Chapter 1:  pages 11 - 16

Early Discovery of the Western Continent - Christopher Columbus - Other Noted Discoverers

Sketch of Columbus

Other Early Discoveries

Chapter 2:  pages 16 - 17

The Original People - Indian Nations

Chapter 3:  pages 17 - 18

Indian Character and Peculiarities - Normal Aboriginies Contrasted with the Present Hordes on the Frontiers

Chapter 4:  pages 18 - 21

Indian Warefare, Hunting and Oratory - Cornplanter and Red Jacket

Chapter 5:  pages 21 - 23

Indian Respect for the Aged-Adoption of Children-Reverence for the Dead

Chapter 6:  pages 24 - 25

Indian Superstition

Chapter 7:  pages 25 - 26

The Iroquois Supremacy over the Delawares and Other Nations

Chapter 8:  pages 26 - 27

Language of the Iroquois

Chapter 9:  pages 27 - 31

Early Settlements and Explorations by the French-Father Hennepin, The First White Man that trod the Allegheny Valley

Chapter 10:  pages 31 - 34

Early Settlement of Pennsylvania-William Penn-The First Proprietary

William Penn