PE^FONTAINE — PRESERVATION. 611 
Present — continued. 
for it, ami it lay some three years on hand, excepting what were gratuitously dis- 
tributed.' They 'were not reprinted (for the first edition [of the old Indian 
Chronicle] ), as enough of them remained on hand in 183C to complete the edition 
of some 250 copies.' 
"These two tracts were reprinted, however, shortly afterwards, in order to 
complete the remainder of this edition of the Old Indian Chronicle, of which 500 
copies had been printed in all. In the Astor Library there is a copy of this later 
impression of the Old Indian Chronicle, without any general title-page, which 
contains this second reprint of the first two tracts. They differ from the edition 
of 1833 in the arrangement of nearly every page. The remaining portion of tho 
volume (pp. 69-208) is identical with the 1836 edition."— £ames. 
The title of this second reprint is as follows: 
3115 The I Present State | of | New-England | witb respect to 
the I Indian War. | Wherein i.s an | Account of the true reason 
thereof, | (a.s far as can be judged hymen.) | Together with most of 
the remarkable | passages that have happened from | the 20tii of 
June, to the 1 lOtli of iS^A-ember, 1675. | Faithfully composed by a 
* Merchant of Boston and | communicated to his friend in London | 
Licensed Uecemb. 13, 1675. Eoger L'Estrange. | 
London, | Printed for Dormaii ISTewman, at the King's Arms | in 
the Poultry, and at the Ship and Anchor at | the Bridgefoot [sic] on 
Southwark side, 1675. | 
In Drake (S.G.) The Old Indian Chronicle, pp. 1-37. [Bo.ston, 1836?] 16°. 
Linguistics, pp. 22-23. Reprinted a third time, as follows : 
3116 The I Present State | of | New-England | with re-spect 
to the I Indian War. | Wherein is an Account of the true Reason | 
thereof, (as far as can be | judged by Jlen.) | Together | With most 
of the Eeraarkable Passages that have | happened from the 20th 
of June, till the 10th | of November, 1675. | Faithfully coniiMtsed 
by a Merchant of Boston and communicated | to his friend in Lon- 
don. I Licensed Decemb. 13, 1675. Roger L'Estrange. | 
London: | Printed for Dorman Newman, at the King's Arms in 
the Poultry, and | at the Ship and Anchor at the Bridgfoot on 
Southwark Side, 1675. | 
InDrakeCS. G.) The Old Indian Chronicle, pp. 119-169. Boston, 1867. sm.4°. 
Contains, p. 146, Isaiah xxiii, 1-3, in the Massachnsetts language, from Eliot's 
Bible. 
3117 Preservation. lO*" Congress, | 1" Session. | (Doc. N" 102.) | Ilo. of 
Eeps. I WarDept. | Preservation and Civilization of the Indians. | 
Letter | from | the Secretary of War, | to the ( Chairman of tii(> 
Committee on Indian Affairs, | accompanied liy a bill for tlic | 
Preservation and Civilization | of the | Indian Tribes within the 
United States. | February 21, 1S26. | Laid before the Rouse by Ihe 
Chairman of the Committee on Indian Atl'airs, and | ordcied to be 
printed. | 
Washington: | Priuted by Gales & Seaton. | 1S2G. | .iwr. Lsii. 
Pp. 1-22. 8^. Cherokee alphabet, with explanations, p. 22. 
