ORIGIN


    OF THE



NORTH



AMERICAN



INDIANS.



  HAVING given an account of the
Christopher Columnbus, we shall



.iie peoplii



w~e red,
differen
Y reater
ions of
rp



it
t
pa
t1h



wvas
from
rt of
1e I1e



dis
I10V



f this continent .
found inhabited by
L the inhabitants of



IAsia, than 1



%S
*1



a I  Io trace tme UeSCC
was said by oine of the
ow 1)cfore tlhe sun,"
ter on the page of hist
a portion of the huma
less gratifying to the



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)rciU ar
nt of t
hir flno
r1uid pc
tory, b
ii race
scicut



peramrbulating this labyrinth
no safer guide can be offered u
acteristical features of the Ind.
with the national character of
the resemblance which, in th



covery o
r procee
When I
a race (
Europe



Cf America by
d to account
.merica was
)f people, no
, Africa, and



lie climate and natural pro-
( different from those of the
,he red men who are melting,
st celeI)rated warriors * "like
,rpetuate their national char-
'efore they totally disappear
w will, we have no doubt, 'be
ific than to the curious.  Iii
of obscurity and antiquity
S, than a portrait of the char-
ians, which, when compared
some Asiatic tribes, will, by
eir manners, habits, and cus-



toms thfcybear to each other, lead us to the original



scource



  *The noted Miami chief Mishikinakwa, or Little Turtle who
contributed most to the defeat of St. Clair.



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