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History, Manners, and Customs of the Indian Nations

by John Heckewelder

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  1. 1Publications of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. History, Ma…
  2. 2Introduction — By the Editor
  3. 3Dedication to Caspar Wistar, M.D., President of the American Philos…
  4. 4Introduction
  5. 5Part I — History, Manners, and Customs of the Indian Nations, Who O…
  6. 6Chapter II — Indian Account of the first arrival of the Dutch at Ne…
  7. 7Chapter III — Indian Relations of the conduct of the Europeans towa…
  8. 8Chapter IV — Subsequent fate of the Lenape and their kindred tribes
  9. 9Chapter V — The Iroquois
  10. 10Chapter VI — General character of the Indians
  11. 11Chapter VII — Government
  12. 12Chapter VIII — Education
  13. 13Chapter IX — Languages
  14. 14Chapter X — Signs and hieroglyphics
  15. 15Chapter XI — Oratory
  16. 16Chapter XII — Metaphorical expressions
  17. 17Chapter XIII — Indian names
  18. 18Chapter XIV — Intercourse with each other
  19. 19Chapter XV — Political manœuvres
  20. 20Chapter XVI — Marriage and treatment of their wives
  21. 21Chapter XVII — Respect for the aged
  22. 22Chapter XVIII — Pride and greatness of mind
  23. 23Chapter XIX — Wars and the causes which lead to them
  24. 24Chapter XX — Manner of surprising their enemies
  25. 25Chapter XXI — Peace messengers
  26. 26Chapter XXII — Treaties
  27. 27Chapter XXIII — General Observations of the Indians on the White Pe…
  28. 28Chapter XXIV — Food and cookery
  29. 29Chapter XXV — Dress, and ornamenting of their persons
  30. 30Chapter XXVI — Dances, songs, and sacrifices
  31. 31Chapter XXVII — Scalping — Whoops or Yells — Prisoners
  32. 32Chapter XXVIII — Bodily constitution and diseases
  33. 33Chapter XXIX — Remedies
  34. 34Chapter XXX — Physicians and surgeons
  35. 35Chapter XXXI — Doctors or jugglers
  36. 36Chapter XXXII — Superstition
  37. 37Chapter XXXIII — Initiation of boys
  38. 38Chapter XXXIV — Indian mythology
  39. 39Chapter XXXV — Insanity — Suicide
  40. 40Chapter XXXVI — Drunkenness
  41. 41Chapter XXXVII — Funerals
  42. 42Chapter XXXVIII — Friendship
  43. 43Chapter XXXIX — Preachers and prophets
  44. 44Chapter XL — Short Notice of the Indian Cheifs, Tamanend and Tadeus…
  45. 45Chapter XLI — Computation of Time — Astromical and Geographical Kno…
  46. 46Chapter XLII — General observations and anecdotes
  47. 47Chapter XLIII — Advice to travellers
  48. 48Chapter XLIV — The Indians and the whites compared
  49. 49Conclusion
  50. 50Part I
  51. 51Part II
  52. 52Introduction
  53. 53Correspondence — Respecting the Indian Languages — Letter I — Mr. D…
  54. 54Letter II — Dr. C. Wistar to Mr. Heckewelder
  55. 55Letter III — Mr. Heckewelder to Dr. Wistar
  56. 56Letter IV — From the Same to the Same
  57. 57Letter V — From Mr. Duponceau to Dr. Wistar
  58. 58Letter VI — From Dr. Wistar to Mr. Heckewelder
  59. 59Letter VII — Mr. Heckewelder to Mr. Duponceau
  60. 60Letter VIII — Mr. Duponceau to Mr. Heckewelder
  61. 61Letter IX — From the Same to the Same
  62. 62Letter X — Mr. Heckewelder to Mr. Duponceau
  63. 63Letter XI — From Mr. Heckewelder
  64. 64Letter XII — To Mr. Heckewelder
  65. 65Letter XIII — To Mr. Heckewelder
  66. 66Letter XIV — From Mr. Heckewelder
  67. 67Letter XV — From the Same
  68. 68Letter XVI — To Mr. Heckewelder
  69. 69Letter XVII — To the Same
  70. 70Letter XVIII — From Mr. Heckewelder
  71. 71Letter XIX — From the Same
  72. 72Letter XX — To Mr. Heckewelder
  73. 73Letter XXI — From Mr. Heckewelder
  74. 74Letter XXII — From the Same
  75. 75Letter XXIII — To Mr. Heckewelder
  76. 76Letter XXIV — From Mr. Heckewelder
  77. 77Letter XXV — To Mr. Heckewelder
  78. 78Letter XXVI — From Mr. Heckewelder
  79. 79Part II
  80. 80Part I — Part III — Words, Phrases, and Short Dialogues, in the Lan…

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