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Title: Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 1 (of 3)

Author: James Athearn Jones

Release Date: March 15, 2007 [EBook #20826]

Language: English

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TRADITIONS OF THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS:

BEING

A SECOND AND REVISED EDITION OF

"TALES OF AN INDIAN CAMP."

BY

JAMES ATHEARN JONES.

IN THREE VOLUMES.

VOL. I.

LONDON:
HENRY COLBURN AND RICHARD BENTLEY,
NEW BULINGTON STREET. 1830
F. SHOBERL, JUN., LONG ACRE.

[Illustration: _Designed & Etched by W. H. Brooks, A. R. H. A._
I bore her away in my arms from the battle of Warriors. _page 23_.
_London, Published by Colburn & Bentley, April 1830_.]

TO

WASHINGTON IRVING, ESQ.

THESE VOLUMES ARE RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED BY HIS
FRIEND AND COUNTRYMAN, THE AUTHOR.

ADVERTISEMENT.

It has been thought that the introduction prefixed to the first edition,
and which was intended as a mere framework upon which to hang the
traditions, was not satisfactorily contrived, and that the title did not
set forth the true nature of the work. I think so myself, and have
therefore suppressed that introduction, and given to the work a strictly
accurate title. I have supplied the place of the introduction with a
brief statement of the opportunities I have had of studying the Indian
character, and with an exhibition of proofs of the genuineness of the
traditions themselves. The public having been pleased to say that "_if_
the matter was genuine, the manner was good," and that a successful
attempt to "stamp the legends with the character of authenticity" would
elevate them to the dignity of "historical records," I hav