m 
and made subservient to 
mfty purposes. 
The second instance is that of 
Lord Kingsborough, who having 
adopted the delusive idea, of the 
Mexicans and other American na- 
tions being Jews, has vainly spent 
the vast sum of 30,000 pounds ster- 
ling, or $135,0001! ! to publish fac 
similies of Mexican Antiquities and 
Manuscripts in the Libraries of 
Dresden, Paris, Yienna, Berlin, 
Rome, and Bologna, executed by 
Aglio, and with notes of his own in 
support of the Jewish origin of the 
Mexicans. This Work in 7 volumes 
folio, sells for 200 pounds sterling, 
or $900 and is deemed a wasteful 
employment of money, even by the 
learned, because it does not contain 
the translations which would be 
more useful than the glyphic texts. 
It lacks also the Mexican Manu- 
scripts preserved in Madrid and 
Simanca’s archives of the Indies'; 
the only valuable novelty in this 
huge work are the Mexican monu- 
ments, drawn by Depaix, with the 
history of Mexico, 4 by Sahagun a 
Spanish monk, who spent 30 years 
in Mexico in the 16th century. The 
great sum spent by this nobleman for 
this vain support of his fallacious 
jewish theory, would have been suf- 
ficient to unfold the true history of 
all the nations of America, by their 
monuments, languages, traditions 
and books, or publish 100 volumes 
on the subject C. S. R. 
; / , ' . " : : : ' ' ■ # , v 
To the Rev. Ethax Smith, 
Pastor of Poultney in Vermont . 
Rev. Sir: 
I have lately met by chance the 
second edition of your work on the 
Hebrews in America , and read it 
with attention, as I do all works on 
our Indians, while writing their his- 
tory before and after Columbus. 
Your work and Boudinot’s Star in 
the West, have widely spread again 
among the religious readers, the old, 
obsolete and I may say absurd no- 
tion that our Indians, nay all the va- 
rious American tribes and nations 
descend from the ten tribes of Israel. 
This theory advanced by some Jews, 
by William Penn & Adair, who 
knew but few tribes of our Indians, 
is now laughed at by all the learned 
and enquirers on American history. 
As it is a pity that the religious com- 
munity should be again deluded into 
such improbable belief, I mean to 
try to show you the impossibility of 
the fact, and request that should you 
publish a third edition of your work 
you will add my remarks, and an- 
swer if you can my cogent argu- 
ments. 
I shall first state why their origin 
is impossible and next confute your 
boasted proofs of it. 
The American nations cannot de- 
scend from the ten tribes of Israeli 
because, 
1st. These ten tribes are not lost, 
as long supposed, their descendants 
more or less mixt with the natives, 
are yet found in Media, Iran,Turan, 
Cabulistan, Hindustan and China, 
where late travellers have traced 
them, calling themselves by various 
names. 
2d. The American nations knew 
not the Sabath, or Sabatical weeks 
and years. This knowledge could 
never have been lost by Hebrews. 
The only weeks known in America, 
were of three days, five days and 
half lunations, as among the primi- 
tive nations, before the week of se- 
ven days was used in Asia, and ba- 
sed upon the seven planets, long be- 
fore the laws of Moses. 
3. The Indians hardly knew the 
use of iron; although common among 
the Hebrews, and likely never to be 
lost: nor did they know the plough. 
4. The same applies to the art of 
writing, such an art is never lost, 
when once known. 
5. Circumcision was unknown 
and even abhorred by the Americans, 
pt two nations who used it, the 
Mayans of Yucatan who worshipped 
one hundred idols and the Calcha- 
quis of Chaco who worshipped the 
sun and stars, believing that depart- 
