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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    Note [M], p. 18. From the little fuccefs which has attended the ef- forts of the Jesuits in the propagation of theCHRis- tian dodtrines, fome of them concluded that the Indians partook more of the nature of beafts than of human beings : but it is unneceffary to add, that there are few nations of men who are bleffed. with more vigorous intelledts than the Indians; and the little progrefs of Chrijiianity among them is to be attributed to two different caufes, firft to that reludtancy with which the ruder nations of mankind, in particular, forfake the religious cuf- toms of their forefathers ; and fecondly, to the very improper means which the Jesuits took in propagating their dodtrines. t Note [N], p. 18. The rivers Alleghaney and Monaungahela unite their waters at Fort Pitt, and there affume the name of Ohio. Note [O], p. 19. The country here fpoken of is cut by immenfe numbers of drains, but does not confift of high mountains.