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 - Towns - 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 Ground: 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-Working - Pottery - Weav-
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 Immunities - Na-
ture of the Empire - Tenure of Land - Werowance and Cocka-
rouse - Councils - "Laws" of the Indians - Organization of
"Shires" - Duties, Privileges, Immunities 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 Religion - 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