MEMOIR, &c. 
Among the small number of native Americans, who 
had thirty years ago begun to make natural history an 
object of deep and curious research, is the name of one 
whose memory may, upon various grounds, claim the re¬ 
spect and veneration of all the admirers of scientific ex¬ 
cellence. It is not less a dictate of the head, than an 
impulse of the heart, to honour those who have stood 
forth as the leaders in new, useful, and difficult enter- 
prizes. Even persons who themselves never enter the 
same career, may still participate largely in the senti¬ 
ment of gratitude for those efforts which have had in 
view, the improvement of society by additions to its 
treasures of knowledge. But the obligation to respect, is 
felt with a double force by those whose pursuits are of 
a character congenial with that of the individual, who 
has thus made himself a pioneer in a laudable underta¬ 
king. And if to this common bond be added that of 
personal intercourse and intimacy, and a reception of 
great and lasting benefits from his labours and his liber¬ 
ality, it must be obvious that reason, feeling, and duty, 
alike demand the grateful remembrance of one who has 
