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Title: Four American Indians
King Philip, Pontiac, Tecumseh, Osceola

Author: Edson L. Whitney
Frances M. Perry

Release Date: May 20, 2008 [EBook #25538]

Language: English

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FOUR AMERICAN INDIANS

KING PHILIP
TECUMSEH
PONTIAC
OSCEOLA

A BOOK FOR YOUNG AMERICANS

BY

EDSON L. WHITNEY and FRANCES M. PERRY

NEW YORK CINCINNATI CHICAGO

AMERICAN BOOK COMPANY

Copyright, 1904, by
EDSON L. WHITNEY and FRANCES M. PERRY

Four Am. Ind.

CONTENTS

THE STORY OF KING PHILIP

CHAPTER PAGE

I. PHILIP'S PEOPLE 9

II. PHILIP'S CHILDHOOD HOME 12

III. MASSASOIT AND HIS TWO SONS 15

IV. PHILIP HEARS OF THE ENGLISH 19

V. PHILIP MEETS THE ENGLISH 23

VI. PHILIP'S EDUCATION 26

VII. PHILIP'S DAILY LIFE 30

VIII. PHILIP'S RELATIONS WITH THE ENGLISH 34

IX. PHILIP BECOMES GRAND SACHEM 37

X. PHILIP'S TROUBLES WITH THE WHITES 39

XI. PHILIP AND THE INDIAN COUNCILS 42

XII. KING PHILIP'S WAR 45

XIII. THE LAST DAYS OF PHILIP 48

THE STORY OF PONTIAC

CHAPTER PAGE

I. THE MEETING OF PONTIAC AND THE ENGLISH 53

II. PONTIAC'S CHILDHOOD 59

III. PONTIAC'