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# Chief Logan and Others

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Chief Logan and Others of «Wigwam stories told by North American Indians» by Mary Catherine Judd: the whole text, 17 sentences and 240 words. The small number after every sentence leads to its own page with its syntax tree and pragmatics, parsed by Mova itself.

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The Delaware Indians of eastern Pennsylvania have always called the Iroquois the Mingo Indians.[1](1/ "tree and pragmatics")

Skikelling was a Mingo.[2](2/ "tree and pragmatics") He was chief of the Cayugas, one of the most intelligent tribes of the Iroquois union.[3](3/ "tree and pragmatics") The son of Skikelling was also a chief.[4](4/ "tree and pragmatics") He is celebrated in the history of Pennsylvania as Chief Logan.[5](5/ "tree and pragmatics")

When a babe Chief Logan was brought by his father to Fort Augusta in 1742, to be baptized by the Moravian missionaries.[6](6/ "tree and pragmatics") Hence his American name, which is famous in history and romance.[7](7/ "tree and pragmatics")

There was another Chief Logan who was for a time chief among the Delawares.[8](8/ "tree and pragmatics") This chief lost an eye in a battle and was then deprived of his position, as a chief must be physically perfect.[9](9/ "tree and pragmatics")

History has preserved the names of numbers of Indians famous in war and peace.[10](10/ "tree and pragmatics")

Samoset, who greeted the Pilgrims with the cordial “Welcome, Englishmen,” is one of the first on the list.[11](11/ "tree and pragmatics") Squanto, Massasoit, Canonicus, Miantonomoh are well known in New England history.[12](12/ "tree and pragmatics") These are the names of men who kept their promises and fought bravely for their white friends.[13](13/ "tree and pragmatics")

King Philip saw the ruin of his country and people and commanded an uprising.[14](14/ "tree and pragmatics") He was a terrible warrior, and his name is both famous and infamous.[15](15/ "tree and pragmatics") Tecumseh, Red Cloud, Black Hawk, and others are well known in western history.[16](16/ "tree and pragmatics") These names and hundreds of others are kept in memory as the names of cities, rivers, or lakes.[17](17/ "tree and pragmatics")

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