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Page 61 - Asia had thus exhausted its exuberant population by such a great migration, it would require a very long period of time to produce a cooperation of causes, sufficient to effect another. The first mighty stream of people that flowed into America, must have remained free from external pressure for ages.
Page 57 - It is equally clear that they were not the work of the Indians. Until the Senecas, who are renowned for their national vanity, had seen the attention of the Americans attracted to these erections, and had invented the fabulous account of which I have spoken, the Indians of the present day did not pretend to know any thing about their origin. They were beyond the reach of all their traditions, and were lost in the abyss of unexplored antiquity.
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| Title | Discourse Delivered Before the New-York Historical Society: At Their Anniversary Meeting, 6th December, 1811 Discourse Delivered Before the New-York Historical Society: At Their Anniversary Meeting, 6th December, 1811, New-York Historical Society |
| Author | DeWitt Clinton |
| Contributor | New-York Historical Society |
| Publisher | James Eastburn, 1812 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 18 Dec 2007 |
| Length | 81 pages |
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