Observations on some parts of natural history : to which is prefixed an account of several remarkable vestiges of an ancient date, which have been discovered in different parts of North America. Pt. I / by Benjamin Smith Barton.

  • Benjamin Smith Barton
Date:
[1787?]
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Credit: Observations on some parts of natural history : to which is prefixed an account of several remarkable vestiges of an ancient date, which have been discovered in different parts of North America. Pt. I / by Benjamin Smith Barton. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    A N 1 . APPENDIX: CONTAINING ►A NOTES and ILLUSTRATIONS. Note [A], p. 2. H E cuftoms, the manners, and the virtues of thofe nations of Indians, which have had much intercourfe with the Europeans, have undergone a very remarkable revolution. There • are, however, many tribes in different parts of America, which having been only tranfiently vi- fited from Europe, flill live in the greateft fim Ji- city and rudenefs : and in this Rate may they long continue, unlefs, as they become acquainted with our arts, they do not, as they have hitherto done, diminifh the volume of their virtues. Note [B], p. 2. The quantity of animal food, which was con- fumed by the different favage tribes of North America, appears to have been much greater than thaq of vegetable: hence we find that they