1888. Bryce's American Commonwealth. CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE-Concluded CONTEMPORARY HISTORY. 1892. Half Century of Conflict. 1893. Died, Nov. 8. 1889. Admission of North Dakota, 1889. Howell's A Hazard of New ForSouth Dakota, and Washing tunes. "Let him who crawls enamor'd of decay, Cling to his couch, and sicken years away; BYRON. THE journey which the following narrative describes was undertaken on the writer's part with a view of studying the manners and character of Indians in their primitive state. Although in the chapters which relate to them, he has only attempted to sketch those features of their wild and picturesque life which fell, in the present instance, under his own eye, yet in doing so he has constantly aimed to leave an impression of their character correct as far as it goes. In justifying his claim to accuracy on this point, it is hardly necessary to advert to the representations given by poets and novelists, which, for the most part, are mere creations of fancy. The Indian is certainly entitled to a high rank among savages, but his good qualities are not those of an Uncas or an Outalissi. BOSTON, February 15, 1849. |