Much has of late years been said and written on the theory of the North American Indians having descended from the ten lost tribes of Israel. There are many things to favour this opinion, and many against it. When I read the book called "The Star in the West," and "Smith's View of the Hebrews," I was strongly inclined to favour the theory. Certainly many of the customs and sacrifices of the Indians resemble very much those of the children of Israel, such as observing days of purification, offering the first-fruits of the earth, burnt offerings, and reckoning time by moons. But, on the other hand, they have no Sabbaths, no circumcision, no altars erected, and no distinction between clean and unclean animals. It would seem almost impossible for the descendants of the Israelites ever to have lost the recollection of their Sabbath days, and the rite of circumcision, both of which were so solemnly enjoined upon them. One of the above-mentioned works gives an account of circumcision existing among some tribes in the west; but I have inquired of several old Indian men whether they ever heard of such a practice being observed by our forefathers previous to the landing of Europeans on the shores of America, and they have always expressed themselves quite ignorant on the subject.