all to have been those of pigmies: the graves, in which
the bodies had been deposited, were seldom three feet in length; yet
the teeth in the skulls prove that they were the bodies of persons of
mature age.

Upon the whole there cannot be much doubt, that America was once
inhabited by a people, not otherwise allied to the Indians of the
present day, than that they were descendants of him, from whom has
sprung the whole human family.

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[1] It is said that the nerves of an Indian do not shrink as
much, nor shew the same tendency to spasm, under the knife of
the surgeon, as the nerves of a white man in a similar
situation.

[2] A Narraganset, made prisoner by Maj. Talcott in 1679,
begged to be delivered to the Mohicans that he might be put to
death in their own way. The New Englanders complying with his
request, preparations were made for the tragical event. "The
Mohicans, formed a circle, and admitting within it as many of
the whites as chose to witness their proceedings, placed the
prisoner in the centre. One of the Mohicans, who had lost a son
in the late engagement, with a knife cut off the PRISONER'S
EARS! then his NOSE! and then the FINGERS off each hand! after
the lapse of a few moments, his EYES WERE DUG OUT, AND THEIR
SOCKETS FILLED WITH HOT EMBERS!! All this time the prisoner
instead of bewailing his fate, seemed to surpass his tormentors
in expressions of joy. At length when exhausted with loss of
blood and unable to stand, his executioner closed the tragic
scene by beating out his brains with a tomahawk."--_Indian
Wars, by Trumbull._

[3] Indians consider the running of the gauntlet, as but the
ceremony of an introduction; and say that it is "like the shake
hands and howde do, of the whites."

[4] While performing this tour, Tecumseh carried a RED
STICK, the acceptance of which was considered a joining of his
party--Hence those Indians who were hostile to the United
States, were denominated RED STICKS.

[5] Pope has very finely expressed the leading articles of
religion among the Indians in the following lines.

Lo, the poor Indian! whose untutor'd mind
Sees God in clouds, or hears him in the wind;
His soul proud science never taught to stray
Far as the Solar Walk or Milky Way;