Horatio Hale

Horatio Hale
Horatio Hale (1817–1896) was an American-Canadian ethnologist and philologist known for his pioneering work in linguistics and anthropology. He played a significant role in the early study of Native American languages, particularly through his work with the Haida and Iroquois peoples. His most famous publication, "The Iroquois Book of Rites" (1883), documented the oral traditions and ceremonies of the Iroquois Confederacy. Hale's research contributed to the broader understanding of the relationship between language, culture, and society, influencing future scholars like Franz Boas.

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A LAWGIVER OF THE STONE AGE. By HORATIO HALE, of Clinton, Ontario,Canada. What was the intellectual capacity of man when he made his first appearance upon the earth? Or, to speak with more scientific precision (as the question relates to material evidences), what were the mental powers of the people who fashioned the earliest stone implements, which are admitted to be the oldest remaining traces of our... more...

CHAPTER I. THE HURON-IROQUOIS NATIONS. At the outset of the sixteenth century, when the five tribes or"nations" of the Iroquois confederacy first became known to Europeanexplorers, they were found occupying the valleys and uplands of northernNew York, in that picturesque and fruitful region which stretcheswestward from the head-waters of the Hudson to the Genesee. The Mohawks,or Caniengas—as... more...