Title:
American antiquities, and discoveries in the West
Author:
Priest,Josiah, 1788-1851
Subjects:
American-Antiquities
Indians-Origins
Indians of North American-Antiquities
Indians-Origins
Indians of North American-Antiquities
Object ID:
E61 P925
Object Name:
Book
Category:
8: Communication Artifact
Subcategory:
Documentary Artifact
Publisher:
Hoffman and White
Publication Place:
Albany, New York
Pubication Date:
1833
Collection:
Eva Butler Library
Summary:
An account of evidence that an ancient populations of partially civilized nations, differing entirely from those of the present Indians, peopled American, many centuries before its discovery by Columbus. Inquiries into their origin, with a copious description of many of their stupendous works, now in ruins. Conjectures concerning what may have become of the comp. from travels, authentic sources and the researches of antiquarian societies.