[247] Samuel F. Haven, _Archaeology of the United States_, p. 40. [248] _The Good Book; or the Amenities of Nature. Printed for the Eleutherium of Knowledge_. Philadelphia, 1840, pp. 77, 78. This "Eleutherium," so far as I can learn, consisted of nobody but Monsieur Rafinesque himself. Among his manifold projects was a "Divitial System", by which all interested could soon become large capitalists. He published a book on it (of course), which might be worth the attention of a financial economist. The solid men of Philadelphia, however, like its scholars, turned a deaf ear to the words of the eccentric foreigner. [249] _The American Nations_, etc., p. 78. [250] Ibid, p. 123. [251] Tanner's _Narrative_, p. 359. [252] _American Nations_, p. 122. [253] Ibid, p. 151. [254] "My friend, Mr. Ward, took me to Cynthiana in a gig, where I surveyed other ancient monuments." Rafinesque, _A Life of Travels and Researches_, p. 74. (Phila., 1836.) [255] _American Journal of Science_, Vol. XL, p. 237, note. [256] The American Nations, p. 151. [257] _Correspondence between the Rev. John Heckewelder and Peter S Duponceau, Esq._, p. 410. [258] _The American Nations_, p. 125. THE WALUM OLUM or RED SCORE, of the LENÂPÉ. I. [Illustration: 1. Sayewi talli wemiguma wokgetaki, 2. Hackung kwelik owanaku wak yutali Kitanitowit-essop. 3. Sayewis hallemiwis nolemiwi elemamik Kitanitowit-es-sop. 4. Sohalawak kwelik hakik owak[259] awasagamak. 5. Sohalawak gishuk nipahum alankwak. 6. Wemi-sohalawak yulik yuchaan. 7. Wich-owagan kshakan moshakwat[260] kwelik kshipe-helep. 8. Opeleken mani-menak delsin-epit.] 1. At first, in that place, at all times, above the earth, 2. On the earth, [was] an extended fog, and there the great Manito was. 3. At first, forever, lost in space, everywhere, the great Manito was. 4. He made the extended land and the sky. 5. He made the sun, the moon, the stars. 6. He made them all to move evenly. 7. Then the wind blew violently, and it cleared, and the water flowed off far and strong. 8. And groups of islands grew newly, and there remained [Illustration: 9. Lappinup Kitanitowit manito manitoak. 10. Owiniwak angelatawiwak chichankwak wemiwak. 11. Wtenk manito jinwis lennowak mukom. 12. Milap netami gaho owini gaho. 13. Namesik milap, tulpewik milap, awesik milap, cholensak milap. 14. Makimani shak sohalawak makowini nakowak amangamek.] 9. Anew spoke the great Manito, a manito to manitos, 10. To beings, mortals, souls and all, 11. And ever after he was a manito to men, and their grandfather. 12. He gave the first mother, the mother of beings. 13. He gave the fish, he gave the turtles, he gave the beasts, he gave the birds. 14. But an evil Manito made evil beings only, monsters, [Illustration: 15. Sohalawak uchewak, sohala-wak pungusak. 16. Nitisak wemi owini w delsinewuap. 17. Kiwis, wunand wishimanitoak essopak