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XV. POLITICAL MANŒUVRES 150

History, Manners, and Customs of the Indian Nations Who Once Inhabited Pennsylvania and the Neighbouring States. · John Gottlieb Ernestus Heckewelder

XVI. MARRIAGE AND TREATMENT OF THEIR WIVES 154

XVII. RESPECT FOR THE AGED 163

XVIII. PRIDE AND GREATNESS OF MIND 170

XIX. WARS AND THE CAUSES WHICH LEAD TO THEM 175

XX. MANNER OF SURPRISING THEIR ENEMIES 177

XXI. PEACE MESSENGERS 181

XXII. TREATIES 185

XXIII. GENERAL OBSERVATIONS OF THE INDIANS ON THE WHITE PEOPLE 187

XXIV. FOOD AND COOKERY 193

XXV. DRESS AND ORNAMENTING OF THEIR PERSONS 202

XXVI. DANCES, SONGS, AND SACRIFICES 208

XXVII. SCALPING--WHOOPS OR YELLS--PRISONERS 215

XXVIII. BODILY CONSTITUTION AND DISEASES 220

XXIX. REMEDIES 224

XXX. PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS 228

XXXI. DOCTORS OR JUGGLERS 231

XXXII. SUPERSTITION 239

XXXIII. INITIATION OF BOYS 245

XXXIV. INDIAN MYTHOLOGY 249

XXXV. INSANITY--SUICIDE 257

XXXVI. DRUNKENNESS 261