"The Warning of Tekarrah" is a genuine tradition related to me by a Mr. Clarke, an American gentleman of worth and intelligence, who left England in June last for the United States.

But, while I distinctly aver the authenticity of those traditions which rest upon my own authority, and submit the proofs of the genuineness of the others, it must be understood that they have, with a few exceptions, been much elaborated, though always with a careful reference to the manners, customs, rites, opinions, &c. of the people whose history they were supposed to tell. I have endeavoured to tell these stories as I thought a genuine Indian would tell them, using only their figures, types, and similitudes, and rejecting all inappropriate phrases, and those which savoured of a foreign origin. I cheerfully submit to the public whether I have not faithfully executed the task which I proposed to myself—that of giving a collection of genuine Indian traditions in the peculiar phraseology, and in strict consonance with the known habits and customs, of that singular people.

CONTENTS

OF

THE FIRST VOLUME.

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[Introduction.]
[The Man of Ashes.]
[Pomatare, The Flying Beaver.]
[The Alarm Of The Great Sentinel. A Tradition of the Delawares]
[The Mother of the World. A Tradition of the Dog-Ribs.]
[The Fall Of The Lenape]
[The Marriage Of The Snail And The Beaver.]
[The Choice Of A God.]
[The Resurrection Of The Bison.]
[The Wahconda's Son.]
[The Idols. A Tradition of the Ricaras.]
[Discovery of the Upper World. A Tradition of the Minnatarees.]
[Love And War.]
[Legends Of The Happy Hunting-grounds.]
[ I.—Akkeewaisee, The Aged.]
[ II.—The Delaware Heaven.]
[ III.—The Hunting-grounds Of The Blackfoots.]
[ IV.—The Stone Canoe.]
[ V. The Little White Dove.]
[ VI. The Teton's Paradise.]

[INTRODUCTION.]