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Notes on the Iroquois

by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft

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  1. 1Senate Document, Twenty-Four
  2. 2State of New-York — No. 24 — In Senate, January 22 1846
  3. 3Report — Census of the Iroquois
  4. 4Supplementary Report — Of Henry R. Schoolcraft to the Secretary of…
  5. 5I. Historical and Ethnological Minutes — Made on Taking the Census…
  6. 6[B.] Ethnological Suggestions
  7. 7[C.] Indian Cosmogony
  8. 8[D.] Gleams of Their General Ancient History
  9. 9II — Origin and History of the Iroquois, as a distinct people
  10. 10[C.] Onondagas
  11. 11[D.] Cayugas
  12. 12[E.] History and Origin of the Senecas
  13. 13[F.] Tuscaroras
  14. 14[G.] Necariages
  15. 15[H.] St. Regis Colony, or Band
  16. 16III | Epoch and Principles of the Iroquois League
  17. 17[B.] Era of the Confederation
  18. 18[C.] Principles of the Iroquois Government
  19. 19[D.] Ancient Worship — Sacred Fire — The Sun a Symbol of Divine Int…
  20. 20[E.] Witchcraft
  21. 21[F.] Wife’s Right to Property
  22. 22IV — Archæology
  23. 23[C.] Antiquities of Pompey and Adjacent Parts of Onondaga County
  24. 24[D.] Ancient Fortification of Osco, at Auburn, Cayuga County
  25. 25[E.] Vestiges of an Ancient Elliptical Work at Canandaigua
  26. 26[C.] Ancient Entrenchments on Fort Hill, Near Le Roy, Genesee County
  27. 27[G.] Antique Rock Citadel of Kienuka, in Lewiston, Niagara County
  28. 28V — Ancient State of Indian Art
  29. 29VI — Relics of Aboriginal Art in Western New-York — [Antique Insign…
  30. 30Class First. Nabikoaguna
  31. 31Class Second — Medäeka
  32. 32Class Third — Attajeguna
  33. 33Class Fourth — Opoaguna
  34. 34Class Fifth — Minace
  35. 35Class Sixth — Peäga
  36. 36Class Seventh — Mudwämina
  37. 37Class Eighth — Otoauguna
  38. 38Class Ninth — Æs
  39. 39Class Tenth — Ochalis
  40. 40VII — Oral Traditions of the Iroquois — Historical and Symbolical
  41. 41[A.] Ancient Shipwreck of a Vessel From the Old World on the Coast
  42. 42[B.] Forays Into the Country of the Cherokees and Catawbas
  43. 43[C.] Exploit of Hi-a-de-o-ni
  44. 44[D.] Embassy of Peace to the Cherokees, and Daring Feat of a Seneca
  45. 45[E.] the Graveyard Serpent and Corn Giant
  46. 46[F.] Allusion to the Siege of Fort-Stanwix and the Battle of Oriskany
  47. 47[G.] Defeat of the Kah-Kwahs on Buffalo Creek
  48. 48[H.] Era of the Confederation
  49. 49[I.] Some Passages of the Traditions of Their Wars With Monsters, G…
  50. 50VIII — Topical Inquiries
  51. 51[C.] Who Were the Alleghans?
  52. 52[D.] War With the Kah Kwahs
  53. 53IX — Miscellaneous Traits — [A.] Infant Atotarho of the Onondaga
  54. 54[B.] Red Jacket and the Wyandot Claim to Supremacy
  55. 55[C.] Anecdote of Brant
  56. 56[D.] the County Clerk and the Wolf-Scalp
  57. 57X — Moral and Social Condition and Prospects
  58. 58Return
  59. 59Agricultural and Horticultural Statistics
  60. 60Deaf and Dumb, Idiots, Lunatics and Blind
  61. 61Appendix
  62. 62[C.] Reservations
  63. 63(B.) — Extracts From a Rough Diary of Notes by the Way
  64. 64Memoranda, New-York, July 1 — Antiquities of New-York
  65. 65Oneida Language
  66. 66Origin of the Oneidas
  67. 67Etymology
  68. 68Antique Corn Hills
  69. 69Onondaga Castle
  70. 70Onondaga. [Jackson’s.]
  71. 71Kasonda
  72. 72Tradition
  73. 73Tonewanda Res. [Winsor & Richards.] — Name of Senecas
  74. 74Cherokees
  75. 75Tonewanda
  76. 76Osteological Remains
  77. 77Present Means of Living on the Reservation
  78. 78Bones
  79. 79Opinion of a Chief of the Word Seneca
  80. 80Lewiston. [Frontier House.]
  81. 81Niagara Falls
  82. 82Buffalo
  83. 83Eries
  84. 84Mission Station, Buffalo Reservation
  85. 85Kah-Kwahs, Eries, Alleghans — Who Were They?
  86. 86Irving, Cattaraugus Creek
  87. 87Indians in Canada
  88. 88Horts’ Corners, Catt
  89. 89Cold Spring, Allegany River. [Sep. 3.]
  90. 90Napoli Centre
  91. 91Lodi
  92. 92Irving, Mouth of Cattaraugus
  93. 93Eighteen-Mile Creek — Buffalo
  94. 94Batavia — Auburn
  95. 95Syracuse
  96. 96Utica
  97. 97Mouth of the Norman’s Kill, or Tawasentha, Albany
  98. 98New-York
  99. 99Indian Election
  100. 100Sketches of an Indian Council
  101. 101(C.) — Letter From J. V. H. Clark to Henry R. Schoolcraft
  102. 102(D.) — Letter From Mr. Cusick to Henry R. Schoolcraft
  103. 103Account of the Settlement of North America
  104. 104Origin of the Five Nations
  105. 105(E.) — Letter From S. A. Goodwin to Henry R. Schoolcraft
  106. 106(F.) — Letter From Frederick Follet to Henry R. Schoolcraft
  107. 107(G.) — Letter From C. Dewey to Henry R. Schoolcraft
  108. 108(H.) — Letter From Rev. Gilbert Rockwood to Henry R. Schoolcraft
  109. 109Vocabulary of the Tuscarora, From William Chew, Written Out and Tra…
  110. 110Tuscarora
  111. 111Inquiries
  112. 112(I.) — Letter From Rev. Asher Bliss to Henry R. Schoolcraft
  113. 113(K.) — Letter From Rev. William Hall to Henry R. Schoolcraft
  114. 114(L.) — Letter From Rev. Wm. McMurray to H. R. Schoolcraft
  115. 115Mohawk
  116. 116Cayuga
  117. 117(M.) — Letter From Mr. Richard U. Shearman to Henry R. Schoolcraft
  118. 118Oneida
  119. 119(N.) — Letter From Mr. D. E. Walker to Henry R. Schoolcraft
  120. 120(O.) — Letter From H. C. van Schaack, Esq. to Henry R. Schoolcraft
  121. 121(P.) — Letter From L. T. Morgan, Esq., to H. R. Schoolcraft

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