The Irish Penny Journal, Vol. 1 No. 06, August 8, 1840

The Irish Penny Journal, Vol. 1 No. 06, August 8, 1840

It is a melancholy truth that this most interesting portion of the human race is rapidly disappearing from the surface of the earth. War, its murderous effects centupled by the destructive weapons acquired from the white mandisease in new and terrible forms, to the treatment of which their simple skill, and materia medica, equally simple, are wholly incompetentfamine, the consequence of their sadly changed habits, of the intemperance and wastefulness, substituted by the insidious arts of the trader for the moderation and foresight of their happier fathersthe vices, in short, and the encroachments of civilization, all and each in its turn are blotting out tribe after tribe from the records of humanity; and the time is fast approaching when no Red man will remain, to guard or to mourn over the tombs of his fathers. The conviction of this truth is become so deeply felt, that more than one effort has been made, and is making, to preserve some memento of this ill-treated people. We are not so much raising our own feeble voice in the service, as attempting[Pg 42] a record of what others have done; but so much has been effected, and so zealous have been the exertions made to rescue the memory, at least, of these dying nations from oblivion, that the space we have assigned to this notice will be taken up long before our materials are exhausted. The accuracy of the facts and statements we shall lay before our readers may in every case be relied on. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 53981
Author: Various
Release Date: Jan 17, 2017
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Language: English