"Savages we call them, because their manners differ from ours, which we think the perfection of civility: they think the same of theirs. Perhaps, if we would examine the manners of different nations with impartiality, we should find no people so rude as to be without any rules of politeness; nor any so polite as not to have some remains of rudeness."-Dr. Franklin's Essay on the North American Savages. BY JOHN HALKETT, Esq. LONDON: PRINTED FOR ARCHIBALD CONSTABLE AND CO. EDINBURGH; AND HURST, ROBINSON, AND co. 90, CHEAPSIDE AND 8, PALL MALL. 1825. CONTENTS. GENERAL OBSERVATIONS ON THE CHARACTER OF THE NORTH TREACHEROUS CONDUCT OF THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT WITH REGARD TO THE INDIAN NATIONS-ABSURD ACCOUNTS OF |