Juvenile Instructor, Vol. 37

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Excerpt from Juvenile Instructor, Vol. 37: September 15, 1902It is the purpose of the writer to re late some of the singular traditions of. The Indians, with the double purpose of producing something which will be inter esting because it is unusual, and that can, at the same time, be applied in sup port oi the Mormon declaration that the American Indians are of Hebrew origin, that they once had the scriptures among them, and that they knew something of the Savior and His Gospel.The Book of Mormon tells us that the brass plates which Nephi obtained when he returned to Jerusalem contained among other records the first five books of the Bible - Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy.If Lehi and his descendants had the above record they must have understood the story of the creation of the earth, of our first parents, the fall of Adam and Eve, the Deluge and the building of the Tower of Babel. Although a great many years have passed since the In dians were sufficiently civilized to keep written records, we ought at least to be able to find some trace of this knowledge among them, provided they ever had it. Let us examine their folk-lore and see.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.