Biography and history of the Indians of North America : from its first discovery to the present time : comprising details in the lives of all the most distinguished chiefs and counsellors, exploits of warriors, and the celebrated speeches of their orators : also a history of their wars, massacres and depredations, as well as the wrongs and sufferings which the Europeans and their descendants have done them : with an account of their antiquities, manners and customs, religion and laws : likewise exhibiting an analysis of the distinguished as well as the absurd authors who have written upon the question of the first peopling of America.