﻿LUBBOCK 
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  J. 
  Lubbock 
  replies 
  by 
  defying 
  his 
  opponent 
  

   to 
  show 
  that 
  it 
  has 
  not 
  been 
  done 
  and 
  done 
  

   often. 
  He 
  urges, 
  and 
  urges 
  as 
  it 
  seems 
  to 
  

   me 
  with 
  truth, 
  that 
  the 
  great 
  difficulty 
  of 
  

   teaching 
  many 
  savages 
  the 
  arts 
  of 
  civilized 
  

   life, 
  is 
  no 
  proof 
  whatever 
  that 
  the 
  various 
  

   degrees 
  of 
  advance 
  towards 
  the 
  knowledge 
  

   of 
  those 
  arts 
  which 
  are 
  actually 
  found 
  among 
  

   semi-barbarous 
  nations, 
  may 
  not 
  have 
  been 
  

   of 
  strictly 
  indigenous 
  growth. 
  Thus 
  it 
  

   appears 
  that 
  one 
  tribe 
  of 
  Red 
  Indians, 
  

   called 
  " 
  Mandans, 
  " 
  practised 
  the 
  art 
  of 
  

   fortifying 
  their 
  towns. 
  Surrounding 
  tribes, 
  

   although 
  they 
  saw 
  the 
  advantages 
  derived 
  

   from 
  this 
  art, 
  yet 
  never 
  practised 
  it, 
  and 
  

   never 
  learned 
  it 
  Whately, 
  fixing 
  his 
  eyes 
  

   on 
  the 
  ruder 
  tribes, 
  says, 
  "See 
  how 
  clear 
  it 
  

  

  