Download or read book Tour of the American Lakes, Vol. 1 of 2 written by Calvin Colton and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-26 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Tour of the American Lakes, Vol. 1 of 2: And Among the Indians of the North-West Territory, in 1830: Disclosing the Character and Prospects of the Indian Race The second act of this Council and its concluding scenes, Viewed dramatically, were Opened at the city of Washington, in the following Winter; of which also the Author was a spectator, and in which were exhibited the entire scope of Indian affairs in America, displaying very conspicuously and impressively their more recent enactments. The interest of these events chained the Author's attention, excited his sympathies for the ancient race of American Aborigines, and induced him to avail himself of all possible means of becoming acquainted with the history of their wrongs. His opportunities were abundant. He had never meditated, however, any public use of the ob servations he had made and of the information he had been able to collect, until a year after his arrival in England; when it was suggested to him, in conversation with some friends, that the materials in his possession were in many respects novel and interesting; and some motives were presented for embodying them in a form to be submitted to the public eye. 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.