"Afterwards [anno 1669] they [The Doeg Indians] carried us to
their town, and entertained us civilly for four months; and I
did converse with them of many things in the British tongue, and
_did preach to them three times a week in the British tongue_,"
etc. Rev. Morgan Jones, 1686.--_British Remains_, 1777. 8°.

[The editor omits to state how he procured the manuscript. The
paper whence the above is extracted is either decisive of the
question at issue, or a forgery.]

The _student_ may infer, even from these imperfect hints, that I
consider the subject which he proposes to himself as one which deserves
a strict investigation--provided the collections hereafter described
have ceased to be in existence.

"With respect to this extraordinary occurence in the history of
Wales, I have collected a multitude of evidences, in conjunction
with Edward Williams, the bard, to prove that Madog must have
reached the American continent; for the descendants of him and
his followers exist there as a nation to this day; and the
present position of which is on the southern branches of the
Missouri river, under the appellations of Padoucas, White
Indians, Civilized Indians, and Welsh Indians."--_William Owen_,
F.A.S. 1803.

The title prefixed to this paper would be a misnomer, if I did not add a
list of books which it may be desirable to consult:--

_On the Scandinavian discoveries._--Mémoires de la société