settlements had lost a great part of their traditions, and had so

Warren in DelaficlcTs Antiquities.

a

Drakis Picture of Cincinnati.

OF HUDSON'S RIVER.

blended their customs with those of the Europeans as to render

" difficult if not

it

impossible to trace their origin or discover had nevertheless

their explication," while those further removed

been visited by traders, and especially by French Jesuits, who had " introduced some of their own inventions which the pre

Until sent generation confound with their ancient customs." can of the old of the nations world satisfactorily explain many the origin of their own race, it is hardly worth while to endeavor to make our aborigines any further kindred with them than that the same Almighty Power called them into being and endowed

them with common instincts. Verazzano,

who sailed along the coast of North America

1524, speaks of the natives whom he met in the harbor of New York, as " not differing much," from those with whom

in

he had intercourse at other points, " being dressed out with the

His description being the

feathers of birds of various colors."

they were untainted by association with Europeans. In person, he says, they were of good proportions, of middle stature, broad across the breast, strong in the arms, and well-formed. Among those who came on board his vessel were " two kings more beautiful in form earliest is of the most merit, for at that time

and stature than can possibly be described ; one was about forty