Travels Through the Interior Parts of North-America: In the Years 1766, 1767, and 1768

S. Price, 1779 - 508 Seiten

Defcription of the Miffiffippi from the Mouth	50

Uncommon Behaviour of the Prince of	61

Defcription of the River St Pierre	69

The Author returns to the Mouth of	79

Cave	81

Adventure with a Party of Indians near	89

Account of different Clays found near	95

Account of a Nation of Indians fuppofed	111

Acuteness and Alacrity of the Indians in pur	298

Their manner of ſcalping	309

Treatment of their Priſoners	315

The Origin of their felling Slaves	325

CHAP	329

Manner in which they conduct a Treaty	336

The Game of the Ball	342

The Manner in which the Tribes near Canada	349

CHAP	356

The Sentiments of Others on the religious	362

The Methods in which they treat their	368

A Specimen of their Funeral Harangues	374

A concife Character of the Indians	382

Of the Chipeway Tongue	389

the Naudoweffe Language	405

CHAP XVII	412

The Tyger The Bear	413

The Mooſe	419

The Martin The Muſquaſh	425

The Otter	433

The Loon The Partridge	439

The Woodpecker The Blue Jay	440

SERPENTS	446

The Twoheaded Snake The Tortoise or Lana	455

The Locuft	461

The Butter or Oil Nut	467

The Prickly Ah The Moofe Wood	473

The Shrub Oak	474

Gold Thread Solomons Seal Devils	480

FLOWERS	486

Titel	Travels Through the Interior Parts of North-America: In the Years 1766, 1767, and 1768
Autor/in	Jonathan Carver
Ausgabe	2, illustriert
Verlag	S. Price, 1779
Original von	University of Michigan
Digitalisiert	3. Sept. 2009
ISBN	0722247389, 9780722247389
Länge	508 Seiten

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Defcription of Lake Superior	124

Account of great Quantities of Copper Ore	131

13	134

Remarkable Rain at Detroit	143

Account of a Tract of Land granted to	164

The Origin of the Indians	173

Sentiments of James Adair Efq	191

Corroboration of the Latter by Doctor	205

Defcription of the Perfons of the Indians	211

Of their Dances 251	214

The Manner in which they build their Tents	219

The circumfpect and ftoical Difpofiti of	225

Their amazing Sagacity	229

CHA P IV	237

Their Divifion into Tribes	243

Their ufual Food	249

The Manner in which they dance	252

The Dance of the Indians on the Banks	263

Their Manner of hunting the Bear	270

Of their Manner of making War c	277

Preparations before they take the Field	284

Their Method of engaging their Enemies	292