iOi 
different as the Romans and Van- 
dals. 
8. All the alledged customs com- 
mon to Jews and Americans, are 
positively of primitive origine and 
found also among nearly all the an- 
cient nations of Asia, Africa, Eu- 
rope and Polynesia, nay even among 
the wild negros to this days are they 
then all Jews! The actual Puritans 
and Sabatarians who keep the Jew- 
ish Sabath and bear Jewish names, 
would be greater Jews by far, if cus^ 
toms alone were to settle this ques- 
tion. 
You will therefore perceive that 
this old notion of yours is totally im- 
possible and at variance with all our 
knowledge of the Americans, when 
we study all the Nations, instead of 
taking as you da the Algonquin or 
Lenapian although a widely spread 
family for your rule and main exam- 
ple of all. 
I hope you will consider again the 
question with impartiality, divesting 
it of your mystical problems, and 
studying the writers on South Amer- 
ica with more care. You will find 
that Garcia a Spanish writer, had 
200 years ago, in his origin of the 
Indians proved that they may have 
come from many ancient Nations, 
even before the flood, and Dr. M 5 
Culloh of Baltimore, has proved the 
same thing in his researches on Arae- 
r ica. C. S. Rafinesque. 
Phadelphia August 1829. 
5. The Cradle of Mankind orthe 
ImALAYA M OUNTAINS. 
The learned had long disputed on 
the locality and habitation of the 
primitive progenitors of mankind. 
Those who believed in a single cra- 
dle as Eden sought for it in various 
parts of Asia.- — Others believing 
through pride or ignoratice in many 
such cradles found them almost 
every where or in all the continents. 
Both were wrong; late uncontrover- 
tible discoveries and proofs have 
proved that the cradle of mankind 
was unique and in the central moun- 
tains of Asia. The best biblists as- 
sent now to this evident historical 
fact, see Wells, Russell, &c. as well 
as all the philosophers who are not 
blinded by their systems. 
Bishop Heber has said that the 
Imalaya mountains were the centre, 
the cradle, the throne, and the altar 
of the earth. Therefore they were 
the cradle of mankind, from whence 
the various nations have spread like 
divergent rays throughout the sur- 
rounding lands and islands. 
The mountains and tablelands of 
Central Asia, deserve therefore the 
utmost attention from us in every 
point of view, either religious, or 
historical, or geographical. Yet we 
do not know them completely: the 
Southern slopes and sides with the 
centre alone have been lately ex- 
plored, while the Eastern, Northern 
and Western sides have hardly been 
penetrated. However we know 
enough already to warrant our con- 
clusions, and travellers are now at- 
tempting their further exploration. 
Those who have already visited and 
described these interesting moun- 
tains are chiefly Polo, Gruber, Goez, 
Webb, Moorcroft, Turner, Frazer, 
Herbert, Gerard, Jaqueminpt, Bu- 
chanan, Kirkpatrick, &c. 
Many names have been given to 
these central lofty regions of Asia, 
that furnish important references. 
Ima-laya the actual Hindu name 
means Snowy or Icy mountains. 
The Muz tag of the Tartars has the 
same meaning; 2000 years ago the 
Greeks called them also Imaus. 
This name is chiefly given to the 
Southern range which the Chinese 
also call Sien-shan or snow moun- 
tains. But every range and Side has 
peculiar names. Three principal 
ranges appear to run from E. to W. 
of which the Imalaya or Southern is 
the longest since it is connected with 
the mountains of Persia and Cauca- 
sus to the West, and those of China 
in the East. 
The others are the Lung-shan 
(Dragon Mts) or the Tie?! -skan (Ce- 
lestial Mts) of the Chinese, and the * 
Altay of the Tartars the most Nor- 
