CONTENTS.

INTRODUCTION,[i]
The Author sets out from Boston on his Travels,[17]
Description of Fort Michillimackinac,[18]
Description of Fort Le Bay,[21]
Description of the Green Bay,[26]
Description of Lake Michigan,[28]
Arrives at the Town of the Winnebagoes,[32]
Excursion of the Winnebagoes towards the Spanish Settlements,[35]
Description of the Winnebago Lake,[37]
Instance of Resolution of an Indian Woman,[40]
Description of the Fox River,[41]
Remarkable Story of a Rattle Snake,[43]
The great Town of the Saukies,[46]
Upper Town of the Ottagaumies,[48]
Description of the Ouisconsin River,[ib.]
Lower Town of the Ottagaumies, or La Prairie Le Chien,[50]
An Attack by some Indian Plunderers,[51]
Description of the Mississippi from the Mouth of the Ouisconsin to Lake Pepin,[54]
Description of Lake Pepin,[55]
Remarkable Ruins of an ancient Fortification,[57]
The River Bands of the Naudowessie Indians,[59]
Adventure with a Party of these, and some of the Chipéways,[60]
Description of a remarkable Cave,[63]
Uncommon Behaviour of the Prince of the Winnebagoes at the Falls of St. Anthony,[66]
Description of the Falls,[69]
Extent of the Author’s Travels,[71]
Description of the River St. Pierre,[74]
Sources of the Four great Rivers of North America,[76]
Reflections on their Affinity,[77]
The Naudowessies of the Plains, with whom the Author wintered in the Year 1766,[80]
The Author returns to the Mouth of the River St. Pierre,[84]
Account of a violent Thunder-storm,[85]
Speech made by the Author in a Council held by the Naudowessies at the great Cave,[86]
Adventure with a Party of Indians near Lake Pepin,[95]
Description of the Country adjacent to the River St. Pierre,[100]
Account of different Clays found near the Marble River,[101]
Description of the Chipéway River,[102]
Extraordinary Effects of a Hurricane,[103]
The Author arrives at the Grand Portage on the North-west Borders of Lake Superior,[107]
Account of the Lakes lying farther to the North-west: Lake Bourbon, Lake Winnepeek, Lake Du Bois, Lake La Pluye, Red Lake, &c.[ib.]
Account of a Nation of Indians supposed to have been tributary to the Mexican Kings,[118]
Account of the shining Mountains,[121]
A singular Prediction of the Chief Priest of the Killistinoes verified,[123]
Description of Lake Superior,[132]
Story of the two Chipéways landing on the Island of Mauropas,[135]
Account of great Quantities of Copper Ore,[139]
Description of the Falls of St. Marie,[142]
Account of Lake Huron,[144]
Account of Saganaum and Thunder Bays,[145]
Extraordinary Phænomenon in the Straights of Michillimackinac,[146]
Description of Lake St. Claire,[150]
Description of the River, Town, and Fort of Detroit,[153]
Remarkable Rain at Detroit,[153]
Attack of Fort Detroit by Pontiac,[154]
Description of Lake Erie,[166]
Description of the River and Falls of Niagara,[169]
Description of Lake Ontario,[170]
Description of the Oniada Lake, Lake Champlain, and Lake George,[172]
Account of a Tract of Land granted to Sir Ferdinando Gorges, and Captain John Mason,[173]
The Author’s Motives for undertaking his Travels,[177]
CHAP. I.
The Origin of the Indians,[181]
Sentiments of various Writers on this Point,[182]
Sentiments of Monsieur Charlevoix,[192]
Sentiments of James Adair, Esq;[202]
Sentiments of the Author of this Work,[208]
Corroboration of the latter by Doctor Robertson[216]
CHAP. II.
Of the Persons, Dress, &c. of the Indians,[219]
An Account of those who have written on this Subject,[220]
Description of the Persons of the Indians,[223]
Description of their Dress,[225]
Description of the Dress of the Ottagaumies, with a Plate,[229]
Description of the Dress of the Naudowessies, with Ditto,[230]
The Manner in which they build their Tents and Huts,[231]
Their domestic Utensils,[233]
CHAP. III.
Of the Manners, Qualifications, &c. of the Indians,[235]
Peculiar Customs of the Women,[236]
The circumspect and stoical Disposition of the Men,[237]
Their amazing Sagacity,[241]
Remarkable Story of one of the Naudowessie Women,[245]
The Liberality of the Indians, and their Opinion respecting Money,[247]
CHAP. IV.
Their Method of reckoning Time, &c.[250]
The Names by which they distinguish the Months,[251]
Their Idea of the Use of Figures,[253]
CHAP. V.
Of their Government, &c.[255]
Their Division into Tribes,[ib.]
The Chiefs of their Bands,[257]
The Members that compose their Councils,[259]
CHAP. VI.
Of their Feasts,[262]
Their usual Food,[263]
Their Manner of dressing and eating their Victuals,[264]
CHAP. VII.
Of their Dances,[266]
The Manner in which they dance,[267]
The Pipe or Calumate Dance,[268]
The War Dance,[269]
The Pawwaw Dance,[270]
An uncommon Admission into a Society, among the Naudowessies,[272]
The Dance of the Indians on the Banks of the Mississippi, referred to in the Journal,[279]
The Dance of the Sacrifice,[282]
CHAP. VIII.
Of their Hunting,[283]
Their Preparation before they set out,[285]
Their Manner of hunting the Bear,[286]
Their Manner of hunting the Buffalo, Deer, &c.[287]
Their Manner of hunting the Beaver,[289]
CHAP. IX.
Of their Manner of making War, &c.[293]
The Indian Weapons, with a Plate,[296]
Their Motives of making War,[297]
Preparations before they take the Field,[301]
The Manner in which they solicit other Nations to become their Auxiliaries,[305]
Their Manner of declaring War,[307]
Their Method of engaging their Enemies,[310]
An Instance of the Efficacy of it in the Defeat of General Braddock,[311]
A Detail of the Massacre at Fort William-Henry in the Year 1757,[313]
Acuteness and Alacrity of the Indians in pursuing their Enemies,[327]
Their Manner of Scalping,[328]
The Manner in which they retreat and carry off their Prisoners,[330]
A remarkable Instance of Heroism in a Female Prisoner,[332]
Treatment of their Prisoners,[335]
The Origin of their selling Slaves,[346]
CHAP. X.
Of their Manner of making Peace, &c.[351]
Account of an Engagement between the Iroquois and the Ottagaumies and Saukies,[352]
Manner in which they conduct a Treaty of Peace,[358]
Description of the Pipe of Peace,[359]
Description of the Belts of Wampum,[362]
CHAP. XI.
Of their Games,[363]
The Game of the Ball,[364]
The Game of the Bowl or Platter,[365]
CHAP. XII.
Of their Marriage Ceremonies,[367]
The Manner in which the Tribes near Canada celebrate their Marriages,[369]
The Form of Marriage among the Naudowessies,[373]
Their Manner of carrying on an Intrigue,[375]
Of the Indian Names,[378]
CHAP. XIII.
Of their Religion,[380]
Their Ideas of a Supreme Being,[381]
Their Ideas of a future State,[383]
Of their Priests,[384]
The Sentiments of Others on the religious Principles of the Indians opposed,[386]
CHAP. XIV.
Of their Diseases, &c.[389]
The Complaints to which they are chiefly subject,[ib.]
The Manner in which they construct their Sweating Stoves,[390]
The Methods in which they treat their Diseases,[391]
An extraordinary Instance of the Judgment of an Indian Woman in a desperate Case,[395]
CHAP. XV.
The Manner in which they treat their Dead,[398]
A Specimen of their Funeral Harangues,[399]
Their Method of burying the Dead,[401]
A singular Instance of parental Affection in a Naudowessie Woman,[403]
CHAP. XVI.
A concise Character of the Indians,[408]
Their personal and mental Qualifications,[409]
Their public Character as Members of a Community,[411]
CHAP. XVII.
Of their Language, Hieroglyphicks, &c.[414]
Of the Chipéway Tongue,[416]
Descriptive Specimen of their Hieroglyphicks,[417]
Vocabulary of the Chipéway Language,[420]
Vocabulary of the Naudowessie Language,[433]
CHAP. XVIII.
Of the Beasts, Birds, Fishes, Reptiles, and Insects, which are found in the Interior Parts of North America,[441]
BEASTS.
The Tyger. The Bear,[442]
The Wolf. The Fox,[444]
Dogs. The Cat of the Mountain. The Buffalo,[445]
The Deer,[446]
The Elk,[447]
The Moose,[448]
The Carrabou,[449]
The Carcajou. The Skunk,[450]
The Porcupine,[453]
The Woodchuck. The Racoon,[454]
The Martin. The Musquash,[455]
Squirrels,[456]
The Beaver,[457]
The Otter,[464]
The Mink,[465]
BIRDS.
The Eagle. The Night Hawk,[466]
The Fish Hawk,[467]
The Whipperwill,[468]
The Owl. The Crane. Ducks,[469]
The Teal. The Loon,[470]
The Partridge. The Woodpecker. The Wood Pigeon,[471]
The Blue Jay. The Wakon Bird,[472]
The Blackbird,[473]
The Redbird,[474]
The Whetsaw. The King Bird. The Humming Bird,[475]
FISHES.
The Sturgeon,[477]
The Cat Fish. The Carp. The Chub,[478]
SERPENTS.
The Rattle Snake,[479]
The Long Black Snake,[485]
The Striped or Garter Snake. The Water Snake. The Hissing Snake. The Green Snake. The Thorn-tail Snake,[486]
The Speckled Snake. The Ring Snake. The Two-headed Snake,[487]
The Tortoise or Land Turtle,[488]
LIZARDS.
The Swift Lizard. The Slow Lizard. The Tree Toad,[488, 489]
INSECTS.
The Silk Worm,[490]
The Tobacco Worm. The Bee. The Lightning Bug or Fire Fly,[491]
The Water Bug. The Horned Bug. The Locust,[493]
CHAP. XIX.
Of the Trees, Shrubs, Roots, Herbs, Flowers,[494]
TREES.
The Oak,[495]
The Pine Tree. The Maple,[496]
The Ash,[497]
The Hemlock Tree,[498]
The Bass or White Wood. The Wickopick or Suckwick. The Button Wood,[499]
NUT TREES.
The Butter or Oil Nut,[500]
The Beech Nut. The Pecan Nut,[501]
The Hickory,[502]
FRUIT TREES.
The Vine. The Mulberry Tree. The Crab Apple Tree. The Plum Tree,[503]
The Cherry Tree,[504]
The Sweet Gum Tree,[505]
SHRUBS.
The Willow. Shin Wood,[506]
The Sassafras. The Prickly Ash,[507]
The Moose Wood. The Spoon Wood. The Elder,[508]
The Shrub Oak. The Witch Hazle,[509]
The Myrtle Wax Tree. Winter Green,[510]
The Fever Bush. The Cranberry Bush,[511]
The Choak Berry,[512]
ROOTS and PLANTS.
Spikenard. Sarsaparilla,[513]
Ginsang. Gold Thread,[514]
Solomon’s Seal. Devil’s Bit,[515]
Blood Root,[516]
HERBS.
Sanicle. Rattle Snake Plantain,[517]
Poor Robin’s Plantain. Toad Plantain. Rock Liverwort. Gargit or Skoke.[518]
Skunk Cabbage or Poke,[519]
Wake Robin. Wild Indico. Cat Mint,[520]
FLOWERS,[521]
FARINACEOUS and LEGUMINOUS ROOTS, &c.
Maize or Indian Corn,[522]
Wild Rice,[523]
Beans. The Squash,[526]
APPENDIX.
The Probability of the interior Parts of North America becoming Commercial Colonies,[527]
The Means by which this might be effected,[529]
Tracts of Land pointed out, on which Colonies may be established with the greatest Advantage,[531]
Dissertation on the Discovery of a North-west Passage,[539]
The most certain Way of attaining it,[540]
Plan proposed by Richard Whitworth, Esq. for making an Attempt from a Quarter hitherto unexplored,[441]
The Reason of its being postponed,[543]

A
New Map
of
North
America
From the
Latest Discoveries
1778
Engrav’d for Carver’s
Travels