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CONTENTS 



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Preface 1 



Introduction 3 



The Huron League 9 



Neighboring tribes 12 



The Tobacco League 12 



The Neutral League 13 



Other Iroquoian groups 16 



The Iroquois League 17 



Tlie Algonquin 19 



Dress 20 



Travel 22 



Intertribal relations 25 



Trade and war 25 



Torture of prisoners 31 



The village 39 



Government 42 



Chiefs 42 



Councils 48 



Crime 52 



Suicide 56 



Etiquette 57 



Subsistence 58 



Division of labor 58 



Agriculture 60 



Gathering 62 



Fishing 62 



Hunting 65 



Meals and their preparation 67 



Seasonal cycle 71 



Rehgion 72 



Feasts 72 



Dancing 76 



Eclipse 79 



Ceremony of the Marriage of Two Virgins to the Seine 79 



Spirits 80 



Types of illness 82 



Cure of natural illnesses 84 



Dreams and the desires 86 



Medicine men 91 



Acquisition of power 97 



Curing ceremonies __- 101 



Games 114 



Witchcraft 117 



Charms 120 



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