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The Iroquois Book of Rites
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Title: The Iroquois Book of Rites
Author: Horatio Hale
Release Date: July, 2005 [EBook #8567] [Yes, we are more than one year ahead of schedule] [This file was first posted on July 23, 2003]
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BRINTON'S LIBRARY OF ABORIGINAL AMERICAN LITERATURE.
NUMBER II.
THE IROQUOIS BOOK OF RITES.
EDITED BY HORATIO HALE; M.A.,
AUTHOR OF "THE ETHNOGRAPHY AND PHILOLOGY OF THE U.S. EXPLORING EXPEDITION," ETC.
PREFACE.
The aboriginal composition now presented to the publ