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A SYNOPSIS OF THE INDIAN TRIBES WITHIN THE UNITED STATES EAS IBD

EVOLUTION PUBLISHING
01 / 2008
9781889758800
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ááááOriginally published under the auspices of the American Antiquarian Society in 1836,áA Synopsis of the Indian Tribes within the United States East of the Rocky Mountains, and in the British and Russian Possessions in North Americaáis a monumental compendia of Native American language. Authored by statesman, politician, and scholar Albert Gallatin (1761-1849), it is among the finest systematic collections of Native American ethnology and linguistics of its day. Containing invaluable information on some 81 tribes, the volume commences with four sections of introductory matter giving an overview of the history of the various North American tribal groups divided by geography (Section 1:áIndian Tribes North of the United States,áSection 2:áAlgonkin-Lenape and the Iroquois,áSection 3:áSouthern Indians,áSection 4:áIndians West of the Mississippi).áSection 5ácovers general observations on social and cultural practices andáSection 6ábegins an in-depth discussion of Indian languages.ááááNearly half of this volume is made up of an Appendix dedicated to grammatical notices and vocabularies from dozens of tribes, including the Choctaw, Delaware, Micmac, Wyandot, Cherokee, Eskimo, Massachusett, Sioux, and the various nations of the Iroquois. Of particular note is the Comparative Vocabulary of Fifty-Three Nations which presents a 60-page table of Native words and terms from tribes such as the Ottawa, Nanticoke, Shawnee, Miami, Sauk, Osage, Omaha, Natchez, Pawnee, and dozens of others arranged for easy comparison. Also included is a further comparison of 16 Native languages including Penobscot, Minsi, Nootka, Souriquois, Huron, Woccon, and others. Finally, several short miscellaneous wordlists are included, such as vocabularies of Blackfoot, Powhatan, Cayuga, Iowa, Crow, Shoshonee, Cheyenne, Chinook, Caddo, Seneca, Mohawk, and many others.

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