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I. A Synopsis of the Indian Tribes of North America.

By ALBERT GALLATIN, LL. D.

Introductory Essay,

Sect. I. Indian Tribes north of the United States,

Eskimaux,

Kinai, Koluschen, &c., on the Pacific Ocean,

Athapascas, (Northern, Cheppeyans, Copper Mine,

&c., Sussees, Tacullies,)

Micmacs, Etchemins,

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Abenakis,)

Sect. II. Algonkin-Lenape and Iroquois,

Algonkin-Lenape,

Northern, (Knistinaux, Algonkins, Chippeways, Ot-

towas, Potowotamies, Mississagues,)

Northeastern, (Labrador,

Eastern, (New England, Mohicans, Manhattans,

Long Island, Delawares and Minsi, Nanticokes,
Susquehannocks, Conoys, Powhatans, Mannahoks,
Pamlicoes,)

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Western, (Menomonies, Sauks, Foxes, Kickapoos

and Mascoutins, Miamis and Piankishaws, Illinois,

Shawnoes,)

Iroquois,

Northern, (Wyandots or Hurons, Extinct Tribes,

Five Nations,)

Southern, (Tuteloes, Nottoways, Tuscaroras,)

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Sect. III. Southern Indians, (east of the Mississippi and in Louisiana,)

Extinct Tribes of Carolina,

Choctaws and Chicasas,

Southern Indians at the time of De Soto's expedition, 102

Their social state (division into clans, worship of the

sun, monarchical government; Natchez)

107

Tribes of Lower Louisiana, east and west of the Mis-

sissippi (great diversity of languages),

114

Sect. IV. Indians west of the Mississippi,

a. East of the Rocky Mountains,

120

Sioux (Winebagoes, Dahcotas and Assiniboins,

Shyennes, Minetares, Mandares, Crows, Quappas,

Osages, Kansaws, Ioways, Missouris, Ottoes,

Omahaws, Puncas,)

Pawnees and Ricaras; habits of western Indians,

Black Feet, Rapid Indians, other erratic tribes,

b. West of the Rocky Mountains,

Want of vocabularies; Salish, Atnahs, Shoshonees,

Chinooks,

Sect. V. General Observations.

Climate; forests and prairies; geographical notices,

'Conjectures (Asiatic origin; semi-civilization of Mexico;

ancient works in United States,)

136

142

Means of subsistence, (hunter state; agricultural labor

confined to women,)

149

Labor the only means of preserving and civilizing the

Indians, (Cherokee civilization,)

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154

Sect. VI. Indian Languages.

Diversity of vocabularies and similarity of grammatical

forms; gender and number,

160

Substantive verb; conversion of nouns, &c. into verbs,

reciprocal; pronouns,

174

Transitions,

183

Tenses and moods, compound words, multiplied forms,

defective information,

197

Suggestions respecting highly inflected languages,

Grammatical forms in the earliest stages of society,

No. 1. Grammatical Notices.

Eskimaux; Athapascas,

211

Algonkin-Lenape, (Massachusetts, Delaware, Chippeway,

Micmac.)

216

Iroquois, (Onondago, Huron or Wyandot,)

232

Cherokee,

Sioux; Choctaw,

Muskhogee; Araucanian,

No. 2. Specimens of Conjugations and Transitions,

239

251

256

265

Notes to the Tables of Transitions, &c.

290

Cherokee Alphabet,

301

No. 3. Note by the Publishing Committee, respecting Tribes on
Northwest Coast of America,

302

VOCABULARIES.

General Table,

305

No. 1. Comparative Vocabulary for Fifty-three Tribes,

No. 5. Supplementary Vocabulary, (Muskhogee, Choctaw, Caddo,

The Lord's Prayer in Cherokee, Muskhogee, Choctaw, and Dahcota, 421

II. An Historical Account of the Doings and Suffer-

ings of the Christian Indians of New England.

By DANIEL GOOKIN,

423

III. A Description of a Leaden Plate or Medal, found

near the Mouth of the Muskingum, in the State

of Ohio. By DE WITT CLINTON, LL. D., 535

IV. A Description of the Ruins of Copan, in Central
America. By Col. JUAN GALINDO,

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V. A Letter from the Rev. ADAM CLARKE, D. D.,

LL. D., to PETER S. DU PONCEAU, LL. D.

VI. Obituary Notice of Christopher C. Baldwin, Esq.,

late Librarian of the American Antiquarian

Society. By JOHN DAVIS, LL. D.

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Catalogue of the Members of the Society,

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OFFICERS

OF THE

AMERICAN ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY,

ELECTED OCTOBER 23d, 1835.

PRESIDENT.

Hon. THOMAS L. WINTHROP, LL. D.

VICE-PRESIDENTS.

HON. JOHN DAVIS, LL. D.

HON. JOSEPH STORY, LL. D.

COUNSELLORS.

Hon. BENJAMIN RUSSELL.

Hon. LEVI LINCOLN, LL. D.
EDWARD D. BANGS, Esq.

Hon. JAMES C. MERRILL.

Rev. CHARLES LOWELL, D. D.
SAMUEL M. BURNSIDE, Esq.
JOHN PARK, M. D.
FREDERICK W. PAINE, Esq.

JOHN GREEN, M. D.

JOSEPH WILLARD, Esq.

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