The Conquest of Virginia - The Forest Primeval An Account, Based on Original Documents, of the Indians in that Portion of the Continent in which was Established The First English Colony in America By Conway Whittle Sams, 1916 437 pages, indexed, illustrated, searchable - Bonus Book – The Indians of Colonial Virginia By S. R. Hendron, 1878 346 pages, indexed - Bonus Book #2 – Names which the Lenni Lennape Or Delaware Indians Gave To Rivers, Streams and Localities Within the states of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland, and Virginia By William C. Reichel, 1872 58 pages - Bonus Book #3 – The Pamunkey Indians of Virginia By Jno. Garland Pollard, 1891 19 pages, searchable - Bonus Book #4 – Indian & Civil Wars of Virginia Printed By John Eliot, 1814 56 pages, searchable ***************************************************************** Digital Book CD Requires Adobe Reader 5.0 or higher to View ******************************************************************** $11.99 + $1.99 shipping and handling http://cgi.ebay.com/Conquest-Virginia-Indians-Colonial-Virginia-/200395037030?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2ea8799966 The Conquest of Virginia CONTENTS I. — Introductory II. — The Indian Character III. — The Fashion and Domestic Construction Of Indian Society . IV. — Marriage V. — Seasons and Festivals VI. — Fishing, Hunting, and Agriculture 91 VII. — Canoe-, Arrow-, and Pottery-Making 109 VIII. — Houses And Towns IX. — The Towns Located X. — The Falls of the James . XI — Political Laws and the Art of War i 65 XII. — The Priestly Medicine Man . XIII. — HUS-KA-NAW-ING XIV. — The Embalmed Kings and Funeral Rites .... XV. — Burial Mounds XVI. — Priests and Conjurers XVII. — Religion XVIII. — Powhatan and Wingina XIX. — Some Indian Words . XX. — The Tribes and Nations XXI. — Conclusion Index ILLUSTRATIONS Indians of Colonial Virginia Contents. Page Introduction 1 Chapter 1. Virginia and its Indian Inhabitants - Tribal Divisions and Numbers - Languages - "Confederacies"- Physical, Mental and ''oral Characteristics - Dress - Ornaments. ------ p. 11 Chapter 11. Dwellings - Furniture - Tovms - Family and its Character - Kinship through Females - Courtship - Marriage - Domestic Life - Children, their Training and Education - Pocohontas. a Title of Endearment - Food: Hunting and Fishing - Divis- ion of Time - Cultivation of the Groiand: Agriculture - Preparation of Corn for Food: Bread - Cookery - Food in General and its Varieties - Drink ---------- -p. 31 Chapter 111. Trade and Commerce - "Money" - Ingenuity in "Handicrafts" - Bows and Arrows - Shields and Swords - Knives - Boats - Work in Shell - in Stone - Metal-Y/orking - Pottery - '.'/eav- ing - Spinning - "Engraving" - Tannery - Musical Instru- ments - Dancing - Songs - Games - "Arts" - Medicine - Phys- icians or "Medicine-men" - Mantic Art - "Prophecies" - Tra- ditions ------------------ -____p.5S Chapter IV. Character of Government - Extent of Pov/hatan' s "Empire" - Powhatan's Residences - His Personal Appearance - Charac- ter - His "Imperial" State, Privileges and Im.munities - Na- ture of the Empire - Tenure of Land - Werov^ance and Cocka- rouse - Councils - "Laws" of the Indians - Organization of "Shiers" - Duties, Privileges, Iinmunities of the ."Officials Priests and their Influence - Councils - Character of th& so-called Powhatan "Confederacy" - Social Structure - War and Military Matters - Treatment of Captives - Treaties, Embassies and Triumphs - "Foreign Relations" of the Virgin- ia Indians - Internal Relations - Conduct required at Council General Summary ------------------- -p. 85 Chapter V. Character of Relif^ion - Temples - Dualism - Worship of the "Devill" - Bolief as to the Great God - Burled ' s Opinion - Beverley on the Religion of the Indians - Strachey on the Same - Immortality of the Soul - Worship of f'anibozho or Shawondose - The "Great Hare" - Kariot on the Religion of the Virginia Indians - The Soul after Death - Eyrd on the Religion of the Virginia Indians - Embalming - Great Tem- ple - Priests:. Their l^anner of Treating the Sick, their Functions - Atias - Holy Days - Feasts - Smith on Conjura- tion or "Pawawings" - Hariot on the Same - Whi taker on their "Magic and Sorcery"- Eeverley on Same - Functions of Conjuror - Objects of Worship: Five - 'Vater - Thunderstorm- Sun - Cardinal Points or Four Winds - Human Sacrifice - Huskana-ving - Conclusion --------------- p.115 Chapter VI. Indian Survivals - Words - "Tribes" - Descendants of Poco- hontas - Indian Place-Names - Indian Summer ----- -p. 156