"The difference in declension [_i. e._ of the existing Aboriginal population] between Central and North America offers a problem worthy of philosophical consideration." We had already solved this problem in the first pages of this volume, before the above was brought to our observation. The solution is founded upon historic truth,--viz., that the Aborigines of the _North_ will not _intermarry_, or cohabit, with any race but their own,--they have a Religious abhorrence even at the supposition of such a sacrilege,--for in their minds it is one. This principle of the House of Israel is even followed in European Society by the Jewish family,--and that after ages of intercourse with the Christian. It seems impossible to eradicate the prejudice with the Aborigines of the North,--and this has been one of the greatest barriers to the propagation of the Christian Religion among them. As a most convincing proof of the above, we offer an historic fact not generally known even in America, and certainly not in Europe,--but it is given upon the authority of the late President of the United States,--General Harrison,--and it is, therefore, unimpeachable. In writing the forthcoming Life and History of that distinguished Patriot, it came under our observation during the required researches,--and is found in a document of his as late in date as 1838,--viz., At the commencement of the American Revolution in 1775,--the government of Great Britain (through the influence of her traders), engaged all the North-western Aborigines in her cause, for the purpose of laying waste the frontiers. The Continental Congress, most anxious to destroy this junction and impending calamity,--sent delegates to convince them that they were not a party to the quarrel, and therefore should be neutral. The application met with no success, for the Aborigines viewed the Colonists as their enemies and invaders,--because they were the actual possessors and occupiers of the land and homes of their ancestors. The Congress knowing that from the time of the Pilgrims landing at Plymouth, (1620) the Aborigines would never associate as a community with the Anglo-Saxon race--by _the great family bond of Intermarriage_;--the Congress then had recourse to the following novel proposition,--and it was actually embodied in a treaty concluded with the Delaware Tribes in 1778,--viz., _That the Aborigines of the North_, by remaining neutral in the War,--_should be consolidated into a State by themselves_, and upon the achievement of National Independence, _should be incorporated into the Republic of the United States_! The following are President Harrison's words,--viz., "Nothing can shew the anxiety of Congress to effect this object in stronger