THE

BOOK OF THE INDIANS;

OR,

BIOGRAPHY AND HISTORY

OF THE

INDIANS OF NORTH

OF NORTH AMERICA,

FROM ITS FIRST DISCOVERY

TO THE YEAR 1841.

History maketh a young man to be old, without either wrinkles or gray hairs; privilledging him
with the experience of age, without either the infirmities or inconveniencies thereof.

FULLER'S Holy War.
They waste us ; ay, like April snow

In the warm noon, we shrink away;
And fast they follow as we go

Towards the setting day,
Till they shall fill the land, and we
Are driven into the western sea. - BRYANT.

Eritrea
BY SAMUEL G. DRAKE,

TILLOW OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF NORTHERN ANTIQUARIES, AT COPENHAGEN, HONORART

MEMBER OF THE NEW HAMPSHIRE AND NEW YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETIES.