View of the American Indians: Their General Character, Customs, Language, Public Festivals, Religious Rites, and Traditions: Shewing Them to be the Descendants of the Ten Tribes of Israel. The Language of Prophecy concerning them, and the course by which they travelled from Media into America

London: Printed by W.W. Arliss for the Author, and sold by R. Hunter, 1828. 185pp. Duodecimo [19 cm] 3/4 brown calf over marbled boards with a gilt stamped red label and gilt bands to the backstrip. Near fine. This work relies heavily on Ethan Smith's View of the Hebrews but adds additional information, including Manasseh ben Israel's account of Antonio de Montezinos's discovery of the ten tribes in Peru. Worsley believes that the tribes of Manasseh and Ephraim arrived in America first and that the other tribes followed after. He describes mounds and iron tools and explains that the mound builders had been destroyed by the Indians. He also mentions the discovery of large stone crosses in Central America and records the Indian tradition of a lost book of God. This work was first printed in 1822. Mormon Parallels 491. Sabin 105493. (Inventory #: 9929)