Excerpt from Manhatta: A Legend of the Hudson IN presenting this volume to the public, the author cannot but claim the indulgence due to one who has ventured upon a previously un trodden ground. The romancer and novelist have indeed explored the wilds of Indian char acter, and imaginatively and even poetically portrayed, in prose the lives and contests of the red-men. But the poet, to whom the simplicity of their lives, the vigor of their hardy natures, and the mystery of their origin, existence, and de cay, seem so suggestive of poetic imaginations, has passed over the field, or only contributed to the world short though beautiful reminiscences of that primitive people. 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.