Aboriginal America (Illustrated)

It is the design of this work to narrate, in a clear, simple, andintelligible manner, the leading events connected with the history ofour country, from the earliest periods, down, as nearly as practicable,to the present time. The several volumes will be illustrated with allnecessary maps and with numerous engravings, and the work isintended to comprise, in a distinct and connected narrative, all that itis essential for the general reader to understand in respect to thesubject of it, while for those who have time for more extendedstudies, it may serve as an introduction to other and more copioussources of information.The author hopes also that the work may be found useful to theyoung, in awakening in their minds an interest in the history of theircountry, and a desire for further instruction in respect to it. While itis doubtless true that such a subject can be really grasped only byminds in some degree mature, still the author believes that manyyoung persons, especially such as are intelligent and thoughtful indisposition and character, may derive both entertainment andinstruction from a perusal of these pages.