The Indian Tribes Of The Upper Mississippi Valley And Region Of The Great Lakes V1
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing, LLC
Published: May 5, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 376
ISBN-13: 9781425495237
Subjects: Native American; History / Native American; History; History - General History; History: World
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”.