Note 1396 — Chapter V · (continued 2)

For diversity of opinions respecting it see Allibone’s Dictionary. The modern scientific historian and ethnologist think in conjunction in giving it a low rank compared with what such a book should be. The fullest account of the bibliography of this and of Schoolcraft’s other books is in Pilling’s Proof-sheets. Whatever credit may accrue to Schoolcraft is kept out of sight in the title-page of a condensation of the book, which has some interspersed additions from other sources, all of which are obscurely included, so that the authorship of them is uncertain. The book is called The Indian Tribes of the United States, edited by F. S. Drake (Philad., 1884), in 2 vols. There is another conglomerate and useful book, edited by W. W. Beach, The Indian Miscellany; papers on the history, antiquities [etc.] of the American aborigines (Albany, 1877), which is a collection of magazine, review, and newspaper articles by various writers, usually of good character.