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William Henry Johnson. French Pathfinders in North America
French Pathfinders in North America
Table of Contents
FOREWORD
French Pathfinders in North America
Chapter I
THE ORIGIN AND DISTRIBUTION OF THE INDIAN RACE
Chapter II
SOMETHING ABOUT INDIAN SOCIAL LIFE
Indian Family Tree
Chapter III
THE IROQUOIS LEAGUE
Chapter IV
ACHIEVEMENTS OF FRENCHMEN. IN THE NORTH OF AMERICA
Chapter V
JACQUES CARTIER, THE DISCOVERER OF CANADA
Chapter VI
JEAN RIBAUT
THE FRENCH AT PORT ROYAL, IN SOUTH CAROLINA
Chapter VII
RENÉ DE LAUDONNIÈRE
PLANTING A COLONY ON THE ST. JOHN'S RIVER
Fort Caroline
Chapter VIII
SAMUEL DE CHAMPLAIN IN NOVA SCOTIA
Samuel de Champlain
Chapter IX
SAMUEL DE CHAMPLAIN (Continued)
THE FRENCH ON THE ST. LAWRENCE AND THE GREAT LAKES
Fort of the Iroquois
Chapter X
JESUIT MISSIONARY PIONEERS
Chapter XI
JEAN NICOLLET, LOUIS JOLIET, AND. FATHER JACQUES MARQUETTE
THE DISCOVERERS OF THE MISSISSIPPI
Chapter XII
PIERRE ESPRIT RADISSON AND MÉDARD CHOUART. EXPLORE LAKE SUPERIOR
Chapter XIII
ROBERT CAVELIER, SIEUR DE LA SALLE, THE FIRST EXPLORER OF THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI
Chapter XIV
LA SALLE AND THE FOUNDING OF LOUISIANA
The Murder of La Salle
Supplement to Chapter XIV
Le Moyne de Bienville
Chapter XV
FATHER LOUIS HENNEPIN
Falls of St. Anthony
Chapter XVI
THE VÉRENDRYES DISCOVER THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS
NOTE ON THE MANDANS
BOOKS FOR REFERENCE
INDEX
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William Henry Johnson
Published by Good Press, 2019
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Again, the men who ruled, though they were formally elected to office, had not any authority such as is possessed by our judges and magistrates, who can say to a man, "Do thus," and compel him to obey or take the consequences. The influence of Indian rulers was more like that of leading men in a civilized community: it was chiefly personal and persuasive, and it was exerted in various indirect ways. If, for example, it became a question how to deal with a man who had done something violently opposed to Indian usage or to the interest of the tribe, there was not anything like an open trial, but the chiefs held a secret council and discussed the case. If they decided favorably to the man, that was an end of the matter. On the other hand, if they agreed that he ought to die, there was not any formal sentence and public execution. The chiefs simply charged some young warrior with the task of putting the offender out of the way. The chosen executioner watched his opportunity, fell upon his victim unawares, perhaps as he passed through the dark porch of a lodge, and brained him with his tomahawk. The victim's family or clan made no demand for reparation, as they would have done if he had been murdered in a private feud, because public opinion approved the deed, and the whole power of the tribe would have been exerted to sustain the judgment of the chiefs.
According to our ideas, which demand a fair and open trial for every accused person, this was most abhorrent despotism. Yet it had one very important safeguard: it was not like the arbitrary will of a single tyrant doing things on the impulse of the moment. Indians are eminently deliberative. They are much given to discussing things and endlessly powwowing about them. They take no important step without talking it over for days. Thus, in such a case as has been supposed, there was general concurrence in the judgment of the chiefs, because they were understood to have canvassed the matter carefully, and their decision was practically that of the tribe.
