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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Licence: Public Domain Mark

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 [Z], .p. 44» Ap Rhees died A. D. 1477, and Powel lived in the reign of Queen Elizabeth. Note [A A], p. 49. Some of the American tribes are accuftomed to bury a hatchet and a pipe with the deceafed war- rior. Note [B B], p. 50. According to Kalm’s account, thefe remains were dilcovered about nine hundred French miles weft of Montreal, from which 1 conclude they were flear fome ot the fources of the Mississippi. END OF THE FIRST PART. . ' , - / —n— — ERRATA. Page 10, line 7, for given, read declared. 13, 19, for traveller, read author. 47, 5, for Jiory, read tale. 48, fecond line from the bottom, for * Thofe, read To thofe.