The Lenâpé and Their Legends

The Walam Olum and the Delaware Tribe

Daniel G. Brinton

• Publisher: Aeneas Press
• Year: 2026
• Topic: Social Sciences
• eBook ISBN:
  9785501611696
• Subtopic: North American History
• Index: Social Sciences

The Walam Olum, the painted record of the Lenape migration, with the original symbols, the Delaware text and a translation - together with what was then known of the nation's history. Brinton believed the record genuine; the argument has run ever since. This edition 60 plates of painting, among them works by George Catlin, Albert Bierstadt and Frederic Remington, together with a preface, notes, appendix and indexes.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Copyright
• Preface.
• Chapter I. § 1. The Algonkin Stock.
• § 1. The Algonkin Stock.
• § 2. The Iroquois Stock.
• The Susquehannocks.
• The Hurons.
• The Cherokees.
• Chapter II. The Wapanachki or Eastern Algonkin Confederacy.
• The Confederated Tribes.
• The Mohegans.
• The Nanticokes.
• The Conoys.
• The Shawnees.
• The Sapoonees.
• The Assiwikales.
• Chapter III. The Lenape or Delawares.
• Derivation of Lenni Lenape.
• The Lenape Sub-Tribes.
• The Totemic Animals.
• The New Jersey Lenape.
• Political Constitution.
• Agriculture and Food Resources.
• House Building.
• Manufactures.
• Paints and Dyes.
• Dogs.
• Interments.
• Computation of Time.
• Pictographic Signs.
• Record Sticks.
• Moral and Mental Character.
• Religious Beliefs.
• Doctrine of the Soul.
• The Native Priests.
• Religious Ceremonies.
• Chapter IV. The Literature And Language Of The Lenape.
• § 1. Literature of the Lenape Tongue.
• § 2. General Remarks on the Lenape.
• § 3. Dialects of the Lenape.
• § 4. Special Structure of the Lenape.
• Chapter V. Historical Sketches of the Lenape.
• § 1. The Lenape as “Women”.
• § 2. Historic Migrations of the Lenape.
• § 3. Missionary Efforts in the Provinces of New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
• Chapter VI. Myths and Traditions of the Lenape.
• Cosmogonical and Culture Myths.
• National Traditions.
• Chapter VII. The Walam Olum: Its Origin, Authenticity And Contents.
• Rafinesque and his Writings.
• History of the Walam Olum.
• Discovery of the Walam Olum.
• Was it a Forgery?
• Phonetic System.
• Metrical Form.
• Pictographic System
• Derivation of Walam Olum.
• The Ms. of the Walam Olum.
• General Synopsis of the Walam Olum.
• Synopsis of the separate parts.
• The Walum Olum
• Notes
• Vocabulary.
• Agozhagàuta. (page 14. Note.)
• Dialect of the New Jersey Lenape. (p. 46)
• Rev. Adam Grube. (p. 84.)
• Eastern Origin of the Algonkins. (pp. 12 and 145.)
• Index of Authors
• Index of Subjects
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• In Preparation:
• About the Author