tales contained in this volume the facts of Indian life, peculiar and unique, enter into every description and are inalienably interwoven with the matter of the story. In closing, the author desires to make a strong appeal for a reasoned and charitable consideration of the Indian character on the part of his readers. This noble, manly, and dignified race has in the past been grossly maligned, chiefly by persons themselves ignorant and inspired by hereditary dislike. The Red Man is neither a monster of inhumanity nor a marvel {360} of cunning, but a being with like feelings and aspirations to our own. Because his customs and habits of thought differ from ours he has been charged with all manner of crimes and offences with which he has, in general, nothing to do. We do not deny that he was, till very recent times, a savage, with the habits and outlook of a savage. But that he ever was a demon in human shape must be strenuously denied. In the march of progress Indian men and women are to-day taking places of honour and emolument side by side with their white fellow-citizens, and many gifted and cultured persons of Indian blood have done good work for the race. Let us hope that the ancient virtues of courage and endurance which have stood the Indian people in such good stead of old will assist their descendants in the even more strenuous tasks of civilization to which they are now called. [Illustration: MAP TO ILLUSTRATE LINGUISTIC FAMILIES OF NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS] {363} BIBLIOGRAPHY The annexed bibliography, although full, is far from being exhaustive, but it is hoped that readers who desire to follow up the whole or any separate department of study connected with the Red Race of North America will find in it reference to many useful volumes. It is claimed that the list represents the best of the literature upon the subject. ADAIR, JAMES: _The History of the American Indians_. London, 1775. AMERICAN ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY: _Transactions and Collections (Archælogia Americana)_, vols. i.-vii.; Worcester, 1820-85. _Proceedings_, various numbers. _American Archæologist_ (formerly _The Antiquarian_), vol. ii., Columbus. 1898. AMERICAN ETHNOLOGICAL SOCIETY. _Transactions_, vols. i.-iii.; New York, 1845-53. _Publications_, vols. i.-ii.; Leyden, 1907-9. AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY. _Minutes and Proceedings: Digest_, vol. i.; Philadelphia, 1744-1838. _Proceedings_, vols. i.-xliv.; Philadelphia, 1838-1905. _Transactions_, vols. i.-vi.; Philadelphia, 1759-1809. _Transactions_, New Series, vols. i.-xix.; Philadelphia, 1818-98. ANTHROPOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON. _Transactions_, vols. i.-iii. Washington, 1881-85. ARCHÆOLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF AMERICA. _Papers_, American Series, vol. i., Boston and London, 1881 (reprinted 1883); vol. iii., Cambridge, 1890; vol. iv., Cambridge, 1892; vol. v., Cambridge, 1890. _Annual Report_, first to eleventh; Cambridge, 1880-90. _Bulletin_, vol. i.; Boston, 1883.