The Indian tribes of the upper Mississippi valley and region of the Great lakes as described by Nicolas Perrot, French commandant in the Northwest.
Contributors: Perrot, Nicolas, 1644-1718.; Bacqueville de La Potherie, M. de 1668-1738.; Marston, Morrell, 1785-1831.; Radin, Paul, 1883-1959.; Robertson, Gertrude M.
Publisher: The Arthur H. Clark company; Kraus Reprint Co.
Published: 1969
Place of publication: Cleveland, O; New York
Language: eng
Subjects: Indians of North America -- Northwest, Old.; Indians of North America -- Northwestern States.
Table of contents: title: Table of Contents Vol. 1; title: -Memoir on the manners, customs, and religion of the savages of North America. By Nicolas Perrot.; title: -History of the savage peoples who are allies of New France, by Claude Charles Le Roy.; title: Table of Contents Vol. 2; title: -History of the savage peoples who are allies of New France, by Claude Charles Le Roy (continued from Vol. 1).; title: -Memoirs relating to the Sauk and Foxes, letter to Reverend Dr. Jedidiah Morse, by Major Morrell Marston, U.S.A., commanding at Fort Armstrong, Ill., November, 1820.; title: -“Account of the manners and customs of the Sauk and Fox nations of Indian traditions.” A report on this subject, sent to General William Clarks, Superintendent of Indian Affairs, by Thomas Forsyth, Indian agent for the U.S. Government, St. Louis, January 15, 1827.; title: Appendices:; title: A. Biographical sketch of Nicolas Perrot.; title: B. Notes on Indian social organization, mental and moral traits, and religious beliefs; and accounts of three remarkable religious movements among Indians in modern times. Mainly from writings of prominent ethnologists, the remainder by Thomas Forsyth and Thomas R. Roddy.; title: C. Various letters, etc., describing the character and present condition of the Sioux, Potawatomi, and Winnebago tribes, “written for this work by missionaries and others who know these people well”.