The History of the American Indians Particularly those Nations Adjoining to the Mississippi, East and West Florida, Georgia, South and North Carolina, and Virginia
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- PREFACE
- Contents
- A History of the North American Indians, their customs, & c. Observations on their colour, shape, temper, and dress
- Observations on the origin and descent of the Indians
- Argument I Their division into tribes
- Argument II Their worship of Jehovab
- Argument III Their notions of a theocracy
- Argument IV Their belief in the ministration of angels
- Argument V Their language and dialects
- Argument VI Their manner of counting time
- Argument VII Their prophets and high priests
- Argument VIII Their festivals, fasts, and religious rites
- Argument IX Their daily sacrifice
- Argument X Their ablutions and anointings
- Argument XI Their laws of uncleanness
- Argument XII Their abstinence from unclean things
- Argument XIII Their marriages, divorces, and punishment of adultery
- Argument XIV Their several punishments
- Argument XV Their cities of refuge
- Argument XVI Their purifications, and ceremonies preparatory to war
- Argument XVII Their ornaments
- Argument XVIII Their manner of curing the sick
- Argument XIX Their burial of the dead
- Argument XX Their mourning for their dead
- Argument XXI Their raising seed to a deceased brother
- Argument XXII Their choice of names adapted to their circumstances and the times
- Argument XXIII Their own traditions, the accounts of our English writers, and the testimonies which the Spanish and other authors have given, concerning the primitive inhabitants of Peru and Mexico
- An Account of the Katahba, Cheerake, Muskoghe or Creeks, Choktab, and Chikkasah Nations: with occasional remarks on their Laws, and the Conduct of our Governors, Superintendents, Missionaries, &c
- General Observations on the North-American Indians
- APPENDIX
Argument XXIII - Their own traditions, the accounts of our English writers, and the testimonies which the Spanish and other authors have given, concerning the primitive inhabitants of Peru and Mexico
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 October 2014
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- PREFACE
- Contents
- A History of the North American Indians, their customs, & c. Observations on their colour, shape, temper, and dress
- Observations on the origin and descent of the Indians
- Argument I Their division into tribes
- Argument II Their worship of Jehovab
- Argument III Their notions of a theocracy
- Argument IV Their belief in the ministration of angels
- Argument V Their language and dialects
- Argument VI Their manner of counting time
- Argument VII Their prophets and high priests
- Argument VIII Their festivals, fasts, and religious rites
- Argument IX Their daily sacrifice
- Argument X Their ablutions and anointings
- Argument XI Their laws of uncleanness
- Argument XII Their abstinence from unclean things
- Argument XIII Their marriages, divorces, and punishment of adultery
- Argument XIV Their several punishments
- Argument XV Their cities of refuge
- Argument XVI Their purifications, and ceremonies preparatory to war
- Argument XVII Their ornaments
- Argument XVIII Their manner of curing the sick
- Argument XIX Their burial of the dead
- Argument XX Their mourning for their dead
- Argument XXI Their raising seed to a deceased brother
- Argument XXII Their choice of names adapted to their circumstances and the times
- Argument XXIII Their own traditions, the accounts of our English writers, and the testimonies which the Spanish and other authors have given, concerning the primitive inhabitants of Peru and Mexico
- An Account of the Katahba, Cheerake, Muskoghe or Creeks, Choktab, and Chikkasah Nations: with occasional remarks on their Laws, and the Conduct of our Governors, Superintendents, Missionaries, &c
- General Observations on the North-American Indians
- APPENDIX
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- The History of the American IndiansParticularly those Nations Adjoining to the Mississippi, East and West Florida, Georgia, South and North Carolina, and Virginia, pp. 194 - 220Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2013First published in: 1775