A comprehensive and detailed examination of the native peoples of the Pacific states of North America. This volume covers everything from their history and culture to their traditional customs and practices, and is an essential resource for anyone interested in the indigenous peoples of the region. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Reprint of the original, first published in 1875.

Excerpt from The Native Races of the Pacific States of North America, Vol. 4: Antiquities Confining myself strictly to the description of mate rial remains, I have omitted, or reserved for another volume, all traditions and speculations of a general nature respecting their origin and the people whose handiwork they are, giving, however, in some instances, such definite traditions as seem unlikely to come up in connection with ancient history. This is in accordance with the general plan which I adopt in treating of the Native Races Of this western half Of North America, proceeding from the known to the unknown, from the near to the remote; dealing first with the Observed phenomena of aboriginal savagism and civilization when first brought within the knowledge Of Europeans, as I have done in the three volumes already before the public; then entern the labyrinthine field of an tiquity from its least Obstructed side, I devote this volume to material relics exclusively, thus preparing the way for a final volume on traditional and written archaeology, to terminate with what most authors have given at the start, - the vaguest and most hopelessly complicated department Of the whole subj ect, - specula tions respecting the origin of the American people and Of the western civilization. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Volume 4 of a 5 volume set. For individual volumes in the set see CIHM nos. 14100-14104.