The History of the American Indians: Particularly those Nations Adjoining to the Mississippi, East and West Florida, Georgia, South and North Carolina, and Virginia

James Adair

doi:10.1017/CBO9781139583602

The History of the American Indians

Particularly those Nations Adjoining to the Mississippi, East and West Florida, Georgia, South and North Carolina, and Virginia

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James Adair

Publisher:: Cambridge University Press
Online publication date:: October 2014
Print publication year:: 2013
First published in:: 1775
Online ISBN:: 9781139583602
DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139583602

Subjects:: American History: General Interest, Historical Geography, History, Colonial American History, History of Native American Peoples
Series:: Cambridge Library Collection - North American History

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A trader who lived and worked for four decades among Native Americans and became a keen observer of their languages, customs and politics, James Adair (fl.1735–75) studied the Catawba, Cherokee, Muscogee, Chickasaw and Choctaw, compiling extensive ethnographic information. Upon publication in 1775, this work was unique in its treatment of these peoples as well as their interaction with white traders and colonists. The book also propounds a theory, popular at the time, that the ancestors of Native Americans were the lost tribes of Israel; as such it remains a valuable source for the history of this idea. In part autobiographical, the work reflects Adair's involvement in trading, local politics and warfare with the British and French. His observations remain of great interest to scholars of American history and ethnography.

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The History of the American Indians

Particularly those Nations Adjoining to the Mississippi, East and West Florida, Georgia, South and North Carolina, and Virginia

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Frontmatter
pp i-viii

Dedication
pp ix-xii

PREFACE
pp xiii-xiv

Contents
pp xv-xvi

A History of the North American Indians, their customs, & c. Observations on their colour, shape, temper, and dress
pp 1-9

Observations on the origin and descent of the Indians
pp 10-14

Argument I - Their division into tribes
pp 15-18

Argument II - Their worship of Jehovab
pp 18-32

Argument III - Their notions of a theocracy
pp 32-35

Argument IV - Their belief in the ministration of angels
pp 35-37

Argument V - Their language and dialects
pp 37-74

Argument VI - Their manner of counting time
pp 74-80

Argument VII - Their prophets and high priests
pp 80-94

Argument VIII - Their festivals, fasts, and religious rites
pp 94-115

Argument IX - Their daily sacrifice
pp 115-119

Argument X - Their ablutions and anointings
pp 120-123

Argument XI - Their laws of uncleanness
pp 123-129

Argument XII - Their abstinence from unclean things
pp 130-138

Argument XIII - Their marriages, divorces, and punishment of adultery
pp 138-146

Argument XIV - Their several punishments
pp 146-157

Argument XV - Their cities of refuge
pp 158-159

Argument XVI - Their purifications, and ceremonies preparatory to war
pp 159-169

Argument XVII - Their ornaments
pp 169-172

Argument XVIII - Their manner of curing the sick
pp 172-177

Argument XIX - Their burial of the dead
pp 177-185

Argument XX - Their mourning for their dead
pp 186-189

Argument XXI - Their raising seed to a deceased brother
pp 189-190

Argument XXII - Their choice of names adapted to their circumstances and the times
pp 191-194

Argument XXIII - Their own traditions, the accounts of our English writers, and the testimonies which the Spanish and other authors have given, concerning the primitive inhabitants of Peru and Mexico
pp 194-220

An Account of the Katahba, Cheerake, Muskoghe or Creeks, Choktab, and Chikkasah Nations: with occasional remarks on their Laws, and the Conduct of our Governors, Superintendents, Missionaries, &c
pp 221-222

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