATION OF TIME KNOWLEDGE | 306 |
GENERAL OBSERVATIONS AND ANECDOTES | 310 |
MR HECKEWELDER TO MR DUPONCEAU 22D JULY | 380 |
THE SAME TO THE SAME 24TH JULY | 383 |
MR DUPONCEAU TO MR HECKEWELDER 31ST JULY | 387 |
THE SAME TO THE SAME 3D AUGUST | 392 |
MR HECKEWELDER TO MR DUPONCEAU 12TH AUGUST | 395 |
THE SAME TO THE SAME 15TH August | 399 |
MR DUPONCEAU TO MR HECKEWELDER 21ST AUGUST | 403 |
MR IIECKEWELDER TO MR DUPONCEAU 26TH AUGUST | 409 |
THE SAME TO THE SAME 27TH AUGUST | 414 |
MR DUPONCEAU TO MR HECKEWELDER 30TH AUGUST | 416 |
MR HECKEWELDER TO MR DUPONCEAU 5TH SEPTEMBER | 422 |
MR DUPONCEAU TO MR HECKEWELDER IST OCTOBER | 426 |
MR HECKEWELDER TO MR DUPONCEAU IOTH OCTOBER | 430 |
PART III | 435 |
WORDS PHRASES AND SHORT DIALOGUES | 437 |
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Autres éditions - Tout afficher
History, Manners, and Customs of the Indian Nations: Who Once ..., Volume 12 John Gottlieb Ernestus Heckewelder Affichage du livre entier - 1876 |
History, Manners, and Customs of the Indian Nations: Who Once ..., Volume 12 John Gottlieb Ernestus Heckewelder Affichage du livre entier - 1876 |
History, Manners, and Customs of the Indian Nations who Once Inhabited ... John Gottlieb Ernestus Heckewelder Affichage du livre entier - 1881 |
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