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Source Material on the History and Ethnology of the Caddo Indians,
by John R. Swanton, 1942.
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!
First published in 1929, John R. Swanton's Myths and Tales of
the Southeastern Indians is a classic of American Indian folklore.
During the years 1908-1914 Swanton gathered the myths and legends
of the descendants of Muckhogean-speaking peoples living in Texas,
Louisiana, and Oklahoma, and in this volume he preserved more than
three hundred tales of the Creek, Hitchiti, Alabama, Koasati, and
Natchez Indians.
"Myths and Tales of the Southeastern Indians" stands as the
largest collection of Muskhogean oral traditions ever published.
Included are stores on the origin of corn and tobacco, the deeds of
ancient native heroes, visits to the world of the dead, and
encounters between people and animals or supernatural beings in
animal form. Animal tales abound, especially those on the
southeastern trickster Rabbit.
First published in 1942, John R. Swanton's Source Material on
the History and Ethnology of the Caddo Indians is a classic
reference on the Caddos. Long regarded as the dean of southeastern
Native American studies, Swanton worked for decades as an
ethnographer, ethnohistorian, folklorist, and linguist. In this
volume he presents the history and culture of the Caddos according
to the principal French, Spanish, and English sources.
In the seventeenth century, French and Spanish explorers
encountered four regional alliances-Cahinnio, Cadohadacho, Hasinai,
and Natchitoches-within the boundaries of the present-day states of
Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas, and Oklahoma. Their descriptions of
Caddo culture are the earliest sources available, and Swanton
weaves the information from these primary documents into a
narrative, translated into English, for the benefit of the modern
reader. For the scholar, he includes in an appendix the extire test
of three principal documents in their original Spanish.
The first half of the book is devoted to an extensive history of
the Caddos, from De Soto's encounters in 1521 to the Caddos'
involvement in the Ghost Dance Religion of 1890. The second half
discusses Caddo culture, including origin legends and religious
beliefs, material culture, social relations, government, warfare,
leisure, and trade. For this edition, Helen Hornbeck Tanner also
provides a new foreword surveying the scholarship published on the
Caddos since Swanton's time.
This is a new release of the original 1929 edition.
This Is A New Release Of The Original 1915 Edition.
This Is A New Release Of The Original 1909 Edition.
This Is A New Release Of The Original 1915 Edition.
This Is A New Release Of The Original 1909 Edition.
This Is A New Release Of The Original 1909 Edition.
This Is A New Release Of The Original 1909 Edition.
This is a new release of the original 1929 edition.
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