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First published in 1891, this book was the earliest attempt to
construct a systematic classification of all the indigenous
languages of the Americas, focusing particularly on the
relationship between culture and grammar and vocabulary. It
addresses the various theories of the origins of the American race,
and the archaeological evidence for the presence of humans in the
Americas. It discusses geologists' opinions and the physical
geography of the Americas in relation to Europe, and considers the
physical characteristics of the Native Americans, their culture,
religion, domestic habits and family organisation, providing a
comprehensive anthropological and historical context for the
linguistic work. Special attention is paid to the parts of the
continent, mostly south of Mexico, whose ethnography was little
known at the time of writing. Each chapter covers a particular
region, and there is a detailed linguistic appendix.
The Lenape And Their Legends, With The Complete Text And Symbols Of
The Walam Olum. PREFACE. In the present volume I have grouped a
series of ethnological studies of the Indians of Eastern
Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Maryland, around what is asserted to
be one of the most curious records of ancient American history. For
a long time this record, or Red Score-was supposed to have been
lost. Having obtained the original text complete about a year ago,
I printed a few copies and sent them to several educated native
Delawares with a request for aid in its transhtion and opinions on
its authenticity. The results will be found in the following pages.
The interest in the subject thus excited prompted me to a general
review of our knowledge of the Lenape or Dela wares, their history
and traditions, their language and customs. This disclosed the
existence of a number of things not mentioned in bibliographies...
THIS 42 PAGE ARTICLE WAS EXTRACTED FROM THE BOOK: Myths of the New
World, by Daniel G. Brinton. To purchase the entire book, please
order ISBN 0766142817.
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