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prehistoric man, it will be scarcely be claimed by any one, was the moving desire on which these collections were based. So, while we have had an earlier knowledge in America of the prehistoric man, yet it has not attained to that dignity and importance as a science that it has in Europe.
The Smithsonian Institution, National Museum, Bureau of Ethnology, Peabody Museum, and several other institutions whose names will occur to the reader, are exceptions to this statement. There are many private persons who should also be excepted; and the number, I am gratified to say, is increasing. Those who are giving serious attention to this matter and are doing faithful and valuable work in this connection, is increasing each year. My remarks have not been intended as any reflection upon them, or as criticism of their methods. My remarks are aimed at that great body of persons, who interested or pretending to be interested in the study of prehistoric man of America, are naught but collectors of Indian relics