. The world's inhabitants; or, Mankind, animals, and plants; being a popular account of the races and nations of mankind, past and present, and the animals and plants inhabiting the great continents and principal islands. ny Amazonian tribes have the softestand most musical languages. Some have a great abundance of suffixes,others of prefixes; some have little distinction between verb and noun ;some have an extreme of combination, a long word of fifteen syllablesincluding a sentenceful of meaning. Many of these languages havenot a single root or word in common; and hence \ye may see how unsafe
. The world's inhabitants; or, Mankind, animals, and plants; being a popular account of the races and nations of mankind, past and present, and the animals and plants inhabiting the great continents and principal islands. ny Amazonian tribes have the softestand most musical languages. Some have a great abundance of suffixes,others of prefixes; some have little distinction between verb and noun ;some have an extreme of combination, a long word of fifteen syllablesincluding a sentenceful of meaning. Many of these languages havenot a single root or word in common; and hence \ye may see how unsafeit is to take agreement or diversity of language as a test of race, ratherthan physical structure and appearance. It is impossible adequately toclassify the Indian tribes, and therefore it is best to describe themaccording to our general plan, in association with the large States ofthe present day and the other inhabitants of the same. For similarreasons no attempt will be made to give a general account of habits,customs, beliefs, etc., for they differ so largely among themselves. Thereader must gather general resemblances from the particular accountswe give, but must beware of forming positive conclusions without. NATIVES OF NOOTKA SOUND. 7i8 THE INHABITANTS OF AMERICA. a study of much more copious details than we are able to find roomfor. In the dominion of Canada are found, on the west coast, theThlinkeet tribes, from Mount St. Elias to the Simpson river; the Coium-Canadian ^^^^ tribes, Haidahs, etc. The Tinneh, very widely spread;tritoes. including the Chippewyans or Athabascans, between HudsonsBay and the Rocky Mountains; the Tacullies of the north-west; theKutchins, on the Upper Yukon and extending to the Mackenzie, and theKenai; the Algonquins of Canada, which belong to the same group asthose of the United States, including the well-known Six Nations, withthe Chippewas or Ojibways, Crees, Ottawas, Blackfeet, and many others ;also members of the Sioux or Dakota family. Th
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