Legends of the Delaware Indians and Picture Writing (Classic Reprint) - Couverture souple

Richard Calmit Adams

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1334137781 ISBN 13 : 9781334137785

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Explore the legends and daily life of the Delaware people through gripping stories and historical note .

This collection presents traditional tales, warrior deeds, visions, and clan histories that illuminate how the Delawares lived, hunted, traded, and formed alliances with neighboring nations.

Set against a backdrop of travel, conflict, and diplomacy, the book blends myth, memory, and careful recording to offer a window into a rich Native American tradition. You’ll encounter vivid scenes of hunting, war, and ceremony, along with conversations between elders, chiefs, and visionary figures. It also includes glimpses of how people preserved memory and identity through story and picture writing.
What you’ll experience

• Narrative episodes of hunting camps, village life, and the hard choices of leadership.
• Tales of magical powers, spirits, and prophecies that shape individual fates and community decisions.
• Accounts of alliances and conflicts with Cherokees and Osages, and how these journeys altered borders and lives.
• Context on the way stories were kept and shared, including reference to visual record-keeping and portraiture.

Ideal for readers of Native American history and folklore, as well as those curious about how legends blend with history to shape a people’s world.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Excerpt from Legends of the Delaware Indians and Picture Writing

The following story is often related to the Delaware Indian chil iren to show to the little boys that they should be as careful in the selection and use of their words as they are in the selection of their arrows to shoot at a mark, for very often as much mischief is done by the wrong impression being conveyed by a sentence as there is in an arrow going astray when you most desire it to strike the mark.

The difficulty in literally translating a story from one language to another, and especially from the Indian tongue to the English, will make it hard to convey to the reader of this story the real sense of humor that the Indian children see in it when it is told to them.

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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1334137781
• ISBN 13: 9781334137785
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 89
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