The Native Races [of the Pacific states], Volume 5, Primitive History / The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft, Volume 5

by Hubert Howe Bancroft

THE WORKS
OF
HUBERT HOWE BANCROFT.

VOLUME V.

THE NATIVE RACES.
Vol. V. PRIMITIVE HISTORY.

SAN FRANCISCO:
A. L. BANCROFT & COMPANY, PUBLISHERS.
1883.

Entered according to Act of Congress in the Year 1882, by
HUBERT H. BANCROFT.
In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.

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All Rights Reserved.

PREFACE TO VOLUME V.

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This volume concludes the Native Races of the Pacific States. During the year in which it has been going through the press, I have received letters of encouragement from the most eminent scholars of Europe and America, and flattering commendations from learned societies. None but an author can know the value of such cheering words. This, my first attempt, was made in a new field; the scope of the work was very extensive; the system and machinery by which alone it could be accomplished were untried; and the subject was not one of great popular interest. It was not, therefore, without misgivings that I sent it forth.