_As the singular manners of the Country set forth in the following
pages, and the extraordinary scenes represented in the very numerous
illustrations, are of such a character as to require all possible aids
for the satisfaction of the readers; I hope they will excuse me for
intruding in this place the numerous Certificates which follow, and
which have been voluntarily furnished me by men whose lives, it will
be seen, have been spent, in great part, in the Indian Country, and in
familiarity with the men and manners set forth in the work_: