PAPERS ON THE HISTORY, ANTIQUITIES, ARTS, LANGUAGES, RELIGIONS, TRADITIONS AND SUPERSTITIONS

OF

5-4298

THE AMERICAN ABORIGINES;

WITH

DESCRIPTIONS OF THEIR DOMESTIC LIFE, MANNERS, CUSTOMS, TRAITS, AMUSEments and ExpLOITS ;

TO THE MEMORY

OF

SAMUEL GARDNER DRAKE,

WHO THROUGHOUT A LONG AND STUDIOUS LIFE DEVOTED CONSTANT AND UNWEARIED EFFORT TO THE RECOVERY AND PRE

SERVATION OF WHATEVER RELATED TO THE HIS

TORY OF A RACE WHOSE ANNALS MUST

ERELONG CONSTITUTE THEIR

ONLY MONUMENT,

This Volume is Keverently Dedicated.