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THE OHIO VALLEY-GREAT LAKES ETHNOHISTORY ARCHIVES: THE MIAMI COLLECTION
It is noted that the following work from the Miami Archives should be read and considered within the historical context in which it was composed and printed. The opinions expressed and the language used do not reflect the opinions or standards of the Glenn A. Black Laboratory of Archaeology, but are, rather, indicative of thought in that historical moment during which the document was published.

 

Memoir on the Manners

 

Blair, ed: Indian Tribes of the Upper Mississippi and the Great Lakes Region,
Vol. I, Table of Contents, Memoir on the Manners by Nicolas Perrot.

 

I

 

Beliefs regarding the creation of the world

 

31

 

II

 

Beliefs regarding the creation of Man

 

37

 

III

 

Commencement of wars among the savages

 

41

 

IV

 

First wars of the Iroquois

 

42

 

V

 

Superstition of the savage tribes

 

47

 

VI

 

Continuation of the superstitions of the sava.

 

59

 

VII

 

Marriage among the savages

 

64

 

VIII

 

Of funerals and obsequies

 

78

 

IX

 

Belief regarding immortality

 

89

 

X

 

Games and amusements of the savages

 

93

 

XI

 

Food and hunting of the savages

 

102

 

XII

 

Moral traits of the savages

 

132

 

XIII

 

Continuation of the war between the Algonkins and Iroquois

 

146

 


then begins the extracts.
The foregoing is traditional material. Some of it is also probably historic, but I am afraid each in his own way will have to go through it. This can not be dated.

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