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An Account of the Manners and Customs of the Sauk and Fox Nations of Indians

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Thomas Forsyth (1771-1833) was an Illinois fur trader who served as Indian agent for the Sauk and Fox Indians from 1818-1830. He was stationed at Rock Island, Ill., just across from their principal town of Saukenuk at the mouth of the Rock River. This report was produced in 1826, after Forsyth had lived and worked among the Indians of the Upper Mississippi Valley for 15 years. It was sent in January of 1827 to the superintendant of Indian Affairs, William Clark. The footnotes in this version were prepared in 1911 by editor Emma H. Blair
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Keywords

  1. Adolescence
  2. Aging
  3. Black Hawk War, 1832
  4. Canoes And Canoeing
  5. Childhood
  6. Clothing And Dress
  7. Cookery
  8. Corn
  9. Death
  10. Deer Hunting
  11. Dwellings
  12. Family
  13. Food
  14. Fox
  15. French And Indian War, 1755 1763
  16. Fur Trade
  17. Gardens
  18. Government
  19. Hunting
  20. Indian Dance
  21. Indians Of North America Government Relations
  22. Marriage
  23. Medicine
  24. Meteorology
  25. Native Americans
  26. Prisoners Of War
  27. Race Relations
  28. Rites And Ceremonies
  29. Sauk
  30. War Of 1812

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