Chapter I: Front Matter

WESTERN SCENES

AND

REMINISCENCES:

TOGETHER WITH

THRILLING LEGENDS AND TRADITIONS

OF THE

RED MEN OF THE FOREST.

TO WHICH IS ADDED

SEVERAL NARRATIVES OF ADVENTURES AMONG THE INDIANS.

AUBURN: DERBY & MILLER.
BUFFALO: DERBY, ORTON & MULLIGAN.

1853.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1851, by
GEO. H. DERBY & CO.,
In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the
Northern District of New York.

CONTENTS.

PAGES.
PERSONAL REMINISCENCES, 5 to 40

Scenes and Adventures in the Ozark Mountains, 41 " 63
Personal Incidents and Impressions of the Indian Race, 64 " 77

TALES OF A WIGWAM--

The White Stone Canoe, 79 " 81
The Lynx and the Hare--Fable from the Odjibwa-Algonquin, 81
The Worship of the Sun, an Ottowa Tradition, 82 " 84
Shingebiss, 85 " 86
Wasbashas, or the Tribe that Grew out of a Shell, 95 " 97
The Boy who set a Snare for the Sun, 97 " 99
Ampata Sapa, or, The First Wife, 99 " 100
Mukakee Mindemoea, or, The Toad Woman, 101 " 103
The Quadruped with the Hair blown off its Skin, 106 " 109
The Traditionary Story of Red Head and his Two Sons, 109 " 115
The Swing on the Lake Shore, 116 " 117
Takozid, or the Short-Foot, 118 " 121
Machinito, the Evil Spirit, by Mrs. E. Oakes Smith, 121 " 126
The Little Spirit, or Boy-Man, an Odjibwa Fairy Tale, 127 " 130
Aingodon and Naywadaha--story of a family of Nadowas, 130 " 133
The Rabid Wolf, a Village Tradition, 158 " 163
Moowis, or the Man made up of Rags and Dirt, 164 " 167
The Lone Lightning, an Odjibwa Tale, 168

POETRY--

To Health, 183
The Bird, 63
"The Loon upon the Lake, 404
Odjibwa Song, 405
Niagara, an Allegory, 407
Traditionary War Songs of the Odjibwa Algonquins, 410 " 416

SKETCHES OF THE LIVES OF NOTED RED MEN AND WOMEN--

Wabojeeg, or the White Fisher, 134 " 145
Brant, Red Jacket, Uncas, Miontonimo, 146 " 157
Confessions of Catherine Ogee Wyan Akwut Okwa, 169 " 174
Andaig Weos, or Crows-Flesh, 192 " 195
Early Indian Biography--Piskaret, an Algonquin Chief, 87 " 90
Early Sketches of Indian Women, 95
The Magician of Lake Huron, 75 " 178
Venerable Indian Chief, 365
Indian Women, their Dispositions, Employments, &c., 399 " 401

ORIGIN AND HISTORY OF THE RACE--

Wyandot Traditions of the Creation, and other Epochs, 196 " 200
Traditions of the Arctides, 201 " 203
Historical Traditions of the Chippewas, Odjibwas, &c., 203 " 206
Mythology, Superstition, and Religion of the Algonquins, 206 " 217
Indian Arrow Heads, &c., 218 " 220
The Manito Tree, 78
The Era of the Arrival of the French in the Upper Lakes, 289 " 290
Shingaba-Wossins, or Image Stones, 291 " 293
Mnemonic Symbols of the North American Indians, 293 " 300
Grave Creek Mound, 301
Names of the American Lakes, 302 " 303
Letters on the Antiquities of the Western Country, 309 " 328
Era of the Settlement of Detroit, &c., 328 " 330
The Choctaw Indians, 330
A Synopsis of Cartier's Voyages of Discovery, 331 " 352
Influence of Ardent Spirits on the Condition of Indian 353 " 365
Fate of the Red Race in America, 366 " 389
Pawnee Barbarity, 402 " 403
Indian Possessions, 163
Ruling Chief of the Miamis, 174
Repose of the Soul, 127
Corn Planting and its Incidents, 179 " 183
Domestic and Social Manners of the Indians, 184 " 187
Pugasaing, or the Game of the Bowl, 188 " 190
Reverence and Affection for Parents, 191
Chronology, 288
The Origin of the Wyandot and Seneca Tribes, 91 " 94
The Flight of the Shawnees from the South, 104 " 105

ETHNOLOGY--

Schoolcraft's Cyclopædia--History, Geography, &c., 131 " 165

LANGUAGE--

Grammatical Structure of the Indian Language, 266 " 288
Nursery and Cradle Songs of the Forest, 390 " 398
Mode of Writing an Indian Language, 145
Languages of the Pacific Islands, 398
Indian Music, Songs, and Poetry, 221 " 229
Geographical Terminology, from the Indian Language 304 " 308
Names of the Seasons, 308
Chant to the Fire-fly, 230
A Psalm, or Supplication for Mercy, &c., 408 " 409