Excerpt from History of the Delaware and Iroquois Indians: Formerly Inhabiting the Middle States, With Various Anecdotes, Illustrating Their Manners and Customs; Embellished With a Variety of Original Cuts; Written for the American Sunday School Union and Revised by the Committee of Publication The mutual astonishment caused by the first visit of the Europeans to this land of the savage, was very great. But as many authors have described the sentiments of surprise with which the white people were filled, Upon this first interview, we take the liberty of present ing to our young readers a description of the emotions felt by the Indians, upon the same extraordinary occasion. The relation was taken from the mouth of an intelligent Dela ware Indian, and may be considered as a cor rect account )f their tradition of it. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.