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Ir may at first seem singular, that an association should be formed for exploring the antiquities of a country, the discovery of which, in a wilderness state, and inhabited only by savage tribes, is an event so recent, that the appellation of the New World,' which was then given it, is still retained as appropriate; and which possesses no architectural ruins, no statues, sculptures, and inscriptions, like those of the Old World. Destitute, however, as North America may be of any such monuments of art, and of former grandeur, there are topics, connected with its original population and unwritten history, to excite the inquiries and occupy the researches of the learned. Notwithstanding the ingenious hypotheses of D'Acosta, Hornius, De Laet, and Grotius, and the opinions of Robertson, Pennant, and Clavigero, the question, whence America was first peopled, has never been satisfactorily answered. The subject has acquired increased interest by the discovery of ancient mounds and works of vast extent on the borders of the rivers west of the Alleghany mountains, indicative of an immense population in a region since overgrown with forests; and of being erected by a people who had made greater advances in the arts and in improvement, than the present race of Indians, or than their ancestors, since the Europeans have been acquainted with them. The savage nations of the wilds possess no tradition concerning their New Series, No. 6. 31 236 origin, their use, or the people by whom they were constructed; and view them with the same curiosity and wonder, as do the new settlers of the country where they are situated. To obtain accurate surveys and descriptions of these ancient remains, appears to have engaged the earliest cares of the society, the first volume of whose transactions is now before us. Another evidence, that new as America is among the nations, it furnishes subjects for antiquarian investigation, arises from the languages spoken by the natives. This subject has lately excited considerable attention. The New views of the origin of the tribes and nations of America,' by Dr. Barton, illustrated by Comparative vocabularies ;'-the Historical account of the Indian nations,' by the venerable Heckewelder; the ingenious discussions of Mr. Du Ponceau; -and the learned Essay on a uniform orthography of the Indian languages of North America,' by Mr. Pickering, are likely to furnish important aid, in ascertaining from what stock of the Old World the New was originally peopled. The aid which is furnished by the volume before us to these interesting topics of investigation is ample, and will be received by the public with grateful acknowledgments. The AMERICAN ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY owes its origin and much of its success to the exertions and the munificence of the individual, who sustains the office of its president, Isaiah Thomas Esq. of Worcester. It obtained an act of incorporation October 24, 1812. Its immediate and peculiar design is to discover the antiquities of our own continent; to preserve relics and implements of the Aborigines; and to collect manuscript and printed documents and books, relating to the early settlement and subsequent history of the country. To further these objects, its founder, at its first organization, made a donation to the society of a large collection of books; and in 1819 its library contained about 5000 volumes, including the remains of the library formerly belonging to Drs. Increase and Cotton Mather, the most ancient in Massachusetts, if not in the United States, which was presented by Mrs. Hannah Mather Crocker. A valuable addition of above 900 volumes has lately been made by the bequest of the Rev. William Bentley D. D. of Salem. The society also possesses a museum and cabinet, which contain many curious articles collected in various parts of the United States. For the deposit of these, 1821.] American Antiquities. 227 for the public meetings of the members, and for the accommodation of those who wish to consult the sources of our history, a handsome edifice has been erected in the town of Worcester at the expense of the president, and by him given to the society. Assiduous in accomplishing the objects of its institution, the society has given to the public a volume of its Transactions and Collections.' It is introduced by several articles relative to the formation of the society, its progress, and present state; followed by an extract from Hennepin's Account of the discovery of the river Mississippi and the adjacent country by the lakes,' and of La Salle's undertaking to discover the same river by way of the gulf of Mexico.' Though the public have long been in possession of these last documents, yet they were deemed worthy of being reprinted here, as comprising the first information obtained by Europeans of a region, which contains the most curious monuments of antiquity in North America. The greater portion of the original articles contained in' these memoirs consists of descriptions of those ancient works by Caleb Atwater Esq. of Circleville, Ohio, communicated in an epistolary correspondence with the president of the society. By the publishing committee they have been arranged, and somewhat abridged. They are preceded by a large and excellent map of the state of Ohio; and are illus trated by drawings of the principal antiquities, which make the description more intelligible and satisfactory. Mr. Atwater remarks, Our antiquities belong not only to different eras, in point of time, but to several nations; and those articles, belonging to the same era and the same people, were intended by their authors to be applied to many different uses. We shall divide these antiquities into three classes. 1. Those belonging to Indians. 2. To people of European origin; and S. Those of that people who raised our ancient forts and tumuli. "Those antiquities, which, in the strict sense of the term, belong to the North American Indians, are neither numerous nor very interesting. They consist of rude stone axes and knives, of pestles used in preparing maize for food, of arrow-heads, and a few otner articles, so exactly similar to those found in all the Atlantic states, that a description of them is deemed quite useless.' p. 111. The antiquities, belonging to people of European origin, con |