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TOUR
OF
THE AMERICAN LAKES,
AND AMONG
THE INDIANS
OF THE
NORTH-WEST TERRITORY,
IN 1830:
DISCLOSING THE CHARACTER AND PROSPECTS OF THE INDIAN RACE.
BY C. COLTON.
IN TWO VOLUMES.
VOL. II.
LONDON:
FREDERICK WESTLEY AND A. H. DAVIS,
MDCCC XXXIII.
CONTENTS OF VOL. II.
CHAP. I.
Origin of the American Indians :-The Honourable
Elias Boudinot's theory in favour of their Hebrew
extraction; historical hint in the second book of
Esdras; deductions of Mr. Boudinot; historical
coincidences; no impossibilities in the way of the
supposition; the probabilities by which it is sus-
tained :-the traditions of the American Aborigines;
their religion and religious rites; exemption from
idolatry; their general history, so far as known ;
the affinities of their languages; objections; con-
clusion--that they are Hebrews
CHAP. II.
The most important among the great objects of public
benevolence; Christian chivalry; the arrogance of
the claims of Europeans over the American Con-
tinent; the right of discovery; what it is; false
notions and errors of juridical authorities respecting
it; Vattel; the mischief of these false assump-
tions; their influence on the fate of the Indians.
CHAP. III.
The project of the American Government to remove
the Indians from the east to the west of the Mis-
sissippi; an examination of the principles, on which
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