The Lenâpé and their Legends
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THE LENÂPÉ AND THEIR LEGENDS;
PREFACE.
CHAPTER I.
§ 1. The Algonkin Stock.
§ 2. The Iroquois Stock.
The Susquehannocks.
The Hurons.
The Cherokees.
The Susquehannocks.
The Hurons.
The Cherokees.
CHAPTER II.
The Confederated Tribes.
The Mohegans.
The Nanticokes.
The Conoys.
The Shawnees.
The Sapoonees.
The Assiwikales.
CHAPTER III
Derivation of Lenni Lenape.
The Lenape Sub-Tribes.
The Totemic Animals.
The New Jersey Lenape.
Political Constitution.
Agriculture and Food Resources.
House Building.
Manufactures.
Paints and Dyes.
Dogs.
Interments.
Computation of Time.
Pictographic Signs.
Record Sticks.
Moral and Mental Character.
Religious Beliefs.
Doctrine of the Soul.
The Native Priests.
Religious Ceremonies.
CHAPTER IV.
§ 1. Literature of the Lenape Tongue.
§ 2. General Remarks on the Lenape.
§ 3. Dialects of the Lenape.
§ 4. Special Structure of the Lenape.
CHAPTER V.
§ 1. The Lenape as "Women".
§ 2. Historic Migrations of the Lenape.
§ 3. Missionary Efforts in the Provinces of New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
CHAPTER VI.
Cosmogonical and Culture Myths.
National Traditions.
CHAPTER VII.
Rafinesque and his Writings.
History of the Walam Olum.
Discovery of the Walam Olum.
Was it a Forgery?
Phonetic System.
Metrical Form.
Pictographic System
Derivation of Walam Olum.
The MS. of the Walam Olum.
General Synopsis of the Walam Olum.
Synopsis of the separate parts.
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THE WALUM OLUM
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VOCABULARY.
APPENDIX.
AGOZHAGÀUTA. (page 14. Note.)
DIALECT OF THE NEW JERSEY LENAPE. (p. 46)
REV. ADAM GRUBE. (p. 84.)
EASTERN ORIGIN OF THE ALGONKINS. (pp. 12 and 145.)
INDEX OF SUBJECTS
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