CONTENTS OF VOL. L 



CHAPTER I. 

 Introductory. — Indian Tribes East of the Mississippi. 



General Characteristics. — Tribal Divisions. — Mode of Government. 



— Social Harmony. — The Totem. — Classification of Tribes. — 

 The Iroquois. — Their Position and Character. — Their PoUt- 

 ical Organization. — Traditions of their Confederacy. — Their 

 Myths and Legends. — Their Eloquence and Sagacity. — Arts 



— Agriculture. — Their Dwellings, Villages, and Forts. — Their 

 Winter Life. — The War Path. — Festivals and Pastimes. — 

 Pride of the Iroquois. — The Hurons or Wyandots. — Their 

 Customs and Character. — Their Dispersion. — The Neutral 

 Nation. Its Fate. — The Eries and Andastes. — Triumphs of 

 the Confederacy. — The Adoption of Prisoners. — The Tusca- 

 roras. — Superiority of the Iroquois Race. — The Algonquins. 



— The Lenni Lenape. — Their changing Fortunes. — The 

 Shawanoes. — The Miamis and the Illinois. — The Ojibwas, 

 Pottawattamies, and Ottawas. — The Sacs and Foxes. — The 

 Menomonies and Knisteneaux. — Customs of the Northern 

 Algonquins. — Their Summer and Winter Life. — Legends of 

 the Algonquins. — Religious Faith of the Indians. — The Indian 

 Character. — Its Inconsistencies. — Its Ruling Passions. — '■ 

 Pride. — Hero-worship. — Coldness, Jealousy, Suspicion. — Self- 

 control. — Intellectual Traits. — Inflexibility. — Generous 

 Qualities 



CHAPTER IL 



1663-1763. 



France and England in America. 



Contrast of French and English Colonies. — Feudalism in Canada. 



— Priests and Monks. — Puritanism and Democracy in New- 

 England. — French Life in Canada. — Military Strength of 

 Canada. — Rehgious Zeal. — Missions — The Jesuits. — Brebeuf 



