"Lives of Famous Indian Chiefs" is a collection of biographies of the influential and notable Native Americans such as King Philip, Pontiac, Black Hawk and Geronimo, just to name the few. The author also reviews different theories on the origin of Native Americans and their original homeland, prior to American continent.
Contents:
Cofachiqui, The Indian Princess
Powhatan, or Wah-Un-So-Na-Cook
Massasoit, The Friend of the Puritans
King Philip, or Metacomet, The Last of the Wampanoaghs
Pontiac, The Red Napoleon, Head Chief of the Ottawas and Organizer of the First Great Indian Confederation
Logan, or Tal-Ga-Yee-Ta, The Cayuga (Mingo) Chief, Orator and Friend of the White Man. Also a Brief Sketch of Cornstalk
Captain Joseph Brant, or Thay-En-Da-Ne-Gea, Principal Sachem of the Mohawks and Head Chief of the Iroquois Confederation
Red Jacket, or Sa-Go-Ye-Wat-Ha, "The Keeper Awake." The Indian Demosthenes, Chief of the Senecas
Little Turtle, or Michikiniqua, War Chief of the Miamis, and Conqueror of Harmar and St. Clair
Tecumseh, or "The Shooting Star," Famous War-chief of the Shawnees, Organizer of the Second Great Indian Confederation and General in the British Army in the War of 1812
Black Hawk, or Ma-Ka-Tai-Me-She-Kia-Kiak, and His War
Shabbona, or Built Like a Bear, The White Man's Friend, a Celebrated Pottawatomie Chief
Sitting Bull, or Tatanka Yotanka, The Great Sioux Chief and Medicine Man
Chief Joseph, of the Nez Perces, or Hin-Mah-Too-Yah-Lat-Kekt, Thunder Rolling in the Mountains, The Modern Xenophon
Geronimo, or Go-Yat-Thlay, The Yawner, The Renowned Apache Chief and Medicine Man
Quanah Parker, Head Chief of the Comanches, With, an Account of the Captivity of His Mother, Cynthia Anne Parker, Known as "The White Comanche"
A Sheaf of Good Indian Stories From History
Indian Anecdotes and Incidents, Humorous and Otherwise
Whence Came the Aborigines of America?
