Early home.—Wanderings in the Mississippi Basin.—Present location.—Origin of name.—Meaning of word "Dakota."—Pantomime.—Divisions of nation.—Relation of chief to people.—Disposition of bodies of the dead.—Eagle Eye and Scarlet Dove.—Slavery of women.—Vanity of men.—Language of the feather.—Decoration of the person.—Plural marriage.—Story of Anepetusa.—Belief in four souls.—A typical prayer.—Omens.—Worship.—Animals in Dakota theology.—O-an-tay-hee.—The creation.—Hay-o-kah.—Taku-shkan-shkan.—Wa-keen-yan.—Unk-tay-he.—Chah-o-ter-dah.—Whitte-kah-gah.—Wa-hun-de-dan.—Fairies.—Giants.—Giant's party.—Feasts.—The Wa-keen.—Initiation of the medicine men.—War parties.—War Dance.— Sun Dance.—Moral code.—Degree of manhood.— Incidents in the Life of Ta-ton-ka-I-o-ton-ka.—Spotted Tail and Red Cloud.—Betrothal and death of daughter of Spotted Tail.—Water Carrier, the wife of Lone Elk.—Present condition of the Sioux.
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[IV.
THE KAWS AND OSAGES.]
Origin.—Manners and customs.—Savage proclivities.—Village of American Chief.—Village of Fool Chief.—Removal to Council Grove.—The Victory that made Wa-hon-ga-shee a famous Chief.—The War Dance.—Paying off old scores.—Osages and Kaws on police duty.—Superstitions.—Funeral ceremonies.—Creation story of the Osages.—Territory.—Cessions.—Feasts.—Present condition.
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[V.
THE DELAWARES.]
Lineage.—Language.—The term "Lenape."—Subjugation by the Iroquois.—Peace treaty with William Penn.—Migrations.—Legends preserved by missionaries.—The virgin who fell from heaven.—Kikeron.—The tortoise in Algonquin pictography.—Symbol of the earth.—The pristine age.—The earth submerged.—The ancient turtle.—Rescue of the survivors.—Land supported by a turtle.—First home of the Lenape.—Travels and conquests.—Land of giants.—Fortifications of the enemy.—Mounds.—Divisions of the nation.—Legend of the Hairless Bear.—Pictograph system.—Rafinesque.— Walam Olum.—Wanderings of the Delawares.—Tamenend.—The Lover's Leap.—Onoko.—Lenape in Kansas.—The Battle of the Plains.—Removal to the Indian Territory.
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[VI.
THE WYANDOTS.]
Origin.—Location at the time of the discovery of America.—Alliance with the Senecas.—Termination of peace.—Hatred of the Iroquois.—Settlement at Detroit.—Settlement in Ohio and Michigan.—Clans.—Government.—Religion.—Gods.—Prayer of the Huron.—Legend of Sayadio.—The White Panther.—Hurons leaders in the councils of nations.—Keepers of the Council Fire.—Wampum belts.—Corn Dance.—Clan names.—Visions of the Wyandot maiden.—Wyandots in the War of 1812.—Roundhead.—Warrow.—Walk-in-the-Water.—Big Tree.—War with Cherokees—Chief Splitlog.—Last religious feast and dance of the Wyandots.—William Walker.—Silas Armstrong.—Matthew Walker.—Governor Walker.—Matthias Splitlog.—Emigration to Kansas.—Intelligence and education.—-Accomplishments.—Belle of the nation.—Sense of humor.—Elder Dennison and John Grayeyes.—The Triumph of Chudaquana over the Power of Witchcraft.—Romance of a Wyandot girl.—Present location of the people.—Tribal relations.—Absorption by the white race.