Note 287 — Chapter XXV · ACCOUNT OF THE MANDAN INDIANS (continued 2)
Hannibal Evans Lloyd translation
The ceremony of adoption was frequent among North American Indians. It was of vast service in preserving the lives of white captives, and in promoting intercourse between whites and Indians. For typical instances consult Lewis H. Morgan, League of the Iroquois (Rochester, 1851), pp. 341-346; J. Long's Voyages, in our volume ii, pp. 82-86; and Henry-Thompson Journals, i, pp. 388-390.—Ed.