CONTENTS.

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I. Tekakwitha's Spring[1]
II. The Mohawk Valley and the Mohawks atthe Time of Tekakwitha's Birth[12]
III. A Cradle-Song.—Captives Tortured.—Flightof the French from
Onondaga.—Death in the Mohawk Lodges[26]
IV. Tekakwitha with her Aunts at Gandawague[36]
V. Tekakwitha's Uncle and Fort Orange, orthe Beginnings of Albany[44]
VI. An Army on Snow-shoes[62]
VII. De Tracy burns the Mohawk Castles.—Fallof Tionnontogen[75]
VIII. Tekakwitha's Christian Guests.—Rawenniio[85]
IX. Caughnawaga on the Mohawk.—FathersFremin and Pierron [96]
X. The Mohegans Attack the New Castle.—Battle of Kinaquariones.—TheFeast
of the Dead[110]
XI. Will Tekakwitha Marry?[128]
XII. The New Colony of Christian Indians OnThe St. Lawrence.—The "Great Mohawk"
goes to Canada[142]
XIII. Tekakwitha meets de Lamberville.—ImposingCeremony in the Bark Chapel[152]
XIV. Persecutions.—Heroic Calmness in a MomentOf Peril.—Malice of Tekakwitha's
Aunt[163]
XV. Hot Ashes plans Tekakwitha's Escape[174]
XVI. From the Old to the New Caughnawaga[183]
XVII. At the Sault St. Louis[192]
XVIII. The Hunting-camp[206]
XIX. Kateri's Friend,—Thérèse Tegaiaguenta[216]
XX. Montreal and the Isle-aux-Hérons, 1678[226]
XXI. I am not any longer my own"[243]
XXII. Kateri's Vow on Lady Day, and the Summer Of 1679[253]
XXIII. Kateri Ill.—Thérèse consults the Blackgown.—Feast of the Purification.—The
Bed of Thorns[260]
XXIV. Kateri's Death.—"I will love thee inHeaven!"—The Burial.—Her Grave And
Monument[270]
XXV. The Memory and Influence of KateriTekakwitha After Her Death.—Modern
Caughnawaga[285]
Conclusion[293]

APPENDIX

Notes, Topographical and Historical[301]

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

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Tekakwitha's Spring[xiv]
The Mohawk Valley from Fonda, N. Y.[6]
Map of Mohawk Castle-Sites, by General Clark[38]
Old Albany—Dominie Schaats' House[52]
Site of Caughnawaga Castle, Fonda, N. Y.[103]
Map showing the Migrations of the Mission Village of the Sault[194]
Street Scene at Caughnawaga, in Canada[279]
Modern Caughnawaga, P. Q. (from the Landing)[299]