Some who have lived among them, think they crossed over from Persia in ships--and that they once possessed the knowledge of building large vessels, though they have now entirely lost it.

This idea bears too little probability to command any confidence.

The most general opinion is the often told one, that they are a remnant of God's ancient and chosen people.

Be this as it may, they are "as the setting sun, or as the autumn leaves trampled upon by powerful riders." They are receding rapidly, and with feeble resistance, before the giant strides of civilization.

The hunting grounds of a few savages will soon become the haunts of densely peopled, civilized settlements.