Iroquois #251468

Several years ago the writer recog nized the fact that aboriginal history was not only imperfectly taught, but works of authority on that subject were inaccessible for reference. Having been for years, in fact since early boyhood, an interested student of Indian charac ter, intensified no doubt from the fact that my earliest recollections were of the Menomenee in the northern part of Wisconsin territory, among whom my parents lived at the time of mybirth, led to a careful reading of all works of authority on the subject.