CONTENTS. 



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Geographical distribution 1C3 



Notices of particular tribes 170 



Population , 181 



Tribal orgauizatiou aud governmeut 184 



Property 18G 



Slavery 188 



Retaliation 189 



Wars 190 



Food 193 



Fur-trade 197 



Society, marriage, and domestic relations 197 



Sepnlture 200 



Feasts 205 



Gambling 20C 



Medicine and diseases 207 



Domestic manners 209 



Names 210 



Peculiar customs 211 



Flattening the head 211 



Arrival at puberty 212 



Measures of value, time, &c 213 



Houses , 214 



Canoes 215 



Clothing, utensils, &c 219 



Domestic animals 221 



Symbolic writing 222 



Mouuds and earthworks 222 



Migration 223 



Notices of early travelers 225 



Early visits of white men 236 



Table showing relations of tribes oamed 241 



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