History of the Indian Tribes of North America

Biographical Sketches and Anecdotes of the Principal Chiefs, Embellished with one Hundred Portraits, from the Indian Gallery in the Department of War, at Washington

Thomas L. McKenney, late of the Indian Department, Washington, and James Hall, Esq., Of Cincinnati, "has been pronounced by the learned and polished both of Europe and America, to be one of the most valuable and interesting productions of the present age. Read more....

Volume I - Volume II

• Preface

• Buffalo Hunt

• Red Jacket, Seneca War Chief

• Mohongo, Osage Woman

• Sharitarish, Pawnee Chief

• Sequoyah or George Guess, Inventor of the Cherokee alphabet

• Tenskwautawaw, the Prophet

• Yoholo Micco, Creek Chief

• Mistippee, Son of Yoholo Micco

• Neamathla, A Seminole Chief

• Kiontwogky, or Corn Plant, A Seneca Chief

• Caatousee, An Ogibway (Ojibway)

• Menawa, A Creek Warrior

• Kaipolequa, A Saukie Brave (Sauk)

• Tshusick, An Ogibway Woman (Ojibway)

• Ongpatonga, An Omakas Chief (Omaha)

• Nesouaquoit, A Fox Chief

• Petalesharro, A Pawnee Brave

• Shingaba W'Ossin, A Chippeway Chief

• Stumanu, A Flathead Boy

• Okeemakeequid, A Chippeway Chief (Chippewa)

• Moanahonga, An Ioway Chief

• Pushmataha, A Choctaw Warrior

• Tshizunhaukau, A Winnebago Warrior

• Wakechai, A Saukie Chief (Sauk)

• Selocta, A Creek Chief

• Makataimeshekiakiah, or Black Hawk, A Saukie Brave (Sauk)

• Pashepahaw, A Saukie Chief (Sauk)

• Paddy Carr, A Creek Interpreter

• Payta Kootha, A Shawanoe Warrior (Shawnee)

• Tahchee, A Cherokee Chief

• Kanapima, An Ottawa Chief

• Chippeway Squaw and Child

• Micanopy, A Seminole Chief

• Opothle Yoholo, Speaker Of The Councils

• Waemboeshkaa, A Chippeway Chief

• Timpoochee Barnard, A Uchee Warrior

• Little Crow, A Sioux Chief

• McIntosh, A Creek Chief

• Nawkaw, A Winnebago Chief

• Catahecassa, Principal Chief Of The Shawnese

• Keokuck, A Saukie Chief (Sauk)

• Amisquam, A Winnebago Chief

• Katawabeda, A Chippeway Chief (Chippewa)

• Weshcubb, A Red Lake Chief (Chippewa)

• Chonmonicase, or Shaumonekusse, An Ottoe Chief

• Hayne Hudjihini, The Eagle Of Delight

• Anacamegishca, A Kenisteno Chief

• Quatawapea, Or Colonel Lewis, A Shawnoe Chief (Shawnee)

• Metea, A Pottawatimie Chief

• Wapella, A Musquakee Chief

• Tustennuggee Emathla, A Creek Chief

• Peahmuska, A Fox Chief

• Major Ridge, Cherokee Chief

• John Ridge, A Cherokee Interpreter

• Powasheek, A Musquakee Brave

• Esiitahumleah, A Teton Chief

• Yaha Hajo, A Seminole Chief

• Wakaun Haka, A Winnebago Chief

• Kishkekosh, A Fox Brave

• Choncape, An Ottoe Chief

• Kishkalwa, A Shawanoe Chief (Shawanee)

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The History of the Indian Tribes of North America, with Biographical Sketches and Anecdotes of the Principal Chiefs, Embellished with one Hundred Portraits, from the Indian Gallery in the Department of War, at Washington, 1872

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