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FOSSIL MEN. 



on wood of family records, and in the character of 

 the megalithic images with which they adorned their 

 burial places, also show affinity with the nations of 

 Western America. 



Fig. 12. COPPEB AXES, SPEAES, AHTJ KNIFE OF THE ALLEGHANS. 

 (After Squier and Foster.) 



The traditions of the Delawares and Iroquois concur 

 in testifying to their former wars against a great 

 people, the Allegwi or Alleghans, dwelling to the 

 south-west, and who were finally expelled from their 



