Excerpt from Further Information Respecting the Aborigines: Containing Reports of the Committee on Indian Affairs at Philadelphia, Extracts From the Proceedings of the Yearly Meeting of Philadelphia, New York, New England, Maryland Virginia, and Ohio, Together With Some Particulars Relative to the Natives of New Z Among crimes which are certainly not indigenous, infanticide stands foremost. It is committed by the mother, or at her desire, but never when an Indian is the father, generally in consequence of the desertion of the white father. Abortion is likewise resorted to with the design of not put ting him to the expense and trouble of maintaining his ofi'spring. Yet the unhallowed connexions, which lead to these crimes, are permitted, nay. 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.