An edition of Communication from the Secretary of State, transmitting the report of Mr. Schoolcraft, one of the agents appointed to take the census or enumeration of Indians, &c
(1846)
Communication from the Secretary of State, transmitting the report of Mr. Schoolcraft, one of the agents appointed to take the census or enumeration of Indians, &c
by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft
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Communication from the Secretary of State, transmitting the report of Mr. Schoolcraft, one of the agents appointed to take the census or enumeration of Indians, &c
1846, [publisher not identified]
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Table of Contents
Historical and ethnological minutes. Sketch of the Iroquois groups of aboriginal tribes ; Ethnological suggestions ; Indian cosmogony ; Gleams of their ancient general history
Origins and history of the Iroquois, as a distinct people. Mohawks ; Oneidas and the Oneida stone ; Onondagas ; Cayugas ; Senecas and their origin ; Tuscaroras, and their flight from North Carolina ; Necariages ; St. Regis colony
Epoch and principles of the Iroquois League. Considerations ; Era of the confederacy ; Principles of their government and totemic bond ; Ancient worship and system of astronomy ; Witchcraft, its theory and practical evils ; Wife's right to property, limited nature of marriage contract
Archæology. Vestiges of an ancient French fort in Lenox ; Ancient site of the Onondagas at Kasonda ; Antiquities of Pompey, Camillus, &c. ; Ancient fort of Osco at Auburn ; Vestiges of an ancient elliptical work at Canandaigua ; Fort-Hill, Genessee county ; Rock-citadel of Kienuka, in Niagara county ; Circular fort at Deoseowa, Erie county
Ancient state of Indian art
Relics of Aboriginal art in western New-York. Class 1, Nabikoagunä (medals) ; Class 2, Medäekä (amulets) ; Class 3, Attejgunä (implements of art) ; Class 4, Opoagunä (pipes) ; Class 5, Minäce (beads) ; Class 6, Peägä (wampums) ; Class 7, Mudwämina (jingling dress ornaments ; Class 8, Otoaugunä (ear jewels) ; Class 9, Æs (shells) ; Class 10, Ochalis (nose jewels)
Oral traditions of the Iroquois, historical and symbolic. Ancient shipwreck of a vessel on the coast ; Forays into the Cherokee and Cataba country ; Exploit of Hiadeoni ; Seneca embassy of peace to the Cherokees, and exploit of Awl ; Grave-yard serpent and corn giant ; Allusion to the siege of Fort Stanwix and battle of Oriskary ; Defeat of the Kah-Kwahs ; Epoch of the confederacy ; Some passages of their wars with monsters and giants
Topical inquiries. Who were the Eries? ; Building of the first vessel on the upper lakes ; Who were the Alleghans? ; War with the Kah-Kwahs and their retreat down the Allegany
Miscellaneous traits. Infant Atotarho ; Read Jacket and the Wyandot and Delaware claim to supremace ; Brant and the Buffalo church ; The county clerk and the wolf scalp ; Specimen of Iroquois picture writing
Moral and social condition and prospects
Abstract of census returns
Deaf and dumb, idiots, lunatics and blind.
Edition Notes
Caption title.
At head of title: State of New York, No. 24, In Senate, January 22, 1846.
Also pub. under title: Notes on the Iroquois, or, Contributions to the statistics, aboriginal history, antiquities and general ethnology of western New York.
Reproduction of the original from the Bruce Peel Special Collections Library, University of Alberta.
Includes bibliographical references.
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