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| | PAGE |
| [Personal Reminiscences] | 5 |
| [No. II.] | 10 |
| [No. III.] | 17 |
| [Languages of Mexico] | 22 |
| [No. IV.] | 23 |
| [No. V.] | 30 |
| [Scenes and Adventures.] | 41 |
| [Preliminary Remarks.] | 41 |
| [Chapter I.] | 43 |
| [Chapter II.] | 46 |
| [Chapter III.] | 51 |
| [Chapter IV.] | 57 |
[Personal Incidents and Impressions: Character of
the Redman] | 64 |
[Personal Incidents and Impressions: Domestic Condition
of the Tribes and Constitution of the Indian Family.] | 71 |
| [Tales of a Wigwam: The White Stone Canoe] | 79 |
| [The Lynx and the Hare] | 81 |
| [The Worship of the Sun] | 82 |
| [Shingebiss] | 85 |
| [Early Indian Biography: Piskaret] | 87 |
| [The Saustawraýtsees] | 91 |
| [Early Sketches of Indian Women] | 94 |
| [Wasbashas] | 95 |
| [The Boy Who Set a Snare for the Sun] | 97 |
| [Ampata Sapa] | 99 |
| [Mukakee Mindemoea] | 101 |
| [The Flight of the Shawnees from the South] | 104 |
| [Bosh-Kwa-Dosh] | 106 |
| [Mäsh-kwa-sha-kwong] | 109 |
| [Wa-Wa-Be-Zo-Win] | 116 |
| [Takozid] | 118 |
| [Machinit, the Evil Spirit] | 121 |
| [Repose of the Soul] | 127 |
| [The Little Spirit, or Boy-Man] | 127 |
| [Aingodon and Naywadaha] | 130 |
| [Wabojeeg, or The White Fisher] | 134 |
| [Mode of Writing an Indian Language] | 145 |
| [Brant, Red Jacket, Uncas, Miontonimo] | 146 |
| [The Rabid Wolf] | 158 |
| [Moowis] | 164 |
| [The Lone Lightning] | 168 |
| [Confessions of Catherine Ogee Wyan Akwut Okwa] | 169 |
| [Ruling Chief of the Miamis] | 174 |
| [The Magician of Lake Huron] | 175 |
| [Corn-Planting, and its Incidents] | 179 |
| [Corn Song (poem)] | 182 |
| [To Health (poem)] | 183 |
[Domestic and Social Manners of the Indians,
While on Their Wintering Grounds.] | 184 |
| [Pugasaing] | 188 |
| [Reverence and Affection for Parents] | 188 |
| [Andaig Weos, or Crows-Flesh] | 188 |
| [Origin and History of the Race] | 196 |
| [Wyandot Traditions of the Creation, and Other Epochs] | 201 |
| [Traditions of the Arctidés] | 201 |
| [Historical Traditions of the Chippewas, Odjibwas, Or Odjibwa-Algonquins] | 203 |
| [Mythology, Superstitions, and Religion of the Algonquins] | 206 |
| [Indian Arrow Heads, &c.] | 218 |
| [Indian Music, Songs, and Poetry] | 221 |
| [Oral Composition] | 221 |
| [Chant to the Fire-Fly (poem)] | 230 |
| [Ethnology] | 230 |
| [Advertisement] | 231 |
| [A.] | 233 |
| [Language] | 266 |
| [Lecture III.] | 266 |
| [Lecture IV.] | 278 |
| [The Era of the Arrival of the French in the Upper Lakes] | 289 |
| [Faith] | 290 |
| [Shingaba-wossins; or Image Stones] | 291 |
| [Mnemonic Symbols of the North American Indians.] | 293 |
| [Grave Creek Mound] | 301 |
| [Names of the American Lakes] | 302 |
| [Geographical Terminology of the U. States] | 304 |
| [Letters on the Antiquities of the Western Country] | 309 |
| [Era of the Settlement of Detroit, and the Straits Between Lakes Erie and Huron] | 328 |
| [A Synopsis of Cartier's Voyages of Discovery at North America] | 331 |
| [The Influence of Ardent Spirits on the Condition of the North American Indians] | 353 |
| [Fate of the Red Race in America] | 366 |
| [Nursery and Cradle Songs of the Forest] | 390 |
| [Early Sketches of Indian Women] | 399 |
| [Chapter XIX] | 402 |
| [Pawnee Barbarity] | 402 |
| ["The Loon upon the Lake"] | 404 |
| [Odjibwa Song (poem)] | 405 |
| [Niagara, an Allegory (poem)] | 407 |
| [A Psalm (poem)] | 408 |
| [Traditionary War Songs] | 410 |
| [War Song (poem)] | 411 |
| [War-Song—“Pe-nä´ se-wug.” (poem)] | 412 |
| [Death Song (poem)] | 413 |
| [Death-Song—“A´ be tuh gé zhig.”] | 414 |
| [War Song (poem)] | 416 |