Aboriginal American Authors

by Daniel G. Brinton

Section 8. Conclusion

Ethnological value of literary productions.
Their general interest to scholars.

Footnotes

Index

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ABORIGINAL AMERICAN AUTHORS.

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Section 1. Introductory.

When even a quite intelligent person hears about "Aboriginal American
Literature," he is very excusable for asking: What is meant by the term?
Where is this literature? In fine, Is there any such thing?

To answer such inquiries, I propose to treat, with as much brevity as practicable, of the literary efforts of the aborigines of this continent, a chapter in the general History of Literature hitherto wholly neglected.