Chapter I: +Enslavement by the Indians Themselves+

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Introductory statement 25
Indian slavery among the Indians practically universal 25
More extensively used among some tribes than others 25
No entire tribes held in subjection 25
Slavery on the Great Plains and Atlantic Slope 25
Different from that in west 25
Not slavery in the true sense in many cases 25
“Slavery” confounded with “prisoner” and “adoption” 25
Slavery to be interpreted in the broadest sense 26
Processes of enslavement 26–35
For crime 26
Indians staked themselves when gambling 26
Indians sold children in time of famine 26
Barter with other tribes 27–28
Warfare 29–35
Coming of Europeans affected slavery 33–35
Stirring up tribes against one another 34
Employment of Indian slaves 35–39
Domestic servants 35–36
Mistresses 36
Agricultural laborers 36
Miners 37
Hunters 37
Fishermen 37
Objects of barter and trade 38
Treatment of slaves 39–40
Depended upon individual owners 39
A distinct class in west 39
A part of family or tribe in east 39
Adoption 39
Treatment generally kind 39
Instances of cruel treatment 40
Precautions to prevent escape 40
Women of tribe have power to spare or kill 40
Punishment by death 41
Distinction between owner and slave not so clear as between the
European and his slave 41
Privileges and favors 41–42
Manumission 43–45
Marriage into the tribe 43
Birth 43
Death of owner 43
Adoption 43–44
Peace with tribe to which slave belonged 44
Exchange 44
Messenger in formal declaration of war 44