AuthorMitchill, Samuel L. (Samuel Latham), 1764-1831.
TitleLetter from Dr. Samuel L. Mitchill of New York to Samuel M. Burnside.
General NoteConsists of letter dated Jan. 13, 1817, and following appendices: I. Specimens of the poetry and singing of the Osages.--II. Description of the mummy found in Kentucky [from Analectic magazine, Sept. 1815]--III. On the resemblance between the original inhabitants of America and the Malays of Australasia and the Tartars of the north [from Medical repository, v. 18]--IV. The original inhabitants of America shewn to be of the same family and lineage with those of Asia [Mar. 31, 1816]--V. Answer to remarks on [preceding, by "A student of natural history." June 6, 1816. From Andrews' Chillicothe recorder]--VI. On the migration of Malays, Tartars and Scandinavians to America [Nov. 7, 1816]--VII. Farther conjectures respecting the origin and antiquities of the aborigines of America [1820]
SubjectsIndians -- Origin.
Host TitleIn: American Antiquarian Society. Archaeologia Americana. [S.l.] The Society, 1820. 22 cm. vol. I, p. 313-355.
LC Card Number08-7100
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