
The Lenâpé and Their Legends
Ethnological study of the The Lenâpé Indians in Eastern PennsylvaniaBy Daniel G. BrintonLength5h 2m
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This book presents a series of ethnological studies of the Indians of Eastern Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Maryland, around what is asserted to be one of the most curious records of ancient American history. (Daniel G. Brinton, The Lenâpé and Their Legends)
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Table of contents
1PREFACE.
35§ 1. Literature of the Lenape Tongue.
2THE LENAPE AND THEIR LEGENDS.
36§ 2. General Remarks on the Lenape.
3CHAPTER I.
37§ 3. Dialects of the Lenape.
4§ 1. The Algonkin Stock.
38§ 4. Special Structure of the Lenape.
5§ 2. The Iroquois Stock.
39CHAPTER V.
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6CHAPTER II.
40§ 1. The Lenape as "Women".
7The Confederated Tribes.
41§ 2. Historic Migrations of the Lenape.
8The Mohegans.
42§ 3. Missionary Efforts in the Provinces of New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
9The Nanticokes.
43CHAPTER VI.
10The Conoys.
44Cosmogonical and Culture Myths.
11The Shawnees.
45National Traditions.
12The Sapoonees.
46CHAPTER VII.
13The Assiwikales.
47Rafinesque and his Writings.
14CHAPTER III
48History of the Walam Olum.
15Derivation of Lenni Lenape.
49Discovery of the Walam Olum.
16The Lenape Sub-Tribes.
50Was it a Forgery?
17The Totemic Animals.
51Phonetic System.
18The New Jersey Lenape.
52Metrical Form.
19Political Constitution.
53Pictographic System
20Agriculture and Food Resources.
54Derivation of Walam Olum.
21House Building.
55The MS. of the Walam Olum.
22Manufactures.
56General Synopsis of the Walam Olum.
23Paints and Dyes.
57Synopsis of the separate parts.
24Dogs.
58THE WALUM OLUM
25Interments.
59I.
26Computation of Time.
60II.
27Pictographic Signs.
61III.
28Record Sticks.
62IV.
29Moral and Mental Character.
63APPENDIX.
30Religious Beliefs.
64AGOZHAGÀUTA. (page 14. Note.)
31Doctrine of the Soul.
65DIALECT OF THE NEW JERSEY LENAPE. (p. 46)
32The Native Priests.
66REV. ADAM GRUBE. (p. 84.)
33Religious Ceremonies.
67EASTERN ORIGIN OF THE ALGONKINS. (pp. 12 and 145.)
34CHAPTER IV.
68FOOTNOTES: