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Title: The Myths of the New World
A Treatise on the Symbolism and Mythology of the Red Race of America
Author: Daniel G. Brinton
Release Date: September 22, 2006 [EBook #19347]
Language: English
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THE MYTHS
OF
THE NEW WORLD
A TREATISE ON THE
SYMBOLISM AND MYTHOLOGY
OF THE
RED RACE OF AMERICA
BY
DANIEL G. BRINTON, A. M., M. D.
_Memb. Hist. Soc. of Penn.; of Numismat. and
Antiq. Soc. of Philada.; Corresp. Memb.
Amer. Ethnolog. Soc.; author of
"Notes on the Floridian
Peninsula," Etc._
NEW YORK
LEYPOLDT & HOLT
LONDON: TRUeBNER & CO.
1868
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1868, by
DANIEL G. BRINTON,
In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the
Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
PREFACE.
I have written this work more for the thoughtful general reader than the
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