Note 1377 — Chapter V · (continued 2)

Such were the Travels of Alexander Henry, the Sufferings of Peter Williamson, and the long list of so-called “Captivities” (see Vol. V. 186, 490). Probably Mr. Samuel G. Drake was for many years the most assiduous promoter of this class of books. This compiler’s sympathetic sentiment clearly affected his rhetoric and sometimes the accuracy of his statements. Cf. titles of his books in Pilling, Sabin, and Field. Cf. Drake’s Aboriginal Races of North America, revised by H. L. Williams (N. Y., 1880).