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Western Scenes and Reminiscences Together with Thrilling Legends and Traditions of the Red Men of the Forest

By Henry Rowe Schoolcraft

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WESTERN SCENES AND REMINISCENCES: TOGETHER WITH THRILLING LEGENDS AND TRADITIONS OF THE RED MEN OF THE FOREST.
TO WHICH IS ADDED SEVERAL NARRATIVES OF ADVENTURES AMONG THE INDIANS.
CONTENTS.
PERSONAL REMINISCENCES.
SCENES AND ADVENTURES IN THE OZARK MOUNTAINS. A. D. 1818 AND 1819.
- PRELIMINARY REMARKS.
- CHAPTER I.
- CHAPTER II.
- CHAPTER III.
- CHAPTER IV.
- THE BIRD.
  - PERSONAL INCIDENTS AND IMPRESSIONS OF THE INDIAN RACE, DRAWN FROM NOTES OF TRAVEL AND RESIDENCE IN THEIR TERRITORIES.
- PERSONAL INCIDENTS AND IMPRESSIONS OF THE INDIAN RACE, DRAWN FROM NOTES OF TRAVEL AND RESIDENCE IN THEIR TERRITORIES.
- CHARACTER OF THE RED MAN OF AMERICA.
  - PERSONAL INCIDENTS AND IMPRESSIONS OF THE RED RACE, DRAWN FROM NOTES OF RESIDENCE AND TRAVEL IN THE INDIAN TERRITORIES.
- PERSONAL INCIDENTS AND IMPRESSIONS OF THE RED RACE, DRAWN FROM NOTES OF RESIDENCE AND TRAVEL IN THE INDIAN TERRITORIES.
- DOMESTIC CONDITION OF THE TRIBES AND CONSTITUTION OF THE INDIAN FAMILY.
- THE MANITO TREE.
TALES OF A WIGWAM.
- THE WHITE STONE CANOE.
- THE LYNX AND THE HARE.
- THE WORSHIP OF THE SUN.
- SHINGEBISS.
- EARLY INDIAN BIOGRAPHY.
- THE SAUSTAWRAYTSEES, OR THE ORIGIN OF THE WYANDOT AND SENECA TRIBES.
- EARLY SKETCHES OF INDIAN WOMEN.
- WASBASHAS; OR, THE TRIBE THAT GREW OUT OF A SHELL.
- THE BOY WHO SET A SNARE FOR THE SUN; OR THE ORIGIN OF THE KUG-E-BEENG-WA-KWA,[5] OR DORMOUSE.
- AMPATA SAPA; OR, THE FIRST-WIFE.
- MUKAKEE MINDEMOEA; OR, THE TOAD-WOMAN.
- THE FLIGHT OF THE SHAWNEES FROM THE SOUTH.
- BOSH-KWA-DOSH, OR THE QUADRUPED WITH THE HAIR BLOWN OFF ITS SKIN.
- MÄSH-KWA-SHA-KWONG, OR THE TRADITIONARY STORY OF THE RED HEAD AND HIS TWO SONS.
- WA-WA-BE-ZO-WIN, OR THE SWING ON THE LAKE SHORE.
- TAKOZID, OR THE SHORT-FOOT.
- MACHINITO, THE EVIL SPIRIT;
- REPOSE OF THE SOUL.
- THE LITTLE SPIRIT, OR BOY-MAN,
- AINGODON AND NAYWADAHA.
SKETCHES OF THE LIVES OF NOTED RED MEN AND WOMEN WHO HAVE APPEARED ON THE WESTERN CONTINENT.
- WABOJEEG, OR THE WHITE FISHER.
- MODE OF WRITING AN INDIAN LANGUAGE.
SKETCHES OF THE LIVES OF NOTED RED MEN AND WOMEN, WHO HAVE APPEARED ON THE WESTERN CONTINENT.
- BRANT, RED JACKET, UNCAS, MIONTONIMO.
- THE RABID WOLF.
- MOOWIS, OR THE MAN MADE UP OF RAGS AND DIRT.
- THE LONE LIGHTNING.
SKETCHES OF THE LIVES OF NOTED RED MEN AND WOMEN WHO HAVE APPEARED ON THE WESTERN CONTINENT.
- CONFESSIONS OF CATHERINE OGEE WYAN AKWUT OKWA; OR THE WOMAN OF THE BLUE-ROBED CLOUD, THE PROPHETESS OF CHEGOIMEGON.
- RULING CHIEF OF THE MIAMIS.
- THE MAGICIAN OF LAKE HURON.
- CORN-PLANTING, AND ITS INCIDENTS.
- TO HEALTH.
- DOMESTIC AND SOCIAL MANNERS OF THE INDIANS, WHILE ON THEIR WINTERING GROUNDS.
- PUGASAING; OR, THE GAME OF THE BOWL.
- REVERENCE AND AFFECTION FOR PARENTS.
- ANDAIG WEOS, OR CROWS-FLESH.
ORIGIN AND HISTORY OF THE RACE.
- WYANDOT TRADITIONS OF THE CREATION, AND OTHER EPOCHS.
- SUPPLEMENTARY QUESTIONS TO THE INTERPRETER.
- TRADITIONS OF THE ARCTIDÉS.
- HISTORICAL TRADITIONS OF THE CHIPPEWAS, ODJIBWAS, OR ODJIBWA-ALGONQUINS.
- MYTHOLOGY, SUPERSTITIONS, AND RELIGION OF THE ALGONQUINS.
- INDIAN ARROW HEADS, &c.
- INDIAN MUSIC, SONGS, AND POETRY.
- CHANT TO THE FIRE-FLY.
ETHNOLOGY.
- ADVERTISEMENT.
LANGUAGE.
- LECTURES ON THE GRAMMATICAL STRUCTURE OF THE INDIAN LANGUAGE.
- CHRONOLOGY.
- THE ERA OF THE ARRIVAL OF THE FRENCH IN THE UPPER LAKES.
- SHINGABA-WOSSINS, OR IMAGE STONES.
- MNEMONIC SYMBOLS OF THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS.
- GRAVE CREEK MOUND.
- NAMES OF THE AMERICAN LAKES.
- GEOGRAPHICAL TERMINOLOGY OF THE U. STATES, DERIVED FROM THE INDIAN LANGUAGE.
- NAMES OF THE SEASONS.
- LETTERS ON THE ANTIQUITIES OF THE WESTERN COUNTRY, ADDRESSED TO THE LATE WILLIAM L. STONE, EDITOR OF THE NEW YORK COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER.
- ERA OF THE SETTLEMENT OF DETROIT, AND THE STRAITS BETWEEN LAKES ERIE AND HURON.
- THE CHOCTAW INDIANS.
- A SYNOPSIS OF CARTIER’S VOYAGES OF DISCOVERY AT NORTH AMERICA.
- THE INFLUENCE OF ARDENT SPIRITS ON THE CONDITION OF THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS.
- VENERABLE INDIAN CHIEF.
- FATE OF THE RED RACE IN AMERICA:
- NURSERY AND CRADLE SONGS OF THE FOREST.
- LANGUAGES OF THE PACIFIC ISLANDS.
- EARLY SKETCHES OF INDIAN WOMEN.
- PAWNEE BARBARITY.
- “THE LOON UPON THE LAKE.”
- TO A BIRD, SEEN UNDER MY WINDOW IN THE GARDEN.
- ODJIBWA SONG.
- NIAGARA, AN ALLEGORY.
- A PSALM.
- TRADITIONARY WAR SONGS OF THE ODJIBWA ALGONQUINS.
APPENDIX
- NARRATIVE OF THE CAPTIVITY OF ALEXANDER HENRY, Esq.
- NARRATIVE OF THE CAPTIVITY OF FRANCES NOBLE.
- NARRATIVE OF THE CAPTIVITY OF QUINTIN STOCKWELL.
- NARRATIVE OF THE CAPTIVITY OF PETER WILLIAMSON.
- NARRATIVE OF THE CAPTIVITY OF JONATHAN CARVER.
- NARRATIVE OF THE CAPTIVITY OF MRS. SCOTT.