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Excerpt from The Genesis of the American Indian Without discussing any of the speculations connected with the subject, we will approach directly the several questions into which this problem resolves itself. The foremost of these is that of the unity or plurality of the Indian race. We know that the aboriginal population of America was divided into a great many tribes and even a number of what might be called nations, often hostile to one another; we have learned that there were many different languages and dialects, remarkable differences in culture and the material results of culture, and also marked differences in the physiognomy, color, details of physique, and in the behavior of the different groups of Indians - all of which would seem to indicate that there might have existed some, if not considerable, racial diversity. But if these matters are subjected to careful and comprehensive scrutiny, we' find that the various differences presented by the Indians are Often more apparent than real; that actual and important differences are in no case of suffi cient weight to permit of any racial dissociation on that basis; and that the more substantial differences which exist between the tribes are everywhere underlaid by fundamental similarities and identities that outweigh them and which speak strongly not only against any plurality of race on the American continent but for the general original unity of the Indians. 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 successf