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American Indians

by Starr Frederick

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The Project Gutenberg EBook of American Indians by Frederick Starr

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American Indians

By

Frederick Starr

D. C. Heath & Co., Publishers

Boston, New York, Chicago

1898

Contents

  • Preface.
  • I. Some General Facts About Indians.
  • II. Houses.
  • III. Dress.
  • IV. The Baby And Child.
  • V. Stories Of Indians.
  • VI. War.
  • VII. Hunting And Fishing.
  • VIII. The Camp-Fire.
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tag="{http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml}a">IX. Sign Language On The Plains.
  • X. Picture Writing.
  • XI. Money.
  • XII. Medicine Men And Secret Societies.
  • XIII. Dances And Ceremonials.
  • XIV. Burial And Graves.
  • XV. Mounds And Their Builders.
  • XVI. The Algonkins.
  • XVII. The Six Nations.
  • XVIII. Story Of Mary Jemison.
  • XIX. The Creeks.
  • XX. The Pani.
  • XXI. The Cherokees.
  • XXII. George Catlin And His Work.
  • XXIII. The Sun Dance.
  • XXIV. The Pueblos.
  • XXV. The Snake Dance.
  • XXVI. Cliff Dwellings And Ruins Of The Southwest.
  • XXVII. Tribes Of The Northwest Coast.
  • XXVIII. Some Raven Stories.
  • XXIX. Totem Posts.
  • XXX. Indians Of California.
  • XXXI. The Aztecs.
  • XXXII. The Mayas And The Ruined Cities
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    Of Yucatan And Central America.
  • XXXIII. Conclusion.
  • Glossary Of Indian And Other Foreign Words Which May Not Readily Be Found In The English Dictionary.
  • Index.
  • Footnotes