Algic Researches, Vol. 2

...other kind. Their hieroglyphics, which strongly resemble those of the Egyptians, express a series of complete images without additional symbols. These serve as general reminders to aid the memory and are meant to be interpreted based on the mythology, customs, and arts of the people. There is nothing in this system that is similar to the Runic original: "Runic character"; referring to the alphabets used by early Germanic and Scandinavian peoples alphabet. Furthermore, there appears to be nothing in either their language or religion that resembles the Scandinavian or the Hindu original: "Hindoo" races.

With a language of a strongly Semitic Referring to the family of languages including Hebrew and Arabic; 19th-century scholars often looked for linguistic links between Native Americans and the Near East character, they seem to have retained the leading principles of their grammar (syntax) even where the vocabulary (lexicography) itself has changed. While they split into many different bands due to common causes, they do not appear to have advanced at all in their original knowledge, methods of war, or political skill; instead, they have regressed. The ancient bow and arrow, javelin, and clay cooking pot (earth kettle) remained exactly the same in their hands. Whatever mechanical skill they once possessed in architecture, weaving, or any other art dwindled to a mere knowledge of how to build a wigwam A traditional dome-shaped dwelling made of poles and covered in bark or skins and how to weave nets and garters. If they indeed possessed superior achievements in the southern portions of this continent—where they certainly lived at one time—these were lost amid the harsh hardships (vicissitudes) and freezing climate of the North. And this was perfectly nat—