. Ridpath's Universal history : an account of the origin, primitive condition and ethnic development of the great races of mankind, and of the principal events in the evolution and progress of the civilized life among men and nations, from recent and authentic sources with a preliminary inquiry on the time, place and manner of the beginning . 474 GREAT RACES OE MANKIND. possessions ; but these were merely .suffi-cient for his present wants and contin-gencies. Beyond that his desire forproperty did not extend. The inaptitude of Indian men for la-bor was intensified and fixed in a he-Effect of t
. Ridpath's Universal history : an account of the origin, primitive condition and ethnic development of the great races of mankind, and of the principal events in the evolution and progress of the civilized life among men and nations, from recent and authentic sources with a preliminary inquiry on the time, place and manner of the beginning . 474 GREAT RACES OE MANKIND. possessions ; but these were merely .suffi-cient for his present wants and contin-gencies. Beyond that his desire forproperty did not extend. The inaptitude of Indian men for la-bor was intensified and fixed in a he-Effect of the reditary trait by the prev-huntinghabit; alence ()f tiie hunting life. sparsity of ° population. The area occupied by our aborigines was erenerally wide, unlimited. Isolation of In-dian NIGHT-AND-DAY DANCE. The population, considered with respectto the territory, was sparse in the ex-treme. The whole Indian population ofthe present United States was hardlysufficient for the peopling of our small-est commonwealth. The Indian war-riors and hunters plunging into the woods would immediately lose them-selves in solitude. Their pursuits wereever such as to withdraw them from thesocial and domestic life to the life of soli-tary wandering. It is difficult for the reader to appre-hend the profound stillnessand isolation which werethe perpetual conditions ofIndian existence. For days together thewarrior pursued his hunt withoutseeing his fellow. For hours hesat alone in solitary places with thehush of nature around him. Hisdisposition became as solitary ashis situation, and his domestictraits, whatever they may havebeen, were gradually obliterated. We have spoken above of thetendency of polyandry to producean intense clannishness, with theaccompanying disso- 1 . Life in the vi
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