Adair's History of the American IndiansAdair, James
History
Adair's History of the American Indians
Adair, James
Indians -- Origin; Indians of North America -- Southern States
Argument I. Their Division into Tribes 16
” II. Their Worship of Jehovah 20
” III. Their Notions of Theocracy 34
” IV. The Belief in the Ministration of Angels 38
” V. Their Language and Dialects 40
” VI. Their Manner of Counting Time 77
” VII. Their Prophets and High Priests 83
” VIII. Their Festivals, Fasts, and Religious Rites 99
” IX. Their Daily Sacrifice 121
” X. Their Ablutions and Anointings 126
” XI. Their Laws of Uncleanness 129
” XII. Their Abstinence from Unclean Things 136
” XIII. Their Marriage, Divorce, and Punishment for 145
Adultery
” XIV. Their Several Punishments 153
” XV. Their Cities of Refuge 165
” XVI. Their Purification, and Ceremonies 167
Preparatory for War
” XVII. Their Ornaments 178
” XVIII. Their Manner of Curing the Sick 180
” XIX. Their Burial of the Dead 186
” XX. Their Mourning for the Dead 195
” XXI. Their Raising Seed to a Deceased Brother 198
” XXII. Their Choice of Names Adapted to their 199
Circumstances and the Times
” XXIII. Their Own Traditions, the Accounts of English 202
Writers, and the Testimony Which the Spanish
and Other Authors Have Given, Concerning the
Primitive inhabitants of Peru and Mexico
AN ACCOUNT OF THE KATAHBA, CHEERAKE, MUSKOGHE OR CREEKS,
CHOKTAH, AND CHIKKASAH NATIONS: WITH OCCASIONAL REMARKS ON
THEIR LAWS, AND THE CONDUCT OF OUR GOVERNORS,
SUPERINTENDENTS, MISSIONARIES, ETC.
Account of the Katahba Nations, etc. 231
Account of the Cheerakee Nation, etc. 237
Account of the Muskoge Nation, etc. 274
Account of the Choktah Nation, etc. 302
Account of the Chikkasah Nation, etc. 377
GENERAL OBSERVATIONS ON THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS.
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