NORTII AMERICAN



IN DIANS.



CONCLUSION.



  Having now accomplishE
sed as a unide in outr inmuir
American Indians, with as
nature of the present work
more direct the attention of
fore we abandon so curious
all the races into which the
ded by peculiar features in
ies, as xvell as by the chai
mi)ds, the Abor icines of th4
afforded the antiquary the x
inquiry concerning their ori
uncertainty and obscurity
history of the American 1w



conjec
in ord
gular
been r
world.
they a
vian ii
on the



tu res



and the



wildesi



e1 the plan whic
y after the oriain



much fidelity
would pAnit,
the reader to I
and agitated a
grenlt human
the constitutio



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411
V
h



fi
n



h
of
s t



we propo-
hthe North
he limited



ze shall once
is subject be-
luestion. Of
tmily is divi-
of their bed-
+ ti d'C4 s  fioftzir



:acteILt:o LittIItl 1UVII I-L
e American Continent have
videst field for research alnd
ginal extraction  Amid this
which hang over the early
tians the mnost extravaaatint
t theor es hiave been formed



er to arrive tat the oricrinal of this stran
people. Almost all the nations of the
ransaclked to account for the peopling
I . While some have presuml ptuOUSly a
re descended fiom some remnant of th



ge
ea
of



ai
rt
tl



sse rt
e ai



i-habitants of the etarth, who survived the
summit of somne lofty moLuntain in the so



id sin-
h hlave
)e new
ed thIat
tedilu-
deluae
thtern



rec-ious of America, others have vainiv imaained that it
was here Adam and Eve drew the first breath of life,
and that hence all the other portions of the earth receiv-
ed their inhabitants.  In the absence of historical re-



cords, of which the Indians
hypothesis have inevitably I
foundation on which author
theories.
  It is truly amusing to see
mind sometimes espouses an
when-i the novelty of the plan
captivating. If we credit the
torians, we are to believe, thai



had none, conjecture and
formed the frail and only
s have built their various



how readily the human
y cause, however absurd,
is in any way alluring or
fanciful inventions of his.
t the Jews, the Canatnnites,



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