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 14 On the origin and defcent of the Indians.

or foon after the general captivity ; the latter however is the moft pro bable. This defcent, I fhall endeavour to prove from their religious rites, civil and martial cuftoms, their marriages, funeral ceremonies, manners, language, traditions, and a variety of particulars. Which will at the fame time make the reader thoroughly acquainted with nations, of which it may be faid to this day, very little have been known.

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