CHAPTER I

+Enslavement by the Indians Themselves+

PAGE Introductory statement 25 Indian slavery among the Indians practically universal 25 More extensively used among some tribes than others 25 No entire tribes held in subjection 25 Slavery on the Great Plains and Atlantic Slope 25 Different from that in west 25 Not slavery in the true sense in many cases 25 “Slavery” confounded with “prisoner” and “adoption” 25 Slavery to be interpreted in the broadest sense 26 Processes of enslavement 26–35 For crime 26 Indians staked themselves when gambling 26 Indians sold children in time of famine 26 Barter with other tribes 27–28 Warfare 29–35 Coming of Europeans affected slavery 33–35 Stirring up tribes against one another 34 Employment of Indian slaves 35–39 Domestic servants 35–36 Mistresses 36 Agricultural laborers 36 Miners 37 Hunters 37 Fishermen 37 Objects of barter and trade 38 Treatment of slaves 39–40 Depended upon individual owners 39 A distinct class in west 39 A part of family or tribe in east 39 Adoption 39 Treatment generally kind 39 Instances of cruel treatment 40 Precautions to prevent escape 40 Women of tribe have power to spare or kill 40 Punishment by death 41 Distinction between owner and slave not so clear as between the European and his slave 41 Privileges and favors 41–42 Manumission 43–45 Marriage into the tribe 43 Birth 43 Death of owner 43 Adoption 43–44 Peace with tribe to which slave belonged 44 Exchange 44 Messenger in formal declaration of war 44

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