. Our greater country; being a standard history of the United States from the discovery of the American continent to the present time ... territory was next in extent to that of the Algonquins, and extended along theGulf of Mexico from the Atlantic Ocean tothe Mississippi River. The nation wasdivided into three great confederations—theCreeks or Muscogees, the Choctaws and theChickasaws—and was subdivided into anumber of smaller tribes, the principal ofwhich were the Seminoles and Yemassev^s,who were members of the Creek ConfecVeration. VII. The Natchez, who dwelt in a smallterrito
. Our greater country; being a standard history of the United States from the discovery of the American continent to the present time ... territory was next in extent to that of the Algonquins, and extended along theGulf of Mexico from the Atlantic Ocean tothe Mississippi River. The nation wasdivided into three great confederations—theCreeks or Muscogees, the Choctaws and theChickasaws—and was subdivided into anumber of smaller tribes, the principal ofwhich were the Seminoles and Yemassev^s,who were members of the Creek ConfecVeration. VII. The Natchez, who dwelt in a smallterritory east of the Mississippi, and along the banks of the Pearl River. They were almostsurrounded by the tribes of the Mobilianlanguage, yet remained until their extinctiona separate nation, speaking a distinct lan-guage peculiar to themselves, and worship-ping the sun as their God. They are believedto have been the most civilized of all thesavage tribes of North America. VIII. The Dacotahs or Sioux, whose terri-tory was bounded on the north by LakeWinnipeg, on the south by the ArkansasRiver, on the east by the Mississippi, and on. NAVAJO BOY. the west by the Rocky Mountains. Thenation was divided into the followingbranches : the Winnebagoes, living betweenLake Michigan and the Mississippi; theSouthern Sioux, living between the Arkan-sas and the Platte; and the Mandans andCrews, who lived north of them. The great plains, the Rocky Mountainsand Pacific coast were held by the powerfultribes of the Pawnees, Comanches, Apaches,Utahs, Black Feet, Snakes, Nezperces, Flat-heads, Navajos and California Indians. 26 DISCOVERY OF THE WESTERN CONTINENT. Each tribe was divided into classes orclans, which were distinguished by a marktattooed on the breast. This mark wascalled the toton, and was generally therepresentation of an animal or bird. TheIndians believed that all animals had protect-ing spirits, and each class was supposed tobe protected by the spirit of the animal itchose for its
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