CONTENTS


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[Introduction,] 11


[CHAPTER I.]

Cofachiqui, The Indian Princess, 21

[
CHAPTER II.]

Powhatan, or Wah-Un-So-Na-Cook, 41


[CHAPTER III.]

Massasoit, The Friend of the Puritans, 65


[CHAPTER IV.]

King Philip, or Metacomet, The Last of the Wampanoaghs, 85


[CHAPTER V.]

Pontiac, The Red Napoleon, Head Chief of the Ottawas and Organizer of the First Great Indian Confederation,
121


[CHAPTER VI.]

Logan, or Tal-Ga-Yee-Ta, The Cayuga (Mingo) Chief, Orator and Friend of the White Man. Also a Brief Sketch of Cornstalk,
173


[CHAPTER VII.]

Captain Joseph Brant, or Thay-En-Da-Ne-Gea, Principal Sachem of the Mohawks and Head Chief of the Iroquois Confederation,
191


[CHAPTER VIII.]

Red Jacket, or Sa-Go-Ye-Wat-Ha, "The Keeper Awake." The Indian Demosthenes, Chief of the Senecas,
237


[CHAPTER IX.]

Little Turtle, or Michikiniqua, War Chief of the Miamis, and Conqueror of Harmar and St. Clair,
283


[CHAPTER X.]

Tecumseh, or "The Shooting Star," Famous War-chief of the Shawnees, Organizer of the Second Great Indian Confederation and General in the British Army in the War of 1812,
317


[CHAPTER XI.]

Black Hawk, or Ma-Ka-Tai-Me-She-Kia-Kiak, and His War, 363


[CHAPTER XII.]

Shabbona, or Built Like a Bear, The White Man's Friend, a Celebrated Pottawatomie Chief,
401


[CHAPTER XIII.]

Sitting Bull, or Tatanka Yotanka, The Great Sioux Chief and Medicine Man,
443


[CHAPTER XIV.]

Chief Joseph, of the Nez Perces, or Hin-Mah-Too-Yah-Lat-Kekt, Thunder Rolling in the Mountains, The Modern Xenophon,
497


[CHAPTER XV.]

Geronimo, or Go-Yat-Thlay, The Yawner, The Renowned Apache Chief and Medicine Man,
529


[CHAPTER XVI.]

Quanah Parker, Head Chief of the Comanches, With, an Account of the Captivity of His Mother, Cynthia Anne Parker, Known as "The White Comanche,"
563


[CHAPTER XVII.]

A Sheaf of Good Indian Stories From History, 589


[CHAPTER XVIII.]

Indian Anecdotes and Incidents, Humorous and Otherwise, 673


[CHAPTER XIX.]

Whence Came the Aborigines of America? 721