League of the Ho-dé-no-sau-nee, or Iroquois.
Contributors: Lloyd, Herbert Marshall, 1862-
Edition: A new ed., with additional matter. Edited and annotated by Herbert M. Lloyd. --
Series: Burt Franklin research source works series -- #185
Publisher: B. Franklin
Published: 1966
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Subjects: Iroquois Indians.; Names, Geographical -- New York (State); Iroquoian languages.
Notes: Reprint of the 1901 ed.

Includes index.

Bibliography: v. 2, p. 307-312.
Table of contents: title: v. 1. Introductory outline -- Origin of the Iroquois -- Formation of the league -- Intercourse with Europeans -- Wars with Indian nations -- Wars with the French -- Jesuit missionaries -- Number of the Iroquois -- Fidelity to the English -- Dispersion of the nations -- Present condition -- Future prospects -- Indian geography -- Home country of the Iroquois -- National boundaries -- Trails -- Indian map -- Ho-de’-no sau-nee national names -- Interest in our predecessors -- The hunter state -- Its institutions transitory -- Origin of the league -- Sachemships -- Hereditary titles -- Council of the league -- Equality of the sachems -- chiefs -- Military chieftains -- Popular influence -- Unity of the race -- Division into tribes -- Family relationships -- Descent in the female line -- Degrees of consanguinity -- Succession of sachems -- Names -- Nature of a tribe -- Equality of the nations -- National epithets -- Office of chief elective -- Distinguished men were chiefs -- Stability of the oligarchy -- Councils of the iroquois -- Influence of public sentiment -- Oratory -- Civil councils -- Unanimity -- mourning councils -- Wampum -- festivities -- Religious councils -- Species of government -- Progress of governments from monarchy to democracy -- Illustrated by a view of Grecian institutions -- The league an oligarchy -- Liberty of the people -- Stability of the league -- Prospects at the discovery -- Its decline -- Faith of the Iroquois -- Belief in the great spirit -- The evil- minded -- He’-No, The Thunderer -- Gã’-O, spirit of the winds -- The three sisters -- The invisible aids -- Witches -- False faces -- Legendary literature -- Immortality of the soul -- Future punishments -- Moral sentiments -- Burial customs -- Abode of the Great Spirit -- Washington -- Spirituality of their faith -- Its influence -- Worship of the Iroquois -- Keepers of the faith -- Thanks to the maple planting festival -- Berry festival -- Green corn festival -- Harvest festival -- New year’s jubilee -- Sacrifice of the white dog -- Address to the Great Spirit -- Influence of their worship -- The new religion -- Gä-ne-odi’-yo, The Instructor -- Pretended revelation -- Sose-ha’-wä, his successor -- Speech of Da-at’-ga-dose -- Speech of Sose-ha’-wä -- Doctrines of the new religion -- National dances -- Influence of the dance --Costume -- War dance -- Speeches in the war dance -- Great feather dance -- Trotting dance -- Fish dance -- Dance for the dead -- Concerts -- National games -- Betting -- Ball game -- Game of javelins -- Game of deer buttons -- Snow snake game -- Snow boat game -- Archery -- Peach-stone game -- Enthusiasm for games -- Indian society -- Ancient villages stockaded --Bark house -- Marriage -- Passion of love unknown -- Divorce -- Rights of property -- Hospitality -- Criminal code -- Faith of treaties -- Use of wampum -- Usages of war -- Cptives not exchanged -- Adoption -- The hunt -- Indian life -- v. 2. Fabrics of the Iroquois -- Their artisan intellect -- Indian pottery -- Earthen vessels -- Moccason -- War Club -- Tomahawk -- Rope making -- Finger weaving -- Bark vessels -- Bark canoe -- Corn mortar -- Maize -- Tobacco -- Snow shoe -- Indian saddle -- Miscellaneous inventions -- Basket Making -- Costumes -- Wampum -- Baby frame -- Diffusion of Indian arts -- Improvement of the Iroquois -- Language of the Iroquois -- Alphabet -- The noun -- Adjective -- Comparison -- Article -- Adverb -- Preposition -- Species of declension -- The verb -- Fulness of conjugation -- Formation of sentences -- The Lord’s Prayer -- Indian geography -- Method of bestowing names -- Central trail -- Its course -- Ko-ll-ne’-kä -- Highway of the continent -- Derivation of Niagara -- Ontario Trail -- Genesee Trail -- Conhocton Trail -- Susquehanna Trail -- Indian runners -- Iroquois Map -- Future destiny of the Indian -- His reclamation -- Schools of the missionaries -- The Christian party -- Schools of the state -- Future citizenship -- Their indebtedness to missionaries -- Rights of property -- Injustice of neglect -- System of superintendence -- Duty of the American people -- The Indian department -- Appendix A : Schedule explanatory of the Indian map -- Table exhibiting, in the Seneca dialect, the conjugation of the verb ge’-yase, “I shoot” -- Appendix B : Introduction -- Personal reminiscences, by Charles T. Porter -- Lewis H. Morgan -- Ely S. Parker -- Charles T. Porter, By Robert H. Thurston.