THE NEW YONE PUBLIC LIBRARY

ABTOA, LENOX AND
TILDEN FONTOS

THE

INDIAN RACES

OF NORTH AND SOUTH

AMERICA.

COMPRISING

AN ACCOUNT of the princIPAL ABORIGINAL RACES;

A DESCRIPTION OF THEIR NATIONAL CUSTOMS, MYTHOLOGY,
AND RELIGIOUS CEREMONIES; THE HISTORY OF THEIR MOST POWER-
FUL TRIBES, AND OF THEIR MOST CELEBRATED CHIEFS AND WARRIORS;
THEIR INTERCOURSE AND WARS WITH THE EUROPEAN SETTLERS;

AND A GREAT VARIETY OF ANECDOTE AND DESCRIPTION, ILLUS-
TRATIVE OF PERSONAL AND NATIONAL CHARACTER.

BY

CHARLES DE WOLF BROWNELL.

WITH

NUMEROUS AND DIVERSIFIED COLORED ILLUSTRATIONS
ENTIRELY NEW, MANY OF WHICH ARE FROM ORIGINAL DESIGNS,
EXECUTED IN THE BEST STYLE OF THE ART, BY THE FIRST ARTISTS IN

AMERICA.

PUBLISHED BY SUBSCRIPTION ONLY.

:NEW YORK:

PUBLISHED AT THE AMERICAN SUBSCRIPTION HOUSE,
AND AT THE BRANCHES IN PHILADELPHIA, BALTIMORE, NEW ORLEANS, AND

CHICAGO.

L. Stebbins, Hartford, Conn.

1856.

Thecked
ay 1913

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