![]() ![]() There is also a great deal of prejudice, the consequence of this ignorance, and the consequence of the representations of our forefathers, Those who only take up such books as may be held in the hand, sittingīy the fire, still remain very ignorant of the inhabitants who peopled the forests,īefore the Saxon set his foot upon our shore. In ponderous tomes for State and College libraries, and quite inaccessible to the The Antiquarian, the Historian, and the Scholar, have been a long time studying IndianĬharacter, and have given us plenty of information concerning Indians, but it is all The Indians are a very interesting people, whether I have made an interesting book But to those who are willing to listen, I will say, that Preface to see what reason I can render for this seeming folly. To these I can answer nothing, for they will not proceed as far as my Those who know nothing concerning them, a whole book about Indians will seem a very ![]() This will probably be the exclamation of many who glance at my title-page, for to “A book about Indians,-who cares any thing about them?” The Future of the North American Indian, 284 Speech of Gayashuta, addressed to the Society of Friends, Refinement and Sensibility in Indian Character, Illustrated in the Life of Logan, 237 Indian Magnanimity Illustrated by the life of cornplanter, 220 Sarcasm and Sagacity-Red Jacket, or Sa-go-ye-wat-ha, 174ĭignity of Character among the Iroquois, Illustrated by the life of Farmer’s Brother Legend of the Jo-go-o, or Pigmies destroying the Monster Buffaloes,Ī Captive’s Life among Indians, Illustrated by the Life of “The White Woman,” 136Įloquence among the Iroquois-Red Jacket, or Sa-go-ye-wat-ha, 158 National Government or, Long House of the Iroquois League, 32Ĭustoms and Individual traits of Character, 67 In behalf of the Indian, to whom each name is dear as father, protector and friend,Īnd as a testimony of her own reverence and grateful affection, this slight tribute The designs of each being cordially approved and forwarded by the other, and their Wandered through the scenes of their labors, I have found them to have been fellow-laborers, Have been necessarily silent and unseen, except by his friends, and those who were the recipients of the blessings he has so munificently scattered but having In his official capacity and as an author, are well known, while those of the other The best interests of Indians of every name and race. Most private walks, but they have been ever intimately associated in efforts for promoting The one wasįor many years conspicuous as a public man, and the other has been seen only in the The Society whose members are so eminently the missionaries of peace. Of the first indicates that he has been on the war-path, while the other belongs to Those whose names I have heard most frequently, as friends of the red man. Without their knowledge, I presume to dedicate my first volume of Indian History to ![]()
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