The Pergamum Collection publishes books history has long forgotten. We transcribe books by hand that are now hard to find and out of print.

We have followed De Soto into the land of the Chickasaws. He and his followers were the first white men to visit their country and to look into their faces. They were great travelers and ever on the alert, and the news that De Soto had put other Indians into chains and captivity, as well as the news of the battle at Mauilla, had doubtless reached the Chickasaws long before the expedition had reached their country. Biedma says the expedition was detained at the river three days before a pas...

Modern science has shown that the widely held beliefs of clinicians about urinary tract infection (UTI) are wrong. A large body of meticulous, rigorous data, from different centres around the world makes this point. How can it be that doctors continue to practise in contradiction of what we now know? A few clinicians are now changing their approach with gratifying results so it is timely to encourage others to do likewise.Clinical guidelines have achieved such influence that most doctors f...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Critical thinking allows you to evaluate situations clearly and rationally, helping you understand underlying causes, question assumptions, and explore solutions. Utilizing logic provides structure to your thinking process, enabling you to analyze problems methodically and make sound, reasoned decisions.Problem-solving is the practical application of these skills, empowering you to overcome challenges and implem...

This file includes: African and European Addresses, Theodore Roosevelt: an Autobiography, A Book-Lover's Holidays in the Open, Hero Tales from American History, Hunting the Grisly and Other Sketches, Theodore Roosevelt's Letters to His Children, The Naval War of 1812, The Rough Riders, Throug the Brazilian Wilderness, and The Winning of the West (all four volumes), Hunting in Many Lands, Thomas Hart Benton, and Gouverneur Morris. According to Wikipedia: "Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt (October...

According to Wikipedia: "The indigenous peoples of the Americas are the pre-Columbian inhabitants of the Americas, their descendants, and many ethnic groups who identify with those peoples. They are often also referred to as Native Americans, First Nations, Amerigine, and by Christopher Columbus' geographical mistake Indians, modernly disambiguated as the American Indian race, American Indians, Amerindians, Amerinds, or Red Indians. According to the still-debated New World migration model,...

Feeling in Spain.—America, at this time, was to the Spaniard a land of vague, but magnificent promise, where the simple natives wore unconsciously the costliest gems, and the sands of the rivers sparkled with gold. Every returning ship brought fresh news to quicken the pulse of Spanish enthusiasm. Now, Cortez had taken Mexico, and reveled in the wealth of the Montezumas; now, Pizarro had conquered Peru, and captured the riches of the Incas; now, Magellan, sailing through the straits which ...

The myths given in this book are part of a large body of material collected among the Cherokee, chiefly in successive field seasons from 1887 to 1890, inclusive, and comprising more or less extensive notes, together with original Cherokee manuscripts, relating to the history, archeology, geographic nomenclature, personal names, botany, medicine, arts, home life, religion, songs, ceremonies, and language of the tribe. Contents: Historical Sketch of the Cherokee Stories and Story-tellers The...

Blood, betrayal, and the birth of a colony. For a century, the Carolina frontier trembled under the thunder of war drums and the crack of musket fire as European settlers and Native American nations clashed in a brutal struggle that would reshape the American landscape forever. Lawrence Lee's gripping historical account plunges readers into the heart of North Carolina's most violent and transformative era, where survival demanded courage, cunning, and an iron will to endure unimaginable ha...

Side by side with the westward drift of white Americans in the 1830's was the forced migration of the Five Civilized Tribes from Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, and Florida. Both groups were deployed against the tribes of the prairies, both breaking the soil of the undeveloped hinterland. Both were striving in the years before the Civil War to found schools, churches, and towns, as well as to preserve orderly development through government and laws.In this book Grant Foreman brings ...

William Canniff's "History of the Settlement of Upper Canada (Ontario), with Special Reference to the Bay Quinté" is a meticulously researched historical narrative that delves into the intricacies of early Canadian settlement. Canniff employs a descriptive and engaging literary style, blending primary sources and personal anecdotes to vividly portray the socio-political landscape of Upper Canada during the 18th and 19th centuries. His attention to detail provides readers with a deep unders...

In "The Cornplanter Memorial," James Ross Snowden offers a poignant exploration of Native American history and identity through the lens of the esteemed Cornplanter, a prominent Seneca chief and a key figure during the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Snowden's narrative weaves together historical documentation, personal anecdotes, and poetic reflections, creating a tapestry that meticulously captures the struggles and triumphs of the Seneca people. His literary style blends rigorous sc...