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Biographical sketches and anecdotes of ninety-five of 120 principal chiefs from the Indian tribes of North America / by Thomas L. McKenney and James Hall.

Author/creator McKenney, Thomas L. (Thomas Loraine), 1785-1859
Other author/creatorHall, James, 1793-1868.
Format Book and Print
Publication Info[Washington, D.C.] : United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, 1967.
Descriptionxvi, 452 pages ; 25 cm
Subject(s)
Uniform titleHistory of the Indian tribes of North America, with biographical sketches and anecdotes of the principal chiefs
Contents Red Jacket, a Seneca war chief -- Kishkalwa, a Shawnee chief -- Mohongo, an Osage woman -- Shingaba W'Ossin, a Chippewa chief -- Pushmataha, a Choctaw warrior -- Tenskwantawaw or The prophet -- Eshtahumleah, a Sioux chief -- Waapashaw, a Sioux chief -- Meetakoosega, a Chippewa warrior -- Weshcubb, a Chippewa chief -- Little Crow, a Sioux chief -- Sequoyah, a Cherokee -- Nawkaw, a Winnebago -- Shaumonekusse, an Oto half chief -- Hatne Hudjihini, tribe unknown -- Quatawapea, a Shawnee chief -- Payta Kootha, a Shawnee warrior -- Corn Plant, a Seneca chief -- Pashepahaw, a Sauk chief -- Caatousee, a Chippewa -- Chippewa squaw and child -- Petelasharro, a Pawnee brave -- Choncape, an Oto chief -- Wanata, a Sioux chief -- Peamuska, a Fox chief -- Catahecassa, a Shawnee chief -- Okeemakequid, a Chippewa chief -- Waemboeshkaa, a Chippewa chief -- McIntosh, a Creek chief -- Ongpatonga, an Omaha chief -- Mahaskah, an Iowa chief -- Rantchewaime, an Iowa woman -- Young Mahaskah, chief of the Iowas -- Nesouaquoit, a Fox chief -- Moanabonga, an Iowa chief -- Shauhaunapotinia, an Iowa chief -- Tahehee, a Cherokee chief -- Anacamegishea, a Chippewa chief -- Wabishkeepenas, a Chippewa -- Tshusick, a Chippewa woman -- Major Ridge, a Cherokee chief -- Lappawinsoe, a Delaware chief -- Tishcohan, a Delaware chief -- Shahaka, a Mandan chief -- Monkaushka, a Yankton Sioux chief -- Tokacon, a Yankton Sioux chief -- Opothle Yoholo, a Creek chief -- Yoholo Micco, a Creek chief -- Mistippee, a Creek -- Paddy Carr, a Creek interpreter -- Timpoochee Barnar, an Uchee warrior -- Makataimeshekiakiah, a Saukie brave -- Kishkekosh, a Fox brave -- Wapella, chief of the Musquakees -- Appanoose, a Saukie chief -- Taiomah, a Musquakee brave -- Notchimine, an Iowa chief -- Keokuk, chief of the Sacs and Foxes -- Neomonne, an Iowa chief -- Keesheswa, a Fox chief -- Tahrohon, an Iowa warrior -- Watchemonne, an Iowa chief -- Tustennuggee Emathla, a Creek chief -- Menawa, a Creek warrior -- Wabaunsee, a Pottawatomie chief -- Chittee Yoholo, a Seminole chief -- Metea, a Pottawatomie chief -- Thayendanegea, the great captain of the Six Nations -- Ahyouwaighs, chief of the Six Nations -- Neamathla, a Seminole chief -- Markomete, a Menomene brave -- Amisquam, a Winnebago brave -- Stummanu, a Flathead boy -- Le Soldat de Chene, an Osage chief -- Powasheek, a Fox chief -- Sharitarish, a Pawnee chief -- Wakaun Haka, a Winnebago chief -- Peskelechaco, a Pawnee chief -- Hoowanneka, a Winnebago chief -- Wakawn, a Winnebago chief -- Katawabeda, a Chippewa chief -- Foke Luste Hajo, a Seminole chief -- John Ridge, a Cherokee chief -- The Chippewa widow -- Micanopy, a Seminole chief -- Selocta, a Creek chief -- Kaipolequa, a Saukie warrior -- Asseola, a Seminole leader -- Yaha Hajo, a Seminole war chief -- Tooan Tuh, or Spring Frog, a Cherokee -- Tshizunhaukau, a Winnebago warrior -- Wakechai, a Saukie chief -- Kanapima, an Ottawa chief -- John Ross, a Cherokee chief -- Pocahontas, an Indian princess.
General noteReprint of History of the Indian tribes of North America, with biographical sketches and anecdotes of the principal chiefs. Embellished with one hundred and twenty portraits, from the Indian gallery in the Department of War, at Washington. By Thomas L. M'Kenney and James Hall. Vol. 1. Philadelphia, F.W. Greenough, 1838.
Issued in other formOnline version: McKenney, Thomas Loraine, 1785-1859. History of the Indian tribes of North America, with biographical sketches and anecdotes of the principal chiefs. Biographical sketches and anecdotes of ninety-five of 120 principal chiefs from the Indian tribes of North America. [Washington, D.C.] : United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, 1967
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